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        <dc:title>FOREIGN SHIPPING PRACTICES ACT OF 1988</dc:title>
        <citableAs>Public Law 100–418, as amended</citableAs>
        <citableAs>98 Stat. 67, as amended</citableAs>
        <citableAsShortTitle>FOREIGN SHIPPING PRACTICES ACT OF 1988</citableAsShortTitle>
        <docNumber>418</docNumber>
        <currentThroughPublicLaw>105–258</currentThroughPublicLaw>
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        <dc:creator>United States House of Representatives</dc:creator>
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        <containsShortTitle>Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988</containsShortTitle>
        <containsShortTitle>Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988</containsShortTitle>
        <containsShortTitle>Export Enhancement Act of 1988</containsShortTitle>
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        <congress>100</congress>
        <approvedDate>1988-08-23</approvedDate>
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        <property role="compShortTitle" style="-uslm-dtd:comp-short-title">FOREIGN SHIPPING PRACTICES ACT OF 1988</property>
        <citationNote style="-uslm-dtd:public-law">[(<citableAs>Public Law 100–418, title X</citableAs>; approved <date date="1984-03-20">March 20, 1984</date>; <citableAs>98 Stat. 67</citableAs>)]</citationNote>
        <editionNote style="-uslm-dtd:updated-through-note">[As Amended Through <currentThroughPublicLaw>P.L. 105–258</currentThroughPublicLaw>, Enacted <date date="1998-10-14">October 14, 1998</date>]</editionNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 100-418. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/<b>]</b></explanationNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Note: While this publication does  not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).<b>]</b></explanationNote>
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            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="X">TITLE X—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">OCEAN AND AIR TRANSPORTATION </heading>
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                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">Subtitle A—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Foreign Shipping Practices </heading>
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                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10001">SEC. 10001. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s101">46 U.S.C. 101 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
                    <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This subtitle may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
                </section><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 10002 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304.<b>]</b> </editorialNote>
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                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10003">SEC. 10003. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s3302">46 U.S.C. 3302 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MOBILE TRADE FAIRS. </heading><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:subsection">
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                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a"><b>[</b>(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Amends section 212(B)(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.<b>]</b></content>
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                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For one year after the date of enactment of this Act, a vessel that is undergoing repair or retrofitting for use solely for mobile trade fair purposes is deemed to be out of commission under section 3302(e) of title 46, United States Code, during the repair or retrofitting.</content>
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