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Public Law 87–177
Relating to documentation and inspection of vessels of the United States.
Approved August 30, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
Relating to documentation and inspection of vessels of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, for the purposes of the laws of the United States relating to documentation and
inspection of vessels of the United States, a vessel enrolled and licensed, or licensed as a vessel of the United States to engage in the fishery, shall not be deemed to be used in employment for which not licensed, and shall not be considered as engaged in the transportation of freight for hire, solely because such vessel occasionally takes on board on the high seas and transports without a monetary consideration to a port of the United States, the catch of another fishing vessel of the United States.
Approved August 30, 1961.