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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-556/section-55602.md

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+title: "46 U.S.C. § 55602"
+description: "Cargo and shippers"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "556"
+chapter_name: "MARINE HIGHWAYS"
+section: "55602"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 55602"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s55602"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 55602 - Cargo and shippers
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Memorandums of Agreement.— The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into memorandums of understanding with the heads of other Federal entities to transport federally owned or generated cargo using a marine highway transportation project designated under section 55601 when practical or available.
+
+(b) Short-Term Incentives.— The Secretary shall consult shippers and other participants in transportation logistics and develop proposals for short-term incentives to encourage the use of marine highway transportation.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, § 1121(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1761; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII], § 8332(d)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4705.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “marine highway” for “short sea” in subsecs. (a) and (b).
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.