Editing Embargo Act of 1807 (section)

==Initial legislation==
Passed on December 22, 1807, the Act did the following:<ref>[http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=002/llsl002.db&recNum=488 2 Stat. 451 (1807)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407034247/http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=002/llsl002.db&recNum=488 |date=April 7, 2023 }} Library of Congress, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875</ref>
* An embargo was laid on all ships and vessels under US jurisdiction.
* All ships and vessels were prevented from obtaining clearance to undertake in voyages to foreign ports or places.
* The US President was allowed to make exceptions for ships under his immediate direction.
* The President was authorized to enforce via instructions to revenue officers and the Navy.
* It was not constructed to prevent the departure of any foreign ship or vessel, with or without cargo on board,
* A bond or surety was required from merchant ships on a voyage between US ports.
* Warships were exempted from the embargo provisions.

The shipping [[embargo]] was a cumulative addition to the [[Non-importation Act]] of 1806 (2 Stat. 379), which was a "Prohibition of the Importation of certain Goods and Merchandise from the Kingdom of Great Britain," the prohibited imported goods being defined where their chief value, which consists of leather, silk, hemp or flax, tin or brass, wool, glass, and paper goods, nails, hats, clothing, and beer.<ref>[http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=002/llsl002.db&recNum=416 2 Stat. 379 (1806)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405204655/http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=002/llsl002.db&recNum=416 |date=April 5, 2023 }} Library of Congress, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875</ref>

The Embargo Act of 1807 was codified at 2 [[United States Statutes at Large|Stat.]] 451 and formally titled "An Embargo laid on Ships and Vessels in the Ports and Harbours of the United States". The bill was drafted at the request of President [[Thomas Jefferson]] and was passed by the [[10th United States Congress|10th Congress]] on December 22, 1807, during Session 1; Chapter 5. Congress initially acted to enforce a bill prohibiting only imports, but supplements to the bill eventually banned exports as well.