John Garamendi Archives - Maritime Shipping News

Lawmakers to Biden: Prioritize U.S. maritime

31 January 2024

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz) and Rep. Mike Walz (R. Fla), have written President Biden urging him to prioritize U.S. maritime and strengthen U.S. maritime power at a moment when China is extending its influence in the South China Sea and the Houthis are attacking shipping in the Red Sea.

Significantly, the letter is not just another call for more Navy ships.

Kelly, a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate and 25-year Navy veteran, and Walz, a combat-decorated...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/lawmakers-to-biden-prioritize-u-s-maritime/

Reintroduced House Bill Would Close Jones Act Loopholes

26 October 2023

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) has reintroduced the “Close Agency Loopholes to the Jones Act” bill, which aims to address loopholes that have disadvantaged American workers for almost 50 years. These…

https://gcaptain.com/house-bill-would-close-jones-act-loopholes/

Congress May Give Jones Act Ships Special Port Privileges

1 July 2022

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) This week, in the wake of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act that President Biden signed into law last month, US Congressmen John Garamendi and Jim…

https://gcaptain.com/us-congress-us-flagged-ships-exporters-port-privileges/

Senate bill introduced to close Jones Act offshore loophole

18 February 2022

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) yesterday introduced the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act. The legislation is cosponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Garret Graves (R-La.-06) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.-03).

According to Cassidy’s office, the bill provides a level playing field between U.S. flagged vessels and foreign-flagged vessels working in offshore energy activities in U.S. waters. The changes also improve the oversight of foreign-flagged vessels and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-bill-introduced-to-close-jones-act-loophole/