46 USC § 60309 - Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports

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title: "46 USC § 60309 - Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "60309"
section_name: "Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports"
chapter_number: 603
chapter_name: "TONNAGE TAXES AND LIGHT MONEY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1679.)"
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# § 60309. Passenger vessels making trips between ports of the United States and foreign ports

A passenger vessel making at least 3 trips per week between a port of the United States and a foreign port is exempt from tonnage taxes and light money.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1679.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 60309 | 46 App.:124. | R.S. § 2792; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 1, 35 Stat. 424. |

The words “at least 3 trips per week” are substituted for “triweekly or oftener” for clarity. The words “and light money” are added for clarity and consistency. See 19 C.F.R. § 4.21 (2003). The words “while such service triweekly or oftener is maintained” are omitted as unnecessary.