2021 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
Chapter 112 - Merchant Mariner Benefits
Sec. 11202 - Qualified service
46 U.S.C. § 11202 (2021) |
§11202. Qualified service |
For purposes of this chapter, an individual shall be considered to have engaged in qualified service if, between August 16, 1945, and December 31, 1946, the individual— (1) was a member of the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was— (A) operated by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation (or an agent of the Administration or Office); (B) operated in waters other than inland waters, the Great Lakes, and other lakes, bays, and harbors of the United States; (C) under contract or charter to, or property of, the Government of the United States; and (D) serving the Armed Forces; and (2) while so serving, was licensed or otherwise documented for service as a crewmember of such a vessel by an officer or employee of the United States authorized to license or document the individual for such service. |
(Added Pub. L. 105–368, title IV, §402(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3336; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], §8505(b)(12), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4752.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "an individual" for "a person" in introductory provisions and "the individual" for "the person" in introductory provisions and in par. (2). |
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Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 112 - MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS Sec. 11202 - Qualified service |
section 11202 |
2021 |
January 3, 2022 |
Yes |
standard |
112 Stat. 3336 134 Stat. 4752 |
Public Law 105-368, Public Law 116-283 |