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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-73/section-7316.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 7316"
+description: "Lifeboatmen"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "73"
+chapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS"
+section: "7316"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7316"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s7316"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 7316 - Lifeboatmen
+
+## Text
+
+To qualify for an endorsement as lifeboatman, an applicant must provide satisfactory proof that the applicant—
+
+(1) has the service or training required by regulation;
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+(2) is qualified professionally as demonstrated by examination; and
+
+(3) is qualified professionally by actual demonstration.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 544.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 731646:643(l) Section 7316 establishes the minimum standards an individual must meet in order to qualify for an endorsement as lifeboatman.