If Congress and the incoming Trump administration seek to help Puerto Rico, few measures would help more than repealing this ...

Utah) and John McCain (R., Ariz.) have introduced legislation to permanently exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act. This is a common-sense decision on the merits that will help the island recover ...

Because it sailed from Texas, however, the Jones Act banned it from entering one of Puerto Rico’s ports. Under the rules of the Jones Act, the president possesses emergency powers to waive the ...

Noticeably, Harris' proposal does not include a repeal of the Jones Act, which for decades has increased energy costs and ...

Puerto Rico might need to conjure a new disaster relief strategy to compensate for new restrictions in the Senate omnibus. Buried in Congress’s 4,000-page fiscal plan for 2023 are provisions that ...

The Jones Act – also known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, has kept a British ship carrying supplies and much needed fuel from entering Puerto Rico’s ports. It only allows American ships or ships ...

A 31-year-old steam turbine-driven ship is set to make history by becoming the first LNG carrier to be flagged into the US ...

Florida or Puerto Rico in order to help alleviate looming humanitarian disasters, the existing fleet of ships that qualify under the Jones Act can't get the job done. The inevitable result in such ...

It’s stuck in the 1940’s thanks to the Jones Act. Meanwhile, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories bear extravagant costs on their economies, including ag. Hawaiian cattle ...