---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 68.29"
title: "46"
number: "68.29"
heading: "Citizenship requirements for limited coastwise endorsement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/68.29"
---

# §68.29. Citizenship requirements for limited coastwise endorsement.

- (a) Notwithstanding the citizenship requirements set out in [part 67](/cfr/46/part67.md) of this chapter, a Certificate of Documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the limited purposes provided in [§ 68.33](/cfr/46/68.33.md) may be issued to a vessel owned by—
  - (1) A not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative if the vessel meets the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section; or
  - (2) A member or members of a not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative if the vessel meets the requirements of paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) The vessel must be at least 50 percent owned by one or more of the following entities:
  - (1) An individual who is a native-born, naturalized or derivative citizen of the United States or otherwise qualifies as a United States citizen.
  - (2) **A corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or of a State where—**
    - (i) The president and, if the president is not the chief executive officer, the chief executive officer, by whatever title, is a citizen;
    - (ii) The chairman of the board of directors is a citizen; and
    - (iii) No more of the directors are non-citizens than a minority of the number necessary to constitute a quorum.
  - (3) A partnership where all the general partners are citizens and at least 50 percent of the equity interest is owned by citizens.
  - (4) **An association or joint venture where all the members are citizens.**
  - (5) A trust where all the trustees and all the beneficiaries with an enforceable interest in the trust are citizens.
- (c) The vessel must be owned by a member or members of a not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative who dedicate the vessel to the use of a not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative.
- (d) A vessel which meets the criteria of this section is considered to be owned exclusively by citizens of the United States for the purposes of subsequent transfer and documentation under [part 67](/cfr/46/part67.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]

### Source

Source: CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992. Redesignated by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]