46 U.S.C. § 55121: Transportation of…

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The Secretary of Homeland Security may each year give permits to Canadian passenger ships to carry people between Rochester and Alexandria Bay, New York. Canadian vessels with those permits do not have to follow section 55103 of this title. Until the Secretary of Transportation decides U.S. vessel service is available, sections 55102 and 55103 do not apply to Canadian vessels that carry passengers between ports in southeastern Alaska, or that carry passengers or merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska or in the United States outside Alaska.

Title 46, §55121

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(a)Between Rochester and Alexandria Bay.—

Until passenger service is established by vessels of the United States between the port of Rochester, New York, and the port of Alexandria Bay, New York, the Secretary of Homeland Security may issue annually permits to Canadian passenger vessels to transport passengers between those ports. Canadian vessels holding such a permit are not subject to section 55103 of this title.

(b)Within Alaska or Between Alaska and Other Points in the United States.—

Until the Secretary of Transportation determines that service by vessels of the United States is available to provide the transportation described in paragraph (1) or (2), section 55102 and 55103 of this title do not apply to the transportation on Canadian vessels of— (1)

(2)passengers or merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska or in the United States outside Alaska.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 55121(a)46 App.:289a.Apr. 26, 1938, ch. 174, 52 Stat. 223; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097. 55121(b)46 App.:289b.Pub. L. 87–77, June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(22), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155. In subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security is substituted for the Commissioner of Customs because the functions of the Customs Service and of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto were transferred to the Secretary of Homeland Security by section 403(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, 116 Stat. 2178). The functions of the Commissioner of Customs previously were vested in the Secretary of the Treasury under section 321(c) of title 31. For prior related transfers of functions, see the

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note under 46 App. U.S.C. 289a.

§55121 Transportation of Merchandise and Passengers on Canadian Vessels

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Title 46, §55121

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