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LegalText 46 U.S.C. § 57505 Employment of vessels on foreign trade routes us united_states_code code_section 46 SHIPPING 575 CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS 57505 46 U.S.C. § 57505 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip /us/usc/t46/s57505 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml 85f4e8625d9815bca66457ae9d71a59d9712691e5b33350756904ee45f7e6a20 eb1331aa3c08ed87231a3606d86b30d1b5942cdf8542f6a3df8ac1d66e86057f 5fe59383cfbfeb0d55441c48b72c286b732a5b315f696a7be584da57099af1ff 2026-07-04 official
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46 U.S.C. § 57505 - Employment of vessels on foreign trade routes

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(a) In General.— The Secretary of Transportation shall arrange for the employment of the Department of Transportations vessels in steamship lines on such trade routes, exclusively serving the foreign trade of the United States, as the Secretary determines are essential for the development and maintenance of the commerce of the United States and the national defense. However, the Secretary shall first determine that those routes are not being adequately served by existing steamship lines privately owned and operated by citizens of the United States and documented under the laws of the United States.

(b) Policy To Encourage Private Operation.— The Secretary shall have a policy of encouraging private operation of each essential steamship line now owned by the United States Government by—

(1) selling the line to a citizen of the United States; or

(2) demising the Secretarys vessels on bareboat charter to citizens of the United States who agree to maintain the line in the manner provided in this chapter.

(Pub. L. 109304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1665.)

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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 57505(a)46 App.:1195 (1st sentence).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, § 705 (1st, 2d sentences), 49 Stat. 2009; Pub. L. 9731, § 12(107), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 163. 57505(b)46 App.:1195 (2d sentence). In subsection (a), the words “As soon as practicable after June 29, 1936, and continuing thereafter” are omitted as obsolete. The words “However, the Secretary shall first determine that those routes are not being adequately served” are substituted for “Provided, That such needs are not being adequately served” for clarity and because provisos are disfavored in modern drafting. In subsection (b)(1), the words “in the manner provided in section 7 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [46 App. U.S.C. 866], and in strict accordance with the provisions of section 5 of said Act” are omitted because section 5 of that Act was repealed in 1988, and section 7 is being repealed as obsolete by this bill without being restated.