US Congress House Bill 5500 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises coastwise laws, commonly known as the Jones Act, that govern domestic transportation of merchandise or passengers by vessels. The Jones Act requires that vessels transporting merchandise or passengers between Puerto Rico and other U.S. ports be built in the United States, be at least 75% owned by U.S. citizens, and be mostly crewed by U.S. citizens. The bill exempts carriage on a route in noncontiguous trade from Jones Act requirements unless (1) at least three owners or operators of certain coastwise vessels regularly operate such a vessel on the route, (2) each of such owners or operators transports at least 20% of the volume of goods on that route, and (3) none of such owners or operators are under common ownership.

Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act

Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2019-12-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-12-19	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1628-1629)
2019-12-19	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5500/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5500/BILLS-116hr5500ih.pdf