Last week Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano waived the Jones Act for the Russian tanker Renda so it could transport gasoline from Unalaska to ice-bound Nome.  Among other things, the Jones Act says foreign-flagged vessels can’t transport cargo between U-S ports. Napolitano got around it by declaring the delivery a matter of national security.

But Wednesday, KUCB reporter Stephanie Joyce discovered another provision of the Jones Act – one that says foreign-flagged vessels can’t transport passengers between U-S ports.