---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 30902"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "30902"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/30902"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Maritime Liability"
  - "Chapter 309 — Suits in Admiralty Against the United States"
---

# §30902. Definition


In this chapter, the term “federally-owned corporation” means a corporation in which the United States owns all the outstanding capital stock.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1517.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30902 | 46 App.:741 (11th–26th words). | Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, § 1 (11th–26th words), 41 Stat. 525. |

The term “federally-owned corporation” is defined in this section and used in this chapter to avoid repeating the substance of the definition in several sections in this chapter. The words “or its representatives” are omitted as unnecessary.