P U B L I C L A W 97-^22—OCT. 15, 1982
96 STAT. 1589
tary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may assess and collect any civil penalty incurred under this subsection and, in his discretion, may remit, mitigate, or compromise any penalty until the matter is referred to the Attorney General. If a person against whom a civil penalty is assessed under this subsection fails to pay that penalty, an action may be commenced in the district court of the United States for any district in which the violation occurs for such penalty.". (6) The first section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(f) The term 'sailing instruction' means teaching, research, and Definitions. practical experience in the operation of vessels propelled primarily by sail and may include any subjects related thereto and to the sea, including but not limited to seamanship, navigation, oceanography, other nautical and marine sciences, and maritime history and literature. "(g) The term 'sailing school vessel' means a vessel which the Secretary finds to be less than five hundred gross tons, carrying six or more individuals who are sailing school students or sailing school instructors, principally equipped for propulsion by sail, whether or not the vessel has any auxiliary means of propulsion, and owned or demise chartered and operated by an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and exempt 26 USC 501. from tax under section 501(a) of such Code, as now or hereafter amended, or by any State or political subdivision thereof, during such times as the vessel is operated by such organization or State or political subdivision exclusively for the purposes of sailing instruction. "(h) The term 'sailing school instructor' means any person who is aboard a sailing school vessel for the purpose of furnishing sailing instruction. Such term does not include any operator or member of the crew of such a vessel who is among those required to be aboard the vessel to meet requirement establishing under section 3 of this Act. "(i) The term 'sailing school student' means any person who is aboard a sailing school vessel for the purpose of receiving sailing instruction.". SEC. 203. Section 13(b) of the Act of March 4, 1915 (46 U.S.C. 672(b)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4) 'Able seaman-sail' qualified for service on any waters "Able seamanshall have at least six months' service on deck on sailing school sail." ships, oceanographic research vessels powered primarily by sail, or equivalent sailing vessels operating on the oceans or navigable waters of the United States including the Great Lakes.". SEC. 204. Sailing school students and sailing school instructors 46 USC 446. shall not be considered to be seamen under the provisions of titles 52 and 53 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or for the purposes of the maritime law doctrines of maintenance and cure or warranty of seaworthiness. SEC. 205. Each owner or charterer of a sailing school vessel shall 46 USC 446a. maintain evidence of his or her financial responsibility to meet any liability incurred for death or injury to sailing school students or sailing school instructors on voyages aboard the vessel, in an amount not less than $50,000 for each student or instructor. Such
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