{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-57516","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 57516","heading":"Operating-differential subsidies","body":"If the Secretary of Transportation considers it necessary, the Secretary may make a contract with a charterer of a vessel owned by the Secretary for payment of an operating-differential subsidy, on the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same limitations and restrictions, as otherwise provided with respect to payment of operating-differential subsidies to operators of privately-owned vessels.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 575—CONSTRUCTION, CHARTER, AND SALE OF VESSELS"],"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":"3ffd92bafdcf319c42b1756aa594f48942897bf296e63c2641352abad773d059","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-57515","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-57517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}