PUBLIC LAW 98-89 —AUG. 26, 1983 97 STAT. 577 § 10907. Permission to make complaint (a) A master may not refuse to permit, deny the opportunity to, or hinder a seaman who wishes to make a complaint authorized by this chapter. (b) A master violating this section is liable to the United States Civil penalty. Government for civil penalty of $500. § 10908. Penalty for sending unseaworthy vessel to sea A person that knowingly sends or attempts to send, or that is a party to sending or attempting to send, a vessel of the United States to sea, in an unseaworthy state that is likely to endanger the life of an individual, shall be fined not more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. CHAPTER 111—PROTECTION AND RELIEF Sec. 11101. Accommodations for seamen. 11102. Medicine chests. 11103. Slop chests. 11104. Destitute seamen. 11105. Wages on discharge when vessel sold. 11106. Wages on justifiable complaint of seamen. 11107. Unlawful engagements void. 11108. Taxes. 11109. Attachment of wages. 11110. Seamen's clothing. mil. Limit on amount recoverable on voyage. § 11101. Accommodations for seamen (a) On a merchant vessel of the United States the construction of which began after March 4, 1915 (except a yacht, pilot vessel, or vessel of less than 100 gross tons)^ (1) each place appropriated to the crew of the vessel shall have a space of at least 120 cubic feet and at least 16 square feet, measured on the floor or deck of that place, for each seaman or apprentice lodged in the vessel; (2) each seaman shall have a separate berth and not more than one berth shall be placed one above another; (3) the place or berth shall be securely constructed, properly lighted, drained, heated, and ventilated, properly protected from weather and sea, and, as far as practicable, properly shut off and protected from the effluvium of cargo or bilge water; and (4) crew space shall be kept free from goods or stores that are not the personal property of the crew occupying the place in use during the voyage. (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, a merchant vessel of the United States that in the ordinary course of trade makes a voyage of more than 3 days' duration between ports and carries a crew of at least 12 seamen shall have a hospital compartment, suitably separated from other spaces. The compart- ment shall have at least one bunk for each 12 seamen constituting the crew (but not more than 6 bunks may be required). (c) A steam vessel of the United States operating on the Missis- sippi River or its tributaries shall provide, under the direction and approval of the Secretary, an appropriate place for the crew that shall conform to the requirements of this section, as far as they apply to the steam vessel, by providing a properly heated sleeping room in the engineroom of the steam vessel properly protected from 11-194 0-85 — 20:QL3
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