[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 535 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 535

 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 certain 
                  conditions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 10 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

 Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Mack) 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 certificates of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in coastwise 
  trade for each of 2 vessels named GALLANT LADY, subject to certain 
                  conditions, 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. 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), section 8 of the Act of 
        June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 81, chapter 421; 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 an appropriate endorsement 
        for employment in coastwise trade for each of the following 
        vessels:
                    (A) GALLANT LADY (Feadship hull number 645, 
                approximately 130 feet in length).
                    (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 the 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 a certificate 
        of documentation for a vessel under paragraph (1) unless, not 
        later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        owner of the vessel referred to in paragraph (1)(B) submits to 
        the Secretary a letter expressing the intent of the owner to, 
        before April 1, 1997, enter into a contract for the 
        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) shall take effect--
                    (A) for the vessel referred to in paragraph (1)(A), 
                on the date of the issuance of the certificate; and
                    (B) for the vessel referred to in paragraph (1)(B), 
                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 April 1, 1997, if the owner of the vessel referred 
        to in subsection (a)(1)(B) 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); or
            (3) on such date as a contract referred to in paragraph (2) 
        is breached, rescinded, or terminated (other than for 
        completion of performance of the contract) by the owner of the 
        vessel referred to in subsection (a)(1)(B).
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