46 USC § 14514 - Reciprocity for foreign vessels

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s14514"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 14514 - Reciprocity for foreign vessels"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "14514"
section_name: "Reciprocity for foreign vessels"
chapter_number: 145
chapter_name: "REGULATORY MEASUREMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FORMAL SYSTEMS"
part_number: "J"
part_name: "Measurement of Vessels"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(i), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)"
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# § 14514. Reciprocity for foreign vessels

For a foreign vessel not measured under chapter 143, if the Secretary finds that the laws and regulations of a foreign country related to measurement of vessels are substantially similar to those of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under this chapter, the Secretary may accept the measurement and certificate of a vessel of that foreign country as complying with this chapter and the regulations prescribed under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(i), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)