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§7111 Oral Examinations for Licenses
Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY › § 7111
Summary
A person can take an oral test to get a license to work on fishing boats, fish-processing boats, or fish-tender vessels that do not have to be inspected under part B of this subtitle.
Full Legal Text
Title 46, §7111
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An individual may take an oral examination for a license to serve on a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel not required to be inspected under part B of this subtitle.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 710946:224a(2) section 7111 provides for oral tests for licenses for individuals on fishing vessels that are not required to be inspected under part B.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1986—Pub. L. 99–307 substituted “part” for “Part”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–364 substituted in section catchline “Oral examinations for licenses” for “Licenses for fishing vessels not subject to inspection” and in text “An individual may take an oral examination for a license to serve on a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel not required to be inspected under Part B of this subtitle” for “Examinations for licensing individuals on fishing vessels not required to be inspected under part B of this subtitle shall be oral”.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 7111
Title 46, Shipping
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102