{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-53303","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 53303","heading":"Persons eligible to establish funds","body":"A construction reserve fund may be established by a citizen of the United States that—(1) is operating a vessel in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries; (2) owns, in whole or in part, a vessel being operated in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries; (3) was operating a vessel in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries when it was bought or requisitioned by the United States Government; (4) owned, in whole or in part, a vessel being operated in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries when it was bought or requisitioned by the Government; or (5) had acquired or was having constructed a vessel to operate in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States or in the fisheries when it was bought or requisitioned by the Government.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 533—CONSTRUCTION RESERVE FUNDS"],"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":"8604e87a2f82c98341ac8fcfd3a94eaea114c6782ac1a3bb5b10a0d8fd09effc","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-53302","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-53304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}