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# 46 U.S.C. § 57108 - Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price

## Text

The Maritime Administration may not sell a vessel until its ballast and equipment have been inventoried and their value considered in determining the selling price of the vessel.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1661.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5710846 App.:864b.June 29, 1949, ch. 281, § 1 (proviso), 63 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(36), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 156.