Title 46 — Shipping
Part E · Chapter 73 — Merchant Mariners’ Documents
§ 7304. Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents
Statutory text
An individual applying for a merchant mariner’s document shall provide satisfactory proof that the individual is a citizen or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408)) of the United States before that notation is made on the document.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 7304
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 542
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 542Pub. L. 119–60 div. G title LXXIII § 7301(b)(2)(A) · 139 Stat. 1751
Inserted · 46 U.S.C. § 7304
Pub. L. 119–60 inserted “or noncitizen nationality” after “Citizenship” in section catchline and “or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))” after “citizen” in text
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 119–60 inserted “or noncitizen nationality” after “Citizenship” in section catchline and “or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))” after “citizen” in text.
0 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7304 | 46:643(b) |
Section 7304 specifies, that before a merchant mariner’s document is noted to specify that the individual is a U.S. citizen, the individual must provide satisfactory proof that he is a citizen. This does not impose a requirement of United States citizenship as a condition for issuance of a document.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2025—Pub. L. 119–60 inserted “or noncitizen nationality” after “Citizenship” in section catchline and “or noncitizen national (as such term is described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))” after “citizen” in text.
Credits
1983–2025 · 2 acts
- 1983Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 542
- 2025Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(b)(2)(A), , 139 Stat. 1751.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 542; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(b)(2)(A), , 139 Stat. 1751.)