MERCHANT MARINE

Addresses

Impact of Shipping, Maritime Industries, and International Trade on Maryland and the Nation: Representative Mikulski, 2998-2999 [26FE]

Newport News, VA, Shipbuilding Centennial: Senator Warner, 508 [23JA]

Veterans Benefits to World War II Merchant Seamen: C.E. DeFries, 12528 [4JN]

Amendments

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for maritime programs (H.R. 4175), 29524, 29525, 29576 [8OC], 30720 [14OC]

Marilyn (vessel): document (H.R. 739), 9199 [1MY]

Maritime programs appropriations (H.R. 4175), 14070 [17JN]

Passenger Ship Act: enact (S. 1935), 25870 [24SE]

Analyses

Customs Service's Effectiveness in Law Enforcement Matters (S. 2748), 22015-22018 [15AU]

Appointments

Board of Visitors to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 4041 [7MR]

Board of Visitors to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 662 [29JA]

Articles and editorials

Build-Up of Merchant Marine Critical to U.S. Survival, 16998 [17JY]

Great Ships—Fair Price, 517 [23JA]

Merchant Marine Vital to U.S., 10244 [9MY]

Reexamine National Security Priorities, Says Retired Admiral, 15644 [25JN]

Toyota To Use U.S. Flags for 10 Percent of Exports, 1783 [5FE]

U.S. Can't Bow to Merchant-Marine Blitz, 11225 [19MY], 11247 [19MY]

Bills and resolutions

Claims: financial responsibility for owners of foreign vessels using U.S. ports and services (see H.R. 4039)

Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense: employment status of members and availability of appropriated funds (see H.R. 4530)

Corporations: documentation for certain ships (see H.R. 5630)

Cross-Border Cooperation Act: enact (see H.R. 4038)

Customs Automation Act: enact (see H.R. 4040)

Customs Service: increase effectiveness in law enforcement matters (see S. 2748)

Dept. of Defense: prohibit implementation of rule establishing procedures for determining whether excessive rates are charged under Cargo Preference Act (see H.R. 5532)

———transportation of cargo (see H.R. 5046)

Dept. of Transportation: appropriations for certain maritime programs (see H.R. 4175)

Drugs: penalties for certain convictions in special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of U.S. (see H.R. 5060)

Fish and fisheries: establish damage award guidelines for personal injury and require additional regulations (see H.R. 5013)

Fish and fishing: minimum health and safety standards for foreign vessels (see H.R. 4897)

Foreign trade: decrease Government's regulatory role to improve competitive position of U.S.-flag vessels (see H.R. 4024)

———information to be included on manifests submitted for vessels and vehicles arriving from a contiguous country (see S. 2316; H.R. 4740)

Government: prepayment audits for selected transportation bills and collection of overpayments (see H.R. 5420)

Humanities: set aside certain surplus vessels for assistance to developing countries (see H.R. 4046)

Maritime Services Financial Responsibility Act: enact (see H.R. 4039)

Merchant Marine Act: guarantee of obligations under title XI (see H.R. 5232)

Merchant seamen: provide benefits (see H.R. 4889)

Military auxiliary revolving fund: establish (see H.R. 4136, 4146)

Navy: interport differential as evaluation factor for award of contracts (see H.R. 4616)

Passenger ships: develop and deregulate industry (see S. 2662)

———security (see H.R. 4176)

Patience (vessel): coastwise trade and fisheries (see H.R. 5224)

Pride of Baltimore (vessel): commend (see H.J. Res. 641)

Safety: establish damage award guidelines for personal injury and require additional regulations (see H.R. 5013)

Ship Mortgage Act: amend (see H.R. 5102)

Shipping Act: amend relative to transportation to or from U.S. through ports in an adjacent country (see H.R. 4038)

———increase competition among ocean common carriers relative to transportation of certain Government cargoes (see H.R. 4939)

Ships: construction in domestic shipyards (see H.R. 4229)

Tributyltin paints: suspend use on hulls of vessels (see H.R. 5015)

Tub's Tub (vessel): permit employment in coastwise fisheries trade (see H.R. 4923)

Vessel Loan Guarantee Program: protect U.S. mortgagee rights (see S. 2436)

World War II: active military service credit for certain merchant seamen (see H.R. 4709)

———military retirement benefits for certain merchant seamen (see H.R. 5345)

Books

``Tall Ships—The World of Sail Training,'' Maldwin Drummond (excerpt), 13618 [12JN]

Letters

Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships: Representative Aspin, 21208 [13AU]

———Representative Mikulski, 21208 [13AU]

Homeporting of Navy ships: Senator Goldwater, 15492, 15499 [25JN]

Investment tax credit for certain cargo containers: Senator Boschwitz, 28024 [2OC]

Members of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: Representative Walter B. Jones, 662 [29JA]

Navigation user fees: David A. Stockman, 4994 [14MR]

Shipping industry transition rules under the Tax Reform Act: Kurrus & Kirchner, 33384 [17OC]

———National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, 33384, 33385 [17OC]

———several Members of Congress, 33385 [17OC]

Transition rules under the Tax Reform Act: Kurrus & Kirchner, 33384 [17OC]

———National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, 33384, 33385 [17OC]

———several Members of Congress, 33385 [17OC]

Messages

Convention on Minimum Standards in Merchant Ships: President Reagan, 7317 [11AP]

Opinions

Carriage in U.S. vessels of exports financed by Government agency: Dept. of Justice (1965), 4138 [10MR]

Remarks in House

Agricultural Shippers Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4999), 13422 [11JN]

Agriculture: cargo preference requirements, 4198 [11MR]

Appropriations: proposals, 10244 [9MY]

Burnsky, Paul J.: tribute, 19634 [6AU]

Captain Panagos (vessel): insurance claims and the Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, IL, mortgage, 23856-23858 [17SE]

Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5013), 21028 [12AU], 21037 [13AU]-21038 [12AU], 21140, 21141 [13AU]

Commercial Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5013), 18819 [1AU]

Cross-Border Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 4038), 510 [23JA]

Customs: eliminate certain fees (H.R. 5326), 18855 [1AU]

Customs Automation Act: enact (H.R. 4040), 511 [23JA]

Dept. of Defense: service locations for servicing aircraft carriers, 21671-21676 [14AU]

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for maritime programs (H.R. 4175), 14065-14071 [17JN], 14480 [18JN], 30720 [14OC]

Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4973), 13408 [11JN]

Drift Net Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5208), 17156 [21JY]

Equitable Automobile Transportation Act: enact (H.R. 3655), 1783 [5FE]

Fishing industry: establish guidelines for damage awards for personal injury and require additional safety regulations (H.R. 5013), 21140, 21141 [13AU]

Fishing vessels: limit liability of owners and operators complying with safety requirements (H.R. 4407), 6154-6155 [25MR]

———require commercial to be U.S. owned and built for U.S. licensing and documentation, 29848 [8OC]

Foreign trade: provide for negotiation of maritime agreements for carriage of U.S. waterborne trade (H.R. 3662), 10207 [8MY], 13181 [10JN]

Marilyn (vessel): document (H.R. 739), 9199 [1MY]

Maritime Defense Commission: future of shipbuilding, merchant marine, and training institutions, 30443 [10OC]

Maritime Services Financial Responsibility Act: enact (H.R. 4039), 510 [23JA]

Merchant Marine Act: amend, 33563 [17OC]

———amend (H.R. 3141), 18834 [1AU], 19634 [6AU]

———amend (H.R. 4024), 340 [22JA], 18834 [1AU], 19634 [6AU]

Merchant Seaman's Benefit Act: enact (H.R. 4889), 11979 [22MY]

Military auxiliary revolving fund: establish (H.R. 4136), 11247 [19MY], 13181 [10JN]

Military cargo: prevent Dept. of Defense from altering existing preference law, 23850 [17SE]

Motor vehicles: export from Japan on foreign-flag vessels, 1783 [5FE]

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: terminate (H.R. 4676), 8572 [23AP]

National defense: funding, 16998 [17JY]

———rebuild, 15644 [25JN]

National Port Week: designate (H.J. Res. 714), 22217 [15AU], 31225 [14OC], 32683 [16OC], 33567 [17OC]

Navy: investigation of ships carrying toxic chemicals, 25386 [23SE]

Newport News, VA, Shipbuilding Co.: anniversary, 517 [23JA]

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.: anniversary, 3074 [27FE]

Norfolk Naval Shipyard: Commander in Chief's award for installation excellence, 12104 [3JN]

Passenger Ship Act: enact (S. 1935), 28777-28782 [6OC]

Passenger vessels: ensure greater security (H.R. 4176), 2448 [19FE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to students chosen to attend service academies, 12840 [5JN]

Phillips, Bill: tribute, 19634 [6AU]

Potomac (U.S.S.): restoration, 2783 [25FE]

Pride of Baltimore (vessel): tribute to crew, 11925 [22MY]

Sacramento, CA: restoration of the U.S.S. Potomac, 2441 [19FE]

San Francisco, CA: establish a National Maritime Museum (H.R. 1343), 21703 [14AU]

Searsport, ME: anniversary of Penobscot Marine Museum, 20201 [8AU]

State maritime academies: making appropriations (H.R. 4175), 8039 [17AP]

U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone: require that foreign vessels meet minimum health and safety standards (H.R. 4897), 12036 [22MY]

U.S. flag liner fleet: contracts and contract amendments to develop and deregulate (H.R. 4581-4584), 7602 [15AP]

U.S.-flag vessels: authorize the foreign acquisition of subsidized (H.R. 3141), 18834 [1AU], 19634 [6AU]

World War II: grant veterans benefits (H.R. 4709), 12528 [4JN]

Remarks in Senate

Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense: nomination of Commissioners, 30467 [14OC]

Customs Service: increase effectiveness in law enforcement matters (S. 2748), 22014 [15AU]

Defense Logistics Agency: enforcement of law on shipping supplies on U.S.-flag vessels, 26890 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: staffing levels for Customs inspectors, 12907 [6JN]

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for maritime programs (H.R. 4175), 29524 [8OC]

Ecology: study of oilspill prevention, 23713 [17SE]

Foreign trade: information to be included on manifests submitted for vessels and vehicles arriving from a contiguous country (S. 2316), 7771 [16AP]

Harbors: exempt certain cargoes from user fees, 4992 [14MR]

Miami, FL: additional customs inspectors, 15828 [26JN]

Passenger Ship Act: enact (S. 1935), 25870-25872 [24SE]

Postal Service: international sea transportation of mail on U.S. registry vessels (S. 186), 14816 [20JN]

San Francisco, CA: establish a National Maritime Museum (H.R. 1343), 20529 [11AU]

Soviet Union: unfair trade practices, 11225 [19MY]

Tax Reform Act: shipping industry transition rules, 33383 [17OC]

Vessel Loan Guarantee Program: protect U.S. mortgagee rights (S. 2436), 10296 [12MY]

Reports

Passenger Ship Act (S. 1935): Senate Commerce Committee (sundry excerpts), 25872 [24SE]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Treasury Establish Military Auxiliary Revolving Fund: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4136) (S. Rept. 99-795), 22143 [15AU]

Documentation of Certain Foreign-Built Vessels for Coastwise Trade: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1935) (S. Rept. 99-465), 25130 [22SE]

Documentation of Vessel Marilyn To Be Employed in Coastwise Trade: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 739) (H. Rept. 99-284), 8284 [22AP]

Guidelines for Safety and for Damage Awards for Personal Injury Incurred by Seamen on Fishing Vessels (H.R. 5013) (H. Rept. 99-767), 19744 [7AU]

International Sea Transportation of Mail on U.S. Vessels: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 186) (S. Rept. 99-321), 13128 [10JN]

Negotiation of Maritime Agreements for U.S. Waterborne Trade: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3662) (H. Rept. 99-668), 16326 [14JY]

Restrictive Practices in Marine Transportation of Automobiles: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3655) (H. Rept. 99-697), 17054 [21JY]

State Maritime Academy Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H.R. 4175) (H. Rept. 99-634), 13266 [11JN]

Use of Funds From Rental of Floating Drydock for National Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 1343) (S. Rept. 99-361), 18773 [1AU]

Statements

Launching of U.S.S. Fort McHenry: Representative Bentley, 6781-6782 [8AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1343, establish a National Maritime Museum, 20529 [11AU]

H.R. 4175, authorizing appropriations for maritime program, 29525 [8OC]

H.R. 4530, status of members of Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense, 11125 [19MY]

H.R. 5013, Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act, 21028 [12AU]

S. 186, international sea transportation of mail on U.S. registry vessels, 14816 [20JN]

S. 1935, Passenger Ship Act, 28777 [6OC]

S. 2316, amend Tariff Act to specify information to be included on manifests submitted for vessels and vehicles arriving from a contiguous country, 7771 [16AP]

S. 2436, protect U.S. mortgagee rights, 10296 [12MY]