To save the State of Hawaii from the shipping restrictions strangling its economy by way of Executive Order.
To save the State of Hawaii from the shipping restrictions strangling its economy by way of Executive Order.
The Issue
Federal Law (The Jones Act) requires that for a ship to operate in interstate commerce, (between states), it must be built in America, owned by Americans, 75 percent manned by an American crew, and maintained and flagged in the United States. The net effect of the enforcement of the Jones Act on the State of Hawai‘i’s population has been wide-ranging. Examples:
The expense of agricultural production became prohibitive, not only because of the inbound shipping cost of fertilizers, herbicides, and farm implements but also due to the outbound shipping costs for our locally grown fruits, livestock and ornamental plants. Agriculture is no longer a viable component of this State’s economy.
Mothers in Hawaii pay up to $9.00 a gallon for fresh milk that is at best seven days old. No one I know of has analyzed the amount of preservative chemicals being injected into milk in order to keep it on the shelf for several weeks. There is almost no fresh milk being produced in Hawaii. Fresh poultry products have suffered the same fate. Our families are paying dearly for products that are at the end of normal shelf life by the time they become available for sale.
Every aspect of construction and commerce is similarly affected. Construction materials, lumber, paints and coatings, fixtures, and appliances all come at premium prices because of the Jones Act restrictions.
power granted is a positive power to legislate concerning transactions which, reaching across state boundaries, affect the people of more states than one, and to govern affairs which the individual states, with their limited territorial jurisdictions, are not fully capable of governing.” [322 US 533].
That language is very clear. You don’t need to be a lawyer or a Constitutional scholar to understand that the Jones Act is in direct violation of, at least the spirit, if not the PRIMARY PURPOSE of the Commerce Clause.
Help the people of Hawaii, citizens, jobless, homeless, put an end to the stanglehold of this damaging law.
Mahalo nui for your kokua!!!
(Thank you for your support)
The Issue
Federal Law (The Jones Act) requires that for a ship to operate in interstate commerce, (between states), it must be built in America, owned by Americans, 75 percent manned by an American crew, and maintained and flagged in the United States. The net effect of the enforcement of the Jones Act on the State of Hawai‘i’s population has been wide-ranging. Examples:
The expense of agricultural production became prohibitive, not only because of the inbound shipping cost of fertilizers, herbicides, and farm implements but also due to the outbound shipping costs for our locally grown fruits, livestock and ornamental plants. Agriculture is no longer a viable component of this State’s economy.
Mothers in Hawaii pay up to $9.00 a gallon for fresh milk that is at best seven days old. No one I know of has analyzed the amount of preservative chemicals being injected into milk in order to keep it on the shelf for several weeks. There is almost no fresh milk being produced in Hawaii. Fresh poultry products have suffered the same fate. Our families are paying dearly for products that are at the end of normal shelf life by the time they become available for sale.
Every aspect of construction and commerce is similarly affected. Construction materials, lumber, paints and coatings, fixtures, and appliances all come at premium prices because of the Jones Act restrictions.
power granted is a positive power to legislate concerning transactions which, reaching across state boundaries, affect the people of more states than one, and to govern affairs which the individual states, with their limited territorial jurisdictions, are not fully capable of governing.” [322 US 533].
That language is very clear. You don’t need to be a lawyer or a Constitutional scholar to understand that the Jones Act is in direct violation of, at least the spirit, if not the PRIMARY PURPOSE of the Commerce Clause.
Help the people of Hawaii, citizens, jobless, homeless, put an end to the stanglehold of this damaging law.
Mahalo nui for your kokua!!!
(Thank you for your support)
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Petition created on March 20, 2014