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§55304 Exports Financed by the United States Government
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Summary
Loans by U.S. agencies for exporting goods must require use of U.S. vessels unless the Transportation Secretary, after review, finds U.S. ships lack sufficient number, capacity, schedules, or reasonable rates.
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Title 46, §55304
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It is the sense of Congress that any loans made by an instrumentality of the United States Government to foster the exporting of agricultural or other products shall provide that the products may be transported only on vessels of the United States unless, as to any or all of those products, the Secretary of Transportation, after investigation, certifies to the instrumentality that vessels of the United States are not available in sufficient number, in sufficient tonnage capacity, on necessary schedules, or at reasonable rates.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5530446 App.:1241–1.Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 500; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, § 204, 49 Stat. 1987; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(127), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 165. This section codifies the Joint Resolution of March 26, 1934 (ch. 90, 48 Stat. 500) (also commonly known as Public Resolution 17). The codification of this provision is not intended to change its status as a “Sense of Congress” provision in any way. The words “Re
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Finance Corporation or” are omitted as obsolete because the Re
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Finance Corporation was abolished by section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1957 (5 App. U.S.C.).
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46 U.S.C. § 55304
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