[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 23 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1568]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. GORTON:
  S. 1732. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue 
a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Vesterhavet; to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


                  jones act waiver for the vesterhavet

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill to grant 
a waiver to the Jones Act to a vessel named the Vesterhavet owned by 
Brett Snow. I ask unanimous consent that the full text of this bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1732

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     notwithstanding sections 12106 and 12108 of title 46, United 
     States Code, section 8 of the Passenger Vessel Act (46 U.S.C. 
     App. 289), 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 with appropriate 
     endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the 
     vessel VESTERHAVET, (United States Official Number 979206).

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