{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s3701","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3701.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3701.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cexisting\u201d, when referring to a type of vessel to which this chapter applies, means a vessel that is not a new vessel.\n(2) \u201cnew\u201d, when referring to a type of vessel to which this chapter applies, means a vessel\u2014\n(A) for which the building contract is placed after\nJune 1, 1979\n(B) in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, after\nJanuary 1, 1980\n(C) the delivery of which is after\nJune 1, 1982\n(D) that has undergone a major conversion under a contract made after\nJune 1, 1979\nJanuary 1, 1980\nJune 1, 1982\n(3) \u201cperson\u201d means an individual (even if not a citizen or national of the United States), a corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (even if not organized or existing under the laws of a State), the United States Government, a State or local government, a government of a foreign country, or an entity of one of those governments.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s3701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cexisting\u201d, when referring to a type of vessel to which this chapter applies, means a vessel that is not a new vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cnew\u201d, when referring to a type of vessel to which this chapter applies, means a vessel\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" for which the building contract is placed after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 1, 1979","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 1980","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" the delivery of which is after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 1, 1982","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/2/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" that has undergone a major conversion under a contract made after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 1, 1979","tail":", or construction work that began after "},{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 1980","tail":", or was completed after "},{"t":"text","text":"June 1, 1982","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3701/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cperson\u201d means an individual (even if not a citizen or national of the United States), a corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (even if not organized or existing under the laws of a State), the United States Government, a State or local government, a government of a foreign country, or an entity of one of those governments.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}