[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 113 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9033-S9034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ``SEA MISTRESS''

  The bill (S. 911) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Sea Mistress, was 
considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third 
time, and passed; as follows:

                                 S. 911

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 
     (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 App. 
     U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title 46, United States 
     Code, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate 
     of

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     documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in 
     the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel SEA 
     MISTRESS (United States official number 696806).

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