§ 14101. Definitions

In this part—

• (1) “Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
• (2) “existing vessel” means a vessel the keel of which was laid or that was at a similar stage of construction before July 18, 1982 .
• (3) “Great Lakes” means—
  • (A) the Great Lakes; and
  • (B) the St. Lawrence River west of—
    • (i) a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and
    • (ii) on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.
• (4) “vessel that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—
  • (A) that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;
  • (B) that makes a voyage between places outside the United States;
  • (C) that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or
  • (D) that makes a voyage between a place within a territory or possession of the United States and another place under the jurisdiction of the United States not within that territory or possession.