2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part E - Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents (§§ 7101 - 7706)
Chapter 73 - MERCHANT MARINERS DOCUMENTS (§§ 7301 - 7319)
Section 7319 - Records of merchant mariners’ documents
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 E - Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents CHAPTER 73 - MERCHANT MARINERS DOCUMENTS Sec. 7319 - Records of merchant mariners documents |
Contains | section 7319 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 108-293, title IV, §403, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1043. |
Statutes at Large References | 97 Stat. 545 118 Stat. 1043 |
Public Law References | Public Law 98-89, Public Law 108-293 |
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The Secretary shall maintain records on each merchant mariner's document issued, including the name and address of the seaman to whom issued and the next of kin of the seaman.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 108–293, title IV, §403, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1043.)
Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
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7319 | 46:643(f) |
Section 7319 requires the Secretary to maintain records on each merchant mariner's document issued and the seaman's next of kin. However, these records are not open for general or public inspection.
Amendments2004—Pub. L. 108–293 struck out at end “The records are not open to general or public inspection.”
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