46 USC § 42103 - No preference to Government-owned vessels

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title: "46 USC § 42103 - No preference to Government-owned vessels"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "42103"
section_name: "No preference to Government-owned vessels"
chapter_number: 421
chapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING SHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Actions To Address Foreign Practices"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1549.)"
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# § 42103. No preference to Government-owned vessels

A regulation may not give a vessel owned by the United States Government a preference over a vessel owned by citizens of the United States and documented under the laws of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1549.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 42103 | 46 App.:876(d). | June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 19(d), 41 Stat. 995; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 12, eff. June 10, 1933; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, title IX, § 904, 49 Stat. 1987, 2016; Pub. L. 105–258, title III, § 301, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1915. |