46 CFR § 249.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s249.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 249.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "249.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIZED VESSELS AND OPERATORS"
part_number: "249"
part_name: "APPROVAL OF UNDERWRITERS FOR MARINE HULL INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 204(b), 1109, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b), 1279b); 49 CFR 1.66."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 23119, June 20, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "249"
---


# 249.1 Purpose.

This part prescribes certain regulations governing the placement of marine hull insurance on vessels built or operated with subsidy or covered by vessel obligation guarantees issued pursuant to Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Act). (46 U.S.C. 1271-1279)