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title: "46 U.S.C. § 57308"
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description: "Use of vessels at least 25 years old"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "573"
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chapter_name: "VESSEL TRADE-IN PROGRAM"
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section: "57308"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 57308"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 57308 - Use of vessels at least 25 years old
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## Text
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An obsolete vessel acquired under this chapter that is or becomes at least 25 years old may not be used for commercial operation. However, the vessel may be used—
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(1) during a period in which vessels may be requisitioned under chapter 563 of this title; or
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(2) except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, on trade routes serving only the foreign trade of the United States.
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(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1664.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5730846 App.:1160(g).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 510(g), as added Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 417, § 7, 53 Stat. 1185; Pub. L. 86–518, § 1, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(91), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 161. The words “and vessels presently in the Secretary’s laid-up fleet which are or become twenty-five years old or more” and “or any such vessel in the laid-up fleet” are omitted as obsolete. In paragraph (2), the words “for the employment of the Secretary’s vessels in steamship lines” are omitted as unnecessary.
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