Section 14101 - DefinitionsIn this part-
(1) "Convention" means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.(2) "existing vessel" means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982.(3) "Great Lakes" means-(B) the St. Lawrence River west of-(i) a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and(ii) on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.(4) "vessel that engages on a foreign voyage" means a vessel-(A) that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;(B) that makes a voyage between places outside the United States;(C) that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or(D) that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.Pub. L. 99-509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1919; Pub. L. 111-281, title III, §303(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2923.HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section 14101Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships.Section 14101 contains definitions that are limited to Part J-Measurement of Vessels. The source of these definitions is the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships in articles 2 and 4.
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2010-Par. (4). Pub. L. 111-281, §303(a)(1), substituted "that engages" for "engaged" in introductory provisions.Par. (4)(A). Pub. L. 111-281, §303(a)(2), substituted "that arrives" for "arriving". Par. (4)(B). Pub. L. 111-281, §303(a)(3), substituted "that makes" for "making" and struck out "(except a foreign vessel engaged on that voyage)" after "United States".Par. (4)(C). Pub. L. 111-281, §303(a)(4), substituted "that departs" for "departing". Par. (4)(D). Pub. L. 111-281, §303(a)(5), substituted "that makes" for "making".