To authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the fisheries and coastwise trade for the vessel MONTAGUE.

H.R. 1035 is a private relief bill that would grant a specific vessel, the MONTAGUE, a federal waiver to operate in U.S. waters for commercial fishing and domestic trade. Under federal maritime law, most commercial vessels must be built in the United States to engage in these activities; this legislation would bypass those restrictions for this individual ship. If passed, the bill would allow the MONTAGUE to legally participate in the American fishing industry and transport goods between U.S. ports.