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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4391 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 393

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4391

                          [Report No. 103-716]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for 
                           fiscal year 1995.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 12, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

                                                 Union Calendar No. 393
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4391

                          [Report No. 103-716]

  To authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for 
                           fiscal year 1995.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 1994

  Mr. Lipinski (for himself, Mr. Studds, Mr. Fields of Texas, and Mr. 
   Bateman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

                           September 12, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for 
                           fiscal year 1995.

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

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Maritime Commission 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Maritime 
Commission, $18,900,000 for fiscal year 1995.

SEC. 3. INDEPENDENT ACTION.

    Section 5(b) of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. App. 1704(b)) 
is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
            ``(8) provide that--
                    ``(A) any member of the conference may take 
                independent action on any rate, service item, or level 
                of ocean freight forwarder compensation required to be 
                filed in a tariff under section 8(a) upon not more than 
                10 calendar days notice to the conference; and
                    ``(B) the conference will include the new rate, 
                service item, or level of ocean freight forwarder 
                compensation in its tariff for use by that member, 
                effective no later than 10 calendar days after receipt 
                of the notice, and by any other member that notifies 
                the conference that it elects to adopt the independent 
                rate, service item, or level of ocean freight forwarder 
                compensation on or after its effective date, in lieu of 
                the existing conference tariff provision for that rate, 
                service item, or level of ocean freight forwarder 
                compensation.''.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON DENYING COMPENSATION.

    Section 10(c) of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. App. 1709(c)), 
is amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
            ``(5) deny in the export foreign commerce of the United 
        States compensation to an ocean freight forwarder, or limit 
        that compensation to less than 1.25 percent of the aggregate of 
        all of the rates and charges applicable under the tariff 
        assessed against the cargo on which the forwarding services are 
        provided; or''.
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