---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 8303"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "8303"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8503(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4747"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/8303"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part F — Manning of Vessels"
  - "Chapter 83 — Masters and Officers"
---

# [§8303. Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8503(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4747 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 552, related to individuals issued a license without examination before Oct. 29, 1941.