[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1682 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1682

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
    coastwise trade for the vessel LIBERTY, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 1996

 Mr. Sarbanes introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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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 for the vessel LIBERTY, 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. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION.

    Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 
U.S.C. App. 883), section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 81, 
chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sections 12106 through 12108 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 for the vessel LIBERTY, United States 
official number 375248.
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