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[CITE: 46USC12105]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
                  CHAPTER 121--DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 12105. Registry endorsements

    (a) A certificate of documentation may be endorsed with a registry 
endorsement.
    (b) A vessel for which a registry endorsement is issued may be 
employed in foreign trade or trade with Guam, American Samoa, Wake, 
Midway, or Kingman Reef.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 100-710, title I, 
Sec. 104(a)(4), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4750; Pub. L. 101-225, title 
III, Sec. 301(a)(5), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1920.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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12105.............................  46:65h
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    Section 12105 authorizes the Secretary to issue a vessel a registry 
entitling it to be employed in the foreign trade, and to issue special 
endorsements for the coastwise trade, the Great Lakes trade or the 
fisheries. It also prohibits foreign built vessels from engaging in 
United States domestic trades.


                               Amendments

    1989--Pub. L. 101-225, Sec. 301(a)(5)(D), inserted ``endorsements'' 
after ``Registry'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-225, Sec. 301(a)(5)(A), amended subsec. (a) 
generally, substituting ``certificate of documentation may be endorsed 
with a registry endorsement'' for ``registry may be issued for a vessel 
eligible for documentation''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-225, Sec. 301(a)(5)(B), inserted 
``endorsement'' after ``registry''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 101-225, Sec. 301(a)(5)(C), struck out 
subsecs. (c) and (d) which read as follows:
    ``(c) On application of the owner of a vessel that qualifies for a 
coastwise license under section 12106 of this title, a Great Lakes 
license under section 12107 of this title, or a fishery license under 
section 12108 of this title, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a 
registry appropriately endorsed authorizing the vessel to be employed in 
the coastwise trade, the Great Lakes trade, or the fisheries, as the 
case may be.
    ``(d) Except as provided in sections 12106-12108 of this title, a 
foreign built vessel registered under this section may not engage in the 
coastwise trade, the Great Lakes trade, or the fisheries.''
    1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-710 inserted ``of Transportation'' 
after ``Secretary''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-710 effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain 
exceptions and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100-710, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 30101 of this title.


                            Savings Provision

    Pub. L. 100-239, Sec. 6(b), Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat. 1782, provided 
that: ``Notwithstanding the requirements of chapter 121 of title 46, 
United States Code, a vessel for which a coastwise, Great Lakes, or 
fishery license, or an appropriately endorsed registry, was issued 
before July 28, 1987, may continue to be employed in the specified 
trades for which it was qualified at the time the license or registry 
was issued for one year from date of enactment [Jan. 11, 1988] or until 
the certificate of documentation is renewed, whichever comes later. On 
renewal, the owner or master of a documented vessel shall make the 
vessel's certificate of documentation available as the law or Secretary 
may require for replacement with an appropriately endorsed 
certificate.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12101, 12103 of this title; 
section 1187a of Appendix to this title.
