[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR783.38]

[Page 614]
 
                             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. 783.38  Statutory definition of ``American vessel''.

    The provisions of section 6(b)(2) prescribe special methods for 
computing minimum wages and hours worked under the Act which are 
applicable only to seamen who are employed on American vessels. An 
``American vessel'', which would appear to signify a vessel of the 
United States as distinguished from a foreign vessel, ``includes'', 
under the terms of the definition in section 3(p) of the Act, ``any 
vessel which is documented or numbered under the laws of the United 
States.'' The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Customs and the 
United States Coast Guard, respectively, are responsible for 
documentation and numbering of vessels.