{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-42107","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 42107","heading":"Refusal of clearance and entry","body":"At the request of the Federal Maritime Commission—(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall—(A) refuse the clearance required by section 60105 of this title to a vessel of a country that is named in a regulation prescribed by the Commission under section 42101 of this title; and (B) collect any fees imposed by the Commission under section 42106(4) of this title; and (2) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—(A) deny entry, for purposes of oceanborne trade, of a vessel of a country that is named in a regulation prescribed by the Commission under section 42101 of this title, to a port or place in the United States or the navigable waters of the United States; or (B) detain the vessel at the port or place in the United States from which it is about to depart for another port or place in 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":"c1d517f31667315810b3e0c020fb703fd201a258528730872d3df76ed8dd25eb","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-42106","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-42108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}