Definitions

46 U.S.C. § 14101
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In this part— (1) “Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969. (2) “existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982. (3) “Great Lakes” means—(A) the Great Lakes; and (B) the St. Lawrence River west of—(i) a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and (ii) on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west. (4) “vessel that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—(A) that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country; (B) that makes a voyage between places outside the United States; (C) that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or (D) that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.

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