[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 113 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9034]
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 CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSELS ``ENCHANTED ISLES'' AND 
                           ``ENCHANTED SEAS''

  The bill (S. 1047) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
issue certificates of documentation and coastwise trade endorsements 
for the vessels Enchanted Isles and Enchanted Seas, was considered, 
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and 
passed; as follows:

                                S. 1047

       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 U.S.C. App. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 U.S.C. 
     App. 289), section 12106 of title 46, United States Code, 
     section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 
     1156), and any agreement with the United States Government, 
     the Secretary of Transportation may issue certificates of 
     documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessels 
     ENCHANTED ISLES (Panamanian official number 14087-84B) and 
     ENCHANTED SEAS (Panamanian official number 14064-84D), except 
     that the vessels may not operate between or among islands in 
     the State of Hawaii.

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