14 USC § 1153 - Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards
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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s1153"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 1153 - Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "1153"
section_name: "Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "ACQUISITIONS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 311(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3920, § 96; amended Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 218, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2918; renumbered § 1153, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)"
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# § 1153. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards
A Coast Guard vessel the home port of which is in the United States or Guam may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam, other than in the case of voyage repairs.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 311(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3920, § 96; amended Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 218, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2918; renumbered § 1153, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
2010— substituted “in the United States or Guam” for “in a State of the United States” and inserted “or Guam” after “outside the United States”.