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19 U.S.C. 1466: Equipment and repairs of vessels

Created in 1971 by Public Law 91-654. Changed by 10 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 3151 SHIPS for America Act of 2025 · introduced · would change (a), (i)

How it got here

2006

  • Pub. L. 109–280 added par. (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: "the cost of equipment, repair parts, and materials that are installed on a vessel documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the foreign or coasting trade, if the installation is… (Pension Protection Act of 2006) Law text · (h)

2004

  • Pub. L. 108–429 added par. (4) and concluding provisions. (Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004) Law text · (h)

1994

  • Pub. L. 103–465 added par. (3). · (h)

1990

  • Pub. L. 101–382 added subsec. (h). · (h)

1988

  • Pub. L. 100–418 substituted "general note 3(c)(iv) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States" for "headnote 3 to schedule 6, part 6, subpart C of the Tariff Schedules of the United States". · (f)

1984

  • Pub. L. 98–573 designated existing provisions as par. (1), in par. (1) as so designated substituted reference to any vessel referred to in subsec. (a) for reference to any vessel designed and used primarily for purposes other than transporting passengers or property in the foreign or c… · (e)

1980

  • Pub. L. 96–467 substituted "of equipments, or any part thereof, purchased, of repair parts or materials used, or of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to" for "of repair parts, materials, or expenses of repairs in a foreign country upon" and "schedule 6" for "Schedule 6". · (f)
  • Pub. L. 96–609 added subsec. (g). · (g)

1979

  • Pub. L. 96–39 added subsec. (f). · (f)

1978

  • Pub. L. 95–410, §206(1), incorporated seizure and forfeiture provision formerly a part of first sentence in an inserted second sentence; substituted therein "willfully or knowingly" for "willfully and knowingly" and "such vessel, or a monetary amount up to the value thereof as determin… · (a)
  • Pub. L. 95–410, §206(2), added subsecs. (b) and (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (d) and (e), respectively. · (b), (c), (d), (e)

1971

  • Pub. L. 91–654 added subsec. (c). · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.