Establishing United States Citizenship for MARAD Program Participation; Simplifying the Application Process
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- What it does
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.
The Maritime Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Maritime Administration has published 6 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2133-AB90 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This final rule is effective on June 4, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-11269 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; Maritime Administration |
| Published | June 4, 2026 |
| Effective date | June 4, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2133-AB90 |
| Docket | MARAD-2025-0087 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register