46-U.S.C.-7301

§7301 – General

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Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part E > Chapter 73 > Section 7301

Details

• Reference: Section 7301
• Legend: §7301 – General
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) In this chapter—

(1) service on deck means service in the deck department in work related to the work usually performed on board vessels by able seamen and may include service on fishing, fish processing, fish tender vessels and on public vessels of the United States;

(2) 360 days is equal to one years service; and

(3) a day is equal to 8 hours of labor or duty.

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

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 541; Pub. L. 98–364, title IV, §402(9)(B), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 448.)

Section 7301 defines service on deck, one years service and day with respect to the qualifying time for the issuance of various types of endorsements as able seamen. This section also provides the Secretary with the authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this chapter.

Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98–364 substituted fishing, fish processing, fish tender vessels for decked fishing vessels.

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