# Deferment of Service Obligations of Midshipmen Recipients of Scholarships or Fellowships
> **Maritime Administration** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2004-05-20 · Effective 2004-05-20 · 69 FR 29079
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-11319
- **Category:** maritime
- **Sub-agency:** Maritime Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 29079
- **CFR reference:** 46 CFR 310
- **Publication date:** 2004-05-20
- **Effective date:** 2004-05-20
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. MARAD 2004-17759
## Abstract

The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, us, or our) is amending its regulations so that the Maritime Administrator's authority to defer service obligations of United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) midshipmen recipients of scholarships or fellowships of national significance is not conditioned on enrollment in postgraduate marine or maritime-related courses of study.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/05/20/04-11319/deferment-of-service-obligations-of-midshipmen-recipients-of-scholarships-or-fellowships)
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