46 CFR 381.1 Cargo Preference - U.S. Flag Vessels 1

§ 381.1
381.8
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46 CFR Ch. II (10–1–24 Edition)

Subsidized vessel participation.
Available U.S.-flag service.

AUTHORITY: 46 App. U.S.C. 1101, 1114(b),
1122(d) and 1241; 49 CFR 1.66.
SOURCE: General Order 103, 36 FR 6894, Apr.
10, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

§ 381.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this part 381 is to prescribe regulations to be followed by all
departments and agencies having responsibility under the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, section 901(b) of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended
(46 U.S.C. 1241(b)), in the administration of their programs with respect to
that Act, and to provide a uniform system for the collection of data on the
administration of such programs for
use in preparing the annual reports to
Congress required by that Act.
§ 381.2 Definitions.
(a) Cargo Preference Act of 1954 means
section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C.
1241(b)).
(b) Cargoes subject to the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, include equipment,
material or commodities:
(1) Procured, contracted for or otherwise obtained within or outside the
United States for the account of the
United States;
(2) Furnished within or outside the
United States to or for the account of
any foreign nation without provision
for reimbursement;
(3) Furnished within or outside the
United States for the account of any
foreign nation in connection with
which the United States advances
funds or credits or guarantees the
convertability of foreign currencies.
(4) Procured, contracted for, or otherwise obtained within or outside of the
United States with advance of funds,
loans or guaranties made by or on behalf of the United States.
(c) Department or agency having responsibility under the Cargo Preference
Act of 1954 means any department or
agency of the Federal Government, administering a program that involves
the transportation on ocean vessels of
cargoes subject to the Cargo Preference
Act of 1954. At present, these agencies
include:
(1) Department of State.

(2) Department of Agriculture.
(3) Department of Defense.
(4) Post Office Department.
(5) General Services Administration.
(6) Export-Import Bank of the United
States.
(7) National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
(8)
Inter-American
Development
Bank.
(9) U.S. Information Agency.
(10) Department of Interior.
(11) Department of Commerce.
(12) Department of Treasury.
(13) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
(14) Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
(15) Department of Transportation.
(16) Atomic Energy Commission.
(17) Tennessee Valley Authority.
(18) Veterans Administration.
(19) Smithsonian Institution.
(20) Library of Congress.
(d) Liner parcel means any cargo, dry
or liquid, normally carried under berth
terms by common carriers in ocean
trades.
(Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat.
1273) and No. 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840) as amended by Pub. L. 91–469 (84 Stat. 1036) and Department of Commerce Organization Order
10–8 (38 FR 19707, July 23, 1973))
[G.O. 103, 36 FR 6894, Apr. 10, 1971, as amended by Amdt. 1, 36 FR 10739, June 2, 1971; 36 FR
19367, Oct. 5, 1971; 42 FR 57126; Nov. 1, 1977]

§ 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;

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