PUBLIC LAW 101-595 —NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 2983 permitted (1) to regularly carry goods, supplies, or equipment in support of exploration, exploitation, or production of offshore mineral or energy resources on the outer Continental Shelf of the United States or (2) to engage in the transportation of fishery related products for hire in the Aleutian trade as defined in section 2102(b) of title 46, United States Code (as amended by section 602(a) of title VI of this Act), unless the vessel also complies with all the requirements of section 4502(a), (b), (c), and (f), section 510203)(5), section 8104(n), and section 8702(b) of title 46, United States Code (as amended by sections 602(b), (c), (d), and (e) of title VI of this Act). SEC. 202. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN VESSELS. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)(4) of section 12102 of title 46, United States Code, and the first proviso of section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), a vessel of less than five hundred gross tons that was sold to and operated by a nonprofit corporation organized under United States law, the majority of whose directors are United States citizens, for use by that corporation exclusively as an oceanographic research vessel, shall be deemed to be owned by a citizen of the United States for documentation purposes, and has not been "sold foreign" unless the vessel has been placed under the registry of a nation other than the United States during the period of ownership by that corporation. SEC. 203. SMALL PASSENGER VESSEL INSPECTION. (A) CONSTRUCTION TONNAGE OF S/V ZODIAC—The S/V ZODIAC (United States official number 223755) shall be deemed to be less than one hundred gross tons and, in applying the regulations relating to the inspection of passenger vessels, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall inspect that vessel under regulations applying to vessels of that weight. (b) SUBCHAPTER T INSPECTION.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall inspect the ZODIAC (United States official number 223755) under subchapter T of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations. Any certification issued by the Secretary under subchapter T for the ZODIAC shall permit that vessel to carry not more than forty-nine passengers on lakes, bays, and sounds service. TITLE III—COAST GUARD OMNIBUS ACT OF 1990 Coast Guard Omnibus Act SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. of 1990. This title may be cited as the "Coast Guard Omnibus Act of 1990". SEC. 302. DESIGNATION OF THE SIDNEY LANIER BRIDGE AS AN OBSTRUC- TION TO NAVIGATION. Notwithstanding another law, the Sidney Lanier Bridge at mile 6.3 on the Brunswick River in Georgia is deemed an unreasonable obstruction to navigation, and the Federal Government share of the cost of altering the Sidney Lanier Bridge shall not exceed 50 percent of such costs. SEC. 303. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN VESSELS USED AS MEMORIALS TO MERCHANT MARINERS FROM PASSENGER SHIP INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Section 3302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
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