110 STAT. 3126 PUBLIC LAW 104-239—OCT. 8, 1996 " DEFINITIONS 46 USC app. "SEC. 654. In this subtitle: 1187c. "(1) BULK CARGO.— The term Tbulk cargo' means cargo that is loaded and carried in bulk without mark or count. "(2) CONTRACTOR. —The term 'contractor' means an owner or operator of a vessel that enters into an operating agreement for the vessel with the Secretary of Transportation under section 652. "(3) OCEAN COMMON CARRIER. — The term 'ocean common carrier* means a person holding itself out to the general public to operate vessels to provide transportation by water of passengers or cargo between the United States and a foreign country for compensation, that— "(A) assumes responsibility for the transportation from the port or point of receipt to the port or point of destination, and "(B) utilizes, for all or part of that transportation, a vessel operating on the high seas or the Great Lsikes between a port in the United States and a port in a foreign country, except that the term does not include a common carrier engaged in ocean transportation by ferry boat, ocean tramp, or chemical parcel-tanker. As used in this paragraph, 'chemical parcel-tanker' means a vessel whose cargocarrying capability consists of individual cargo tanks for bulk chemicals that are a permanent part of the vessel, that have segregation capability with piping systems to permit simultaneous carriage of several bulk chemical cargoes with minimum risk of cross-contamination, and that has a valid certificate of fitness under the International Maritime Organization Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk. "(4) FLEET. —The term 'Fleet' means the Maritime Security Fleet established pursuant to section 651(a). "(5) LASH VESSEL.— The term 'LASH vessel' means a lighter aboard ship vessel. "(6) UNITED STATES-DOCUMENTED VESSEL.— The term 'United States-documented vessel' means a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code. "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 46 USC app. "SEC. 655. There are authorized to be appropriated for operating 1187d. agreements under this subtitle, to remain available until expended, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $100,000,000, for each fiscal year theresifter through fiscal year 2005.". SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM. (a) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR OLDER VESSELS. —Section 605(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1175(b)), is amended to read as follows: "(b) No operating-differential subsidy shall be paid for the operation of a vessel mer the calendar year the vessel becomes 25 years of age, unless the Secretary of Transportation has determined, before the date of enactment of the Maritime Security Act of 1996,
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