A bill to amend subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", making technical and conforming changes, and for other purposes.
PL 99-36 (S.597), enacted 05/15/1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-36—MAY 15, 1985 
99 STAT. 67 
Public Law 99-36 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To amend subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", making technical 
and conforming changes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) subtitle II 
of title 46, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 8305(b), strike "life-saving" and "life preserver 
or firehose" and insert in lieu thereof "lifesaving" and "life 
preserver, lifesaving device, or firehose", respectively. 
(2) In section 3501— 
(A) in subsection (a), strike the comma; and 
(B) in subsection (c), strike "violates subsection (b) of this 
section" and insert in lieu thereof "carries more passengers 
than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate 
of inspection". 
(3) In section 7702(a), strike "mariners'" and insert in lieu 
thereof "mariner's". 
(4) In section 8302(b), strike "clerks" and insert in lieu thereof 
"clerks,". 
(5) In section 10504, amend subsection (d) to read as follows: 
"(d) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to: 
"(1) a vessel engaged in coastwise commerce. 
"(2) a yacht. 
"(3) a fishing vessel (except a vessel taking oysters). 
"(4) a whaling vessel.". 
(6) In section 11101(d), strike "light" and insert in lieu thereof 
"lighted". 
(7)(A) In the analysis of chapter 121, amend the item relating 
to section 12109 to read as follows: 
"12109. Recreational vessel licenses.". 
(B) In sections 12101(5) and 12104(2), strike "pleasure" and 
insert in lieu thereof "recreational". 
(C) In section 12109 and the catchline for such section, strike 
"Pleasure" and "pleasure vessel" wherever they appear and 
insert in lieu thereof "Recreational" and "recreational vessel", 
respectively. 
(D) In section 12110 (a) and (c), strike "documented pleasure" 
wherever it appears and insert in lieu thereof "documented 
recreational". 
(8) In section 12114(a), strike "of documentation". 
(9)(A) In the caption for part E in the analysis of such subtitle 
II which appears before the text of part A of such subtitle, strike 
"Licenses, Certificates, and Merchant Mariners' " and insert in 
lieu thereof "Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and". 
(B) In the caption for part E immediately before the analysis 
of chapter 71 of such subtitle II, strike "Licenses, Certificates, 
and Merchant Mariners' " and insert in lieu thereof "Merchant 
Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and". 
May 15, 1985 
[S. 597] 
Vessels. 
99 STAT. 68 
PUBLIC LAW 99-36—MAY 15, 1985 
Effective date. 
46 u s e 10504 
note. 
Repeal. 
46 u s e 3102 and 
note. 
46 u s e 3102 
note. 
46 u s e 3102. 
46 u s e 3302 
note. 
(C) In section 7501(a), strike "certificate, or document" and 
insert in lieu thereof "certificate of registry, or merchant mari-
ner's document". 
(D) In section 7503(b), strike "certificate, or document" the 
first time it appears and insert in lieu thereof "certificate of 
registry, or merchant mariner's document". 
(E) In section 7703, strike "certificate," the first time it 
appears and insert in lieu thereof "certificate of registry,". 
(F) In section 7704(b), strike "document" the first time it 
appears and insert in lieu thereof "merchant mariner's docu-
ment". 
(G) In section 7704(c), strike "certificate, or document" and 
insert in lieu thereof "certificate of registry, or merchant mari-
ner's document". 
(H) In section 7705(a), strike "certificates, and documents" 
and insert in lieu thereof "certificates of registry, and merchant 
mariners' documents". 
(b) The effective date of subsection (aX5) of this section is August 
26,1983. 
SEC. 2. Section 22 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984 
(Public Law 98-557; 98 Stat. 2871), and the amendments made by 
such section, are repealed as of November 8, 1984. Regulations 
prescribed and actions taken under, and references to, such section 
and the amendments made by such section are deemed to be regula-
tions prescribed and actions taken under, and references to, section 
701 of the Act of November 8, 1984 (Public Law 98-623; 98 Stat. 
3413), and the amendments made by such section 701. 
SEC. 3. Section 403(a) of the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel 
Act (Public Law 98-364; 98 Stat. 450) is amended by striking 
"Before" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in chap-
ter 37 of title 46, United States Code, and before". 
Approved May 15, 1985. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 597: 
SENATE REPORT No. 99-26 (Oomm. on eommerce. Science, and Transportation). 
eONGRESSIONAL REeORD, Vol. 131 (1985): 
Apr. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
May 6, considered and passed House.