46 U.S.C. § 10315
Allotments
United States · Title 46 — SHIPPING · Status: effective
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- 46 U.S.C. § 10315, Allotments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/487735
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Under prescribed regulations, a seaman may stipulate as follows in the agreement required by section 10302 of this title for an allotment of any part of the wages the seaman may earn:
By written request signed by the seaman, a seaman employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers may authorize the master, owner, or operator of the vessel, or the employer of the seaman, to make deposits of wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, investment, or retirement account, or other account to secure a payroll or debit card for the seaman if—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An act to revise, consolidate, and enact certain laws related to vessels and seamen as subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010House: 385–11Senate: no recorded tally