[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2870 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2870

 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue certificates of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsements for employment in the 
        coastwise trade for the vessels LOBSTAR and SARA BELLE.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2004

   Ms. Snowe 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 certificates of 
   documentation with appropriate endorsements for employment in the 
        coastwise trade for the vessels LOBSTAR and SARA BELLE.

    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 LOBSTAR and for the 
vessel SARA BELLE, State of Maine registration numbers ME-11MMA and ME-
8763G, respectively.
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