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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-575/section-57514.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 57514"
+description: "Qualifications of bidders"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "575"
+chapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS"
+section: "57514"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 57514"
+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/s57514"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 57514 - Qualifications of bidders
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Considerations.— In deciding whether to award a charter to a bidder, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider—
+
+(1) the bidder’s financial resources, credit standing, and practical experience in operating vessels; and
+
+(2) other factors a prudent business person would consider in entering into a transaction involving a large capital investment.
+
+(b) Disqualifications.— The Secretary may not charter a vessel to a person appearing to lack sufficient capital, credit, and experience to operate the vessel successfully over the period covered by the charter.
+
+(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1666.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5751446 App.:1203.June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, § 713, 49 Stat. 2010; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(115), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 164.