{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-14101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 14101","heading":"Definitions","body":"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.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 141—GENERAL"],"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":"8479e96124c1bbbcd6d37a95ce8a7a7d0da8b5ba01a672e74988b94eb507c676","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-13110","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-14102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}