[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3903 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3903


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 5, 2000

                                Received

                              May 16, 2000

  Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To deem the vessel M/V MIST COVE to be less than 100 gross tons, as 
      measured under chapter 145 of title 46, United States Code.

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

SECTION 1. VESSEL M/V MIST COVE.

    (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a tonnage 
measurement as a small passenger vessel as defined in section 2101 of 
title 46, United States Code, for the M/V MIST COVE (United States 
official number 1085817) for purposes of applying the optional 
regulatory measurement under section 14305 of that title.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply on any date on which the length 
of the vessel exceeds 157 feet.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 4, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.