Share this article The White House said the Biden Administration was ready to review Jones Act waiver requests from companies that can show insufficient domestic capacity, but stopped short of saying it would issue any such waiver. The waiver issue comes amid reported gas and fuel shortages along the U.S. East Coast as the Colonial Pipeline faces its sixth day of being offline after a ransomware cyberattack left the critical pipeline inoperable. In a statement issued Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Department of Homeland Security, the agency responsible for issuing Jones Act waivers, was ready to review waiver requests from companies that can show there is insufficient capacity within the Jones Act fleet. The statement comes on the heels of the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration completing a review of available Jones Act capacity.