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[CITE: 46USC7304]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                CHAPTER 73--MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS
 
Sec. 7304. Citizenship notation on merchant mariners' documents

    An individual applying for a merchant mariner's 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.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7304..............................  46:643(b)
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    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.
