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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 7103"
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description: "Licenses for radio officers"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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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: "71"
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chapter_name: "LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY"
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section: "7103"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7103"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 7103 - Licenses for radio officers
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## Text
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(a) A license as radio officer may be issued only to an applicant who has a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
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(b) Except as provided in section 7318 of this title, this part does not affect the status of radiotelegraph operators serving on board vessels operating only on the Great Lakes.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 710346:229a46:229b46:229g Section 7103 requires an applicant for a license as a radio officer to have, as a prerequisite, a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It also excepts radiotelegraph operators that are engaged on Great Lakes vessels from the requirement of having to obtain a radio officer’s license.
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