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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2665

 To authorize the use of a vessel to transport the former naval medium 
harbor tug USS HOGA to Port Everglades, Florida, for use as a memorial 
     to veterans and for providing vocational seamanship training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2001

   Mr. Hastings of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the use of a vessel to transport the former naval medium 
harbor tug USS HOGA to Port Everglades, Florida, for use as a memorial 
     to veterans and for providing vocational seamanship training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF VESSEL TO TRANSPORT USS HOGA FOR USE AS MEMORIAL.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine 
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883) and section 8 of the Act of June 19, 
1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), a transporter vessel described in subsection 
(b) may be used before the expiration of the 24-month period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, to transport the former naval 
medium harbor tug USS HOGA from San Francisco, California, to Port 
Everglades, Florida, pursuant to a contract between the owner of the 
transport vessel and the USS Hoga Association (a not-for-profit 
corporation established under the laws of the State of Florida), for 
use--
            (1) as a memorial to veterans of World War II and other 
        wars and conflicts; and
            (2) for providing seamanship training to vocational high 
        school students.
    (b) Vessel Described.--A transporter vessel referred to in 
subsection (a) is either of the following:
            (1) SUPER SERVANT 3 (American Bureau of Shipping 
        identification number 8202517).
            (2) SUPER SERVANT 4 (Lloyds Registry number 8025343).
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