
      (a) Issuance of Certificate and Document. - After verifying that
    the responsible person for a vessel to which this chapter applies
    and the vessel comply with the applicable requirements under this
    chapter, the Secretary shall issue for the vessel, on request of
    the responsible person, a Safety Management Certificate and a
    Document of Compliance.
      (b) Maintenance of Certificate and Document. - A Safety
    Management Certificate and a Document of Compliance issued for a
    vessel under this section shall be maintained by the responsible
    person for the vessel as required by the Secretary.
      (c) Verification of Compliance. - The Secretary shall - 
        (1) periodically review whether a responsible person having a
      safety management plan approved under section 3204(b) and each
      vessel to which the plan applies is complying with the plan; and
        (2) revoke the Secretary's approval of the plan and each Safety
      Management Certificate and Document of Compliance issued to the
      person for a vessel to which the plan applies, if the Secretary
      determines that the person or a vessel to which the plan applies
      has not complied with the plan.
      (d) Enforcement. - At the request of the Secretary, the Secretary
    of the Treasury shall withhold or revoke the clearance required by
    section 4197 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. App. 91) of a
    vessel that is subject to this chapter under section 3202(a) of
    this title or to the International Safety Management Code, if the
    vessel does not have on board a Safety Management Certificate and a
    copy of a Document of Compliance for the vessel. Clearance may be
    granted on filing a bond or other surety satisfactory to the
    Secretary.

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