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Guam legislator seeks changes to Jones Act

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A legislator in Guam introduced a resolution Res.(371-31) last week requesting Guam’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation to exempt Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska as well as Guam from the U.S.-build provision of the Jones Act. The resolution notes that ships serving Guam are already exempt from the build-American requirement, "but since it only makes sense for shippers bringing goods here to first stop in Hawaii, the exemption is useless - unles...

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