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Hawaii legislators seek exemption from Jones Act's build requirement

Friday, March 22, 2013

Five members of Hawaii’s state legislature last week introduced resolutions (H.R. 119 and H.C.R. 150) calling on Congress to enact legislation to change the Jones Act so that ships operating between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico do not have to be built in the United States. Lead sponsor State Republican Rep. Gene Ward noted in a press release that foreign-built vessels are allowed in the domestic Guam trade, and said an exemption for cruise ships put in place...

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