Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-90
§35 [merchant Marine Act, 1936.]
Title 48 › Chapter 3— HAWAII › § 35
Summary
Adds short clarifications in three places of the Merchant Marine Act. Each change says that when the law talks about the country's "continental" limits, Alaska and Hawaii are counted as part of those limits. Those words now apply to Alaska and Hawaii for the specific parts they changed.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §35
Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Subsection (a) of section 505 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: ‘For the purposes of this subsection, the term “continental limits of the United States” includes the States of Alaska and Hawaii.’
“(b)section 606 of such Act, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: ‘For the purposes of this section, the term “continental limits of the United States” includes the States of Alaska and Hawaii.’
“(c)section 702 of such Act, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: ‘For the purposes of this section, the term “continental United States” includes the States of Alaska and Hawaii.’
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48 U.S.C. § 35
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
May 14, 2026
Release point: 119-90