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[CITE: 46USC11203]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 112--MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
 
Sec. 11203. Documentation of qualified service

    (a) Record of Service.--The Secretary, or in the case of personnel 
of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the 
Secretary of Defense, shall, upon application--
        (1) issue a certificate of honorable service to a person who, as 
    determined by that Secretary, engaged in qualified service of a 
    nature and duration that warrants issuance of the certificate; and
        (2) correct, or request the appropriate official of the Federal 
    Government to correct, the service records of that person to the 
    extent necessary to reflect the qualified service and the issuance 
    of the certificate of honorable service.

    (b) Timing of Documentation.--A Secretary receiving an application 
under subsection (a) shall act on the application not later than 1 year 
after the date of that receipt.
    (c) Standards Relating to Service.--In making a determination under 
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary acting on the application shall apply 
the same standards relating to the nature and duration of service that 
apply to the issuance of honorable discharges under section 401(a)(1)(B) 
of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38 U.S.C. 106 note).
    (d) Correction of Records.--An official who is requested under 
subsection (a)(2) to correct the service records of a person shall make 
such correction.

(Added Pub. L. 105-368, title IV, Sec. 402(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3337.)

                       References in Text

    Section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977, 
referred to in subsec. (c), is section 401(a)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 95-202, 
which is set out as a note under section 106 of Title 38, Veterans' 
Benefits.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 11201, 11204 of this title.
