Energy Transportation Security Act of 1974

ENERGY TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT OF 1974

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

H.R. 7304, H.R. 7320, H.R. 7460, H.R. 7536, H.R. 7541, H.R. 7577, H.R. 7606, H.R. 7633, H.R. 7668, H.R. 7853, H.R. 7865, H.R. 7929, H.R. 8193, H.R. 8206, H.R. 8802, H.R. 8912, H.R. 8944, H.R. 8950, H.R. 9218, H.R. 9343, H.R. 9378, H.R. 9576, H.R. 9689, H.R. 9795, H.R. 9913, H.R. 9918, H.R. 9980, H.R. 10018, H.R. 10082, H.R. 10244, H.R. 10285, H.R. 10291, H.R. 10308, H.R. 10454, H.R. 10676, H.R. 10681, H.R. 10716, H.R. 10781, H.R. 10785, H.R. 11489, H.R. 11900, H.R. 12224, H.R. 12227, H.R. 12277, H.R. 12837, and H.R. 13393. BILLS TO REQUIRE THAT A PERCENTAGE OF UNITED STATES OIL IMPORTS BE CARRIED ON UNITED STATES FLAG VESSELS

OCTOBER 9, 10, 11, 16, NOVEMBER 13, DECEMBER 4, 1973
FEBRUARY 5, 6, 7, 21, MARCH 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 1974

Serial No. 93-26

31-583

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1974

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COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

LEONOR K. (Mrs. John B.) SULLIVAN, Missouri, Chairman

FRANK M. CLARK, Pennsylvania

THOMAS L. ASHLEY, Ohio

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan
THOMAS N. DOWNING, Virginia
PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina
ROBERT L. LEGGETT, California
MARIO BIAGGI, New York

GLENN M. ANDERSON, California
E DE LA GARZA, Texas
PETER N. KYROS, Maine
RALPH H. METCALFE, Illinois
JOHN B. BREAUX, Louisiana
FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland
BO GINN, Georgia

GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts
DAVID R. BOWEN, Mississippi

JAMES R. GROVER, JR., New York
WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California
CHARLES A. MOSHER, Ohio

PHILIP E. RUPPE, Michigan

GEORGE A. GOODLING, Pennsylvania

PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California
GENE SNYDER, Kentucky

ROBERT H. STEELE, Connecticut
EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey
PIERRE S. (PETE) DU PONT, Delaware
WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
TRENT LOTT, Mississippi
DAVID C. TREEN, Louisiana
JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington
ED YOUNG, South Carolina
DON YOUNG, Alaska

ROBERT E. BAUMAN, Maryland

CONTENTS

H.R. 8193 (plus identicals) -

Reports from-

Commerce Department..

Defense Department..

Interior Department..

State Department_

Treasury Department....

Statement of-

Bank, Richard, Office of Maritime Affairs, Department of State____.

Becker, Arthur M..

Blackledge, William, executive vice president, Gulf Oil Trading Co.,

Pittsburgh, Pa...

Blackwell, Robert J., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime
Affairs, Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce__

Boggs, Hon. Lindy (Mrs. Hale), a Representative in Congress from

the State of Louisiana___

Brand, Herbert, president, Transportation Institute, Washington,
D.C..

Calhoon, Jesse M., president, National Marine Engineers Beneficial

Association..

Carven, Christopher J., Transportation of Operations Division
manager of Exxon Corp..

Clark, Earl W., Codirector, Labor-Management Maritime Committee.

Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners' Associations.

Daniel, Hon. Robert W., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Virginia....

Dent, Hon. John H., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Pennsylvania__

Edwards, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Alabama..

Ellerbrake, Earl, Office of Oil and Gas, Department of the Interior__
Findley, Diane, editor and analyst, Jane's Fighting Ships..

George, W. H. Krome, president and chief operating officer, Alu-
minum Co. of America, former commissioner, Commission on
American Shipbuilding-
Giaimo, Hon. Robert N., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Connecticut..

Gottlieb, Bert, director of research, Transportation Institute..