{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s12120","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12120.","heading":"Liquified gas tankers","text":"\u00a7\u202f12120.\nLiquified gas tankers\nNotwithstanding any agreement with the United States Government, the Secretary may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for a vessel to transport liquified natural gas or liquified petroleum gas to Puerto Rico from other ports in the United States, if the vessel\u2014\n(1) is a foreign built vessel that was built before\nOctober 19, 1996\n(2) was documented under this chapter before that date, even if the vessel is placed under a foreign registry and subsequently redocumented under this chapter for operation under this section.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s12120.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12120","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12120."},{"t":"heading","text":"Liquified gas tankers","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Notwithstanding any agreement with the United States Government, the Secretary may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for a vessel to transport liquified natural gas or liquified petroleum gas to Puerto Rico from other ports in the United States, if the vessel\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12120/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" is a foreign built vessel that was built before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 19, 1996","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s12120/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" was documented under this chapter before that date, even if the vessel is placed under a foreign registry and subsequently redocumented under this chapter for operation under this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}