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[CITE: 46USC7102]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
            CHAPTER 71--LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY
 
Sec. 7102. Citizenship

    Licenses and certificates of registry for individuals on documented 
vessels may be issued only to citizens of the United States.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 540.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7102..............................  46:242
                                    46:1132(a)
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    Section 7102 requires that any individual issued a license or 
certificate of registry allowing the individual to be engaged on a 
documented vessel must be a U.S. citizen.
