commercial vessel
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
26 U.S.C. § 4462 — for purposes of this subchapter
The term “commercial vessel” means any vessel used—
(i) in transporting cargo by water for compensation or hire, or
(ii) in transporting cargo by water in the business of the owner, lessee, or operator of the vessel.
33 U.S.C. § 1322 — under this section
In this subparagraph, the term "commercial vessel" means a vessel operating between—
(I) 2 ports or places of destination within the Pacific Region; or
(II) a port or place of destination within the Pacific Region and a port or place of destination on the Pacific Coast of Canada or Mexico north of parallel 20 degrees north latitude, inclusive of the Gulf of California.