46 CFR 310 Merchant Marine Training

SUBCHAPTER H—TRAINING
PART 310—MERCHANT MARINE
TRAINING
Subpart A—Regulations and Minimum
Standards for State, Territorial or Regional Maritime Academies and Colleges
Sec.
310.1 Definitions.
310.2 Federal assistance.
310.3 Schools and courses.
310.4 Training Ship.
310.5 Personnel.
310.6 Entrance requirements.
310.7 Federal student subsistence allowances and student incentive payments.
310.8 Leave.
310.9 Medical attention and injury claims.
310.10 Discipline and dismissal.
310.11 Cadet uniforms.
310.12 Scope and effect.
310.12–1 Form of agreement.

Subpart B [Reserved]
Subpart C—Admission and Training of Midshipmen at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy
310.50 Purpose.
310.51 Definitions.
310.52 General.
310.53 Nominations and vacancies.
310.54 General requirements for eligibility.
310.55 Scholastic requirements.
310.56 Physical requirements.
310.57 Application and selection of midshipmen.
310.58 Service obligation for students executing or reexecuting contracts.
310.59 Courses of instruction.
310.60 Training on subsidized vessels.
310.61 Training on other vessels and by
other facilities or agencies.
310.62 Allowances and expenses; required deposit.
310.63 Uniforms and textbooks.
310.64 Privileges.
310.65 Graduation.
310.66 Foreign students.
310.67 Academy regulations.
AUTHORITY: 46 U.S.C. Chapter 515; 49 U.S.C.
322(a); 49 CFR 1.93.
SOURCE: 46 FR 37694, July 22, 1981, unless
otherwise noted.

Subpart A—Regulations and Minimum Standards for State, Territorial or Regional Maritime
Academies and Colleges
§ 310.1 Definitions.
For purposes of this subpart A:
(a) The 1958 Act means the Maritime
Academy Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85–672.
(b) Act means the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980, Pub. L.
96–453, as amended.
(c) Administration means the Maritime Administration, United States
Department of Transportation.
(d) Agreement means an agreement
between a State, or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college
and the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation as authorized by the 1958 Act or the Act and set
forth in § 310.13 of this part.
(e) Secretary means Secretary of
Transportation.
(f) Maritime Administrator means the
Maritime Administrator, Department
of Transportation.
(g) Cadet means cadet enrolled in the
United States Maritime Service and in
good standing at a State or Territorial
or Regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the
1958 Act.
(h) Commanding Officer means the
Commanding Officer of a training ship
furnished by the Administration.
(i) Cost of Education Provided means
the financial costs incurred by the Federal Government in providing student
incentive payments for students at the
State maritime academies.
(j) Deputy means the Deputy Maritime Administrator, Department of
Transportation.
(k) Maritime Service means the United
States Maritime Service.
(l) Midshipman means a student in
good standing at a State maritime
academy or college who has accepted
midshipman status in the United
States Naval Reserve (including the
Merchant Marine Reserve, United
States Naval Reserve) under the Act.

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§ 310.3

(m) Officers means all officers and
faculty employed by a State maritime
academy or college.
(n) Region Director means the Director of the Administration’s region office in which a School is located or in
which a training ship is located.
(o) School means State or Territorial
or regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the
Act.
(p) Superintendent means the superintendent or president of a School.
(q) Supervisor means the employee of
the Administration designated to supervise the Federal Government’s interest in a School under the provisions
of the Act, an agreement, and this subpart.
(r) Training Ship means a vessel used
for training by a school and furnished
by the Administration to a State or
Territory, and includes the ship itself
and all its equipment, apparel, appliances, machinery boilers, spare and replacement parts and other property
contained in it.
[46 FR 37694, July 22, 1981, as amended at 69
FR 31901, June 8, 2004]

§ 310.2 Federal assistance.
(a) The Maritime Administrator may
enter into agreements with the present
or later established schools (not more
than one such school in each State or
Territory) meeting the requirements of
the Act to make annual payments, for
not in excess of four (4) years in the
case of each such agreement, to be used
for the maintenance and support of
such Schools. The amount of each such
annual payment shall be not less than
the amount furnished to such School
for its maintenance and support by the
State or Territory in which such academy is located or, in the case of a Regional maritime academy an amount
equal to the amount furnished to such
academy for its maintenance and support by all States or Territories, r
both, cooperating to support such
School, but shall not exceed $100,000.
However, the amount shall not exceed
$25,000, if such academy does not meet
the
requirements
of
subsection
1304(f)(2) of the Act.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of section 1304(c) of the Act, The Maritime
Administrator, may furnish to any

State or Territory of the United States
for use as a Training Ship by a school
any suitable vessel that is under his or
her jurisdiction, obtain such vessel
from any department or agency of the
United States, or may construct and
furnish a suitable vessel, if such vessel
is not available.
(c) The Maritime Administrator may
pay to any School the amount of the
costs of all fuel consumed by a Training Ship furnished under the provisions
of section 1304(c)(1) of the Act while
such vessel is being used for training
purposes by such a School, if such
funds have been appropriated and are
available for that purpose.
(d) As a condition to receiving any
payments or the use of any Training
Ship under the provisions of the Act,
the school shall comply with the requirements of the Act and this subpart
and shall agree in writing to conform
to such requirements.
(e) As a further condition to receiving any payments or the use of any
Training Ship, a School shall agree
that, with respect to the training program for merchant marine officers,
consistent with provisions of the Act,
the 1958 Act, and the Agreement, it will
comply with the following provisions of
law and implementing regulations duly
promulgated thereunder, to the extent
applicable, including, but not limited
to: Title VI, Civil Rights Act, 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000d); the Age Discrimination
Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101); the Vocational Rehabilitation Act—section 504
(29 U.S.C. 794); and 15 CFR part 8. Each
school shall give assurances that it will
take any and all measures necessary to
effectuate compliance.
§ 310.3 Schools and courses.
(a) Schools with Federal aid. The following schools are presently operating
with Federal aid under the 1958 Act or
the Act:
California Maritime Academy
Maine Maritime Academy
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
State University of New York Maritime College
Texas Maritime College of the Texas A&M
University at Galveston
The Great Lakes Maritime Academy

(b) General rules for operation of a
School. (1) The Schools shall maintain

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