[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 528 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 528

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
    documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for three vessels.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 9 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

   Mr. Lott 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 and coastwise trade endorsement for three vessels.

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

SECTION 1. COASTWISE TRADE AUTHORIZATION FOR HOVERCRAFT.

    Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 
U.S.C. App. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 U.S.C. App. 289), and 
sections 12106 and 12107 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation with a 
coastwise endorsement for each of the vessels IDUN VIKING (Danish 
Registration number A433), LIV VIKING (Danish Registration number 
A394), and FREJA VIKING (Danish Registration number A395) if--
            (1) all repair and alteration work on the vessels necessary 
        to their operation under this section is performed in the 
        United States;
            (2) a binding contract for the construction in the United 
        States of at least 3 similar vessels for the coastwise trade is 
        executed by the owner of the vessels within 6 months after the 
        date of enactment of this Act; and
            (3) the vessels constructed under the contract entered into 
        under paragraph (1) are to be delivered within 3 years after 
        the date of entering into that contract.
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