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 PUBLIC LAW 99-36—MAY 15, 1985

99 STAT. 67

Public Law 99-36 99th Congress An Act To amend subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", making technical and conforming changes, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In section 8305(b), strike "life-saving" and "life preserver or firehose" and insert in lieu thereof "lifesaving" and "life preserver, lifesaving device, or firehose", respectively. (2) In section 3501— (A) in subsection (a), strike the comma; and (B) in subsection (c), strike "violates subsection (b) of this section" and insert in lieu thereof "carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection". (3) In section 7702(a), strike "mariners'" and insert in lieu thereof "mariner's". (4) In section 8302(b), strike "clerks" and insert in lieu thereof "clerks,". (5) In section 10504, amend subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to: "(1) a vessel engaged in coastwise commerce. "(2) a yacht. "(3) a fishing vessel (except a vessel taking oysters). "(4) a whaling vessel.". (6) In section 11101(d), strike "light" and insert in lieu thereof "lighted". (7)(A) In the analysis of chapter 121, amend the item relating to section 12109 to read as follows: "12109. Recreational vessel licenses.".

(B) In sections 12101(5) and 12104(2), strike "pleasure" and insert in lieu thereof "recreational". (C) In section 12109 and the catchline for such section, strike "Pleasure" and "pleasure vessel" wherever they appear and insert in lieu thereof "Recreational" and "recreational vessel", respectively. (D) In section 12110(a) and (c), strike "documented pleasure" wherever it appears and insert in lieu thereof "documented recreational". (8) In section 12114(a), strike "of documentation". (9)(A) In the caption for part E in the analysis of such subtitle II which appears before the text of part A of such subtitle, strike "Licenses, Certificates, and Merchant Mariners' " and insert in lieu thereof "Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and". (B) In the caption for part E immediately before the analysis of chapter 71 of such subtitle II, strike "Licenses, Certificates, and Merchant Mariners' " and insert in lieu thereof "Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and".

May 15, 1985 [S. 597] Vessels.

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