46 U.S.C. § 7106 - Duration of licenses

• Cite as: 46 U.S.C. § 7106

(a) IN GENERAL.-A license issued under this part is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods; except that the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

(b) ADVANCE RENEWALS.-A renewed license issued under this part may be issued up to 8 months in advance but is not effective until the date that the previously issued license expires or until the completion of any active suspension or revocation of that previously issued license, whichever is later.

Cite as 46 U.S.C. § 7106

Source: Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540; Pub. L. 101-380, title IV, §4102(a), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 111-281, title VI, §614(b), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2970; Pub. L. 115-282, title V, §510(1), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4274.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

Section 7106 sets a 5 year time limit on the validity of a license. It also requires a licensed radio officer to be in continuous possession of an FCC license.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2018-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115-282 substituted "license, whichever" for "merchant mariner's document, whichever".

2010- Pub. L. 111-281 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "A license issued under this part is valid for 5 years and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods. However, the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission."