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[CITE: 46USC7701]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                  CHAPTER 77--SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION
 
Sec. 7701. General

    (a) The purpose of suspension and revocation proceedings is to 
promote safety at sea.
    (b) Licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' 
documents may be suspended or revoked for acts described in section 7703 
of this title.
    (c) When a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's 
document has been revoked under this chapter, the former holder may be 
issued a new license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's 
document only after--
        (1) the Secretary decides, under regulations prescribed by the 
    Secretary, that the issuance is compatible with the requirement of 
    good discipline and safety at sea; and
        (2) the former holder provides satisfactory proof that the bases 
    for revocation are no longer valid.

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

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, 
Sec. 4103(c), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 511.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7701..............................  46:239(g)
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    Section 7701 establishes the general purpose of suspension and 
revocation proceedings, which is to promote safety at sea. This section 
also provides the Secretary with the authority to suspend or revoke 
licenses, certificates, and documents, as well as the authority to issue 
a new license, certificate or document to an individual when the 
issuance is compatible with the requirements of good discipline and 
safety at sea. It also provides for necessary regulatory authority to 
carry out its purposes.


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-380 amended subsec. (c) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ``When a license, 
certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's document has been revoked 
under this chapter, the former holder may be issued a new license, 
certificate, or document only after it has been decided, under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary, that the issuance is compatible 
with the requirements of good discipline and safety at sea.''


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-380 applicable to incidents occurring after 
Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101-380, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and 
Navigable Waters.
