The conferees. however. have limited their changes in the text to those portions wherein the House bill and the Senate amendment differed in language. with only such incidental changes as were necessary because of the language changes made by the conferees in the differing portions of the House bill and the Senate amendment. Language was inserted to clarify the status of Philippine citizens who are nationalsbut not citizensof the United States. pending independence. making them eligible until July 4. 1946. to apply for charters of drycargo vessels as may citizens of the United States. They were also given a preference over other noncitizens in buying vessels as noncitizens. The conference bill. provides that the short title of the act shall be "Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946." Section 2 (a) of the House bill and of the Senate amendment both follow very closely the declaration of policy in the Merchant Marine Act. 1936. The House bill added clause (5) and the Senate amendment transposed the reference to foreign and domestic commercc In the declaration to emphasize the necessity for an American merchant marine sufficient to provide for all the domestic waterborne commerce and to emphasize the maintenance (as well as the development) of both the domestic and foreign commerce.
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