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[CITE: 46USC10315]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
              CHAPTER 103--FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
 
Sec. 10315. Allotments

    (a) Under prescribed regulations, a seaman may stipulate as follows 
in the agreement required by section 10302 of this title for an 
allotment of any part of the wages the seaman may earn:
        (1) to the seaman's grandparents, parents, spouse, sister, 
    brother, or children;
        (2) to an agency designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to 
    handle applications for United States savings bonds, to purchase 
    bonds for the seaman; and
        (3) for deposits to be made in an account for savings or 
    investment opened by the seaman and maintained in the seaman's name 
    at a savings bank or a savings institution in which the accounts are 
    insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal 
    Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.

    (b) An allotment is valid only if made in writing and signed by and 
approved by a shipping commissioner. The shipping commissioner shall 
examine allotments and the parties to them to enforce compliance with 
the law. Stipulations for allotments made at the beginning of a voyage 
shall be included in the agreement and shall state the amounts and times 
of payment and the person to whom payments are to be made.
    (c) Only an allotment complying with this section is lawful. A 
person falsely claiming qualification as an allottee under this section 
is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not 
more than $500.
    (d) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, or master of a 
vessel seeking clearance from a port of the United States shall present 
the agreement at the office of clearance. Clearance may be granted to a 
vessel only if this section has been complied with.
    (e) This section applies to a foreign vessel when in waters of the 
United States. An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, or master 
of a foreign vessel violating this section is liable to the Government 
for the same penalty as an owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, 
or master of a vessel of the United States for the same violation.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 567.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10315.............................  46:599
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    Section 10315 lists the persons to whom a seaman may allot wages, 
specifies the conditions which make an allotment valid, and provides a 
civil penalty of $500 for falsely claiming qualification as an allottee. 
It also requires that this section be complied with before a vessel can 
be cleared from a United States port. This section applies to foreign 
vessels.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation abolished and 
functions transferred, see sections 401 to 406 of Pub. L. 101-73, set 
out as a note under section 1437 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10316, 11109 of this title.
