...thereof, between points in the United States, including districts, territories, and possessions hereof embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly...port, or for any part of the transportation, In any vessel than a vessel built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons...

...American Samoa or between those islands and other ports under the jurisdiction of the United States. (b) No merchandise shall be transported by water, or by...possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the...

...States. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is the statutory embodiment of these laws. It provides that "No merchandise shall be transported by water or by...built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States. . . ." M While the construction-differential...

...or remitted by the Secretary of Commerce upon a proper representation of the facts. SEC. 27." That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by...Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof embraced [§27] List of merchant vessels to indicate vessels classified by American Bureau of Shipping. 46 USC...

...Merchant Marine Act of 1920, restricts the transportation of merchandise by water, or by land and water, between points in the United States, including districts,...coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, or any part of such transportation, to vessels built in the United States, documented under the laws of...

...citizen, as defined in § 3.19* (a) and (b) of this chapter, is exempt from documentation,110 and is en110 "No merchandise shall be transported by water, or...built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States, or vessels to which the privilege...

...Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (USC, title 46, sec. 883), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 27. That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by...built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States, or vessels to which the privilege...

...consignee, agent, or other person or persons so transporting or causing said merchandise to be transported), between points in the United States, including Districts,...built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States, or vessels to which the privilege...

...Merchant Marine Act. Congress and the President accepted the Jones Act, which provides in part: "That no merchandise shall be transported by water or by...coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, for any part of the transportation, in any other vessel than a vessel built in and documented under...

...consignee, agent, or other person or persons so transporting or causing said merchandise to be transported), between points in the United States, including Districts,...built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States, or vessels to which the privilege...