PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006
120 STAT. 1679
‘‘§ 60308. Vessels engaged in Great Lakes trade ‘‘A documented vessel with a registry endorsement, engaged in foreign trade on the Great Lakes or their tributary or connecting waters in trade with Canada, does not become subject to tonnage taxes or light money because of that trade. ‘‘§ 60309. Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports ‘‘A passenger vessel making at least 3 trips per week between a port of the United States and a foreign port is exempt from tonnage taxes and light money. ‘‘§ 60310. Vessels making daily trips on interior waters ‘‘A vessel making regular daily trips between a port of the United States and a port of Canada only on interior waters not navigable to the ocean is exempt from tonnage taxes and light money, except on its first clearing each year. ‘‘§ 60311. Hospital vessels in time of war ‘‘In time of war, a hospital vessel is exempt from tonnage taxes, light money, and pilotage charges in the ports of the United States if the vessel is one for which the conditions of the international convention for the exemption of hospital ships from taxation in time of war, concluded at The Hague on December 21, 1904, are satisfied. The President by proclamation shall name the vessels for which the conditions are satisfied and state when the exemption begins and ends.
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‘‘§ 60312. Rights under treaties preserved ‘‘This chapter and chapter 605 of this title do not affect a right or privilege of a foreign country relating to tonnage taxes or other duties on vessels under a law or treaty of the United States. ‘‘CHAPTER 605—DISCRIMINATING DUTIES AND RECIPROCAL PRIVILEGES ‘‘Sec. ‘‘60501. ‘‘60502. ‘‘60503. ‘‘60504. ‘‘60505. ‘‘60506. ‘‘60507.
Vessels allowed to import. Discriminating duty on goods imported in foreign vessels or from contiguous countries. Reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties. Reciprocal privileges for recreational vessels. Retaliatory suspension of commercial privileges. Retaliation against British dominions of North America. Suspension of free passage through Saint Marys Falls Canal.
‘‘§ 60501. Vessels allowed to import ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided by treaty, goods may be imported into the United States from a foreign port or place only in— ‘‘(1) a vessel of the United States; or ‘‘(2) a foreign vessel owned only by citizens or subjects of the country— ‘‘(A) in which the goods are grown, produced, or manufactured; or ‘‘(B) from which the goods can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
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