---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7111"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "7111"
heading: "Oral examinations for licenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/7111"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
  - "Chapter 71 — Licenses and Certificates of Registry"
---

# §7111. Oral examinations for licenses


An individual may take an oral examination for a [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2) to serve on a fishing, [fish](/usc/46/2101.md?p=11) processing, or [fish tender vessel](/usc/46/2101.md?p=14) not required to be inspected under part B of this subtitle.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 541; Pub. L. 98–364, title IV, § 402(8)(B), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 447; Pub. L. 99–307, § 1(10), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 445.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7109 | 46:224a(2) |

Section 7111 provides for oral tests for licenses for individuals on fishing vessels that are not required to be inspected under part B.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–307 substituted “part” for “Part”.

1984—Pub. L. 98–364 substituted in section catchline “Oral examinations for licenses” for “Licenses for fishing vessels not subject to inspection” and in text “An individual may take an oral examination for a license to serve on a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel not required to be inspected under Part B of this subtitle” for “Examinations for licensing individuals on fishing vessels not required to be inspected under part B of this subtitle shall be oral”.