Jones Act Lifted

Washington president donald trump said wednesday that he s considering waiving the jones act for puerto rico an arguably outdated law that imposes exorbitant shipping costs on the island but tempered his support for it because he s getting pushback from the shipping industry.

Jones act lifted. The white house announced early thursday that president trump has agreed to waive the jones act which will temporarily lift shipping restrictions on puerto rico and enable the hurricane ravaged. On several occasions the u s. The jones act formally the merchant marine act of 1920 is an obscure federal law that prohibits foreign ships from shuttling goods between u s. Jones act waivers are meant to be rare limited only to cases where there is a national defense need and there is no valid national defense rationale to waive the requirements for puerto.

The department of homeland security. And requires goods shipped between u s. 8 and 11 which lasted 7 days each. The act was waived twice earlier this month following hurricanes irma and harvey on sep.

Ports to be transported on ships that are built owned and operated by u s. Waivers for the jones act have been issued in the past such as during superstorm sandy in 2012 which went largely unnoticed by the public. The jones act waiver was issued in response to a direct appeal to the white house from puerto rico s governor ricardo rosselló white house press secretary sarah sanders tweeted this morning. When was the jones act last lifted.

And waivers were issued recently during hurricane. The jones act is a federal law that regulates maritime commerce in the u s. This is typically done in the wake of a natural disaster such as a hurricane in order to. Lewis said most fuel comes to puerto rico from foreign countries on foreign ships so lifting the jones act wouldn t help puerto rico on that front anyway.