WING-IN-GROUND CRAFT.

SEC. 419. WING-IN-GROUND CRAFT. (a) Small Passenger Vessel.—Section 2101(35) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting “a wing-in-ground craft, regardless of tonnage, carrying at least one passenger for hire, and” after “‘small passenger vessel’ means”. (b) Wing-In-Ground Craft.—Section 2101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(48) ‘wing-in-ground craft’ means a vessel that is capable of operating completely above the surface of the water on a dynamic air cushion created by aerodynamic lift due to the ground effect between the vessel and the water’s surface.”.