Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 5991 (Introduced in House) — To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to make certa... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Precluding exemptions from Jones Act requirements for certain foreign vessels

86 words·~1 min read·/bill/118/hr/5991/ih/section-3

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

The Secretary may not provide any exemption from the requirements of chapters 121 and 551 of title 46, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Jones Act ), to the owner of a foreign vessel engaging in commercial transportation services to directly support the exploration for, or development, production, transportation, or transmission of, resources, including non-mineral energy resources, from a planning or leasing area designated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ).
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 3
Precluding exemptions from Jones Act requirements for certain foreign vessels
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.