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A deposit in a construction reserve fund only gets the special treatment if it meets certain steps within 3 years (plus any allowed extension). One way is that a contract is made to build, buy part of, or rebuild a new vessel, the deposit is used under that contract, at least 12.5% of the vessel’s construction or contract price is paid or firmly promised, and the Secretary of Transportation approves the vessel plans as needed. The deposit can instead be used to pay off purchase-money debt for the new vessel, but only if that loan is to someone who is not the buyer’s parent or an affiliated company. If the vessel was not built under a construction-differential subsidy contract or not bought from the Secretary, at least 5% of the first (or only) vessel’s construction must be finished within 6 months after the construction contract (or its extension), as the Secretary estimates and certifies to the Treasury, and work must continue without undue delay. The Secretary may grant time extensions, but not more than 2 years total to spend or obligate the deposit and not more than 1 year total for reaching the 5% construction progress.

Title 46, §53310

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(a)Application of section 53306 and 53309.—

section 53306 and 53309 of this title apply to a deposit in a construction reserve fund only if, within 3 years after the date of the deposit (and any extension under subsection (c))—

(1)(A)a contract is made for the construction or acquisition of a new vessel or, with the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, for a part interest in a new vessel or for the reconstruction or reconditioning of a new vessel;

(B)the deposit is expended or obligated for expenditure under that contract;

(C)at least 12.5 percent of the construction or contract price of the vessel is paid or irrevocably committed for payment; and

(D)the plans and specifications for the vessel are approved by the Secretary to the extent the Secretary considers necessary; or

(2)the deposit is expended or obligated for expenditure for the liquidation of existing or subsequently incurred purchase-money indebtedness to a person not a parent company of, or a company affiliated or associated with, the mortgagor on a new vessel.

(b)Additional Requirements for Certain Vessels.—

In addition to the requirements of subsection (a)(1), for a vessel not constructed under a construction-differential subsidy contract or not bought from the Secretary of Transportation—

(1)at least 5 percent of the construction (or, if the contract covers more than one vessel, at least 5 percent of the construction of the first vessel) must be completed within 6 months after the date of the construction contract (or within the period of an extension under subsection (c)), as estimated by the Secretary and certified by the Secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury; and

(2)construction under the contract must be completed with reasonable dispatch thereafter.

(c)Extensions.—

The Secretary of Transportation may grant extensions of the period within which the deposits must be expended or obligated or within which the construction must have progressed to the extent of 5 percent completion under this section. However, the extensions may not be for a total of more than 2 years for the expenditure or obligation of deposits or one year for the progress of construction.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 53310(a)46 App.:1161(g) (less (1)(B)).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(g), (h), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1107; June 17, 1943, ch. 130, subdivs. (c), (d), 57 Stat. 158; July 17, 1952, ch. 939, §§ 12, 13(a), 66 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 86–237, § 1, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 471; Pub. L. 87–303, § 3, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 87–782, § 1, Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 88–227, § 1, Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 470; Pub. L. 88–595, § 1, Sept. 12, 1964, 78 Stat. 943; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(92), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 161. 53310(b)46 App.:1161(g)(1)(B). 53310(c)46 App.:1161(h). In this section, the language about joint

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in 46 App. U.S.C. 1161(g) and (h) is omitted as unnecessary because of section 53302(b) of the revised title. In subsection (a), the words “(i) two years from the date of deposit or the date of any extension thereof which may be granted by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of subsection (h) of this section, in the case of deposits made prior to the date on which these amendatory provisions become effective, or” in 46 App. U.S.C. 1161(g)(1) and (2) are omitted as obsolete. In paragraph (1)(A), the words “or, with the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, for a part interest in a new vessel or for the re

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or reconditioning of a new vessel” are substituted for “(or in the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, for a part interest therein), or, with the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, for the re

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or reconditioning of a new vessel or vessels” to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (c), the proviso in 46 App. U.S.C. 1161(h) is omitted as obsolete.

§53310 Obligation of Deposits and Period for Construction of Certain Vessels

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Title 46, §53310

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