[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4835 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4835

 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue certificates of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in coastwise 
    trade for each of 2 vessels named GALLANT LADY, subject to the 
   condition that the owner of the vessels submit to the Secretary a 
    letter of intent to enter into a contract for construction of a 
                 passenger vessel in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1994

 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 certificates of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in coastwise 
    trade for each of 2 vessels named GALLANT LADY, subject to the 
   condition that the owner of the vessels submit to the Secretary a 
    letter of intent to enter into a contract for construction of a 
                 passenger vessel in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION.

    (a) Authority to Document Vessels.--
            (1) In general.--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, and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
        Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation with 
        appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade 
        for each of the vessels--
                    (A) GALLANT LADY (Feadship hull number 645, 
                approximately 130 feet in length); and
                    (B) GALLANT LADY (Feadship hull number 651, 
                approximately 172 feet in length).
            (2) Limitation on operation.--Coastwise trade authorized 
        under a certificate of documentation issued for a vessel under 
        this section shall be limited to carriage of passengers in 
        association with contributions to charitable organizations no 
        portion of which is received, directly or indirectly, by the 
        owner of the vessel.
            (3) Condition.--The Secretary may not issue any certificate 
        of documentation under paragraph (1) unless the owner of the 
        vessel referred to in paragraph (1)(A) (in this section 
        referred to as the ``owner''), within 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, submits to the Secretary a letter 
        expressing the intent of the owner to enter into a contract 
        before October 1, 1996, for construction in the United States 
        of a passenger vessel of at least 130 feet in length.
            (4) Effective date of certificates.--A certificate of 
        documentation issued under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) for the vessel referred to in paragraph (1)(A), 
                shall take effect on the date of the issuance of the 
                certificate; and
                    (B) for the vessel referred to in paragraph (1)(B), 
                shall take effect on the date of delivery of the vessel 
                to the owner.
    (b) Termination of Effectiveness of Certificates.--A certificate of 
documentation issued for a vessel under subsection (a)(1) shall 
expire--
            (1) on the date of the sale of the vessel by the owner;
            (2) on October 1, 1996, if the owner has not entered into a 
        contract for construction of a vessel in accordance with the 
        letter of intent submitted to the Secretary under subsection 
        (a)(3); and
            (3) on any date on which such a contract is breached, 
        rescinded, or terminated (other than for completion of 
        performance of the contract) by the owner.
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