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§57501 Completion of Long-range Program

Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part F — Government-Owned Merchant Vessels › CHAPTER 575 — CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 57501

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Summary

Finish the long-range program in section 50102 under this chapter. This must happen when the Secretary of Transportation finds the goals in sections 50101 and 50102 cannot be met under Title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 within a reasonable time and the President approves.

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Title 46, §57501

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Whenever the Secretary of Transportation determines that the objectives and policies declared in section 50101 and 50102 of this title cannot be fully realized within a reasonable time under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the President approves the determination, the Secretary, in accordance with this chapter, shall complete the long-range program described in section 50102 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5750146 App.:1191.June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, § 701, 49 Stat. 2008; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(103), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 162. The words “find and”, “finding and”, “in whole or in part”, and “previously adopted” are omitted as unnecessary. The word “shall” is substituted for “is authorized and directed to” to eliminate unnecessary words.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in text, is act June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985. Title V of the Act enacted provisions set out as a note under section 53101 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1936 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “title V” for “titles V and VI”.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 57501

Title 46, Shipping

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102