[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 113 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ``CONSORTIUM''

  The bill (S. 493) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel Consortium, was 
considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third 
time, and passed; as follows:

                                 S.493

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION.

       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 for the vessel 
     CONSORTIUM, United States official number 1029192.

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