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[CITE: 46USC3205]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
                    CHAPTER 32--MANAGEMENT OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 3205. Certification

    (a) Issuance of Certificate and Document.--After verifying that the 
responsible person for a vessel to which this chapter applies and the 
vessel comply with the applicable requirements under this chapter, the 
Secretary shall issue for the vessel, on request of the responsible 
person, a Safety Management Certificate and a Document of Compliance.
    (b) Maintenance of Certificate and Document.--A Safety Management 
Certificate and a Document of Compliance issued for a vessel under this 
section shall be maintained by the responsible person for the vessel as 
required by the Secretary.
    (c) Verification of Compliance.--The Secretary shall--
        (1) periodically review whether a responsible person having a 
    safety management plan approved under section 3204(b) and each 
    vessel to which the plan applies is complying with the plan; and
        (2) revoke the Secretary's approval of the plan and each Safety 
    Management Certificate and Document of Compliance issued to the 
    person for a vessel to which the plan applies, if the Secretary 
    determines that the person or a vessel to which the plan applies has 
    not complied with the plan.

    (d) Enforcement.--At the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 
4197 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. App. 91) of a vessel that is 
subject to this chapter under section 3202(a) of this title or to the 
International Safety Management Code, if the vessel does not have on 
board a Safety Management Certificate and a copy of a Document of 
Compliance for the vessel. Clearance may be granted on filing a bond or 
other surety satisfactory to the Secretary.

(Added Pub. L. 104-324, title VI, Sec. 602(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3929.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3204 of this title.
