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To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas between a port in Hawaii and another port in the…

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To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas between a port in Hawaii and another port in the United States from Jones Act vessel requirements for the duration of any ban on the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products from the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 8, 2022 Introduced by: Case, Ed Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Mar 9, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill revises coastwise laws, commonly known as the Jones Act, to temporarily allow foreign vessels that are not Russian to transport oil, liquefied natural gas, and related products between a port in Hawaii and another U.S. port. The Jones Act requires that vessels transporting cargo domestically must be U.S.-built and generally owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.

Foreign vessels may transport petroleum crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas between Hawaii and other U.S. ports while there is a ban on transporting such products from Russia. However, the bill does not apply to Russian-flagged vessels or vessels that are owned by a Russian national or the Russian government.

What's happening now March 9, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6974: To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas between a port in Hawaii and another port in the United States from Jones Act vessel requirements for the duration of any ban on the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products from the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6974/
MLA
"H.R. 6974: To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas between a port in Hawaii and another port in the United States from Jones Act vessel requirements for the duration of any ban on the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products from the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6974/.
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H.R. 6974, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6974/.
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[H.R. 6974: To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas between a port in Hawaii and another port in the United States from Jones Act vessel requirements for the duration of any ban on the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products from the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6974/)
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