WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Maritime Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Deregulatory-Establishing United States Citizenship for MARAD Program Participation; Simplifying the Application Process.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by T. Mitchell Hudson, Secretary, Maritime Administration.
Summary: On May 1, 2019, MARAD published in the Federal Registeran Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), titled "How to Best Evidence Corporate Citizenship: Policy and Regulatory Review, " soliciting public comment on steps MARAD could take to simplify and modernize the process for evidencing U.S. citizenship. Consistent with the comments MARAD received, the proposed rule would simplify and modernize the pr...