[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1049 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1049

         To amend section 512 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2007

  Mr. Inouye 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 amend section 512 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936.

    Section 512(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 53101 
note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) The restrictions and requirements of section 506 shall 
terminate upon the expiration of the 20-year period beginning on the 
date of the original delivery of the vessel from the shipyard for 
operation of a vessel in any domestic trade in which it has operated at 
any time since 1996.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall take effect on October 1, 
2006.
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