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    The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States federal statute that provides for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine. Among...
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  • Merchant Marine Act can refer to: Merchant Marine Act of 1915, the Seamen's Act Merchant Marine Act of 1920, the Jones Act Merchant Marine Act of 1936...
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    United States Merchant Marine is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both...
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  • In 1929, the California Maritime Academy was established. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 – Is a United States federal law or statute established to protect...
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    ICE Pact (category Politics of the Arctic)
    States, but not privately owned ships (though there are Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) restrictions on transport services). Canada has contracted...
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  • Transportation in Puerto Rico (category Transportation in insular areas of the United States)
    restriction includes Puerto Rico under the Jones Act of 1920 (Merchant Marine Act of 1920). The Jones Act and various other United States laws that govern...
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    As a result of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, only ships built and registered in the United States are permitted to sail solely between ports in the...
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    Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917...
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  • The Seamen's Act, formally known as Act to Promote the Welfare of American Seamen in the Merchant Marine of the United States or Longshore and Harbor Workers'...
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    sole NCL ship currently in Hawaii service. Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly referred to as the Jones Act – protectionist law applied to vessels transporting...
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    Wesley L. Jones (category Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Washington (state))
    continues to provide many jobs in the area. In 1920 he sponsored and secured passage of the Jones Merchant Marine Act, which stipulated that only American ships...
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    of revising the Second Organic Act took up much time but came to no avail. Instead, Congress passed the Jones Act (also known as the Merchant Marine Act...
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  • Revolution" was a slogan of the Irish Volunteers in the late 18th century. Merchant Marine Act of 1920 V. Bevan, The Development of British Immigration Law...
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  • ports in two different States …". In the United States, the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act) requires that all goods transported by water between U...
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    liberalization will undermine that market power. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act (46 USC § 883) is a maritime law that controls...
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    controversial amendments, called the Sedition Act of 1918, were repealed on December 13, 1920, the original Espionage Act was left intact. Between 1921 and 1923...
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  • law. The United States Shipping Board was created in 1916. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 regulates maritime commerce and restricts cabotage. The Shipping...
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    between US ports of call was a violation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (commonly known as the Jones Act). Initially, the State of Alaska had felt...
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  • Seaman status in United States admiralty law (category Marine occupations)
    injuries under the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act), and the doctrines of "unseaworthiness" and "maintenance and cure". Each of these remedies have...
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    Telling of the Amazing Story of the Committee on Public Information That Carried the Gospel of Americanism to Every Corner of the Globe. (1920) Stephen...
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    In 1920, after the enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (also known as the Jones Act), Puerto Rico became restricted on which merchant marine it...
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    The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States federal statute that provides for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine. Section...
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    second trucking contract can be agreed upon. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act, prohibits foreign ships from carrying cargo or...
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    Pasha Hawaii (category Shipping companies of the United States)
    Roll-off Carrier Siem Shipping Toyofuji Shipping George Berovich Merchant Marine Act of 1920 "Our history". Pasha Hawaii. Retrieved 2018-07-31. Natarajan...
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    Andre Marrou (category Members of the Alaska House of Representatives)
    He supported repealing the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 and eliminating all tariffs. Marrou supported limiting members of the Alaska state house and senate...
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    the United States Merchant Marine when shipping from and to the United States, as per the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (the Jones Act). Local security is...
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    June 5, 1920: Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act) June 5, 1920: Women's Bureau Act of 1920 June 5, 1920: Ship Mortgage Act of 1920 June 5, 1920: River...
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    Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. (category Family of Woodrow Wilson)
    Dean of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for 27 years. He was the eldest grandchild of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the...
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    1930s. He approved the goal of upgrading the harsh working conditions for merchant sailors and signed LaFollette's Seamen's Act of 1915. Wilson called on the...
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    Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library (category National Register of Historic Places in Staunton, Virginia)
    birthplace, known as the Manse, a Museum that explores the life and times of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), a 6,800 square feet (630 m2) Research Library...
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