46 USC § 14521 - Application

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s14521"
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title: "46 USC § 14521 - Application"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "14521"
section_name: "Application"
chapter_number: 145
chapter_name: "REGULATORY MEASUREMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM"
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: "(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1925.)"
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# § 14521. Application

section 14501 of this title

This subchapter applies to a vessel described in  that is not measured under subchapter II of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1925.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 71.

Section 14521 provides that vessels that are to be measured under the regulatory measurement system in this chapter, but are not measured under the standard regulatory measurement system in subchapter II, shall be measured under the simplified measurement system.