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title: "46 U.S.C. § 15103"
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description: "National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "151"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES"
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section: "15103"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 15103"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 15103 - National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
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## Text
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(a) Establishment.— There is established a National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the “Committee”).
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(b) Function.— The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to personnel in the United States merchant marine, including the training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners.
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(c) Membership.— (1) In general.— The Committee shall consist of 19 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.
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(2) Expertise.— Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.
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(3) Representation.— Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:
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(A) 9 members shall represent mariners and, of the 9—
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(i) each shall—
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(I) be a citizen of the United States; and
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(II) hold an active license or certificate issued under chapter 71 of this title or a merchant mariner document issued under chapter 73 of this title;
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(ii) 3 shall be deck officers who represent merchant marine deck officers and, of the 3—
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(I) 2 shall be licensed for oceans any gross tons;
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(II) 1 shall be licensed for inland river route with a limited or unlimited tonnage;
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(III) 2 shall have a master’s license or a master of towing vessels license;
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(IV) 1 shall have significant tanker experience; and
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(V) to the extent practicable—
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(aa) 1 shall represent labor; and
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(bb) 1 shall represent management;
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(iii) 3 shall be engineering officers who represent merchant marine engineering officers and, of the 3—
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(I) 2 shall be licensed as chief engineer any horsepower;
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(II) 1 shall be licensed as either a limited chief engineer or a designated duty engineer; and
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(III) to the extent practicable—
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(aa) 1 shall represent labor; and
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(bb) 1 shall represent management;
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(iv) 2 shall be unlicensed seamen who represent merchant marine unlicensed seaman and, of the 2—
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(I) 1 shall represent able-bodied seamen; and
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(II) 1 shall represent qualified members of the engine department; and
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(v) 1 shall be a pilot who represents merchant marine pilots.
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(B) 6 members shall represent marine educators and, of the 6—
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(i) 3 shall be marine educators who represent maritime academies and, of the 3—
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(I) 2 shall represent State maritime academies (and are jointly recommended by such academies); and
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(II) 1 shall represent either State maritime academies or the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and
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(ii) 3 shall be marine educators who represent other maritime training institutions and, of the 3, 1 shall represent the small vessel industry.
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(C) 2 members shall represent shipping companies employed in ship operation management.
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(D) 2 members shall represent the general public.
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(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4282.)
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