---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 272.3"
title: "46"
number: "272.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/272.3"
---

# §272.3. Definitions.


For the purposes of this part:

- (a) Act means the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.
- (b) MARAD means the Maritime Administration, a unit of the United States Department of Transportation, as distinguished from the Board (which is a unit of MARAD).
- (c) Board means the Maritime Subsidy Board of the Maritime Administration.
- (d) **Domestic Origin—**
  - (1) **Labor.** With respect to labor, Domestic Origin means that the work shall be performed by a U.S. ship repair facility, a U.S. independent contractor, or by the Operator's own shore gang.
  - (2) **Materials.** With respect to materials, Domestic Origin means that all articles, materials, and supplies shall be of the growth, production or manufacture of the United States.
- (e) Eligible Vessel means a vessel operated under an ODSA, other than an ODSA subject to [part 294](/cfr/46/part294.md) of this chapter, which provides for the payment of M&R subsidy with respect to the operation of that vessel.
- (f) Equipment means that part of an Eligible Vessel that is not part of the vessel's hull or machinery.
- (g) Expendable equipment means those articles, outfittings and furnishings that are portable, semi-portable or detachable, that are used in equipping a ship for service and in its normal day-to-day maintenance and operation, and that are subject to casual or gradual deterioration and replacement. It does not include items classified as stores and supplies or Spare Parts.
- (h) Improvement means work to be performed on an Eligible Vessel which is a modification, alteration, addition or betterment, which may be accomplished separately from M&R, but may be eligible for M&R subsidy pursuant to [§ 272.22](/cfr/46/272.22.md) of this part.
- (i) **M&R—** and M&R Subsidy mean, respectively, maintenance and repairs and maintenance and repair subsidy payable pursuant to [section 603](/cfr/46/603.md) of the Act.
- (j) **ODS—** and ODSA refer, respectively, to operating-differential subsidy provided under an operating-differential subsidy agreement entered into pursuant to title VI of the Act.
- (k) Operator means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association that enters into an ODSA with the Board pursuant to title VI of the Act.
- (l) Permanent equipment means Equipment that is, or is intended to become when installed, an integral, permanent, built-in part of the vessel.
- (m) Region Office means any one of the four Maritime Administration Region Offices in New York, NY; New Orleans, LA; San Francisco, CA; and Chicago, IL; established pursuant to [section 809](/cfr/46/809.md) of the Act.
- (n) Spare parts means such items as spare propellers and tailshafts and self-contained operable units of machinery or equipment, as well as those items generally recognized within the maritime industry as Spare Parts.
- (o) United States means the states of the United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b), 1173, 1176; 49 CFR 1.66.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 34919, Aug. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted.