46 USC § 57108 - Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price
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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s57108"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 57108 - Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "57108"
section_name: "Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price"
chapter_number: 571
chapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITY"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Government-Owned Merchant Vessels"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1661.)"
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# § 57108. Consideration of ballast and equipment in determining selling price
The Maritime Administration may not sell a vessel until its ballast and equipment have been inventoried and their value considered in determining the selling price of the vessel.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1661.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 57108 | 46 App.:864b. | June 29, 1949, ch. 281, § 1 (proviso), 63 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(36), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 156. |