[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2500 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2500

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2000

   Mr. Dodd 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 a certificate of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
                 coastwise trade for the vessel PUFFIN.

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

SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION.

    Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 
U.S.C. App. 883), section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 81, 
chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sections 12106 and 12108 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 PUFFIN, United States 
official number 697029.
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