§444. Scientific personnel not considered seamen

Scientific personnel on an oceanographic research vessel shall not be considered seamen under the provisions of title 53 of the Revised Statutes and Act ¹ amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

( Pub. L. 89–99, §4, July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 424 .)

Restatement

Section was restated in part in section 8701(a)(5) of Title 46, Shipping, as enacted by Pub. L. 98–89.

References in Text

Title 53 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, consisted of R.S. §§4501 to 4612, which were classified to sections 541 to 543, 545 to 549, 561, 562, 564 to 571, 574 to 578, 591 to 597, 600, 602 to 605, 621 to 628, 641 to 643, 644, 645, 651 to 660, 661 to 669, 674 to 679, 681 to 687, 701 to 710, and 711 to 713 of former Title 46, Shipping. For complete classification of R.S. §§4501 to 4612 to the Code, see Tables. A majority of such sections of the Revised Statutes were repealed and various provisions thereof were reenacted in Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 500 . For disposition of sections of former Title 46 into revised Title 46, see Table at beginning of Title 46.

¹ So in original. Probably should be "Acts".