[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S11363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                             By Mr. WARNER:

  S. 1624. 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 Norfolk; to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


        certificate of documentation for the vessel ``norfolk''

  Mr. WARNER. 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. 1624

       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 section 
     12106 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 NORFOLK, United States official number 
     1077852.
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