118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1836 

AN ACT 

To amend title 46, United States Code, to make technical 

corrections with respect to ocean shipping authorities, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ocean Shipping Re3 form Implementation Act of 2023’’. 

4 TITLE I—FEDERAL MARITIME 

5 COMMISSION 

6 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

7 Section 40101 of title 46, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘with’’ and all 

10 that follows through ‘‘regulatory costs’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘in the ocean 

12 commerce of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘for 

13 the common carriage of goods by water in the for14 eign commerce of the United States’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘promote’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘support’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘, and’’ and all that follows 

21 through the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(5) promote reciprocal trade in the common 

24 carriage of goods by water in the foreign commerce 

25 of the United States.’’. 
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1 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40102(9) of title 46, 

3 United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

5 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively and by mov6 ing the margins of clauses (i) and (ii), as redesig7 nated, accordingly; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘means an ocean common car9 rier’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘means— 

10 ‘‘(A) an ocean common carrier’’; 

11 (3) in subparagraph (A)(ii), as so redesignated, 

12 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

13 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) such a carrier that is owned or con15 trolled by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise related 

16 legally or financially (other than a minority re17 lationship or investment) to a corporation based 

18 in a country— 

19 ‘‘(i) identified as a nonmarket econ20 omy country (as defined in section 771(18) 

21 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

22 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of 

23 this paragraph; 

24 ‘‘(ii) identified by the United States 

25 Trade Representative in the most recent 

26 report required by section 182 of the 
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1 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a 

2 priority foreign country under subsection 

3 (a)(2) of that section; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) subject to monitoring by the 

5 United States Trade Representative under 

6 section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

7 U.S.C. 2416).’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

9 46106(b)(7) of title 46, United States Code, is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘ocean common carriers, particularly such car11 riers that are controlled carriers’’ and all that follows 

12 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘controlled 

13 carriers;’’. 

14 SEC. 103. COMPLAINTS AGAINST SHIPPING EXCHANGES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40504(c) of title 46, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘EX18 EMPTION’’ and inserting ‘‘EXEMPTION AND INVES19 TIGATION’’; 

20 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert21 ing ‘‘; and’’; 

22 (3) by striking ‘‘may exempt’’ and inserting the 

23 following: ‘‘may— 

24 ‘‘(1) exempt’’; and 

25 (4) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) investigate complaints submitted under 

2 section 40505.’’. 

3 (b) COMPLAINTS AGAINST SHIPPING EXCHANGES.— 

4 Chapter 405 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 40505. Complaints against shipping exchanges 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A person may submit to the 

8 Federal Maritime Commission, and the Commission shall 

9 accept, information concerning alleged incidents of market 

10 manipulation or other anticompetitive practices by ship11 ping exchanges registered under section 40504. 

12 ‘‘(b) INVESTIGATION.—Upon receipt of a submission 

13 of information under subsection (a), the Commission shall 

14 promptly investigate the accuracy of such information. 

15 ‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commission shall 

16 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra17 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com18 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

19 Senate the results of any investigation in which the Com20 mission finds incidents of market manipulation or anti21 competitive practices by shipping exchanges registered 

22 under section 40504.’’. 

23 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap24 ter 405 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 

25 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘40505. Complaints against shipping exchanges.’’. 
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1 SEC. 104. REPEAL. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40706 of title 46, United 

3 States Code, is repealed. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap5 ter 407 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 

6 striking the item relating to section 40706. 

7 SEC. 105. DATA COLLECTION. 

8 Section 41110 of title 46, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘The Federal Maritime Commis11 sion’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The 

12 Federal Maritime Commission’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON DUPLICATION.—Unless the 

15 data described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is not available 

16 in a timely manner or in a form that allows the Commis17 sion to meet the requirements of subsection (a), data re18 quired to be reported under subsection (a) may not dupli19 cate information— 

20 ‘‘(1) submitted to the Corps of Engineers pur21 suant to section 11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act au22 thorizing the construction, repair, and preservation 

23 of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and 

24 for other purposes’, approved September 22, 1922 

25 (33 U.S.C. 555), by an ocean common carrier acting 

26 as a vessel operator; 
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1 ‘‘(2) submitted pursuant to section 481 of the 

2 Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1481) to U.S. Cus3 toms and Border Protection by merchandise import4 ers; or 

5 ‘‘(3) submitted to the Department of Commerce 

6 pursuant to section 301 of title 13.’’. 

7 SEC. 106. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

8 (a) NATIONAL SHIPPER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

9 Section 42502 of title 46, United States Code, is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Committee.’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Committee (in this section referred to 

13 as the ‘Shipper Committee’).’’; 

14 (2) by striking subsection (b); 

15 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub16 section (b); and 

17 (4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘Committee’’ each place it appears and in19 serting ‘‘Shipper Committee’’. 

20 (b) NATIONAL PORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Chap21 ter 425 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating section 42503 as section 

23 42506; and 

24 (2) by inserting after section 42502 the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘§ 42503. National Port Advisory Committee 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na3 tional Port Advisory Committee (in this section referred 

4 to as the ‘Port Committee’). 

5 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Port Committee shall 

7 consist of 13 members appointed by the Commission 

8 in accordance with this section. 

9 ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Port 

10 Committee shall have particular expertise, knowl11 edge, and experience in matters relating to the func12 tion of the Port Committee. 

13 ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Port 

14 Committee shall be appointed as follows: 

15 ‘‘(A) 5 members shall represent marine 

16 terminal operators, as defined in section 40102. 

17 ‘‘(B) 5 members shall represent port au18 thorities. 

19 ‘‘(C) 3 members shall represent longshore 

20 and maritime labor. 

21 ‘‘§ 42504. National Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na23 tional Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee (in this section 

24 referred to as the Carrier Committee’). 

25 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Carrier Committee 

2 shall consist of 9 members appointed by the Com3 mission in accordance with this section. 

4 ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Carrier 

5 Committee shall have particular expertise, knowl6 edge, and experience in matters relating to the func7 tion of the Committee. 

8 ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Car9 rier Committee shall represent ocean carriers serving 

10 such seaports and terminals, of which at least three 

11 shall be ocean transportation intermediaries (as such 

12 term is defined in section 40102)’’. 

13 ‘‘§ 42505. Function 

14 ‘‘The covered Committees shall advise the Federal 

15 Maritime Commission on policies relating to the competi16 tiveness, reliability, and efficiency of the international 

17 ocean freight delivery system.’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 42501 of title 46, 

20 United States Code, is amended by striking para21 graph (2) and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) COVERED COMMITTEE.—The term ‘cov23 ered Committee’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) the National Shipper Advisory Com25 mittee established under section 42502; 
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1 ‘‘(B) the National Seaport Advisory Com2 mittee established under section 42503; and 

3 ‘‘(C) the National Ocean Carrier Advisory 

4 Committee established under section 52504.’’. 

5 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 42506 of title 

6 46, United States Code, as redesignated by sub7 section (b)(1), is amended— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘The Committee’’ each 

9 place it appears except in subsection (k) and in10 serting ‘‘Each covered Committee’’; 

11 (B) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the 

12 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each such Com13 mittee’’; 

14 (C) in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and 

15 (j) by striking ‘‘the Committee’’ each place it 

16 appears and inserting ‘‘a covered Committee’’; 

17 (D) in subsection (h)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘Chair of the 

20 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of 

21 each covered Committee’’; and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘function of the 

23 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘function 

24 of the applicable Committee’’; and 
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1 (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the 

2 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each covered 

3 Committee’’; 

4 (E) in subsection (i)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the 

6 Committee if the function of the Com7 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘any relevant cov8 ered Committee if the function of such 

9 Committee’’; 

10 (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the 

11 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each such 

12 Committee’’; 

13 (iii) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘from the Com15 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘from a covered 

16 Committee’’; and 

17 (II) in subparagraph (B) by 

18 striking ‘‘to the Committee’’ and in19 serting ‘‘to the submitting Com20 mittee’’; and 

21 (iv) in paragraph (4) by striking 

22 ‘‘from the Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘from 

23 a covered Committee’’; and 
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1 (F) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘The 

2 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Covered Commit3 tees’’. 

4 SEC. 107. ANNUAL REPORT AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURES. 

5 (a) REPORT ON FOREIGN LAWS AND PRACTICES.— 

6 Section 46106(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (6)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘under this part’’ and in11 serting ‘‘under chapter 403’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (7)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘anticompetitive, non14 reciprocal trade, or’’ before ‘‘otherwise con15 cerning practices’’; 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘or marine terminal oper17 ators’’ after ‘‘controlled carriers’’; and 

18 (C) by striking the period at the end and 

19 inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(8) an analysis of any trade imbalance result22 ing from the business practices of ocean common 

23 carriers, including an analysis of the data collected 

24 under section 41110; and 
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1 ‘‘(9) the aggregated findings and results of the 

2 Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Audit Program 

3 established by the Commission on July 18, 2021, 

4 pursuant to the Commission rule interpreting section 

5 41102(c).’’. 

6 (b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Section 46106(d)(2) of 

7 title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

8 marine terminal operator’’ after ‘‘common carrier’’. 

9 SEC. 108. CONTAINERIZED FREIGHT INDEXES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Maritime Com12 mission shall promulgate an advance notice of proposed 

13 rulemaking on price indexes for containerized ocean 

14 freight for shippers (as such term is defined in section 

15 40102 of title 46, United States Code) in the United 

16 States published by a shipping exchange registered under 

17 section 40504 of title 46, United States Code. 

18 (b) FINAL RULE.— Not later than 3 years after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall pub20 lish a final rule with respect to the advance notice of pro21 posed rulemaking under subsection (a). 
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES 

2 SEC. 201. DATA STANDARD FOR MARITIME FREIGHT LOGIS3 TICS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Maritime Com6 mission shall promulgate an advance notice of proposed 

7 rulemaking on a data standard for maritime freight logis8 tics and ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of 

9 the United States. 

10 (b) CONSULTATION.—During the public comment pe11 riod for the rulemaking under subsection (a), the Commis12 sion shall consult with— 

13 (1) the National Shippers Advisory Board es14 tablished under section 42502 of title 46, United 

15 States Code; and 

16 (2) the Secretaries of Transportation, Com17 merce, and Agriculture. 

18 (c) CONTENTS.—The rulemaking under subsection 

19 (a) shall— 

20 (1) develop a data standard for the voluntary 

21 sharing of appropriate supply chain data with— 

22 (A) a common lexicon of standard terms 

23 and methods of measurements; 

24 (B) a method to exchange data in real 

25 time amongst relevant stakeholders; 
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1 (C) appropriate data protections to ensure 

2 confidentiality of proprietary business informa3 tion; and 

4 (D) appropriate cybersecurity measures to 

5 protect data from unauthorized use; 

6 (2) incorporate data from stakeholders to facili7 tate— 

8 (A) the arrival, unloading, loading, and de9 parture of vessels; 

10 (B) cargo availability and pick up reserva11 tion; 

12 (C) chassis availability; and 

13 (D) other data elements the Commission 

14 consider prudent; and 

15 (3) consider relevant data standards used or 

16 under development within the private sector and 

17 whether to adopt or otherwise incorporate such 

18 standards into the rule finalized under this sub19 section, with priority given to standards that— 

20 (A) are developed in open, transparent, im21 partial, balanced, consensus-based processes; 

22 (B) are performance-based, technology 

23 neutral, and vendor neutral; 
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1 (C) are interoperable, allowing for the ex2 change and use of data between devices and 

3 systems; 

4 (D) are market relevant and globally appli5 cable; 

6 (E) are nonduplicative of, and coherent 

7 with, other relevant standards, guides, best 

8 practices, and frameworks; and 

9 (F) allow information owners to control 

10 what information is shared, when information is 

11 shared, with whom, and for what purpose; and 

12 (4) be consistent with section 12(d) of the Na13 tional Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 

14 1995 (Public Law 104–113; 15 U.S.C. 272 note) in15 cluding any standard for the voluntary sharing of 

16 appropriate supply chain data developed thereunder. 

17 (d) THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENT.—The Commission 

18 may enter into an agreement with 1 or more appropriate 

19 independent entities based in the United States that oper20 ate as voluntary consensus standards setting organizations 

21 as defined for purposes of section 12(d) of the National 

22 Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub23 lic Law 104–113) and Office of Management and Budget 

24 Revised Circular A–119, published in the Federal Register 

25 on January 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 4673), to develop the 
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1 data standard for maritime freight logistics and ocean 

2 transportation in the foreign commerce of the United 

3 States for the rulemaking under subsection (a) and for 

4 procurement or other relevant programmatic activities, 

5 consistent with the requirements of this section. 

6 (e) GRANT CRITERION.—If the rulemaking under 

7 subsection (a) is finalized, the Secretary of Transportation 

8 may require a covered port authority to adopt any data 

9 standard issued pursuant to this section for relevant oper10 ational use cases, as determined by the Secretary. 

11 (f) DEFINITION OF COVERED PORT AUTHORITY.— 

12 In this section, the term ‘‘covered port authority’’ means 

13 a port authority that receives funding after the date on 

14 which a rule is finalized under this section under— 

15 (1) the port infrastructure development pro16 gram under section 54301(a) of title 46, United 

17 States Code; or 

18 (2) the maritime transportation system emer19 gency relief program under section 50308 of title 46, 

20 United States Code. 

21 (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec22 tion shall be construed to require the Commission to de23 velop a data standard that violates the confidentiality and 

24 disclosure policies established under subchapter III of 

25 chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 202. INDEPENDENT STUDY AND REPORT ON SHANG2 HAI SHIPPING EXCHANGE. 

3 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 

5 shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate inde6 pendent entity described in subsection (d) to conduct a 

7 study and assessment of the business practices of the 

8 Shanghai Shipping Exchange, including— 

9 (1) any anticompetitive advantages benefitting 

10 the Shanghai Shipping Exchange; and 

11 (2) the ability of the Ministry of Transport of 

12 the People’s Republic of China and the Shanghai 

13 Shipping Exchange to manipulate container freight 

14 markets. 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study and assessment required 

16 under subsection (a) shall address the following: 

17 (1) The influence of the government of the Peo18 ple’s Republic of China on the Shanghai Shipping 

19 Exchange. 

20 (2) The impact of such business practices or in21 fluence on American consumers and businesses. 

22 (3) The ability of a shipping exchange reg23 istered under section 40504 of title 46, United 

24 States Code, and based in the United States to iden25 tify market manipulation as described in subsection 

26 (a)(2) or any otherwise concerning practices by the 
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1 Shanghai Shipping Exchange and report such inci2 dents to the Federal Maritime Commission and 

3 other Federal regulators. 

4 (4) Any other matters the Secretary or the ap5 propriate independent entity that enters into an 

6 agreement under this section determines to be ap7 propriate for the purposes of the study. 

8 (c) REPORT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date on which the Secretary of Transportation 

11 enters into an agreement under this section, the ap12 propriate independent entity shall submit to the Sec13 retary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

14 Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

15 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

16 Representatives a report setting forth the results of 

17 the study conducted under subsection (a). 

18 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 

19 shall publish the report required under paragraph 

20 (1) on a publicly accessible website of the Depart21 ment of Transportation. 

22 (d) APPROPRIATE INDEPENDENT ENTITY DE23 SCRIBED.—An appropriate independent entity described 

24 in this subsection is— 
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1 (1) a federally funded research and development 

2 center sponsored by a Federal agency; 

3 (2) the Transportation Research Board of the 

4 National Academies; 

5 (3) the Government Accountability Office; or 

6 (4) an organization described in section 501(c) 

7 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

8 from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

9 (e) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The appropriate 

10 independent entity that enters into an agreement under 

11 this section may secure directly from any department or 

12 agency of the Federal Government information necessary 

13 to enable such entity to carry out this section. Upon re14 quest of such entity, the head of such department or agen15 cy shall furnish such information to the appropriate inde16 pendent entity, unless doing so would not be in the public 

17 interest. 

18 SEC. 203. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO LOGINK. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 503 of title 46, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘§ 50309. Prohibited use 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered entity shall not utilize 

24 covered logistics software. 
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1 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Transportation 

2 shall publish on the website of the Department of Trans3 portation, and update regularly, a list of prohibited logis4 tics information technologies provided by the People’s Re5 public of China or Chinese state-affiliated entities. 

6 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult 

7 with the United States-China Economic and Security Re8 view Commission established under section 1238 of the 

9 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 

10 Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398) in carrying out 

11 this section. 

12 ‘‘(d) REVIEW.—In preparing the guidance under sub13 section (b), the Secretary shall review the list of Chinese 

14 state-affiliated entities included in— 

15 ‘‘(1) the list of Communist Chinese military 

16 companies released by the Department of Defense in 

17 accordance with section 1260H of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 

19 U.S.C. 113 note); and 

20 ‘‘(2) the most recent ‘Non-SDN Chinese Mili21 tary-Industrial Complex Companies List’ published 

22 by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Execu23 tive Order 14032 of June 3, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 

24 30145; relating to Addressing the Threat From Se-
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1 curities Investments That Finance Certain Compa2 nies of the People’s Republic of China). 

3 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) COVERED LOGISTICS SOFTWARE.—The 

5 term ‘covered logistics software’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) the public, open, shared logistics in7 formation network known as the ‘National Pub8 lic Information Platform for Transportation & 

9 Logistics’ by the Ministry of Transport of 

10 China or any affiliate or successor entity; 

11 ‘‘(B) any other transportation logistics 

12 software designed to be used by covered entities 

13 subject to the jurisdiction, ownership, direction, 

14 or control of a foreign adversary; or 

15 ‘‘(C) any other logistics platform or soft16 ware that shares data with a system described 

17 in paragraphs (a) or (b). 

18 ‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en19 tity’ means an entity that receives funding after the 

20 date of enactment of this section under— 

21 ‘‘(A) the port infrastructure development 

22 program under subsections (a) and (b) of sec23 tion 54301; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) the maritime transportation system 

2 emergency relief program under section 

3 50308.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap5 ter 503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘50309. Prohibited use.’’. 

7 TITLE III—TECHNICAL 

8 AMENDMENTS 

9 SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

10 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 15109 of title 46, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘15102,’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘15102’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (k)(1) by inserting ‘‘or to 

15 which this chapter applies’’ after ‘‘under this chap16 ter’’. 

17 (b) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 41302(a) of title 46, 

18 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘conduct 

19 agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘conduct, agreement’’. 

20 (c) AWARD OF REPARATIONS.—Section 41305(c) is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘section subsection’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘subsection’’. 

23 (d) NATIONAL SHIPPER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

24 Section 42502(b)(3) of title 46, United States Code, as 

25 redesignated by the preceding provisions of this Act, is 
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1 amended by striking ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION’’ and all that 

2 follows through ‘‘Twelve members’’ and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Com5 mittee shall be appointed as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A) Twelve members’’. 

7 (e) MONETARY PENALTIES OR REFUNDS.—The anal8 ysis for chapter 411 of title 46, United States Code, is 

9 amended by striking the item relating to section 41107 

10 and inserting the following: 

‘‘41107. Monetary penalties or refunds.’’. 

11 (f) NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The anal12 ysis for subtitle IV of title 46, United States Code, is 

13 amended by striking the item relating to chapter 425 and 

14 inserting the following: 

‘‘425. National Advisory Committees ...................................................... 42501’’. 

15 (g) ANALYSIS.—The heading and analysis for chapter 

16 425 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read 

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘CHAPTER 425—NATIONAL PORT 

19 ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘42501. Definitions. 

‘‘42502. National Shipper Advisory Committee. 

‘‘42503. National Seaport Advisory Committee. 

‘‘42504. National Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee. 

‘‘42505. Function. 

‘‘42506. Administration.’’. 

20 (h) ANNUAL REPORT AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.— 
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1 (1) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 

2 for section 46106 of title 46, United States Code, is 

3 amended by inserting ‘‘and public disclosure’’ 

4 after ‘‘report’’. 

5 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

6 chapter 461 of title 46, United States Code, is 

7 amended by striking the item relating to section 

8 46106 and inserting the following: 

‘‘46106. Annual report and public disclosure.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 21, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1836 

AN ACT 

To amend title 46, United States Code, to make 

ping authorities, and for other purposes. technical corrections with respect to ocean ship-