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title: "46 U.S.C. § 55333"
description: "Exemption from restriction on transporting certain cargo"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 55333 - Exemption from restriction on transporting certain cargo

## Text

The 3-year documentation requirement of section 55305(a) of this title does not apply to a vessel designated as an American Great Lakes vessel during the period of its designation.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1649.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5533346 App.:1241q.Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1521, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3665. This section is substituted for the source provisions to eliminate unnecessary words.