House Republican Leaders Urge Trump to Let Jones Act Waivers Expire as Scheduled in August

July 1 (Reuters) – House Speaker Mike Johnson and several Republican leaders are asking President Donald Trump to allow waivers to a law on shipping between domestic ports to expire in mid-August as scheduled, rather than extending them further, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

The waivers to the more than century-old Jones Act were issued by Trump during the Iran conflict to help ease supply disruptions and keep fuel and other critical goods moving between U.S. ports in an attempt to moderate rising prices. Lawmakers now say those emergency conditions have passed and the waivers should end on schedule.

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