An Act further to protect the commerce of the United States
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{{Short description|Law authorizing the quasi-war with France}}
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An Act further to protect the commerce of the United States, (5th Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 68, {{USStat|1|578}}) is an act of Congress approved July 9, 1798, authorizing the President of the United States to use military force in the Quasi-War with France.
Legislative history
On June 28, 1798, a committee appointed to consider President Adams' recommendations to Congress reported a bill further to protect the commerce of the United States which was received and read the first and second time.{{cite journal|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28hj003223%29%29:}} On July 2, 1798, the bill was amended and engrossed and the next day was read the third time, passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence.{{cite journal|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28hj003226%29%29:}}{{cite journal|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28hj003227%29%29:}}
On July 3, 1798, the Senate received the bill from the House and read it the first and second time.{{cite journal|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28sj002664%29%29:}} On July 6, 1798, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 18 ayes and 4 nays.{{cite journal|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28sj002667%29%29:}} The bill was signed into law by President Adams on July 9, 1798.{{cite journal|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28sj002671%29%29:}}
References
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External links
{{wikisource|United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 68|An Act further to protect the commerce of the United States}}
- {{USStat|1|578}}, Complete text of the Act via Library of Congress
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211043836/http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/qw04.htm Complete text of the Act], via Yale University
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