22 USC § 2399d - Shipping differential

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title: "22 USC § 2399d - Shipping differential"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2399d"
section_name: "Shipping differential"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "FOREIGN ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Administrative Provisions"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 640C, as added Pub. L. 93–189, § 21, Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 726; amended Pub. L. 96–533, title VII, § 708, Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3159.)"
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# § 2399d. Shipping differential

section 55305 of title 46

For the purpose of facilitating implementation of , funds made available for the purposes of part I of subchapter I of this chapter or for purposes of part IV of subchapter II of this chapter may be used to make grants to recipients to pay all or any portion of such differential as is determined by the Secretary of Commerce to exist between United States and foreign-flag vessel charter or freight rates. Grants made under this section shall be paid with United States-owned foreign currencies wherever feasible.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 640C, as added Pub. L. 93–189, § 21, Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 726; amended Pub. L. 96–533, title VII, § 708, Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3159.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In text, “” substituted for “section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 ()” on authority of , , , which Act enacted , Shipping.

### Amendments

1980— substituted “part IV of subchapter II of this chapter” for “subchapter IV of this chapter”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### References to Part I Deemed To Include Section 2293

References to part I of subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include a reference to . See .