ACT OF JUNE 5, 1920) ACT OF JUNE 5, 1920 Chapter 250, as amended ACT OF JUNE 5, 1920) ch250 109–304 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Merchant Marine Act, 1920 Act of June 5, 1920 5323 66 1920-06-05 ACT OF JUNE 5, 1920)1 [(Chapter 250; 41 STAT. 988; approved June 5, 1920)] [As Amended Through P.L. 109–304, Enacted October 6, 2006] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Chapter 250 of the 66th Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo provide for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine, to repeal certain emergency legislation, and provide for the disposition, regulation, and use of property acquired thereunder, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1

This Act was cited as the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 prior to the repeal of the short title made by section 19 of Public Law 109–304.

[Section 1 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Section 2 repealed by section 202(4) of Public Law 100–710] [Section 3 repealed by section 903(b) of the Act of June 29, 1936] [Sections 4 and 5 repealed by section 202(4) of Public Law 100–710] [Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Section 11 repealed by section 903(b) of the Act of June 29, 1936] [Sections 12 and 13 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Section 14 repealed by section 903(b) of the Act of June 29, 1936] [Sections 15 and 16 repealed by section 307(4) of Public Law 101–225] [Section 17 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Section 18 amended section 9 of the Act of September 7, 1916] [Section 19 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Section 20 repealed by section 20(a) of Public Law 98–237] [Section 21 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Sections 22 and 23 repealed by section 202(4) of Public Law 100–710] [Section 24 repealed by section 12(c) of Public Law 86–682] [Sections 25 and 26 repealed by section 4(b) of Public Law 98–89] [Sections 27, 27A and 28 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304]
Sec. 29.2 [15 U.S.C. 38] (a) that whenever used in this section—2

This section used to be codified to 46 App. U.S.C. 885 prior to its transfer to title 15 by the enactment of Public Law 109–304.

 (1) The term “association” means any association, exchange, pool, combination, or other arrangement for action; and (2) The term “marine insurance companies” means any persons, companies, or associations authorized to write marine insurance or reinsurance under the laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, District, or possession thereof. (b) Nothing contained in the “antitrust laws” as designated in section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,” approved October 15, 1914, shall be construed as declaring illegal an association entered into by marine insurance companies for the following purposes: To transact a marine insurance and reinsurance business in the United States and in foreign countries and to reinsure or otherwise apportion among its membership the risks undertaken by such association or any of the component members.[Section 30 repealed by section 106(b)(2) of Public Law 100–710] [Sections 31 and 32 repealed by section 4(b) of Public Law 98–89] [Section 33 amends section 20 of the Act of March 4, 1915] [Section 34 repealed by section 307(4) of Public Law 101–225] [Section 35 repealed by section 903(b) of the Act of June 29, 1936] [Sections 36 and 37 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304] [Section 38 amends section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916] [Section 39 repealed by section 19 of Public Law 109–304]