[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: 46CFR381.3]

[Page 346]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER II--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 381_CARGO PREFERENCE_U.S.-FLAG VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 381.3  Reporting information and procedure.

    (a) Reports of cargo preference shipments. Each department or agency 
subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, except the Department of 
Defense for which separate regulations will be issued, shall furnish to 
the Office of National Cargo and Compliance, Maritime Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590, within 20 
working days of the date of loading for shipments originating in the 
United States or within 30 working days for shipments originating 
outside the United States, the following information concerning each 
shipment of preference cargo:
    (1) Identification of the sponsoring U.S. Government agency or 
department;
    (2) Name of vessel;
    (3) Vessel flag of registry;
    (4) Date of loading;
    (5) Port of loading;
    (6) Port of final discharge;
    (7) Commodity description;
    (8) Gross weight in pounds;
    (9) Total ocean freight revenue in U.S. dollars.
    (b) Format of reports. The information listed in paragraph (a) of 
this section shall be furnished to the Maritime Administration in a 
format prepared by the reporting department or agency and approved by 
the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation as suitable for 
the purpose of carrying out his responsibility under section 901(b)(2) 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the authority 
delegated to him thereunder by the Secretary of Transportation under 
section 3 of Department Organization Order 10-8, 36 FR 1223. Where 
obtainable, a properly notated and legible copy of the ocean bill of 
lading in English will suffice. Reporting formats shall be submitted for 
approval by April 30, 1971.
    (c) Shipments made subject to the Act. In those instances where a 
shipment has been made that was not known to be subject to the Cargo 
Preference Act of 1954 when it was made, but subsequent events cause it 
to be subject to that Act, the agency taking the action that caused the 
shipment to be subject to the Act shall furnish to the Office of 
National Cargo and Compliance the information listed in paragraph (a) of 
this section in the approved reporting form.

[General Order 103, 36 FR 6894, Apr. 10, 1971, as amended at 57 FR 
13047, Apr. 15, 1992]