{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s53901","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f53901.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f53901.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nAmerican vessel.\u2014\nThe term \u201cAmerican vessel\u201d includes\u2014\n(A) a documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this title;\n(B) an undocumented vessel owned or chartered by or made available to the United States Government; and\n(C) a tug, barge, or other watercraft (whether or not documented) owned by a citizen of the United States and used in essential water transportation or in the fisheries, except only for sport fishing.\n(2)\nCargo.\u2014\nThe term \u201ccargo\u201d includes a loaded or empty container on a vessel.\n(3)\nTransportation in the waterborne commerce of the united states.\u2014\nThe term \u201ctransportation in the waterborne commerce of the United States\u201d includes the operation of a vessel in the fisheries, except only for sport fishing.\n(4)\nWar risks.\u2014\nThe term \u201cwar risks\u201d includes, to the extent the Secretary of Transportation determines\u2014\n(A) any part of a loss excluded from marine insurance coverage under a \u201cfree of capture or seizure\u201d clause or analogous clause; and\n(B) any other loss from a hostile act, including confiscation, expropriation, nationalization, or deprivation.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s53901.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f53901."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"American vessel.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cAmerican vessel\u201d includes\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this title;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" an undocumented vessel owned or chartered by or made available to the United States Government; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a tug, barge, or other watercraft (whether or not documented) owned by a citizen of the United States and used in essential water transportation or in the fisheries, except only for sport fishing.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cargo.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201ccargo\u201d includes a loaded or empty container on a vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Transportation in the waterborne commerce of the united states.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201ctransportation in the waterborne commerce of the United States\u201d includes the operation of a vessel in the fisheries, except only for sport fishing.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"War risks.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cwar risks\u201d includes, to the extent the Secretary of Transportation determines\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" any part of a loss excluded from marine insurance coverage under a \u201cfree of capture or seizure\u201d clause or analogous clause; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s53901/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" any other loss from a hostile act, including confiscation, expropriation, nationalization, or deprivation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}