Title 14 of the U.S. Code § 1153 - Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards
Full text of § 1153 from Title 14 of the United States Code.
§ 1153. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards
A Coast Guard vessel the home port of which is in the United States or Guam may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam, other than in the case of voyage repairs.
(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title III, §311(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3920, §96; amended Pub. L. 111–281, title II, §218, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2918; renumbered §1153, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 96 of this title as this section.
2010—Pub. L. 111–281 substituted "in the United States or Guam" for "in a State of the United States" and inserted "or Guam" after "outside the United States".
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