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[CITE: 46USC7301]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                CHAPTER 73--MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS
 
Sec. 7301. General

    (a) In this chapter--
        (1) ``service on deck'' means service in the deck department in 
    work related to the work usually performed on board vessels by able 
    seamen and may include service on fishing, fish processing, fish 
    tender vessels and on public vessels of the United States;
        (2) 360 days is equal to one year's service; and
        (3) a day is equal to 8 hours of labor or duty.

    (b) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to carry out this 
chapter.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 541; Pub. L. 98-364, title IV, 
Sec. 402(9)(B), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 448.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7301..............................  46:672(c)
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    Section 7301 defines ``service on deck'', ``one year's service'' and 
``day'' with respect to the qualifying time for the issuance of various 
types of endorsements as able seamen. This section also provides the 
Secretary with the authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this 
chapter.


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-364 substituted ``fishing, fish 
processing, fish tender vessels'' for ``decked fishing vessels''.
