[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5238 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5238

 To authorize the vessel R/V ROSS SEAL to be documented under the laws 
              of a foreign country during a 3-year period.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

              October 7 (legislative day, October 6), 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the vessel R/V ROSS SEAL to be documented under the laws 
              of a foreign country during a 3-year period.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR R/V ROSS SEAL TO BE DOCUMENTED UNDER THE 
              LAWS OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

    Notwithstanding any other law--
            (1) during the period beginning March 1, 1995, and ending 
        March 1, 1998, the vessel R/V ROSS SEAL may be documented under 
        the laws of a foreign country;
            (2) that vessel shall not be prohibited from or otherwise 
        ineligible to engage in coastwise trade, by reason of having 
        been documented under the laws of a foreign country in that 
        period; and
            (3) the Secretary of Transportation may not, by reason of 
        that vessel having been documented under the laws of a foreign 
        country in the period, withhold documentation for that vessel 
        under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code.
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