[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. STEVENS:
  S. 1588. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue 
a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the 
vessel Kalypso; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.


                      JONES ACT WAIVER LEGISLATION

 Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, today I am introducing a bill to 
provide a certificate of documentation for the vessel Kalypso.
  The Kalypso (vessel number 566349) is a 36-foot recreational vessel 
owned by Ronald Kent of Anchorage, AK. It was built in Largo, FL, in 
1974. The vessel was apparently at one time owned by a non-U.S. 
citizen, and it is therefore ineligible for documentation under the 
Jones Act. Mr. Kent intends to use the vessel for charter fishing and 
sightseeing in Prince William Sound, AK.
  I ask unanimous consent that this bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1588

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     notwithstanding sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, 
     United States Code, and section 27 of the Merchant Marine 
     Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), as applicable on the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may 
     issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
     endorsements for employment in the coastwise trade for the 
     vessel Kalypso (vessel number 566349).
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