46 USC § 7116 - Examinations for merchant mariner credentials

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title: "46 USC § 7116 - Examinations for merchant mariner credentials"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "7116"
section_name: "Examinations for merchant mariner credentials"
chapter_number: 71
chapter_name: "LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 315(b)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 62; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(c), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1753.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 315(b)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 62; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(c), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1753.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (c).  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.”