§ 7116. Examinations for merchant mariner credentials

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. 2016

   Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–120 title III § 315(b)(1) · 130 Stat. 27

   Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 7116

   Added Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 315(b)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 62

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 315(b)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 62

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) In general.— Chapter 71 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 7116. Examinations for merchant mariner credentials “(a) Requirement for Sample Exams.— The Secretary shall develop a sample merchant mariner credential examination and outline of merchant mariner examination topics on an annual basis. “(b) Public Availability.— Each sample examination and outline of topics developed under subsection (a) shall be readily available to the public. “(c) Merchant Mariner Credential Defined.— In this section, the term ‘merchant mariner credential’ has the meaning that term has in section 7510.” .

2. 2025

   Pub. L. 119–60 div. G title LXXIII § 7301(c) · 139 Stat. 1753

   Struck · 46 U.S.C. § 7116(c)

   Pub. L. 119–60 struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In this section, the term ‘merchant mariner credential’ has the meaning that term has in section 7510.”

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–60 struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In this section, the term ‘merchant mariner credential’ has the meaning that term has in section 7510.”

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