46 USC § 57501 - Completion of long-range program

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title: "46 USC § 57501 - Completion of long-range program"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "57501"
section_name: "Completion of long-range program"
chapter_number: 575
chapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Government-Owned Merchant Vessels"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1664; Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 313(b)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 58.)"
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# § 57501. Completion of long-range program

section 50102 of this title

Whenever the Secretary of Transportation determines that the objectives and policies declared in sections 50101 and 50102 of this title cannot be fully realized within a reasonable time under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the President approves the determination, the Secretary, in accordance with this chapter, shall complete the long-range program described in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1664; Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 313(b)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 58.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 57501 | 46 App.:1191. | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, § 701, 49 Stat. 2008; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(103), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 162. |

The words “find and”, “finding and”, “in whole or in part”, and “previously adopted” are omitted as unnecessary. The word “shall” is substituted for “is authorized and directed to” to eliminate unnecessary words.

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, referred to in text, is , . Title V of the Act enacted provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1936 Amendment note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

2016— substituted “title V” for “titles V and VI”.