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PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006

‘‘(vi) the person owned one or more vessels documented under this section as of August 9, 2004. ‘‘(B) APPLICATION ONLY TO CERTAIN VESSELS.—A person may make a certification under this paragraph only with respect to— ‘‘(i) a tank vessel having a tonnage of at least 6,000 gross tons, as measured under section 14502 of this title (or an alternative tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title); or ‘‘(ii) a towing vessel associated with a non-selfpropelled tank vessel that meets the requirements of clause (i), where both vessels function as a single selfpropelled vessel. ‘‘(d) FILING OF DEMISE CHARTER.—The demise charter and any amendments to the charter shall be filed with the certification required by subsection (b)(3) or within 10 days after filing an amendment to the charter. The charter and amendments shall be made available to the public. ‘‘(e) CONTINUATION OF ENDORSEMENT AFTER TERMINATION OF CHARTER.—When a charter required by subsection (b)(3) is terminated for default by the charterer, the Secretary may continue the coastwise endorsement for not more than 6 months on terms and conditions the Secretary may prescribe. ‘‘(f) DEEMED OWNED BY CITIZENS.—A vessel satisfying the requirements of this section is deemed to be owned only by citizens of the United States under sections 12103 and 50501 of this title. ‘‘§ 12120. Liquified gas tankers ‘‘Notwithstanding any agreement with the United States Government, the Secretary may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for a vessel to transport liquified natural gas or liquified petroleum gas to Puerto Rico from other ports in the United States, if the vessel— ‘‘(1) is a foreign built vessel that was built before October 19, 1996; or ‘‘(2) was documented under this chapter before that date, even if the vessel is placed under a foreign registry and subsequently redocumented under this chapter for operation under this section. ‘‘§ 12121. Small passenger vessels and uninspected passenger vessels ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE VESSEL.—The term ‘eligible vessel’ means a vessel that— ‘‘(A) was not built in the United States and is at least 3 years old; or ‘‘(B) if rebuilt, was rebuilt outside the United States at least 3 years before the certificate requested under subsection (b) would take effect. ‘‘(2) SMALL PASSENGER VESSEL; UNINSPECTED PASSENGER VESSEL; PASSENGER FOR HIRE.—The terms ‘small passenger vessel’, ‘uninspected passenger vessel’, and ‘passenger for hire’ have the meaning given those terms in section 2101 of this title.

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