104th Congress / Bills / H R 1350

Title

To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to revitalize the United States-flag merchant marine, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Administrative procedure -- Department of Transportation | Agriculture | Agriculture in foreign trade | Aliens | Barges | Budgets | Cargo preference | Citizenship | Coastwise shipping | Common carriers | Congress | Congressional reporting requirements | Container ships | Defense policy | Disaster relief | Emergency management | Employee rights | Energy | Energy policy | Executive departments | Export controls | Federal aid to transportation | Federally-guaranteed loans -- Fees | Finance | Flags of convenience | Food | Food relief | Foreign investments | Foreign trade | Government contractors | Government information | Government liability | Government paperwork | Government procurement | Government service contracts | Harbors -- Great Lakes | Immigration | Infrastructure | Intermodal transportation | International affairs | International competitiveness | International finance | International military forces | Labor | Law | Maintenance and repair | Marine insurance | Marine resources | Marine terminals | Marine transportation | Marine transportation -- Alaska | Marine transportation -- Hawaii | Marine transportation -- Puerto Rico | Merchant marine | Merchant seamen | Merchant ships | Military sealift | Mortgage guaranty insurance | National security | Ocean thermal energy conversion | Public contracts | Reinsurance | Shipbuilding | Shipbuilding subsidies | Shipping agreements | Ships | Shipyards | Subsidies | Tankers | Trade | Transportation | Tugboats | War risk insurance

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
9/24/96	Senate	Passed	Session 2, roll call 300: On Passage of the Bill h.r.1350; Maritime Security Act of 1996
9/24/96	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 299: On the Motion to Table motion to table grassley amendment no. 5394; To prohibit the use of funds received as a payment or subsidy for lobbying or public education and to prohibit the use of certain funds received as a payment or subsidy for making political contributions for the purpose of influencing an election.
9/24/96	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 298: On the Motion to Table motion to table grassley amendment no. 5393; To clarify the term fair and reasonable compensation and for other purposes.
9/24/96	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 297: On the Motion to Table motion to table harkin amendment no. 5396; To provide for payment by the Secretary of Transportation of certain ocean freight charges for Federal food or export assistance.
9/20/96	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 296: On the Motion to Table motion to table grassley amendment no. 5391; To provide for a uniform system of incentive pay for certain hazardous duties performed by merchant seamen.