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46 U.S.C. § 56312 — Documented defined

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46 U.S.C. § 56312 — Documented defined

In sections 56309 through 56311, the term “documented” means, with respect to a vessel, that a certificate of documentation has been issued for the vessel under chapter 121.

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In sections 56309 through 56311, the term “documented” means, with respect to a vessel, that a certificate of documentation has been issued for the vessel under chapter 121.

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46 U.S.C. § 56311 — Requisitioned vessels

**(a)** Any vessel not documented under the laws of the United States, acquired by or made available to the Secretary of Transportation under section 56309 or 56310, as applicable, or otherwise, may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the discretion of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating be documented as a vessel of the United States under such rules and regulations or orders, and with such limitations, as the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may prescribe or issue as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and provisions of section 56309 or 56310, as applicable, and in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), engage in the coastwise trade when so documented. Any document issued to a vessel under the provisions of this subsection shall be surrendered at any time that such surrender may be ordered by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. No vessel, the surrender of the documents of which has been so ordered, shall, after the effective date of such order, have the status of a vessel of the United States unless documented anew. **(b)** The President may, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, by rules and regulations or orders, waive compliance with any provision of law relating to masters, officers, members of the crew, or crew accommodations on any vessel documented under authority of this section to such extent and upon such terms as he finds necessary because of the lack of physical facilities on such vessels, and because of the need to employ aliens for their operation. No vessel shall cease to enjoy the benefits and privileges of a vessel of the United States by reason of the employment of any person in accordance with the provisi

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46 U.S.C. § 56312 — Documented defined

Page 505 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 56502 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), (2), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, which was formerly classified to section 198 of Title 50, War and National Defense, before being transferred to this chapter and renumbered as this section. AMENDMENTS 2017—Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(c)(3)(A), substituted ‘‘sec- tion 56309 or 56310, as applicable’’ for ‘‘this Act’’ wher- ever appearing, except in first sentence of subsec. (c) and second sentence of subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(c)(2), inserted section enu- merator and catchline. Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(c)(1), transferred section 3 of act Aug. 9, 1954, to this chapter and renumbered it as this section. See Codification note above. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(c)(3)(B), substituted ‘‘section 56309 or 56310, as applicable,’’ for ‘‘this Act’’ in first sentence and ‘‘Section 57109’’ for ‘‘The second paragraph of section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended,’’ in third sentence. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(c)(3)(C)(i)–(iii), sub- stituted, in first sentence, ‘‘section 6101 of title 41’’ for ‘‘provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes’’, in second sentence, ‘‘section 56309 or 56310, as applicable,’’ for ‘‘this Act’’ and ‘‘section 6101 of title 41’’ for ‘‘said section 3709’’, and, in third sentence, ‘‘chapter 575’’ for ‘‘title VII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936’’. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–91, § 3504(c)(3)(C)(iv), struck out subsec. (f) which read as follows: ‘‘When used in this Act, the term ‘documented’ means ‘registered’, ‘en- rolled and licensed’, or ‘licensed’.’’ See section 56312 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, fun

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