That would be a question for you to answer.
and if this repeal did in fact eliminate the tonnage duties on imports, (which i'm not completely clear that it did)
The legislation at the links I have provided were pretty clear to me.
If I run across it, i'll mention it, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time looking. Again, some form of the Jones act has always existed in this country.
The legislation at the links I have provided were pretty clear to me.
People tend to see what they want to see, and ignore what they don't really want to see. The consequences of that bill are not necessarily so clear cut as you would have us believe. I've seen over and over where the "intent" of some bill is yada yada yada, and the consequences turn out quite different from what was expected.