[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: 29CFR783.40]

[Page 614-615]
 
                             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-

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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.