
      (a) In chapters 37, 43, 51, and 123 of this title and part I of
    this subtitle - 
        (1) "eligible State" means a State that has a State
      recreational boating safety program accepted by the Secretary.
        (2) "State" and "United States", in addition to their meanings
      under section 2101(36) and (44) of this title, include the Trust
      Territory of the Pacific Islands.
        (3) "State recreational boating safety program" means
      education, assistance, and enforcement activities conducted for
      marine casualty prevention, reduction, and reporting for
      recreational boating.
      (b) In chapters 33, 45, 51, 81, and 87 of this title, "Aleutian
    trade" means the transportation of cargo (including fishery related
    products) for hire on board a fish tender vessel to or from a place
    in Alaska West of 153 degrees west longitude and east of 172
    degrees East longitude, if that place receives weekly common
    carrier service by water, to or from a place in the United States
    (except a place in Alaska).

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              Revised section               Source section (U.S. Code)  
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    2102                                  46:1452(10)-(14)              
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      Section 2102 contains a number of definitions that are limited to
    recreational vessels in Chapter 43 of Part B and the numbering of
    these vessels in Chapter 123 of Part H.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-595 designated existing provisions as subsec.
    (a) and added subsec. (b).
      1986 - Pub. L. 99-509 inserted reference to chapters 37 and 51.
      1984 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 1011(a)(1), struck out "and
    facilities improvement" after "recreational boating safety".
      Par. (3). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 1011(a)(2), (3), redesignated par.
    (5) as (3) and struck out former par. (3) which defined a State
    recreational boating facilities improvement program.
      Par. (4). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 1011(a)(2), struck out par. (4)
    which defined State recreational boating safety and facilities
    improvement program.
      Par. (5). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 1011(a)(3), redesignated par. (5)
    as (3).
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective Oct. 1, 1984, to apply with
    respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1984, see section
    1013 of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a note under section 13101 of
    this title.

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