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Title 46—SHIPPING > Subtitle II—Vessels and Seamen > Part E—Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents > CHAPTER 71—LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY

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A license issued under this part is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods; except that the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

( Pub. L. 98–89 , Aug. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 540 ; Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, § 4102(a) , Aug. 18, 1990 , 104 Stat. 509 ; Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 614(b) , Oct. 15, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2970 ; Pub. L. 115–282, title V, § 510(1) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4274 .)

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