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PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006

‘‘513. ‘‘515. ‘‘517. ‘‘519. ‘‘521.

United States Merchant Marine Academy ....................................... State Maritime Academy Support Program .................................... Other Support for Merchant Marine Training ................................ Merchant Marine Awards ..................................................................... Miscellaneous ..........................................................................................

51301 51501 51701 51901 52101

‘‘PART C—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ‘‘531. ‘‘533. ‘‘535. ‘‘537. ‘‘539.

Maritime Security Fleet ........................................................................ Construction Reserve Funds ............................................................... Capital Construction Funds ................................................................ Loans and Guarantees .......................................................................... War Risk Insurance ...............................................................................

53101 53301 53501 53701 53901

‘‘PART D—PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS ‘‘551. Coastwise Trade ..................................................................................... 55101 ‘‘553. Passenger and Cargo Preferences ..................................................... 55301 ‘‘555. Miscellaneous .......................................................................................... 55501

‘‘PART E—CONTROL

OF

MERCHANT MARINE CAPABILITIES

‘‘561. Restrictions on Transfers ..................................................................... 56101 ‘‘563. Emergency Acquisition of Vessels ...................................................... 56301 ‘‘565. Essential Vessels Affected by Neutrality Act ................................... 56501

‘‘PART F—GOVERNMENT-OWNED MERCHANT VESSELS ‘‘571. General Authority .................................................................................. 57101 ‘‘573. Vessel Trade-In Program ...................................................................... 57301 ‘‘575. Construction, Charter, and Sale of Vessels ...................................... 57501

‘‘PART G—RESTRICTIONS

AND

PENALTIES

‘‘581. Restrictions and Penalties ................................................................... 58101’’. (b) CHAPTERS PRECEDING CHAPTER 531.—Subtitle V of title

46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the subtitle analysis the following:

‘‘PART A—GENERAL ‘‘CHAPTER 501—POLICY, STUDIES, AND REPORTS ‘‘Sec. ‘‘50101. ‘‘50102. ‘‘50103. ‘‘50104. ‘‘50105. ‘‘50106. ‘‘50107. ‘‘50108. ‘‘50109. ‘‘50110. ‘‘50111. ‘‘50112. ‘‘50113.

Objectives and policy. Survey of merchant marine. Determinations of essential services. Studies of general maritime problems. Studies and cooperation relating to the construction of vessels. Studies on the operation of vessels. Studies on marine insurance. Studies on cargo carriage and cargo containers. Miscellaneous studies. Securing preference to vessels of the United States. Reports to Congress. National Maritime Enhancement Institutes. Use and performance reports by operators of vessels.

‘‘§ 50101. Objectives and policy ‘‘(a) OBJECTIVES.—It is necessary for the national defense and the development of the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States that the United States have a merchant marine— ‘‘(1) sufficient to carry the waterborne domestic commerce and a substantial part of the waterborne export and import

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