3.0.0 298 2023-01-11T13:43:36Z 2023-01-11T13:43:36Z House HR 2021-01-13 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CASE:H.R. 298.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8, Article I of the Constitution[Page H194]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Referred to 2021-02-04T16:56:12Z Referred to 2021-01-13T14:04:05Z 2021-02-04 hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Committee 2021-01-13 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2021-01-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E37-38) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2021-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 N Transportation and Public Works Licensing and registrations Marine and inland water transportation Navigation, waterways, harbors Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-01-13 Introduced in House 2021-02-10T21:22:14Z Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act

This bill revises coastwise laws, commonly known as the Jones Act, that govern domestic transportation of merchandise or passengers by vessels. The Jones Act requires that vessels transporting merchandise or passengers between Puerto Rico and other U.S. ports be built in the United States, be at least 75% owned by U.S. citizens, and be mostly crewed by U.S. citizens.

The bill exempts carriage on a route in noncontiguous trade from Jones Act requirements unless (1) at least three owners or operators of certain coastwise vessels regularly operate such a vessel on the route, (2) each of such owners or operators transports at least 20% of the volume of goods on that route, and (3) none of such owners or operators are under common ownership.

]]> Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act Display Title Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr298ih/xml/BILLS-117hr298ih.xml 2021-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.