[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3032 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3032

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
   coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel GALLANT LADY 
 (official number 986167) and the vessel GALLANT LADY (official number 
                    936769); and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 1993

 Mr. Hastings introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
   coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel GALLANT LADY 
 (official number 986167) and the vessel GALLANT LADY (official number 
                    936769); and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF DOCUMENTATION.

    (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 
App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title 46, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
coastwise trade of the United States for each of--
            (1) the vessel GALLANT LADY (official number 986167); and
            (2) the vessel GALLANT LADY (official number 936769).
    (b) Limitation on Authorized Trade.--Coastwise trade authorized 
under a certificate of documentation issued for a vessel under this 
section shall be limited to carriage of passengers--
            (1) who are employees of the owner of the vessel or of a 
        person that is affiliated with the owner;
            (2) who are employees of a person that has, or may have in 
        the future, a business relationship with the owner of the 
        vessel or with a person affiliated with the owner; or
            (3) in association with contributions to charitable 
        organizations, if no portion of the contributions are received, 
        directly or indirectly, by the owner of the vessel.
    (c) Expiration of Documentation.--A certificate of documentation 
issued under this section for a vessel shall not be effective after the 
date of the transfer of a controlling interest in or the ownership of 
the vessel, or the sale or other disposition of the vessel, to a person 
that is not affiliated with the person that is the owner of the vessel 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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