PRIA Logo™
Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73not60

§11204 Processing Fees

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Vessels and Seamen › Part G— Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter 112— MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS › § 11204

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who apply under section 11203(a) must pay a $30 processing fee. The fee is collected by the Secretary, except for Army Transport Service or Naval Transport Service personnel, whose fee is collected by the Secretary of Defense. The money goes into the U.S. Treasury General Fund as receipts for the department involved (tied to Coast Guard activities or to the Department of Defense). Those funds can be used to pay the costs of handling applications under section 11203, but only if Congress approves spending them.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §11204

Shipping — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary, or in the case of personnel of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the Secretary of Defense, shall collect a fee of $30 from each applicant for processing an application submitted under section 11203(a) of this title.
(b)Amounts received by the Secretary under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and ascribed to Coast Guard activities. Amounts received by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts of the Department of Defense. In either case, such amounts shall be available, subject to appropriation, for the administrative costs of processing applications under section 11203 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

46 U.S.C. § 11204

Title 46 — Shipping

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60