Title 46, ShippingRelease 119-102
§60309 Passenger Vessels Making Trips Between Ports of the United States and Foreign Ports
Title 46 › Subtitle VI — Clearance, Tonnage Taxes, and Duties › CHAPTER 603 — TONNAGE TAXES AND LIGHT MONEY › § 60309
Summary
Passenger ships that make at least 3 trips each week between a U.S. port and a foreign port do not have to pay tonnage taxes or light money.
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Title 46, §60309
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A passenger vessel making at least 3 trips per week between a port of the United States and a foreign port is exempt from tonnage taxes and light money.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6030946 App.:124.R.S. § 2792; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 1, 35 Stat. 424. The words “at least 3 trips per week” are substituted for “triweekly or oftener” for clarity. The words “and light money” are added for clarity and consistency. See 19 C.F.R. § 4.21 (2003). The words “while such service triweekly or oftener is maintained” are omitted as unnecessary.
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46 U.S.C. § 60309
Title 46, Shipping
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102