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To Amend Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Vol. 1 : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, and House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Sixty-Seventh Congress, second session, on Apr. 4-6, 10-14, 17-22, 24-28, May 1, 1922.
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- Author/Creator:
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Merchant Marine Act, 1920.
- United States.
- United States. Shipping Board.
- Maritime law--United States.
- Maritime law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1922.
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- Summary:
- Considers legislation to provide for U.S. Shipping Board disposal of vessels acquired during wartime; to revise Federal maritime subsidy, taxation, and insurance policies; to establish a Merchant Marine Naval Reserve; to coordinate rail and steamship transportation; and to require that a certain proportion of immigrants to U.S. use American passenger vessels. Appendix A includes "Report on the History of Shipping Discriminations and on Various Forms of Government Aid to Shipping" (p. 67-103); Appendix B includes "Government Aid to Merchant Shipping: A Study Prepared Under Direction of U.S. Shipping Board" (p. 107-170).
- Considers (67) S. 3217, (67) H.R. 10644.
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- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Hearings Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.
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- Print version: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. To Amend Merchant Marine Act of 1920
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