CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER II—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIZED VESSELS AND OPERATORS (parts 249 to 296) > PART 296—MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM (MSP) > SUBPART C—Priority for Granting Applications (§296.20 to §296.24) > 296.22—Other vessels.

296.22—Other vessels.

(a) Third Priority. To the extent that appropriated funds are available after applying the first priority, tank vessels, in § 296.20, and the second priority, Participating Fleet Vessels, in § 296.21, the third priority is for any other vessel that is eligible to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement under § 296.11(a), and that, during the period of that MSP Operating Agreement, will be:
(1) Owned and operated by one or more persons that are Section 2 Citizens; or
(2) Owned by a person that is eligible to document the vessel under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121 and operated by a person that is a Section 2 Citizen.
(b) Fourth Priority. To the extent that appropriations are available after applying the first priority in § 296.20, the second priority in § 296.21, and the third priority in paragraph (a) of this section, the fourth priority is for any other vessel that is eligible to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement under § 296.11(a).