{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-42103","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 42103","heading":"No preference to Government-owned vessels","body":"A regulation may not give a vessel owned by the United States Government a preference over a vessel owned by citizens of the United States and documented under the laws of the United States.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 421—REGULATIONS AFFECTING SHIPPING IN FOREIGN TRADE"],"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":"ebe64d14aa50f3c4e95b0e35b445a4e607d5c2ef3842f01e8d2435ca6c3b6edf","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-42102","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-42104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}