---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 53109"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "53109"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXV, § 3508(h), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2225"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/53109"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part C — Financial Assistance Programs"
  - "Chapter 531 — Maritime Security Fleet"
---

# [§53109. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXV, § 3508(h), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2225 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXV, § 3531(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1817, related to special rule regarding age of participating fleet vessel.