---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 60503"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "60503"
heading: "Reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/60503"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Clearance, Tonnage Taxes, and Duties"
  - "Chapter 605 — Discriminating Duties and Reciprocal Privileges"
---

# §60503. Reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties

- (a) **General Authority.—** On receiving satisfactory proof from the government of a foreign country that it has suspended, in any part, the imposition of discriminating duties for any class of [vessels](/usc/46/115.md) owned by citizens of the [United States](/usc/46/114.md) or goods imported in those [vessels](/usc/46/115.md), the President may proclaim a reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties for the same class of [vessels](/usc/46/115.md) owned by citizens of that country or goods imported in those [vessels](/usc/46/115.md).
- (b) **Effective and Expiration Dates.—** A suspension under this section takes effect retroactively from the date the President received the proof from the foreign government, and expires when that government stops granting the reciprocal suspension.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1680.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60503 | 46 App.:141. | R.S. § 4228; July 24, 1897, ch. 13, 30 Stat. 214. |

In this section, the word “goods” is substituted for “produce, manufactures, or merchandise”, “merchandise”, and “cargoes” for consistency in the chapter. Other changes are made to eliminate unnecessary words.