[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1894 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 232
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1894

  To exempt Puerto Rico from the coastwise laws of the United States 
                 (commonly known as the ``Jones Act'').


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2017

    Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Flake) 
      introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                            October 2, 2017

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To exempt Puerto Rico from the coastwise laws of the United States 
                 (commonly known as the ``Jones Act'').

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICATION OF COASTWISE LAWS FOR PUERTO RICO.

    Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
        paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
        following:
            ``(1) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;''.
                                                       Calendar No. 232

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1894

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To exempt Puerto Rico from the coastwise laws of the United States 
                 (commonly known as the ``Jones Act'').

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 2, 2017

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar