§ 7106. Duration of licenses

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1983

   Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500

   Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 7106

   Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540

2. 1990

   Oil Pollution Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–380 title IV § 4102(a) · 104 Stat. 484

   Inserted · 46 U.S.C. § 7106

   Pub. L. 101–380 inserted “and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods” after “for 5 years”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 101–380 inserted “and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods” after “for 5 years”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Licenses.— Section 7106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting “and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods” after “is valid for 5 years”.

   Effective date note
   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.

3. 2010

   Maritime Safety Act of 2010

   Pub. L. 111–281 title VI § 614(b) · 124 Stat. 2905

   Amended · 46 U.S.C. § 7106

   Pub. L. 111–281 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A license issued under this part is valid for 5 years and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods. However, the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 111–281 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A license issued under this part is valid for 5 years and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods. However, the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Duration of Licenses.— Section 7106 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§ 7106. Duration of licenses “(a) In General.— A license issued under this part is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods; except that the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. “(b) Advance Renewals.— A renewed license issued under this part may be issued up to 8 months in advance but is not effective until the date that the previously issued license expires or until the completion of any active suspension or revocation of that previously issued merchant mariner’s document, whichever is later.” .

4. 2018

   Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–282 title V § 510(1) · 132 Stat. 4192

   Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 7106(b)

   Pub. L. 115–282 substituted “license, whichever” for “merchant mariner’s document, whichever”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282 substituted “license, whichever” for “merchant mariner’s document, whichever”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in section 7106(b), by striking “merchant mariner’s document,” and inserting “license,”;

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