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[CITE: 46USC7305]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                CHAPTER 73--MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS
 
Sec. 7305. Oaths for holders of merchant mariners' documents

    An applicant for a merchant mariner's document shall take, before 
issuance of the document, an oath that the applicant will perform 
faithfully and honestly all the duties required by law, and will carry 
out the lawful orders of superior officers.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 542.)

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    The requirement for an oath, drawn from a clause which had appeared 
in 46 U.S.C. 672(g), and administered by the Coast Guard to all 
applicants, was repealed in a 1980 amendment by section 4 of Public Law 
96-378 (94 Stat. 1516). Since no specific comment was made regarding the 
elimination in 1980 and the agency has continued to administer an oath 
to all applicants, this provision is being reinstated. The Committee 
believes the oath will contribute to the discipline and order necessary 
in the merchant marine.
