Maritime Administration |
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Maritime Administration |
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Regulations To Be Followed by All Departments, Agencies and Shippers Having Responsibility To Provide a Preference for U.S.-Flag Vessels in the Shipment of Cargoes on Ocean Vessels: Vessel Types
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Popular Title: Cargo Preference: Vessel Types |
RIN 2133-AB37 |
Stage: NPRM |
Previous Stage: ANPRM: Publication Date 1/28/99; End of Comment Period 3/29/99; End of Extended Comment Period 4/28/1999. |
Abstract: This rulemaking would update and clarify the cargo preference regulations to increase regulatory compliance. MARAD issued the cargo preference regulations to implement the requirements of section 901 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. Departments, agencies, and shippers who must comply with the Act must follow the cargo preference regulations. |
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Prompting action: None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 12/01/1996 |
Dates for NPRM:
Milestone | Originally Scheduled Date | New Projected Date | Actual Date |
To OST |
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02/17/2000 |
To OMB |
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06/30/2004 |
Withdrawn from OMB |
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02/01/2001 |
Returned to Mode |
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02/01/2001 |
Resubmitted to OST |
05/08/2002 |
11/01/2002 |
10/24/2002 |
Resubmitted to OMB |
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11/29/2002 |
03/18/2003 |
Returned by OMB |
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06/13/2003 |
Returned to Mode/2 |
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06/13/2003 |
Resubmitted to OMB/2 |
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10/15/2003 |
11/06/2003 |
Returned by OMB/2 |
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02/12/2004 |
Returned to Mode/3 |
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02/12/2004 |
Version 2 Submitted to OST |
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02/26/2004 |
Returned to Mode/4 |
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03/26/2004 |
Resubmitted to OST |
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05/05/2004 |
Resubmitted to OMB/4 |
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07/27/2004 |
06/29/2004 |
OMB Clearance |
09/04/2002 |
09/29/2004 |
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Publication Date |
09/11/2002 |
10/06/2004 |
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End of Comment Period |
11/13/2002 |
12/06/2004 |
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Explanation for any delay: |
Additional coordination necessary
Awaiting development of additional data
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |
Maritime Administration |
59. |
Vessel Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade; Second Rulemaking |
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Popular Title: Joint Lease Financing |
RIN 2133-AB51 |
Stage: NPRM |
Previous Stage:None |
Abstract: This rulemaking is a joint MARAD/Coast Guard rule. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) proposes to amend its regulations to require MARAD's approval of all transfers of the use of a lease-financed vessel engaged in the coastwise trade back to the vessel's foreign owner, the parent of the owner, a subsidiary or affiliate of the parent, or an officer, director, or shareholder of one of them. In 1992, MARAD amended its regulations to grant general approval for time charters of U.S.-flag vessels to charterers that were not U.S. citizens (non-citizens) and to eliminate MARAD's review of these time charters. The lease-financing provisions potentially allow a non-citizen to exert additional control over a vessel operated in the coastwise trade by becoming the owner of the vessel and time chartering the vessel back to itself or to a related entity through an intermediate U.S. citizen bareboat charterer. MARAD's review of charter arrangements in the limited circumstances where the time charterer is related to the non-citizen vessel owner will ensure that U.S. Citizens maintain control over vessels operating in the coastwise trade. The NPRM was withdrawn from OMB and then resubmitted with a companion United States Coast Guard rule, so that the two could be reviewed together by OMB. |
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Prompting action: None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 03/04/2003 |
Dates for NPRM:
Milestone | Originally Scheduled Date | New Projected Date | Actual Date |
To OST |
04/28/2003 |
04/30/2003 |
04/30/2003 |
Returned to Mode |
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05/13/2003 |
Resent to OST |
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06/15/2003 |
Returned to Mode/2 |
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07/01/2003 |
Resubmitted to OST/2 |
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07/22/2003 |
To OMB |
05/26/2003 |
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09/05/2003 |
Withdrawn from OMB |
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09/29/2003 |
Resubmitted to OMB/2 |
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10/15/2003 |
10/23/2003 |
OMB Clearance |
08/26/2003 |
01/23/2004 |
01/21/2004 |
Publication Date |
09/05/2003 |
02/05/2004 |
02/04/2004 |
End of Comment Period |
12/05/2003 |
05/05/2004 |
05/04/2004 |
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Explanation for any delay: |
Additional coordination necessary
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: 69 FR 5403 |
Maritime Administration |
60. |
Trading Restrictions on Vessels Transferred To a Foreign Registry: Amendment of List of Prohibited Countries |
Green |
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Popular Title: Prohibited Countries |
RIN 2133-AB55 |
Stage: Final Rule |
Previous Stage:None |
Abstract: MARAD currently prohibits the foreign transfer of an interest in or control of certain U.S.-documented or previously U.S.-documented vessels to an entity in the foreign countries listed in the Department of Commerce's list of prohibited countries. MARAD's regulations currently list individual countries set forth in an outdated version of the Department of Commerce's list of countries.This rulemaking would amend MARAD's regulations to incorporate the Department of Commerce's list by reference, in lieu of listing the individual countries, to prevent the need for future rulemakings of prohibited countries to keep MARAD's regulations current. This essentially ministerial rule was upgraded to significant at the request of OMB because it relates to other agencies' controversial determinations of prohibited countries. |
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Prompting action: None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 08/12/2003 |
Dates for Final Rule:
Milestone | Originally Scheduled Date | New Projected Date | Actual Date |
To OST |
04/14/2004 |
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04/14/2004 |
To OMB |
05/20/2004 |
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06/15/2004 |
OMB Clearance |
08/20/2004 |
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Publication Date |
08/25/2004 |
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Explanation for any delay: |
N/A
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Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None |
Maritime Administration |
61. |
Maritime Security Program |
Green |
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Popular Title: Maritime Security |
RIN 2133-AB62 |
Stage: Interim Final Rule |
Previous Stage:None |
Abstract: This rulemaking would provide procedures to implement the provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (MSA 2003). The MSA 2003 authorizes payments for fiscal years (FYs) 2006 through 2015 for a new Maritime Security Program (MSP). The MSP supports a fleet of active, commercially viable, privately owned vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and to maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. Under section 3533 of the Maritime Security Act, MARAD has statutory authority to issue this rulemaking as an interim final rule. |
Effects:
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Economically Significant
Major
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Prompting action: Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 12/01/2003 |
Dates for Interim Final Rule:
Milestone | Originally Scheduled Date | New Projected Date | Actual Date |
To OST |
04/02/2004 |
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04/02/2004 |
To OMB |
05/03/2004 |
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05/18/2004 |
OMB Clearance |
08/03/2004 |
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Publication Date |
08/10/2004 |
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End of Comment Period |
10/10/2004 |
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Explanation for any delay: |
N/A
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Federal Register Citation for Interim Final Rule: None |