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[CITE: 46USC7703]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                  CHAPTER 77--SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION
 
Sec. 7703. Bases for suspension or revocation

    A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's document 
issued by the Secretary may be suspended or revoked if the holder--
        (1) when acting under the authority of that license, 
    certificate, or document--
            (A) has violated or fails to comply with this subtitle, a 
        regulation prescribed under this subtitle, or any other law or 
        regulation intended to promote marine safety or to protect 
        navigable waters; or
            (B) has committed an act of incompetence, misconduct, or 
        negligence;

        (2) is convicted of an offense that would prevent the issuance 
    or renewal of a license, certificate of registry, or merchant 
    mariner's document; or
        (3) within the 3-year period preceding the initiation of the 
    suspension or revocation proceeding is convicted of an offense 
    described in section 205(a)(3)(A) or (B) of the National Driver 
    Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note).

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 99-36, 
Sec. 1(a)(9)(E), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, 
Sec. 4103(b), 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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7703..............................  46:226
                                    46:239
                                    46:240
                                    46:246(c)
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    This section provides the bases for suspension and revocation of a 
license, certificate or document. The individual must have been 
operating under the authority of the required license, certificate, or 
document and has violated a law or regulation intended to promote marine 
safety or to protect the navigable waters or has committed an act of 
incompetence, misconduct, or negligence.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-380 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``A license, certificate of registry, or 
merchant mariner's document issued by the Secretary may be suspended or 
revoked if, when acting under the authority of that license, 
certificate, or document, the holder--
        ``(1) has violated or failed to comply with this subtitle, a 
    regulation prescribed under this subtitle, or any other law or 
    regulation intended to promote marine safety or to protect navigable 
    waters.
        ``(2) has committed an act of incompetence, misconduct, or 
    negligence.''
    1985--Pub. L. 99-36 substituted ``certificate of registry,'' for 
first reference to ``certificate,''.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7701 of this title; title 49 
section 30305.
