H.R. 666

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 666 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 666

To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic 
ocean trade, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 23, 2025

Mr. Case (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure

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A BILL

To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic 
ocean trade, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable 
Rate Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. NONCONTIGUOUS DOMESTIC OCEAN TRADE.

Section 13701(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:
``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a rate is 
reasonable if such rate is within 10 percent of a rate set by a 
comparable international ocean rate index recognized by the 
Federal Maritime Commission.''.
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