Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/1518

 PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006

120 STAT. 1487

‘‘§ 107. Exclusive economic zone ‘‘In this title, the term ‘exclusive economic zone’ means the zone established by Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note). ‘‘§ 108. Fisheries ‘‘In this title, the term ‘fisheries’ includes processing, storing, transporting (except in foreign commerce), planting, cultivating, catching, taking, or harvesting fish, shellfish, marine animals, pearls, shells, or marine vegetation in the navigable waters of the United States or in the exclusive economic zone. ‘‘§ 109. Foreign commerce or trade ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this title, the terms ‘foreign commerce’ and ‘foreign trade’ mean commerce or trade between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country. ‘‘(b) CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS AND CONSTRUCTION-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES.—In the context of capital construction funds under chapter 535 of this title, and in the context of constructiondifferential subsidies under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, the terms ‘foreign commerce’ and ‘foreign trade’ also include, in the case of liquid and dry bulk cargo carrying services, trading between foreign ports in accordance with normal commercial bulk shipping practices in a manner that will permit bulk vessels of the United States to compete freely with foreign bulk vessels in their operation or competition for charters, subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation. ‘‘§ 110. Foreign vessel ‘‘In this title, the term ‘foreign vessel’ means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country. ‘‘§ 111. Numbered vessel ‘‘In this title, the term ‘numbered vessel’ means a vessel for which a number has been issued under chapter 123 of this title. ‘‘§ 112. State ‘‘In this title, the term ‘State’ means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. ‘‘§ 113. Undocumented ‘‘In this title, the term ‘undocumented’ means not having and not required to have a certificate of documentation issued under chapter 121 of this title. ‘‘§ 114. United States ‘‘In this title, the term ‘United States’, when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. ‘‘§ 115. Vessel ‘‘In this title, the term ‘vessel’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 of title 1.

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