Vessel Documentation Waivers: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on Part I, Hearing on H.R. 1328, H.R. 1580, H.R. 1803, and H.R. 2227 ... May 3, 1989; Oversight on Interpretation of "citizenship" ... June 22, 1989 |
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African Queen agencies American Waterways Operators apply approval BAKKE Barge Company bill boat BONNER Bowaters Act Bowaters Amendment Bowaters certificate Bowaters companies Bowaters corporation cabotage cargo carrier certificate of documentation Chairman Chief Counsel citizenship requirements Coast Guard coastwise laws coastwise trade COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT Congress Customs Service directors document vessels domestic commerce dredged material enactment enforcement engaged filing fleet Florida for-hire foreign HELEN DELICH BENTLEY Hendricks HUTTO industry Ingram Ingram Barge Company issue Japanese Jones Act Key Largo legislation M/V Northern Victor manufacturing MARAD Marine and Fisheries Maritime Administration merchandise Merchant Marine Act MORSE non-citizens Officer operate owner ownership percent Prepared statement President qualified question restrictions ROBIN TALLON Section 27 Section 9 Shell Oil Shell Oil Company Shipping Act shipyard SOLARZ statute statutory Subcommittee on Merchant Thank tion Title 46 transportation U.S. citizens U.S. Representative UCHITELLE UNSOELD VESSEL DOCUMENTATION Walter Washington waterways WILLIS Zen-Noh
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Page 172 - ... best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to do whatever may be necessary to develop and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine...
Page 76 - The controlling interest in a corporation shall not be deemed to be owned by citizens of the United States (a) if the title to a majority of the stock thereof is not vested in such citizens free from any trust or fiduciary obligation in favor of any person not a citizen of the United States...
Page 155 - District, or possession thereof, but in the case of a corporation, association, or partnership operating any vessel in the coastwise trade the amount of interest required to be owned by citizens of the United States shall be 75 per centum.
Page 178 - Every vessel purchased, chartered, or leased from the board shall, unless otherwise authorized by the board, be operated only under such registry or enrollment and license. Such vessels while employed solely as merchant vessels shall be subject to all laws, regulations, and liabilities governing merchant vessels, whether the United States be interested therein as owner, in whole or, in part, or hold any mortgage, lien, or other interest therein.
Page 180 - States; or (c) if through any contract or understanding it is so arranged that the majority of the voting power may be exercised, directly or indirectly, in behalf of any person who is not a citizen of the United States...
Page 180 - States (a) if the title to 75 per centum of its stock is not vested in such citizens free from any trust or fiduciary obligation in favor of any person not a citizen of the United States...
Page 175 - ... registered or enrolled and licensed, or both registered and enrolled and licensed, as a vessel of the United States and entitled to the benefits and privileges appertaining thereto: Provided, That foreign-built vessels admitted to American registry or enrollment and license under this Act, and vessels owned by any corporation in which the United States is a stockholder...
Page 180 - Act no corporation, partnership, or association shall be deemed a citizen of the United States unless the controlling interest therein is owned by citizens of the United States...
Page 178 - Vessels registered pursuant to law and no others, except such as shall be duly qualified according to law for carrying on the coasting or fishing trade, shall be deemed vessels of the United States...
Page 172 - It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States...