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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 3504

Sec. 3504. CODIFICATION OF SECTIONS RELATING TO ACQUISITION, CHARTER, AND REQUISITION OF VESSELS

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## SEC. 3504 CODIFICATION OF SECTIONS RELATING TO ACQUISITION, CHARTER, AND REQUISITION OF VESSELS ###
(a)Emergency Foreign Vessel Acquisition; Purchase or Requisition of Vessels Lying Idle in United States Waters The first section of the Act of August 9, 1954 (ch. 659; 50 U.S.C. 196)— ####
(1)is redesignated as section 56309 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear at the end of chapter 563 of such title, as otherwise amended by this title; and ####
(2)is amended— #####
(A)by striking “ That during ” and inserting the following: > > ## “SEC. 56309 Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters > > “During” > ; #####
(B)by striking “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended” each place it appears and inserting “this chapter”; and #####
(C)by striking “the second paragraph of subsection
(d)of such section 902, as amended” and inserting “section 56305”. ###
(b)Voluntary Purchase or Charter Agreements Section 2 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 197)— ####
(1)is redesignated as section 56310 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear after section 56309 of such title (as amended by subsection (a)); and ####
(2)is amended— #####
(A)by striking so much as proceeds “ During ” and inserting the following: > > ## “SEC. 56310 Voluntary purchase or charter agreements” > ; and #####
(B)by striking “section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,” and inserting “this chapter”. ###
(c)Requisitioned Vessels Section 3 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 198)— ####
(1)is redesignated as section 56311 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear after section 56310 of such title (as amended by subsections
(a)and (b)); ####
(2)is amended by striking so much as precedes subsection
(a)and inserting the following: > > ## “SEC. 56311 Requisitioned vessels” > ; and ####
(3)is amended— #####
(A)except as provided in subparagraphs
(B)and (C), by striking “this Act” each place it appears and inserting “section 56309 or 56310, as applicable”; #####
(B)in subsection (c)— ######
(i)in the first sentence, by striking “this Act” and inserting “section 56309 or 56310, as applicable,”; and ######
(ii)by striking “The second paragraph of section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended,” and inserting “Section 57109”; and #####
(C)in subsection (d)— ######
(i)in the first sentence by striking “provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes” and inserting “section 6101 of title 41”; ######
(ii)in the second sentence— ######
(I)by striking “this Act” and inserting “section 56309 or 56310, as applicable,”; and ######
(II)by striking “said section 3709” and inserting “section 6101 of title 41”; ######
(iii)by striking “title VII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936” and inserting “chapter 575”; and ######
(iv)by striking subsection (f). ###
(d)Documented Defined Chapter 563 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following: > > ## “SEC. 56312 Documented defined > > **[**[46 U.S.C. 56312](/us/usc/t46/s56312)**]** > > “In sections 56309 through 56311, the term ‘documented’ means, with respect to a vessel, that a certificate of documentation has been issued for the vessel under chapter 121.” > . ###
(e)Clerical Amendment **[**[46 U.S.C. 56301](/us/usc/t46/s56301)**]** The analysis for chapter 563 of title 46, United States Code, as otherwise amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following:“56309. Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters“56310. Voluntary purchase or charter agreements“56311. Requisitioned vessels“56312. Documented defined”. ###
(f)References **[**[46 U.S.C. 56309 note](/us/usc/t46/s56309)**]** Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to a section that is redesignated and transferred by this section is deemed to refer to such section as so redesignated and transferred.
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