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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 75— GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION · § 7511

§ 7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial

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(a)Sexual Abuse.— A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part shall be denied to an individual who has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under—
(1)chapter 109A of title 18, except for subsection
(2)section 920 or 920b of title 10 (article 120 and 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); or
(3)a substantially similar offense under Federal, State, local, or Tribal law.
(b)Abusive Sexual Contact.— A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part may be denied to an individual who within 5 years before applying for the license, certificate, or document, has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under subsection
(b)of section 2244 of title 18, or a substantially similar offense under State, local, or Tribal law.
(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVI, § 11602(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4147; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(g)(3), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1756.)
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  • 136 Stat. 4147
  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(g)(3)
  • 139 Stat. 1756
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(A)
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(D)
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(B)
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(C)
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(D)
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