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[CITE: 46USC7506]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
    CHAPTER 75--GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND 
                              DOCUMENTATION
 
Sec. 7506. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and 
        documents
        
    Notwithstanding any provision of section 14302(c) or 14305 of this 
title, the Secretary may--
        (1) evaluate the service of an individual who is applying for a 
    license, a certificate of registry, or a merchant mariner's document 
    by using the tonnage as measured under chapter 143 of this title for 
    the vessels on which that service was acquired, and
        (2) issue the license, certificate, or document based on that 
    service.

(Added Pub. L. 104-324, title VII, Sec. 745(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3942.)
