{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s11202","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f11202.","heading":"Qualified service","text":"\u00a7\u202f11202.\nQualified service\nFor purposes of this chapter, an individual shall be considered to have engaged in qualified service if, between\n(1) was a member of the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was\u2014\n(A) operated by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation (or an agent of the Administration or Office);\n(B) operated in waters other than inland waters, the Great Lakes, and other lakes, bays, and harbors of the United States;\n(C) under contract or charter to, or property of, the Government of the United States; and\n(D) serving the Armed Forces; and\n(2) while so serving, was licensed or otherwise documented for service as a crewmember of such a vessel by an officer or employee of the United States authorized to license or document the individual for such service.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s11202.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f11202."},{"t":"heading","text":"Qualified service","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this chapter, an individual shall be considered to have engaged in qualified service if, between ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"August 16, 1945","tail":", and "},{"t":"text","text":"December 31, 1946","tail":", the individual\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" was a member of the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" operated by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation (or an agent of the Administration or Office);","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" operated in waters other than inland waters, the Great Lakes, and other lakes, bays, and harbors of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" under contract or charter to, or property of, the Government of the United States; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" serving the Armed Forces; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s11202/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" while so serving, was licensed or otherwise documented for service as a crewmember of such a vessel by an officer or employee of the United States authorized to license or document the individual for such service.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}