[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR15.530]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 15_MANNING REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D_Manning Requirements; Inspected Vessels
 
Sec. 15.530  Large passenger vessels.

    (a) The definition of terms used in this section is the same as 
Sec. 12.40-3 of this subchapter.
    (b) The owner or operator of a U.S.-flag large passenger vessel must 
ensure that any non-resident alien holding a Coast Guard-issued merchant 
mariner's document described in subpart 12.40 of this subchapter is 
provided the rights, protections, and benefits of the International 
Labor Organization's Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention of 
1976.
    (c) On U.S.-flag large passenger vessels, non-resident aliens 
holding a

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Coast-Guard issued merchant mariner's document described in subpart 
12.40 of this subchapter:
    (1) May only be employed in the steward's department on the 
vessel(s) specified on the merchant mariner's document or accompanying 
Coast Guard letter under Sec. 12.40-13(b)(1) of this subchapter;
    (2) May only be employed for an aggregate period of 36 months actual 
service on all authorized U.S.-flag large passenger vessels combined, 
under Sec. 12.40-13(c) of this subchapter;
    (3) May not perform watchstanding, engine room duty watch, or vessel 
navigation functions, under Sec. 12.40-13(b)(4) of this subchapter; and
    (4) May perform emergency-related duties only if, under Sec. 12.40-
13(b)(5) of this subchapter:
    (i) The emergency-related duties do not require any other rating or 
endorsement, except lifeboatman as specified in Sec. 12.40-13(a)(3) of 
this subchapter;
    (ii) The non-resident alien has completed familiarization and basic 
safety training, as required in Sec. 15.1105 of this part;
    (iii) That if the non-resident alien serves as a lifeboatman, he or 
she must have the necessary lifeboatman's endorsement; and
    (iv) The non-resident alien has completed the training for 
crewmembers on passenger ships performing duties involving safety or 
care for passengers, as required in subpart 12.35 of this subchapter.
    (d) No more than 25 percent of the total number of unlicensed seamen 
on a U.S.-flag large passenger vessel may be aliens, whether admitted to 
the United States for permanent residence or otherwise allowed to be 
employed in the United States as non-resident aliens.
    (e) The owner or operator of a U.S.-flag large passenger vessel 
employing non-resident aliens holding Coast Guard-issued merchant 
mariner's documents described in subpart 12.40 of this subchapter must:
    (1) Retain custody of all non-resident alien merchant mariner's 
documents for the duration of employment, under Sec. 12.40-13(b)(2) of 
this subchapter; and
    (2) Return all non-resident alien merchant mariner's documents to 
the Coast Guard upon termination of employment, under Sec. 12.40-
13(b)(3) of this subchapter.
    (f) The owner or operator of a U.S.-flag large passenger vessel 
employing non-resident aliens holding Coast Guard-issued merchant 
mariner's documents described in subpart 12.40 of this subchapter is 
subject to the civil penalty provisions specified in 46 U.S.C. 8103(f), 
for any violation of this section.

[USCG-2007-27761, 72 FR 20286, Apr. 24, 2007]