46-U.S.C.-7304

§7304 – Citizenship Notation On Merchant Mariners' Documents

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Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part E > Chapter 73 > Section 7304

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• Reference: Section 7304
• Legend: §7304 – Citizenship Notation On Merchant Mariners' Documents
• USCode Year: 2013

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An individual applying for a merchant mariners document shall provide satisfactory proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States before that notation is made on the document.

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 542.)

Section 7304 specifies, that before a merchant mariners 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.

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