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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-75/section-7511.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 7511"
+description: "Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "75"
+chapter_name: "GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION"
+section: "7511"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7511"
+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/s7511"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 7511 - Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial
+
+## Text
+
+(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 (b) of section 2244 of title 18;
+
+(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.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2025—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(A), struck out “or” after “title 18;”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(D), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3). Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(B), substituted “Federal, State, local, or Tribal law” for “State, local, or Tribal law”. Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 119–60, § 7301(g)(3)(C), redesignated par. (2) as (3).