Us Code § 55122 - Floating dry docks
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§ 55122. Floating dry docks
(a)
(1) the floating dry dock—
(A) is being used to launch or raise a vessel in connection with the construction, maintenance, or repair of that vessel;
(B) is owned and operated by—
(i) a shipyard located in the United States that is an eligible owner specified under section 12103(b) of this title; or
(ii) an affiliate of such a shipyard; and
(C)(i) was owned or contracted for purchase by such shipyard or affiliate prior to the date of the enactment of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015; or
(ii) had a letter of intent for purchase by such shipyard or affiliate signed prior to such date of enactment; and
(2) the movement occurs within 5 nautical miles of the shipyard or affiliate that owns and operates such floating dry dock or, in the case of a dry dock described in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), occurs between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
(b)
(1)
(A) such dry dock is necessary for the timely completion of such construction; and
(B) such dry dock—
(i) is owned and operated by—
(I) a shipyard located in the United States that is an eligible owner specified under section 12103(b); or
(II) an affiliate of such a shipyard; or
(ii) is—
(I) owned by the State in which the shipyard is located or a political subdivision of that State; and
(II) operated by a shipyard located in the United States that is an eligible owner specified under section 12103(b).
(2)
(c)
(Added Pub. L. 113–291, div. C, title XXXV, §3502(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3904; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXV, §3508, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2780; Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXV, §11525, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4145.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of the enactment of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 113–291, which was approved Dec. 19, 2014.
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 117–263, §11525(1), designated existing provisions as cl. (i), substituted "2015; or" for "2015; and", and added cl. (ii).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–263, §11525(2), inserted "or, in the case of a dry dock described in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), occurs between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii" before period at end.
2016—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 114–328 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).
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