Merchant Marine Act of 1936

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The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
maritime law ⓘ
affects U.S. merchant mariners ⓘ
U.S. shipowners ⓘ
U.S. shipyards ⓘ
maritime labor unions ⓘ
aimsTo ensure availability of U.S.-flag ships for military sealift ⓘ
make U.S.-flag shipping competitive with foreign-flag shipping ⓘ
appliesTo U.S.-flag commercial vessels engaged in domestic commerce ⓘ
U.S.-flag commercial vessels engaged in foreign commerce ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 46 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsAgency United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
dateEnacted June 29, 1936 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
geographicScope United States and its territories ⓘ
historicalContext New Deal era legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
partiallySupersededBy Merchant Marine Act of 1970 ⓘ
policyStatement the United States shall have a merchant marine capable of carrying a substantial portion of its foreign commerce ⓘ
the United States shall have a merchant marine composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels ⓘ
the United States shall have a merchant marine owned and operated under the U.S. flag by U.S. citizens ⓘ
the United States shall have a merchant marine sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce ⓘ
the United States shall have a merchant marine supplemented by efficient shipbuilding and ship repair facilities ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
providesFor construction-differential subsidies ⓘ
operating-differential subsidies ⓘ
purpose to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine ⓘ
to encourage a merchant marine capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency ⓘ
to ensure a merchant marine owned and operated under the United States flag by U.S. citizens ⓘ
to promote United States commerce ⓘ
to provide for the construction and operation of U.S.-flag vessels ⓘ
to support national defense through a merchant marine fleet ⓘ
regulates operating-differential subsidies for U.S.-flag ships ⓘ
subsidies for construction of merchant vessels ⓘ
relatedTo Jones Act ⓘ
Shipping Act of 1916 ⓘ
reorganizedBy Reorganization Plan No. 21 of 1950 ⓘ
sector maritime transportation ⓘ
shortTitle Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
subject maritime labor and employment conditions ⓘ
merchant marine policy of the United States ⓘ
operation of U.S.-flag commercial vessels ⓘ
shipbuilding subsidies ⓘ
yearEnacted 1936 ⓘ

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74th United States Congress → passed → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
Merchant Marine Act of 1936 → shortTitle → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
Merchant Marine Act of 1936 → relatedTo → Jones Act ⓘ
linked to: Merchant Marine Act of 1936
Merchant Marine Act of 1970 → follows → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
Merchant Marine Act of 1970 → updates → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
United States merchant marine → legalFramework → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
United States Maritime Commission → establishedBy → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 → relatedDocument → United States Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
linked to: Merchant Marine Act of 1936
Board of Commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission → hasLegalBasis → Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ
subject linked to: Board of Commissioners