Public Law No. 259, 66th Congress
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Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:affects |
maritime workers
U.S. shipbuilders U.S. shipping industry |
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Jones_Act
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:41_Stat._988
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
June 5, 1920
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:66th_United_States_Congress
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Public Law No. 259, 66th Congress
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| gptkbp:purpose |
regulate maritime commerce in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports
promote and maintain the American merchant marine protect American maritime workers |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
maritime law
U.S. economic policy cabotage laws U.S. labor law |
| gptkbp:section |
Section 27
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| gptkbp:section27Provision |
requires goods shipped between U.S. ports to be transported on ships that are U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, and U.S.-crewed
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| gptkbp:shortName |
gptkb:Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Women's_Bureau_(Department_of_Labor)
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6
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