[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 163 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S15402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. COATS:
  S. 1348. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue 
a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for the 
vessel Alpha Tango, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


               certification of documentation legislation

 Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
text of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1348

       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 through 12108 of title 46, United States Code, the 
     Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of 
     documentation with appropriate endorsement for the vessel 
     ALPHA TANGO, United States official number 723340.
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