The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is amending the employment reporting requirements for United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) graduates and graduates receiving student incentive payments at state maritime schools. The new rule will allow a USMMA or state maritime school graduate to submit his or her employment report 13 months following his or her graduation and each succeeding 12 months for a total of five consecutive years for USMMA graduates and three years for state maritime school graduates. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to provide all graduates (whether June or deferred) an equal amount of months to report employment under their service obligations rather than require a July 1 report date for all graduates including those having deferred graduation dates. This rule is noncontroversial and allows a timely as well as fair and efficient reporting criterion.