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[CITE: 46USC10103]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                          CHAPTER 101--GENERAL
 
Sec. 10103. Reports

    (a) A master of a vessel to which section 8701(a) of this title 
applies, who engages or discharges a seaman, shall submit reports to the 
vessel owner in the form, content, and manner of filing as prescribed by 
regulation, to ensure compliance with laws related to manning and the 
engagement and discharge of seamen.
    (b) This section does not apply to a ferry or towing vessel operated 
in connection with a ferry operation, employed only in trades other than 
with foreign ports, lakes, bays, sounds, bayous, canals, or harbors.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 560; Pub. L. 103-206, title IV, 
Sec. 417, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2438.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10103.............................  46:643(l)
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    Section 10103 requires that masters who engage or discharge seamen 
submit to the Coast Guard reports of the manning of the vessel, and 
reports of shipping agreements which are not supervised by a shipping 
commissioner. It also contains a number of exceptions for specified 
vessels.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-206 struck out ``without a shipping 
commissioner being present'' after ``discharges a seaman'' and inserted 
``to the vessel owner'' after ``shall submit reports''.
