{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-12120","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 12120","heading":"Liquified gas tankers","body":"Notwithstanding any agreement with the United States Government, the Secretary may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for a vessel to transport liquified natural gas or liquified petroleum gas to Puerto Rico from other ports in the United States, if the vessel—(1) is a foreign built vessel that was built before October 19, 1996; or (2) was documented under this chapter before that date, even if the vessel is placed under a foreign registry and subsequently redocumented under this chapter for operation under this section.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 121—DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"feea1d09ebfcb58b0876f9d54dc3fbca75b01c874329da1c3fa20cbda117aecb","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-12119","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-12121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}