Sec. 421. Certificate extensions
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Subchapter I of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Provided a vessel is in compliance with inspection requirements in section 3313, the Secretary of the Department in which in the Coast Guard is operating may, if he makes the determination described in subsection (b), extend for a period of not more than one year an expiring–— certificate of documentation issued for a vessel under chapter 121; or certificate of financial responsibility required for a vessel by section 1016(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2716(a) ) or Section 108 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9608 ).
The determination referred to in subsection
(a)is a determination that such extension is required to enable the Coast Guard to— eliminate a backlog in processing applications for such certificates; or act in response to a national emergency or natural disaster. Any extension granted under this section may be granted to individual vessels or to a specifically identified group of vessels. . The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 12108. Authority to extend the duration of vessel certificates. .
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