46 U.S.C. § 7506 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 46. Shipping § 7506. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents

(1) evaluate the service of an individual who is applying for a license, a certificate of registry, or a merchant mariner's document by using the tonnage as measured under chapter 143 of this title for the vessels on which that service was acquired, and

(2) issue the license, certificate, or document based on that service.