Sec. 7. WAIVERS
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## SEC. 7 WAIVERS ###
(a)In General Notwithstanding sections 12112 and 12132 and chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for each of the following vessels: ####
(1)M/V GEYSIR (United States official number 622178). ####
(2)OCEAN VERITAS (IMO number 7366805). ####
(3)LUNA (United States official number 280133). ###
(b)Documentation of LNG Tankers ####
(1)In general Notwithstanding sections 12112 and 12132 and chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for each of the following vessels: #####
(A)LNG GEMINI (United States official number 595752). #####
(B)LNG LEO (United States official number 595753). #####
(C)LNG VIRGO (United States official number 595755). ####
(2)Limitation on ownership The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may only issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement to a vessel designated in paragraph
(1)if the owner of the vessel is an individual or individuals who are citizens of the United States, or is an entity deemed to be such a citizen under section 50501 of title 46, United States Code. ####
(3)Limitation on repair and modification #####
(A)Requirement Any qualified work shall be performed at a shipyard facility located in the United States. #####
(B)Exceptions The requirement in subparagraph
(A)does not apply to any qualified work— ######
(i)for which the owner or operator enters into a binding agreement no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020; or ######
(ii)necessary for the safe towage of the vessel from outside the United States to a shipyard facility in the United States for completion of the qualified work. #####
(C)Definition In this paragraph, qualified work means repair and modification necessary for the issuance of a certificate of inspection issued as a result of the waiver for which a coastwise endorsement is issued under paragraph (1). ####
(4)Limitation on operation Coastwise trade authorized under paragraph
(1)shall be limited to carriage of natural gas, as that term is defined in section 3(13) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1502(13)). ####
(5)Termination of effectiveness of endorsements The coastwise endorsement issued under paragraph
(1)for a vessel shall expire on the date of the sale of the vessel by the owner to a person who is not related by ownership or control to such owner, unless prior to any such sale the vessel has been operated in a coastwise trade for not less than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020 and prior to sale of vessel. ###
(c)Operation of a Dry Dock A vessel transported in Dry Dock #2 (State of Alaska registration AIDEA FDD-2) is not merchandise for purposes of section 55102 of title 46, United States Code, if, during such transportation, Dry Dock #2 remains connected by a utility or other connecting line to pierside moorage located in Ketchikan, Alaska.
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