CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER B—MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN (parts 10 to 16) > PART 12—REQUIREMENTS FOR RATING ENDORSEMENTS > SUBPART 12.40—-Non-resident Alien Unlicensed Members of the Steward's Department on U.S. Flag Large Passenger Vessels (§12.40-1 to §12.40-15) > 12.40-1—Purpose of rules.

12.40-1—Purpose of rules.

The rules in this subpart implement 46 U.S.C. 8103(k) by establishing requirements for the issuance of merchant mariner credentials, valid only for service in the steward's department of U.S. flag large passenger vessels, to non-resident aliens.