Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 7304: Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents
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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.
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