Legal Opinion
Independent U.S. Tanker Owners Committee v. Skinner
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 22, 1989No. Nos. 88-5313, 88-5314, 88-5317, 88-5318, 88-5319, 88-5320 and 88-5324PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
Under the Merchant Marine Act, the Department of Transportation may provide construction subsidies to vessels, but the subsidized vessels, with certain exceptions, may not operate domestically. The rule under review reaffirms an earlier one that allowed three tankers to repay their construction subsidies in return for permission to ship domestically. The challenged rule was issued and made immediately effective less than one month before Congress passed an appropriations rider that barred the use of appropriated funds to promulgate or implement such subsidy repayment…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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