[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR783.40]

[Page 659]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 783_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED 
AS SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 783.40  ``Documented'' vessel.

    A vessel ``documented * * * under the laws of the United States'' is 
typically a vessel which has been registered, enrolled and licensed, or 
licensed by the Bureau of Customs under the laws of the United States 
(46 U.S.C. 11, 193, 251-252, 258, 840). Although Bureau of Customs 
regulations provide for three types of documentations, distinctions 
between the categories of vessels subject to them are immaterial for the 
purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, since a vessel with any of the 
three kinds of documentation is an ``American vessel'' within the 
section 3(p) definition. Generally, any vessel of five net tons or more 
which is owned by a citizen of the United States is ``entitled to'' 
documentation. Complete information on the documentation requirements 
may be found in 19 CFR part 3.