# Maritime Security Program
> **US Department of Transportation** · Interim final rule and request for comments. · Published 2004-07-20 · Effective 2004-10-01 · 69 FR 43328
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-16454
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 43328
- **CFR reference:** 46 CFR 296
- **Publication date:** 2004-07-20
- **Effective date:** 2004-10-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. MARAD-2004-18489
## Abstract

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is issuing this interim final rule to provide procedures to implement provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (MSA 2003). The MSA 2003 authorizes the creation of a new Maritime Security Program (MSP) that establishes a fleet of active, commercially viable, privately owned vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and to maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. This interim final rule establishes the new MSP and provides, among other things, application procedures and deadlines for enrollment of vessels in the MSP.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/07/20/04-16454/maritime-security-program)
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