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U.S. Code·Title 46

Title 46

Shipping

1,004 sections in this title, page 10 of 11.

§ 7102

Citizenship or noncitizen nationality

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7103

Licenses for radio officers

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7104

Certificates for medical doctors and nurses

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7105

Oaths

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7106

Duration of licenses

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7107

Duration of certificates of registry

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7108

Termination of licenses and certificates of registry

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7109

Review of criminal records

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7110

Exhibiting licenses

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7111

Oral examinations for licenses

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7112

Licenses of masters or mates as pilots

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7113

Exemption from draft

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7114

Fees

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7116

Examinations for merchant mariner credentials

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 71 — LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

§ 7301

General

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7302

Issuing merchant mariners’ documents and continuous discharge books

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7303

Possession and description of merchant mariners’ documents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7304

Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7305

Oaths for holders of merchant mariners’ documents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7306

General requirements and classifications for members of deck departments

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7307

Able seamen—unlimited

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7308

Able seamen—limited

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7309

Able seamen—special

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7310

Able seamen—offshore supply vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7311

Able seamen—sail

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7311a

Able seamen—fishing industry

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7312

Scale of employment

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7313

General requirements for members of engine departments

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7315

Training

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7316

Lifeboatmen

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7317

Tankermen

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7318

Radiotelegraph operators on Great Lakes

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7319

Records of merchant mariners’ documents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 73 — MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS

§ 7501

Duplicates

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7502

Records

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7503

Dangerous drugs as grounds for denial

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7504

Travel and expense reimbursement

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7505

Review of information in National Driver Register

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7506

Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7507

Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7508

Authority to extend the duration of medical certificates

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7509

Medical certification by trusted agents

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7510

Examinations for merchant mariner credentials

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7511

Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7512

Requirements of electronic merchant mariner credentialing system

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 75 — GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

§ 7701

General

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 7702

Administrative procedure

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 7703

Bases for suspension or revocation

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 7704

Dangerous drugs as grounds for revocation

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 7704a

Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 7705

Subpenas and oaths

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 7706

Drug testing reporting

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION

§ 80101

Vessel stranded on foreign coast

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 801 — WRECKS AND SALVAGE

§ 80103

Property on Florida coast to be taken to port of entry

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 801 — WRECKS AND SALVAGE

§ 80104

Salvaging operations by foreign vessels

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 801 — WRECKS AND SALVAGE

§ 80105

Canadian vessels aiding vessels in United States waters

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 801 — WRECKS AND SALVAGE

§ 80106

International agreement on derelicts

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 801 — WRECKS AND SALVAGE

§ 80107

Salvors of life to share in remuneration

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 801 — WRECKS AND SALVAGE

§ 80301

International agreements

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 803 — ICE AND DERELICTS

§ 80302

Patrol services

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 803 — ICE AND DERELICTS

§ 80303

Speed of vessel in ice region

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 803 — ICE AND DERELICTS

§ 80304

Limitation on ice patrol data

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 803 — ICE AND DERELICTS

§ 80501

Definitions

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80502

Application of Convention

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80503

General authority of the Secretary

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80504

Approval and examination

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80505

Enforcement

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80506

Delegation of authority

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80507

Employee protection

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80508

Amendments to Convention

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 80509

Civil penalty

Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 805 — SAFE CONTAINERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARGO

§ 8101

Complement of inspected vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8102

Watchmen

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8103

Citizenship or noncitizen nationality and Navy Reserve requirements

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8104

Watches

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8105

Fishing vessel exemption

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8106

Riding gangs

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8107

Use of force against piracy

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 81 — GENERAL

§ 8301

Minimum number of licensed individuals

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 83 — MASTERS AND OFFICERS

§ 8302

Staff department

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 83 — MASTERS AND OFFICERS

§ 8304

Implementing the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 83 — MASTERS AND OFFICERS

§ 8501

State regulation of pilots

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 85 — PILOTS

§ 8502

Federal pilots required

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 85 — PILOTS

§ 8503

Federal pilots authorized

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 85 — PILOTS

§ 8701

Merchant mariners’ documents required

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 87 — UNLICENSED PERSONNEL

§ 8702

Certain crew requirements

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 87 — UNLICENSED PERSONNEL

§ 8703

Tankermen on tank vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 87 — UNLICENSED PERSONNEL

§ 8704

Alien deemed to be employed in the United States

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 87 — UNLICENSED PERSONNEL

§ 8901

Freight vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 89 — SMALL VESSEL MANNING

§ 8902

Small passenger vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 89 — SMALL VESSEL MANNING

§ 8903

Self-propelled, uninspected passenger vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 89 — SMALL VESSEL MANNING

§ 8904

Towing vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 89 — SMALL VESSEL MANNING

§ 8905

Exemptions

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 89 — SMALL VESSEL MANNING

§ 8906

Penalty

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 89 — SMALL VESSEL MANNING

§ 9101

Standards for foreign tank vessels

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 91 — TANK VESSEL MANNING STANDARDS

§ 9102

Standards for tank vessels of the United States

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 91 — TANK VESSEL MANNING STANDARDS

§ 9301

Definitions

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 93 — GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE

§ 9302

Great Lakes pilots required

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 93 — GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE

§ 9303

United States registered pilot service

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 93 — GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE

§ 9304

Pilotage pools

Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels › CHAPTER 93 — GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE

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