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[CITE: 46USC10320]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
              CHAPTER 103--FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
 
Sec. 10320. Records of seamen

    The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring vessel owners to 
maintain records of seamen on matters of engagement, discharge, and 
service. A vessel owner shall make these records available to the seaman 
and the Coast Guard on request.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 569; Pub. L. 103-206, title IV, 
Sec. 411, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437.)

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    Section 10320 authorizes the Secretary to provide for the 
maintenance of records of the engagement, discharge, or service of 
seamen.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-206 amended heading and text of section generally. 
Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``The Secretary may prescribe 
regulations for reporting by a master of matters about the engagement, 
discharge, or service of seamen that may be needed in keeping central 
records of seamen.''
