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46 U.S.C. § 7511 — Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial
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**(a) Sexual Abuse.—** A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part shall be denied to an individual who has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under—
(1) chapter 109A of title 18, except for subsection (b) of [section 2244 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2244&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) section 920 or 920b of title 10 (article 120 and 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); or
(3) a substantially similar offense under Federal, State, local, or Tribal law.
**(b) Abusive Sexual Contact.—** A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part may be denied to an individual who within 5 years before applying for the license, certificate, or document, has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under subsection (b) of [section 2244 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2244&num=0&edition=prelim), or a substantially similar offense under State, local, or Tribal law.
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**(a) Sexual Abuse.—** A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part shall be denied to an individual who has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under—
(1) chapter 109A of title 18, except for subsection (b) of [section 2244 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2244&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) section 920 or 920b of title 10 (article 120 and 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); or
(3) a substantially similar offense under Federal, State, local, or Tribal law.
**(b) Abusive Sexual Contact.—** A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part may be denied to an individual who within 5 years before applying for the license, certificate, or document, has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under subsection (b) of [section 2244 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2244&num=0&edition=prelim), or a substantially similar offense under State, local, or Tribal law.
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**(a) Sexual Conduct in Circumstances Where Sexual Acts Are Punished by This Chapter.—** Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison, or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the head of any Federal department or agency, knowingly engages in or causes sexual contact with or by another person, if so to do would violate—
(1) subsection (a) or (b) of [section 2241 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2241&num=0&edition=prelim) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;
(2) [section 2242 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2242&num=0&edition=prelim) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than three years, or both;
(3) subsection (a) of [section 2243 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2243&num=0&edition=prelim) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than two years, or both;
(4) subsection (b) of [section 2243 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2243&num=0&edition=prelim) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than two years, or both;
(5) subsection (c) of [section 2241 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2241&num=0&edition=prelim) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, shall be fined under this titl
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 7511
(8) FORMAL
EXAM
REVIEW.—The Secretary
shall ensure that the Coast Guard Perform-
ance Technology Center—
(A) prioritizes the review of examinations
required for merchant mariner credentials;
and
(B) not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 2016, completes a formal review, in-
cluding an appropriate analysis, of the top-
ics and testing methodology employed by
the National Maritime Center for merchant
mariner licensing.
(9) CHAPTER 10 OF
TITLE 5.—Chapter 10 of
title 5 shall not apply to any working group
created under this section to review the Coast
Guard’s merchant mariner credentialing ex-
aminations.
(d) MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIAL DEFINED.—
In this section, the term ‘‘merchant mariner
credential’’ means a merchant mariner license,
certificate, or document that the Secretary is
authorized to issue pursuant to this title.
(Added Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 315(a)(1), Feb.
8, 2016, 130 Stat. 60; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div.
C, title XXXV, § 3503(a), (b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130
Stat. 2775; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV,
§ 3541(b)(12), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2323; Pub. L.
115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(3)(B), Dec. 4, 2018, 132
Stat. 4289; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV
[LXXXV], § 8505(b)(7), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4751;
Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(290), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat.
4337.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Au-
thorization Act of 2016, referred to in subsec. (c)(1),
(4)(A), (8)(B), is the date of enactment of Pub. L.
114–120, which was approved Feb. 8, 2016.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (c)(9). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted
‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5’’ for ‘‘FACA’’ in heading and
‘‘Chapter 10 of titl
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