Requires that goods shipped between U.S. ports be transported on vessels that are U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed. Applies to domestic maritime shipping operators and provides cabotage protections for the U.S. maritime industry.
10
Rules extracted
81
Obligations decomposed
8.1x
Avg obligations per rule
🇺🇸 United States
Jurisdiction
Requires that goods shipped between US ports be transported on vessels that are US-built, US-owned, US-flagged, and crewed by US citizens or permanent residents. Covers cabotage restrictions, vessel documentation, coastwise trade endorsements, passenger vessel requirements, and penalties for violations.
Source
1
Regulation
Extracted
10
Rules
Decomposed
81
Obligations
Decomposition ratio
Each rule is decomposed into an average of 8.1 atomic obligations — the smallest testable units that can be independently violated.
Fully extracted & scored
All 81 obligations have been decomposed, titled, risk-scored, and embedded for semantic matching.
Every obligation in Jones Act is scored across independent risk dimensions:
Obligation Weight
How critical within the regulatory framework
Violation Likelihood
How often breached in practice
Enforcement Evidence
Regulator enforcement history and penalties
Cascade Dependency
How many obligations depend on this one
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