46 U.S.C. § 14101
Section 14101 · Definitions
Current version, with additions and removals from the October 21, 1986 version.
In this part—
(1) “Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
(2) “existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982.
(3) “Great Lakes” means—
(A) the Great Lakes; and
(B) the St. Lawrence River west of—
(i) a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and
(ii) on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.
(4) “vessel engaged that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—
(A) arriving that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;
(B) making that makes a voyage between places outside the United States (except a foreign vessel engaged on that voyage); States;
(C) departing that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or
(D) making that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.