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[CITE: 46USC10316]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
              CHAPTER 103--FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
 
Sec. 10316. Trusts

    Sections 10314 and 10315 of this title do not prevent an employer 
from making deductions from the wages of a seaman, with the written 
consent of the seaman, if--
        (1) the deductions are paid into a trust fund established only 
    for the benefit of seamen employed by that employer, and the 
    families and dependents of those seamen (or of those seamen, 
    families, and dependents jointly with other seamen employed by other 
    employers, and the families and dependents of the other seamen); and
        (2) the payments are held in trust to provide, from principal or 
    interest, or both, any of the following benefits for those seamen 
    and their families and dependents:
            (A) medical or hospital care, or both.
            (B) pensions on retirement or death of the seaman.
            (C) life insurance.
            (D) unemployment benefits.
            (E) compensation for illness or injuries resulting from 
        occupational activity.
            (F) sickness, accident, and disability compensation.
            (G) purchasing insurance to provide any of the benefits 
        specified in this section.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 568.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10316.............................  46:599(g)
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    Section 10316 qualifies the two previous sections by allowing an 
employer to make deductions from seamen's wages for the purpose of 
placing the wages into a trust fund or holding them in trust to provide 
for the seamen's benefit.
