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B-124032 1 (1978-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachlq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-124032 M Y 11 1978 The Honorable John M. Murphy Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: We refer to your letter of February 2, 1978, requesting.a legal interpretation and a Statement in quantitative terms of what is meant by the phrase substantial portion in the Declaration of Policy of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 46 U.S.C. llol(Supp. V, 1975). In addition to the interpretation, you request a statement as to the extent the Executive Branch is carrying out the intent of this policy. Section 101 of Pub. L. No. 835, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, codified as Section ll01Aof the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 46 U.S.C. 1101+ (Supp. V, 1975), provides in pertinent part that: 361 It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that* the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the f1 In,,F 1~r, A - +- 4, an A 4r 4 n- 'rrfr..nc 11 ~ r,..n at all times, * * *. (Emphasis ours.) While the Declaration of Policy in the 1920 and 1928 Merchant Marine Acts used the words greater portion, Section 1 of H.R. 8555, which as modified was enacted as Section l01*of Pub. L. 835, originally contained this language in the Declaration .of Policy: Section 1. It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the& United States shall have a merchant marine (a)*sufficient to carry its domestic water borne commerce and at least one-half of the water borne export and import foreign cotmnerce of the United States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water borne commerce at all times, * * (Emphasis ours. ) ., . 1, !: : ?

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