---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 68.5"
title: "46"
number: "68.5"
heading: "Requirements for citizenship under 46 U.S.C. App. 883-1."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/68.5"
---

# §68.5. Requirements for citizenship under 46 U.S.C. App. 883-1.


A corporation seeking to establish its citizenship under the Act of September 2, 1958 (46 U.S.C. App. 883-1) must meet the following criteria as specified in the Act:

- (a) It must be incorporated under the laws of the United States, or any state, territory, district, or possession of the United States;
- (b) A majority of the officers and directors of the corporation must be citizens of the United States;
- (c) Not less than 90 percent of the employees of the corporation must be residents of the United States;
- (d) Such corporation must be engaged primarily in a manufacturing or mineral industry in the United States or any territory, district, or possession of the United States;
- (e) The aggregate book value of the vessels owned by the corporation must not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate book value of the assets of the corporation; and
- (f) The corporation must purchase or produce in the United States, its territories or possessions, not less than 75 percent of the raw materials used or sold in its operations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27494, June 24, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 35488, Aug. 16, 1982; CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51203, Sept. 30, 1997. Redesignated by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]

### Source

Source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, 61419, 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 80-107, 47 FR 27494, June 24, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 35488, Aug. 16, 1982; CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51203, Sept. 30, 1997. Redesignated by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]