existing vessel
Defined in 3 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
“existing vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the construction of which is initiated before promulgation of standards and regulations under this section;
Source
- 1994–present33 U.S.C. § 1322Navigation and Navigable Waters · Marine sanitation devices · in this section
“existing vessel” means—
(A) a vessel on a domestic voyage, the keel of which was laid, or that was at a similar stage of construction, before January 1, 1986; and
(B) a vessel on a foreign voyage, the keel of which was laid, or that was at a similar stage of construction, before July 21, 1968.
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- 1994–present46 U.S.C. § 5101Shipping · Definitions · in this chapter
“existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982.
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- 1994–present46 U.S.C. § 14101Shipping · Definitions · in this part