46 U.S.C. § 50101 — Objectives and policy
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-304 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 175 words · no verdicts yet
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It is necessary for the national defense and the development of the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States that the United States have a merchant marine—
sufficient to carry the waterborne domestic commerce and a substantial part of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of the waterborne domestic and foreign commerce at all times;
capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency;
owned and operated as vessels of the United States by citizens of the United States;
composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel; and
supplemented by efficient facilities for building and repairing vessels.
It is the policy of the United States to encourage and aid the development and maintenance of a merchant marine satisfying the objectives described in subsection (a).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1556; Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXV, § 3511, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2722.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-304 · 120 Stat. 1556
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-84 · 123 Stat. 2722
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 109-304 on 2006-10-06.
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