{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-14302","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 14302","heading":"Measurement","body":"(a) The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter and the Convention. (b) A vessel measured under this chapter may not be required to be measured under another law. (c) Unless otherwise provided by law, the measurement of a vessel under this chapter applies to a law of the United States whose applicability depends on a vessel’s tonnage, if that law—(1) becomes effective after July 18, 1994; or (2) is in effect before July 19, 1994, is not enumerated in section 14305 of this title, and is identified by the Secretary by regulation as a law to which this chapter applies.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 143—CONVENTION MEASUREMENT"],"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":"7f4fa7b1e6ecfa19fe8a95759f485d1860525195eeec18bd90190441737c1ae3","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-14301","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-14303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}