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[CITE: 46USC7319]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                CHAPTER 73--MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS
 
Sec. 7319. Records of merchant mariners' documents

    The Secretary shall maintain records on each merchant mariner's 
document issued, including the name and address of the seaman to whom 
issued and the next of kin of the seaman. The records are not open to 
general or public inspection.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7319..............................  46:643(f)
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    Section 7319 requires the Secretary to maintain records on each 
merchant mariner's document issued and the seaman's next of kin. 
However, these records are not open for general or public inspection.
