[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 113 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ``EVENING STAR''

  The bill (S. 763) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement 
for the vessel Evening Star, and for other purposes, was considered, 
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and 
passed; as follows:

                                 S. 763

       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 sections 12106 through 12108 of title 46, 
     United States Code, and section 27 of the Merchant Marine 
     Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), the Secretary of 
     Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation and 
     coastwise trade endorsement for the vessel EVENING STAR, hull 
     identification number HA2833700774, and State of Hawaii 
     registration number HA8337D.

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