MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 5533 TO PROVIDE FOR RESTRICTING FOREIGN-FLAGGED AND H.R. 5534 TO PROVIDE FOR SAFETY AND COMPETITIVENESS ON OCTOBER 3, 1990 Serial No. 101–122 Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 36-700 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1991 COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina, Chairman GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois JOSEPH E. BRENNAN, Maine GEORGE J. HOCHBRUECKNER, New York BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas NITA M. LOWEY, New York JOLENE UNSOELD, Washington ROBERT W. DAVIS, Michigan NORMAN F. LENT, New York NORMAN D. SHUMWAY, California JACK FIELDS, Texas CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island JOHN R. MILLER, Washington HELEN DELICH BENTLEY, Maryland JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma PORTER J. GOSS, Florida ARTHUR RAVENEL, JR., South Carolina 175492 XFOY KF27 CONTENTS Armstrong, William E., President, Armstrong Associates (prepared state- Bentley, Hon. Helen Delich, a U.S. Representative from Maryland... Jones, Hon. Walter B., a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine........ Keeney, John C., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Lent, Hon. Norman F., a U.S. Representative from New York, and Rank- ing Minority Member, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.... MacDonald, Captain James M., Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection and Documentation Division, Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard, Department McAlear, Ronald J., Director, Ship Marketing, Avondale Industries, Inc.... Subcommittee on Merchant Marine (Majority and Minority Staff): Memorandum of October 1, 1990, to Members of the Subcommittee..... The Gambling Devices Act (15 U.S.C. 1171 et seq.)........... Communications submitted: Estes, John T., (International Council of Cruise Lines): Letter of Decem- Harlow, Bryce L., (Department of the Treasury): Letter of October 2, GAMBLING ON VESSELS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1990 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m., in Room 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Walter B. Jones (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Jones, Hubbard, Borski, Pickett, Hertel, Palone, Taylor, Fields, Miller, and Bentley. Staff present: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine: Richard J. Daschbach, Counsel; Ann M. Mueller, Clerk; Sharon K. Brooks, Counsel; Charles T. Crangle, Counsel; and Kip Robinson, Minority Counsel; Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Edmund B. Welch, Chief Counsel. Mr. JONES. The Subcommittee will come to order. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. WALTER B. JONES, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM NORTH CAROLINA, AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE We meet today to receive testimony on two bills, H.R. 5433 and H.R. 5534. Both of these measures are concerned with gambling aboard cruise ships. H.R. 5533 provides that only documented vessels of the United States may operate as gambling ships in the territorial sea of the United States. For the purposes of this bill only, the "territorial sea" is extended out to 12 miles. H.R. 5534 would, if enacted, permit gambling aboard U.S.-flag ships by repealing "The Gambling Ship Act" and making "The Gambling Devices Act" inapplicable to U.S.-flag ships. These bills are intended to remove the disincentives in U.S. law to capital investment in U.S.-flag cruise ships. That concludes my statement. Does any Member have an opening statement? Mr. Taylor. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. GENE TAYLOR, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM MISSISSIPPI Mr. TAYLOR. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for having this hearing. (1) |