2014 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping (Sections 101 - 80509)
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (Sections 2101 - 14702)
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief (Sections 10101 - 11507)
Chapter 112 - Merchant Mariner Benefits (Sections 11201 - 11204)
Sec. 11203 - Documentation of qualified service
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 112 - MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS Sec. 11203 - Documentation of qualified service |
Contains | section 11203 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 105-368, title IV, §402(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3337. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 112 Stat. 3337 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 95-202, Public Law 105-368 |
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(a) Record of Service.—The Secretary, or in the case of personnel of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the Secretary of Defense, shall, upon application—
(1) issue a certificate of honorable service to a person who, as determined by that Secretary, engaged in qualified service of a nature and duration that warrants issuance of the certificate; and
(2) correct, or request the appropriate official of the Federal Government to correct, the service records of that person to the extent necessary to reflect the qualified service and the issuance of the certificate of honorable service.
(b) Timing of Documentation.—A Secretary receiving an application under subsection (a) shall act on the application not later than 1 year after the date of that receipt.
(c) Standards Relating to Service.—In making a determination under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary acting on the application shall apply the same standards relating to the nature and duration of service that apply to the issuance of honorable discharges under section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38 U.S.C. 106 note).
(d) Correction of Records.—An official who is requested under subsection (a)(2) to correct the service records of a person shall make such correction.
(Added Pub. L. 105–368, title IV, §402(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3337.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (c), is section 401(a)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 95–202, which is set out as a note under section 106 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.
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