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[CITE: 46USC7113]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
            CHAPTER 71--LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY
 
Sec. 7113. Exemption from draft

    A licensed master, mate, pilot, or engineer of a vessel inspected 
under part B of this subtitle, propelled by machinery or carrying 
hazardous liquid cargoes in bulk, is not liable to draft in time of war, 
except for performing duties authorized by the license. When performing 
those duties in the service of the United States Government, the master, 
mate, pilot, or engineer is entitled to the highest rate of wages paid 
in the merchant marine of the United States for similar services. If 
killed or wounded when performing those duties, the master, mate, pilot, 
or engineer, or the heirs or legal representatives of the master, mate, 
pilot, or engineer, are entitled to all the privileges under the pension 
laws of the United States provided to members of the Armed Forces.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 541.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7113..............................  46:225
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    Section 7113 exempts licensed masters, mates, pilots, and engineers 
of inspected vessels that are propelled by machinery or carrying 
hazardous liquid cargo from the Selective Service draft in time of war.
    This section also provides that, while serving in that capacity 
during war, they shall be entitled to the highest rate of pay paid in 
the U.S. merchant marine for similar services.
    If a master, mate, pilot, or engineer is killed or wounded when 
performing those duties during a war, these individuals, their heirs or 
legal representatives, are entitled to all the privileges provided to 
members of the Armed Forces under the pension laws of the United States.
