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The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) is one of the 11 operating administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Its mission is to develop the merchant maritime industry of the United States. U.S. maritime policy, largely set out by the Merchant Marine Acts of 1920 and 1936 and with some roots in even older legislation, is codified in Subtitle V of Chapter 46 of the U.S. Code. As currently articulated, it is the policy of the United States to encourage and aid the development and maintenance of a merchant marine .* Carry domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial part of the waterborne export and importforeign commerce of the United States. * Serve as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. * Be owned and operated as vessels of the United States by citizens of the United States.* Use vessels constructed in the United States and manned with trained and efficient citizen personnel.* Be supplemented by efficient facilities for building and repairing vessels.

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