Coast Guard, Subsidy Refunds and Extra Costs of Allocation of Vessel Construction Contracts: Hearings Before the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 1036, a Bill to Amend the Inland and Western River Rules Concerning Anchor Lights and Fog Signals Required in Special Anchorage Areas, and for Other Purposes, S. 1194, a Bill to Remove the Percentage Limitations on Retirement of Enlisted Men of the Coast Guard, and for Other Purposes, S. 1263, a Bill to Amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, in Order to Provide for the Reimbursement of Certain Vessel Construction Expenses, [and] S. 1172, a Bill to Amend Public Law 86-518 and Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to Authorize the Amendment of Contracts Between Shipowners and the United States Dealing with Vessels Whose Life Has Been Extended to Public Law 86-518. April 30, 1963 |
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87th Congress Admiral ALGER ALEXANDER allocation amended American Export Lines American President Lines American Waterways Operators anchor light annual payments award barges bill BOURBON cargo Chairman Coast Guard Committee on Commerce computation CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction differential subsidy construction subsidy construction-differential subsidy contract delivery costs delivery voyage Department of Defense depreciation domestic operator domestic revenue domestic trade economic enacted enlisted equitable EWERS excess expenses Federal Maritime Board fog signals foreign trade Government incurred inspection intercoastal KENNEY legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lowest responsible bid lowest responsible bidder MAGNUSON Maritime Administration ment Merchant Marine Act Moore-McCormack Lines national defense features owner paid percent proposed repaid repayment result retirement savings Secretary of Commerce Senator BARTLETT ship construction shipowners shipyard special anchorage areas statement subsidized operators subsidy refund TEIGE tion total subsidy twenty-fifth U.S. Senate United vessel operates WARREN G west coast western rivers rules yards
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Page 76 - It Is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times, (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary...
Page 76 - ... operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States insofar as may be practicable, and (d) 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. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine.
Page 2 - A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast ; when on the port tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in succession. (d) A vessel when at anchor shall, at intervals of not more than one minute, ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds.
Page 4 - ... feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light. The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length appearing in her certificate of registry...
Page 2 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 2 - A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in length when at anchor shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 76 - ... capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, (c) owned and operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States, insofar as may be practicable, and (d) 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. It is declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such...
Page 76 - That it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce...
Page 33 - Every obligation, heretofore or hereafter incurred, whether or not any such provision is contained therein or made with respect thereto, shall be discharged upon payment, dollar for dollar, in any coin or currency which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.