46 USC § 7506 - Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s7506"
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title: "46 USC § 7506 - Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "7506"
section_name: "Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents"
chapter_number: 75
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION"
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. 104–324, title VII, § 745(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3942.)"
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# § 7506. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents

Notwithstanding any provision of section 14302(c) or 14305 of this title, the Secretary may—

**(1)** evaluate the service of an individual who is applying for a license, a certificate of registry, or a merchant mariner’s document by using the tonnage as measured under chapter 143 of this title for the vessels on which that service was acquired, and

**(2)** issue the license, certificate, or document based on that service.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–324, title VII, § 745(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3942.)