[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 72 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. THURMOND:
  S. 2139. 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 Yesterdays Dream; to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


    certificate of documentation for the vessel ``yesterdays dream''

  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill to 
direct that the vessel, Yesterdays Dream, official number 680266, be 
accorded coastwise trading privileges and be issued a coastwise 
endorsement under 46 U.S.C. sections 12106 and 12108.
  This vessel was purchased in 1984 by Duncan MacRae of Columbia, SC, 
for a pleasure boat. In attempting to establish a charter service, he 
discovered that the boat could not be used in a chartering business 
because the vessel was foreign built. For this reason, the boat did not 
meet the requirements for coastwise trading privileges in the United 
States. When Mr. MacRae bought his boat, he was unaware that it could 
not be legally used for its intended purpose.
  Therefore, Mr. MacRae is seeking a waiver of the existing law because 
he wishes to use the vessel for charters. If he is granted this waiver, 
he intends to comply fully with U.S. documentation and safety 
requirements. The purpose of the legislation I am introducing is to 
allow Yesterdays Dream to engage in the coastwise trade and fisheries 
of the United States.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2139

       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 section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 
     (46 U.S.C. App. 883), section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 
     (24 Stat. 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sections 
     12106 and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, the 
     Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of 
     documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in 
     the coastwise trade for the vessel YESTERDAYS DREAM, United 
     States official number 680266.
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