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01/19/04 Sec. 123. Documented vessels with registry endorsement in trade
with Canada
Documented vessels with a registry endorsement, engaged in
foreign trade on the Great Lakes or their tributary or connecting
waters in trade with Canada, shall not thereby become liable to the
payment of tonnage tax.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-324 substituted "registry endorsement, engaged
in foreign trade on the Great Lakes or their tributary or
connecting waters in trade with Canada," for "coastwise, Great
Lakes endorsement, departing from or arriving at a port in one
district to or from a port in another district, and also touching
at intermediate foreign ports," and struck out ", as if from or to
foreign ports" after "tonnage tax".
1993 - Pub. L. 103-182 substituted "Documented vessels with a
coastwise, Great Lakes endorsement," for "Enrolled or licensed
vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern,
northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States," and
a period for "; but such vessel shall, notwithstanding, be required
to enter and clear; except that when such vessels are on such
voyages on the Great Lakes and touch at foreign ports for the
purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, they may be exempted from
entering and clearing under such rules and regulations as the
Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, notwithstanding any other
provisions of law: Provided, That this exception shall not apply to
such vessels if, while at such foreign port, they land or take on
board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel,
receive orders, discharge any seamen by mutual consent, or engage
any seamen to replace those discharged by mutual consent, or
transact any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel."
1941 - Act Sept. 25, 1941, inserted exception and proviso at end
of section.
Last modified: April 20, 2006
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