Supporting the Transition of Active Duty Service Members and Military Veterans Into the Merchant Marine

Citation84 FR 8407
Record Number2019-04298
Published date07 March 2019
SectionPresidential Documents
CourtExecutive Office Of The President
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
                [Presidential Documents]
                [Pages 8407-8408]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-04298]
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                Vol. 84
                Thursday,
                No. 45
                March 7, 2019
                Part IIThe President-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                Executive Order 13860--Supporting the Transition of Active Duty Service
                Members and Military Veterans Into the Merchant Marine
                 Presidential Documents
                Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 45 / Thursday, March 7, 2019 /
                Presidential Documents
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Executive Order 13860 of March 4, 2019
                
                Supporting the Transition of Active Duty Service
                 Members and Military Veterans Into the Merchant Marine
                 By the authority vested in me as President by the
                 Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                 America, and to promote employment opportunities for
                 United States military veterans while growing the cadre
                 of trained United States mariners available to meet
                 United States requirements for national and economic
                 security, it is hereby ordered as follows:
                 Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United
                 States to support practices and programs that ensure
                 that members of the United States Armed Forces receive
                 appropriate credit for their military training and
                 experience, upon request, toward credentialing
                 requirements as a merchant mariner. It is further the
                 policy of the United States to establish and maintain
                 an effective merchant marine program by providing
                 sufficient support and resources to active duty and
                 separating service members who pursue or possess
                 merchant mariner credentials.
                 A robust merchant marine is vital to the national and
                 economic security of the United States. Credentialed
                 United States merchant mariners support domestic and
                 international trade, are critical for strategic
                 defensive and offensive military sealift operations,
                 and bring added expertise to Federal vessel operations.
                 Unfortunately, the United States faces a shortage of
                 qualified merchant mariners. As our strategic
                 competitors expand their global footprint, the United
                 States must retain its ability to project and sustain
                 forces globally. This capability requires a sufficient
                 corps of credentialed merchant mariners available to
                 crew the necessary sealift fleet. Attracting additional
                 trained and credentialed mariners, particularly from
                 active duty service members and military veterans, will
                 support United States national security requirements
                 and provide meaningful, well-paying jobs to United
                 States veterans.
                 Sec. 2. Definition. For the purposes of this order, the
                 term ``applicable service'' includes any of the ``armed
                 forces,'' as that term is defined in section
                 101(a)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code.
                 Sec. 3. Credentialing Support. (a) To support merchant
                 mariner credentialing and the maintenance of such
                 credentials, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
                 of Homeland Security, with respect to the applicable
                 services in their respective departments, and in
                 coordination with one another and with the United
                 States Committee on the Marine Transportation System,
                 shall, consistent with applicable law:
                (i) Within 1 year from the date of this order, identify all military
                training and experience within the applicable service that may qualify for
                merchant mariner credentialing, and submit a list of all identified
                military training and experience to the United States Coast Guard National
                Maritime Center for a determination of whether such training and experience
                counts for credentialing purposes;
                (ii) With respect to National Maritime Center license evaluation, issuance,
                and examination, take all necessary and appropriate actions to provide for
                the waiver of fees for active duty service members, if a waiver is
                authorized and appropriate, and, if a waiver is not granted, take all
                necessary and appropriate actions to provide for the payment of fees for
                active duty service members by the applicable service to the fullest extent
                permitted by law;
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                (iii) Direct the applicable services to take all necessary and appropriate
                actions to pay for Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards
                for active duty service members pursuing or possessing a mariner
                credential;
                (iv) Ensure that members of the applicable services who are to be
                discharged or released from active duty and who request certification or
                verification of sea service be provided such certification or verification
                no later than 1 month after discharge or release; and
                (v) Ensure the applicable services have developed, or continue to operate,
                as appropriate, the online resource known as Credentialing Opportunities
                On-Line to support separating service members seeking information and
                assistance on merchant mariner credentialing.
                 (b) The United States Committee on the Marine
                 Transportation System shall pursue innovative ways to
                 support merchant mariner credentialing, including
                 through continuation of the Military to Mariner
                 Initiative as appropriate, and shall provide a yearly
                 status report on its efforts under the provisions of
                 this order to the President through the White House
                 Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
                 Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
                 shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
                (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
                the head thereof; or
                (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
                relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
                 (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
                 applicable law and subject to the availability of
                 appropriations.
                 (c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
                 create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
                 enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
                 the United States, its departments, agencies, or
                 entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
                 other person.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
                 THE WHITE HOUSE,
                 March 4, 2019.
                [FR Doc. 2019-04298
                Filed 3-6-19; 11:15 am]
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