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§7504 Travel and Expense Reimbursement
Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION › § 7504
Summary
An applicant or representative who asks Coast Guard staff to give a required qualification where requested may repay the Secretary for staff travel and subsistence; payments go to Coast Guard operations and support.
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Title 46, §7504
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When a requirement to qualify for the issuance of, or endorsement on, a certificate, license, or document under this part is administered at a place at the request of an applicant or an applicant’s representative, the applicant or representative may reimburse the Secretary for the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform the administration of the requirement. Amounts received as reimbursement under this section shall be credited to the appropriation for operations and support of the Coast Guard.
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2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “operations and support” for “operating expenses”.
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Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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46 U.S.C. § 7504
Title 46, Shipping
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102