[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 999 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 999

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

  Mr. Jones 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 a hopper barge.

    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) 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 known as hopper barge E-15 (North Carolina State official number 
264959).
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