...commerce, and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such commerce at all times; capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency; and supplemented by efficient facilities for shipbuilding and ship repair. The...

...commerce, and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such commerce at all times; capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency; and supplemented by efficient facilities for shipbuilding and ship repair. The...

...conventional Armed Forces. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 addresses the need for a USflag merchant marine, capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war of national emergency, manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. With the enunciation...

...water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic...of the United States insofar as may be practicable, (d) composed of the bestequipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United...

...sufficient to carry a substantial portion of the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. The Cargo Preference Act of 1954 (Public Law 664), which mandates that "whenever...

...water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic...capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in times of war or national emergency; (c) owned and operated under the US flag by citizens of the United...

...water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic...water-borne commerce at all times, (b) capable of service as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, (c) owned and operated...

...AND A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE EXPORT AND IMPORT FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES AND . . . CAPABLE OF SERVING AS A NAVAL AND MILITARY AUXILIARY IN TIME OF WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY." I THEREFORE STRONGLY REQUEST THAT THIS BODY TAKE WHATEVER ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY...

...mandated a United States merchant marine policy— the development and maintenance of a merchant marine capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. The TAKX program is an example of the Navy's continuing efforts in support of that...

...chips. The stated purpose of the bill is to strengthen pur national defense by providing a bulk fleet capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of national emergency. Another stated purpose is to revitalize our shipbuilding industry and provide jobs...