§55103. Transportation of passengers — Inbound Citations

Citations to 46 U.S.C. § 55103 as a whole

• 46 U.S.C. § 12121(b)

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  (b) Notwithstanding sections 12112, 12113, 12132, 55102, and 55103 of this title, the Secretary may issue a certificate of documentation with an appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade as a small passenger vessel or an uninspected passenger vessel in the case of an eligible vessel authorized to carry no more than 12 passengers for hire if the Secretary of Transportation, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, determines that the employment of the vessel in the coastwise trade will not adversely affect—

  (1) United States vessel builders; or

  (2) the coastwise trade business of any person that employs vessels built in the United States in that business.
• 46 U.S.C. § 55121(a)

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  (a) Until passenger service is established by vessels of the United States between the port of Rochester, New York, and the port of Alexandria Bay, New York, the Secretary of Homeland Security may issue annually permits to Canadian passenger vessels to transport passengers between those ports. Canadian vessels holding such a permit are not subject to section 55103 of this title.
• 46 U.S.C. § 55121(b)

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  (b) Until the Secretary of Transportation determines that service by vessels of the United States is available to provide the transportation described in paragraph (1) or (2), sections 55102 and 55103 of this title do not apply to the transportation on Canadian vessels of—

  (1) passengers between ports in southeastern Alaska; or

  (2) passengers or merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska or in the United States outside Alaska.