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Establishing United States Citizenship for MARAD Program Participation; Simplifying the Application Process
The Maritime Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 4, 2026. It took effect on June 4, 2026.
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What the agency says
On July 1, 2025, MARAD published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), titled "How to Best Evidence Corporate Citizenship: Policy and Regulatory Review," soliciting public comment on actions MARAD could take to improve the process for evidencing U.S. citizenship. The final rule will simplify and modernize the process for establishing United States citizenship of corporations and other business formations participating in MARAD programs. In the interest of minimizing the unnecessary disclosure of personally identifiable information, the final rule will also eliminate the requirement to provide dates and places of birth of corporate executives, directors, and stock owners as required in the current form of affidavit of citizenship. The final rule will also amend the form of affidavit with respect to entities that are publicly traded by eliminating the requirement to provide certain information regarding registered owners of stock, eliminate the notarization requirement, and provide a simple and streamlined process for recertification.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-11269
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Maritime Administration
- Published
- June 4, 2026
- Takes effect
- June 4, 2026
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on June 4, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket Number MARAD-2025-0087
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2133-AB90
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 46 CFR 355
- Topics
- Citizenship and naturalization; Maritime carriers; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 6
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