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S. 1481 (99th)
A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the foreign acquisition of subsidized United States-flag vessels.
Introduced
23 July 1985
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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14 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to allow the Secretary of Transportation to authorize a vessel operator receiving or applying for an operating-differential subsidy to construct or reconstruct its vessels in a foreign shipyard, or acquire such vessels outside the United States, if certain vessel conditions are met.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 23 July 1985
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1481
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/1481