---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 221.1"
title: "46"
number: "221.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/221.1"
---

# §221.1. Purpose.

- (a) This part implements statutory responsibilities of the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) with respect to:
  - (1) The regulation pursuant to 46 U.S.C. [56101](/usc/46/56101.md) and [56103of](/usc/46/56103of.md) transactions involving transfers of:
    - (i) An interest in or control of Documented Vessels owned by Citizens of the United States (including the Transfer of a Controlling Interest in such owners) to Noncitizens or;
    - (ii) A Documented Vessel to registry or Operation under Authority of a Foreign Country or for scrapping in a foreign country; and
  - (2) Transactions involving maritime interests in time of war or national emergency under [46 U.S.C. 56102](/usc/46/56102.md).
- (b) The responsibilities in [paragraph (a)](#a) (1) and (2) of this section have been delegated by the Secretary to the Maritime Administrator.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 23478, June 3, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 6880, Feb. 11, 1998; 78 FR 35771, June 14, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. chs. 301, 313, and 561; Pub. L. 114-74; 49 CFR 1.93.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 23478, June 3, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 23478, June 3, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 6880, Feb. 11, 1998; 78 FR 35771, June 14, 2013]