A bill to suspend for a temporary period of time the provisions of section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 in order to permit, under certain circumstances, vessels of foreign registry to transport fertilizer necessary to the production of agricultural commodities from Alaska to the west coast of the United States.

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Suspends, until November 1, 1975, provisions of the Merchant Marine Act relating to the transportation by foreign vessels of anhydrous ammonia to the west coast of the United States from any port or terminal area in the State of Alaska whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between the west coast of the United States and any such port or terminal area for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 7 February 1974

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