Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73
§7505 Review of information in National Driver Register
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Vessels and Seamen › Part Part E— - Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › Chapter CHAPTER 75— - GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION › § 7505
Summary
Secretary must make driver register information (49 U.S.C. 30305(b)(7)) available to a person for review and written comment before adverse action on their credential.
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Title 46, §7505
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The Secretary shall make information received from the National Driver Register under section 30305(b)(7) of title 49 available to an individual for review and written comment before denying, suspending, revoking, or taking any other action relating to a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued for that individual under this part, based on that information.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 30305(b)(7) of title 49” for “section 206(b)(7) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note)”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as a note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 7505
Title 46 — Shipping
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73