[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2486 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2486

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
               coastwise trade for the vessel SOUTHLAND.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1997

Mr. Burton of Indiana 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 SOUTHLAND.

    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), section 1 
of the Act of May 28, 1906 (46 App. U.S.C. 292), 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 SOUTHLAND (United 
States official number 639705).
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