Email Record: Involuntary Servitude Imposed Upon Seamen. Memorandum Submitted to the Subcommittee of the Committee on H.R. 23673, an Act to Abolish the Involuntary Servitude Imposed Upon Seamen in the Merchant Marine of the U.S. while in Foreign Ports and the Involuntary Servitude Imposed Upon the Seamen of the Merchant Marine of Foreign Countries while in Ports of the U.S., to Prevent Unskilled Manning of American Vessels, to Encourage the Training of Boys in the American Merchant Marine, for the Further Protection of Life at Sea, and to Amend the Laws Relative to Seamen. Section 14, Relating to Barges.