[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR381.2]

[Page 345-346]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER II--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 381_CARGO PREFERENCE_U.S.-FLAG VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 381.2  Definitions.

    (a) Cargo Preference Act of 1954 means section 901(b) of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1241(b)).
    (b) Cargoes subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, include 
equipment, material or commodities:
    (1) Procured, contracted for or otherwise obtained within or outside 
the United States for the account of the United States;
    (2) Furnished within or outside the United States to or for the 
account of any foreign nation without provision for reimbursement;
    (3) Furnished within or outside the United States for the account of 
any foreign nation in connection with which the United States advances 
funds or credits or guarantees the convertability of foreign currencies.
    (4) Procured, contracted for, or otherwise obtained within or 
outside of the United States with advance of funds, loans or guaranties 
made by or on behalf of the United States.
    (c) Department or agency having responsibility under the Cargo 
Preference Act of 1954 means any department or agency of the Federal 
Government, administering a program that involves the transportation on 
ocean vessels of cargoes subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954. At 
present, these agencies include:
    (1) Department of State.
    (2) Department of Agriculture.
    (3) Department of Defense.
    (4) Post Office Department.
    (5) General Services Administration.
    (6) Export-Import Bank of the United States.

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    (7) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    (8) Inter-American Development Bank.
    (9) U.S. Information Agency.
    (10) Department of Interior.
    (11) Department of Commerce.
    (12) Department of Treasury.
    (13) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
    (14) Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    (15) Department of Transportation.
    (16) Atomic Energy Commission.
    (17) Tennessee Valley Authority.
    (18) Veterans Administration.
    (19) Smithsonian Institution.
    (20) Library of Congress.
    (d) Liner parcel means any cargo, dry or liquid, normally carried 
under berth terms by common carriers in ocean trades.

(Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1273) and No. 7 of 1961 
(75 Stat. 840) as amended by Pub. L. 91-469 (84 Stat. 1036) and 
Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-8 (38 FR 19707, July 23, 
1973))

[G.O. 103, 36 FR 6894, Apr. 10, 1971, as amended by Amdt. 1, 36 FR 
10739, June 2, 1971; 36 FR 19367, Oct. 5, 1971; 42 FR 57126; Nov. 1, 
1977]