46 U.S.C. § 14101

1. (1)“Convention” means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
2. (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. (3)“Great Lakes” means—
   1. (A)the Great Lakes; and
   2. (B)the St. Lawrence River west of—
      1. (i)a rhumb line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island; and
      2. (ii)on the north side of Anticosti Island, the meridian of longitude 63 degrees west.
4. (4)“vessel that engages on a foreign voyage” means a vessel—
   1. (A)that arrives at a place under the jurisdiction of the United States from a place in a foreign country;
   2. (B)that makes a voyage between places outside the United States;
   3. (C)that departs from a place under the jurisdiction of the United States for a place in a foreign country; or
   4. (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.