[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2471 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2471

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
            coastwise trade for the vessel M/V BAHAMA PRIDE.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 1997

   Mr. Shaw introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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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 M/V BAHAMA PRIDE.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding 
section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), 
section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 
12106 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 M/V BAHAMA PRIDE 
(United States official number 23356-96).
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