103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 58
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to certain
nonprofit organizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Merchant Marine Me-
morial Enhancement Act of 1993’’.
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SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE VESSELS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The Secretary of
Transportation may convey without consideration all
right, title, and interest of the United States in 2 vessels
described in subsection (b) to any nonprofit organization
which operates and maintains a Liberty Ship or Victory
Ship as a memorial to merchant mariners.
(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—Vessels which may be
conveyed under subsection (a) are vessels which—
(1) are in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
on the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) are not less than 4,000 displacement tons;
(3) have no usefulness to the Government; and
(4) are scheduled to be scrapped.
(c) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of
conveying any vessel to an organization under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall require that before the date of the
conveyance the organization enter into an agreement
under which the organization shall—
(1) sell the vessel for scrap purposes;
(2) use the proceeds of that scrapping for the
purpose of refurbishing and making seaworthy a
Liberty Ship or Victory Ship which the organization
maintains as a memorial to merchant mariners, to
enable the ship to participate in 1994 in commemo-
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rative activities in conjunction with the 50th anni-
versary of the Normandy invasion; and
(3) return to the United States any proceeds of
scrapping carried out pursuant to paragraph (1)
which are not used in accordance with paragraph
(2).
(d) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Amounts
returned to the United States pursuant to subsection
(c)(3) shall be deposited in the Vessel Operations Revolv-
ing Fund created by the Act of June 2, 1951 (65 Stat.
59; 46 App. U.S.C. 1241a).
(e) DELIVERY OF VESSELS.—The Secretary shall de-
liver each vessel conveyed under this section—
(1) at the place where the vessel is located on
the date of the approval of the conveyance by the
Secretary;
(2) in its condition on that date; and
(3) without cost to the Government.
(f) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The
authority of the Secretary under this section to convey ves-
sels shall expire on the date that is 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS.
(a) Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Ma-
rine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June
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19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title
46, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation
may issue certificates of documentation with a coastwise
endorsement for the following vessels:
(1) ABORIGINAL (United States official num-
ber 942118).
(2) AFTERSAIL (United States official num-
ber 689427).
(3) ALEXANDRIA (United States official
number 586490).
(4) AMANDA (Michigan registration number
MC–1125–FR).
(5) ARBITRAGE II (United States official
number 962861).
(6) ARIEL (United States official number
954762).
(7) BRANDARIS (former United States official
number 263174).
(8) COMPASS ROSE (United States official
number 695865).
(9) DIXIE (United States official number
513159).
(10) ELISSA (United States official number
697285).
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(11) EMERALD PRINCESS (former United
States official number 530095).
(12) ENTERPRISE (United States official
number 692956).
(13) EUROPA STAR (former United States
official number 588270).
(14) EUROPA SUN (former United States of-
ficial number 596656).
(15) GAZELA OF PHILADELPHIA (Penn-
sylvania registration number PA–4339–AF).
(16) GRAY (Connecticut registration number
CT–5944–AJ).
(17) GRIZZLY PROCESSOR (Canadian offi-
cial number 369183).
(18) GUSTO (United States official number
624951).
(19) GYPSY COWBOY (United States official
number 550771).
(20) IMPATIENT LADY (United States offi-
cial number 553952).
(21) ISLAND GIRL (United States official
number 674840).
(22) JULIET (Michigan registration number
MC–1669–LM).