[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 563 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 563

  To repeal a waiver that permitted the issuance of a certificate of 
 documentation with endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade 
            for the vessel COLUMBUS, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 1999

Mr. Levin (for himself and Mr. Abraham) 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 repeal a waiver that permitted the issuance of a certificate of 
 documentation with endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade 
            for the vessel COLUMBUS, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF WAIVER.

    (a) In General.--Section 403 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 
of 1997 (Public Law 105-383) is amended by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Action by the Secretary of Transportation.--If, before the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation issued a 
certificate of documentation with endorsement for employment in the 
coastwise trade for the vessel COLUMBUS (United States official number 
590658) under section 403(e) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-383)--
            (1) that certificate shall be null and void; and
            (2) the Secretary shall issue a revised certificate of 
        documentation for that vessel that is consistent with the 
        limitations on the operation of that vessel that applied to 
        that vessel on the day before the date of enactment of the 
        Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-383).
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