46a USC Rule - Definitions

As used in sections 1241q to 1241v of this Appendix—

(1) American Great Lakes vessel

The term “American Great Lakes vessel” means a vessel which is so designated by the Secretary in accordance with section 1241r of this Appendix.

(2) Great Lakes

The term “Great Lakes” means Lake Superior; Lake Michigan; Lake Huron; Lake Erie; Lake Ontario; the Saint Lawrence River west of Saint Regis, New York; and their connecting and tributary waters.

(3) Great Lakes shipping season

The term “Great Lakes shipping season” means the period of each year during which the Saint Lawrence Seaway is open for navigation by vessels, as declared by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation created by the Act of May 13, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 981 et seq.).

(4) Secretary

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.

Source

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1527,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3668.)

References in Text

Sections 1241q to 1241v of this Appendix, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle B (§§ 1521–1527) of title XV of Pub. L. 101–624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3665, which enacted sections 1241q to 1241v of this Appendix and amended section 1241f of this Appendix.

Act of May 13, 1954, referred to in par. (3), is act May 13, 1954, ch. 201, 68 Stat. 93, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 19 (§ 981 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 and also as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, which comprises this chapter.

The table below lists the classification updates, since Jan. 3, 2012, for this section. Updates to a broader range of sections may be found at the update page for containing chapter, title, etc.

The most recent Classification Table update that we have noticed was Tuesday, April 16, 2013

An empty table indicates that we see no relevant changes listed in the classification tables. If you suspect that our system may be missing something, please double-check with the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.

How To Use

Multiple entries for a section are listed most recent first, within the section.

The Session Year indicates which session of Congress was responsible for the changes classified. The Congress number forms the first part of the Public Law number; each Congress has two sessions.

Abbreviations used in the Description of Change column:

An empty field implies a standard amendment.
"new" means a new section or new note, or all new text of an existing section or note.
"nt" means note.
"nt [tbl]" means note [table].
"prec" means preceding.
"fr" means a transfer from another section.
"to" means a transfer to another section.
"omitted" means the section is omitted.
"repealed" means the section is repealed.
"nt ed change" and "ed change" - See the Editorial Classification Change Table [pdf].

The Public Law field is linked to the development of the law in the Thomas system at the Library of Congress.

The Statutes at Large field is linked to the text of the law, in the context of its volume of the Statutes at Large, at the Government Printing Office. Please note that it takes a while for these pages to get posted, so for very recent legislation, you need to look at the "enrolled" version at the Thomas site.

The Statutes at Large references have been rendered in the format used as page numbers in the Public Law web pages to which we link, to facilitate copy-paste into browser "find on this (web) page" tools. We are still working on a more direct link facility.

For serious comparison work, we suggest copying all or a portion of the Public Law text into your favorite text editor, for convenient content traversal and window control.

Sections with change type "new" are a special case, still under development. All are now listed, at the title level only.

You will find that occassionally a specific update you notice in a Public Law listed in a classification table will already have made it into the Code. We assume this is an artifact of the LRC edit process. The LII does not edit the LRC content.

top

General Reference

Refer to the LRC (Law Revision Council) for explanations about the US Code from the folks who put it all together.

You can look for information about what it is and is not, which titles are positive law, the schedule of Supplements, etc. Under download you can find the source data we use here (GPO locator files), as well as, PDF files that look just like the paper books (these may be rather large).

Refer to the Thomas site for changes that have not yet made it into the classification tables.

46a USC	Description of Change	Session Year	Public Law	Statutes at Large

This is a list of parts within the Code of Federal Regulations for which this US Code section provides rulemaking authority.

This list is taken from the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules provided by GPO [Government Printing Office].

It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.

LII has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references LII.

46a USC Rule - Definitions

U.S. Code Toolbox

Law about... Articles from Wex

Find a Lawyer

Get Involved