To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to preserve the percentage of certain agricultural commodities exported from Great Lake ports.

Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to extend indefinitely, with regard to certain cargo preference provisions, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation take steps to preserve the percentage share, or metric tonnage of bagged, processed, or fortified commodities experienced in calendar year 1984, of waterborne cargoes exported from Great Lakes ports pursuant to specified provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

 
HR 3002 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 3002
To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to preserve the percentage of certain
agricultural commodities exported from Great Lake ports.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 1989
Mr. DAVIS (for himself, Mr. OBEY, Mr. JONES of North Carolina,
Mr. HERTEL, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SABO, Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI, Mr. VANDER JAGT,
Mr. PEASE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. HENRY, Mrs. MARTIN of Illinois,
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mrs. COLLINS, Mr. PETRI, Mr. SAVAGE, Mr. WOLPE, Mr. FEIGHAN,
Ms. OAKAR, Mr. PURSELL, Mr. ROTH, Mr. RUSSO, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KASTENMEIER,
Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. TRAXLER, Mr. HORTON, Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota, Mr. KILDEE,
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. PENNY) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to preserve the percentage of certain
agricultural commodities exported from Great Lake ports.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled, That section 901b(c)(2)(B) of
  the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1241f(c)(2)(B)), is amended
  by striking `calendar years 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989' and inserting in
  lieu thereof `each calendar year'.