46 U.S.C. § 7304

Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents

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.

( Pub. L. 98–89 , Aug. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 542 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301(b)(2)(A) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1751 .)