I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4183 
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal 
years 2026 through 2029, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2025 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. EZELL, 
and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Com-
mission for fiscal years 2026 through 2029, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Maritime 
Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 4. Purposes. 
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Sec. 5. Definitions. 
Sec. 6. Complaints against shipping exchanges. 
Sec. 7. Repeal. 
Sec. 8. Data collection. 
Sec. 9. Investigations. 
Sec. 10. National advisory committees. 
Sec. 11. Annual report and public disclosures. 
Sec. 12. Containerized freight indexes. 
Sec. 13. Technical amendments. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 46108 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘$32,869,000 for fiscal year 2022, 
$38,260,000 for fiscal year 2023, $43,720,000 for fiscal 
year 2024, and $49,200,000 for fiscal year 2025’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$49,200,000 for fiscal year 2026, $51,660,000 
for fiscal year 2027, $54,243,000 for fiscal year 2028, and 
$57,016,000 for fiscal year 2029’’. 
SEC. 4. PURPOSES. 
Section 40101 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘in the ocean 
commerce of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
the common carriage of goods by water in the for-
eign commerce of the United States’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘promote’’ and 
inserting ‘‘support’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40102(9) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and by ad-
justing the margins accordingly; 
(3) by striking ‘‘means an ocean common car-
rier’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(A) an ocean common carrier’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) such a carrier that is owned or con-
trolled by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise related 
legally or financially (other than a minority re-
lationship or investment) to a corporation based 
in a country— 
‘‘(i) identified as a nonmarket econ-
omy country (as defined in section 771(18) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of 
the Federal Maritime Commission Reau-
thorization Act of 2025; 
‘‘(ii) identified by the United States 
Trade Representative in the most recent 
report required by section 182 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a 
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priority foreign country under subsection 
(a)(2) of that section; or 
‘‘(iii) subject to monitoring by the 
United States Trade Representative under 
section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2416).’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
46106(b)(7) of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘ocean common carriers, particularly such car-
riers that are controlled carriers’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘controlled 
carriers;’’. 
SEC. 6. COMPLAINTS AGAINST SHIPPING EXCHANGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40504(c) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by inserting ‘‘AND 
INVESTIGATION’’ after ‘‘EXEMPTION’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘may exempt’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘may— 
‘‘(1) exempt’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) investigate complaints submitted under 
section 40505.’’. 
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(b) COMPLAINTS AGAINST SHIPPING EXCHANGES.— 
Chapter 405 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 40505. Complaints against shipping exchanges 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A person may submit to the 
Federal Maritime Commission, and the Commission shall 
accept, information concerning alleged incidents of market 
manipulation or other anticompetitive practices by ship-
ping exchanges registered under section 40504. 
‘‘(b) INVESTIGATION.—Upon receipt of a submission 
of information under subsection (a), the Commission shall 
promptly investigate the accuracy of such information. 
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commission shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate the results of any investigation in which the Com-
mission finds incidents of market manipulation or anti-
competitive practices by shipping exchanges registered 
under section 40504.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 405 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘40505. Complaints against shipping exchanges.’’. 
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SEC. 7. SHIPPING EXCHANGE REGISTRY. 
Section 40504(d) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘3 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Federal Maritime Commission Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2025’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘set standards necessary to 
carry out’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure consistency with’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘by’’ and inserting ‘‘via’’. 
SEC. 8. REPEAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40706 of title 46, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 407 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 40706. 
SEC. 9. DATA COLLECTION. 
Section 41110 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Federal Maritime Commis-
sion’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The Federal Maritime 
Commission’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) LIMITATION
ON DUPLICATION.—Unless the 
data described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is not available 
in a timely manner or in a form that allows the Commis-
sion to meet the requirements of subsection (a), data re-
quired to be reported under subsection (a) may not dupli-
cate information submitted— 
‘‘(1) to the Corps of Engineers pursuant to sec-
tion 11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act authorizing the 
construction, repair, and preservation of certain pub-
lic works on rivers and harbors, and for other pur-
poses’, approved September 22, 1922 (33 U.S.C. 
555), by an ocean common carrier acting as a vessel 
operator; 
‘‘(2) pursuant to section 481 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1481) to U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection by merchandise importers; or 
‘‘(3) to the Department of Commerce pursuant 
to section 301 of title 13.’’. 
SEC. 10. INVESTIGATIONS. 
Section 41302 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) NONDISCLOSURE.—Information and documents 
developed by the Federal Maritime Commission under this 
section shall not be disclosed unless the Commission deter-
mines by majority vote of the Commission that such infor-
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mation and documents are relevant to an administrative 
or judicial proceeding and agrees by a majority vote to 
disclose such information and documents.’’. 
SEC. 11. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
(a) NATIONAL SHIPPER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
Section 42502 of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Committee.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Committee (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Shipper Committee’).’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); and 
(4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘Committee’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Shipper Committee’’. 
(b) NATIONAL PORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Chap-
ter 425 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 42503 as section 
42506; and 
(2) by inserting after section 42502 the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 42503. National port advisory committee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-
tional Port Advisory Committee (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Port Committee’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Port Committee shall 
consist of 13 members appointed by the Commission 
in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Port 
Committee shall have particular expertise, knowl-
edge, and experience in matters relating to the func-
tion of the Port Committee. 
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Port 
Committee shall be appointed as follows: 
‘‘(A) 5 members shall represent marine 
terminal operators, as such term is defined in 
section 40102. 
‘‘(B) 5 members shall represent port au-
thorities. 
‘‘(C) 3 members shall represent longshore 
and maritime labor. 
‘‘§ 42504. National ocean carrier advisory committee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-
tional Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee (in this section 
referred to as the Carrier Committee’’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Carrier Committee 
shall consist of 9 members appointed by the Com-
mission in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Carrier 
Committee shall have particular expertise, knowl-
edge, and experience in matters relating to the func-
tion of the Committee. 
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Car-
rier Committee shall represent ocean carriers serving 
such seaports and terminals, of which at least 3 
shall be ocean transportation intermediaries (as such 
term is defined in section 40102). 
‘‘§ 42505. Function 
‘‘The covered Committees shall advise the Federal 
Maritime Commission on policies relating to the competi-
tiveness, reliability, and efficiency of the international 
ocean freight delivery system.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 42501(2) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) COVERED
COMMITTEE.—The term ‘cov-
ered Committee’ means— 
‘‘(A) the National Shipper Advisory Com-
mittee established under section 42502; 
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‘‘(B) the National Port Advisory Com-
mittee established under section 42503; and 
‘‘(C) the National Ocean Carrier Advisory 
Committee established under section 52504.’’. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 42506 of title 
46, United States Code, as redesignated by sub-
section (b)(1), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Committee’’ each 
place it appears except in subsection (k) and in-
serting ‘‘Each covered Committee’’; 
(B) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each such Com-
mittee’’; 
(C) in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and 
(j) by striking ‘‘the Committee’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘a covered Committee’’; 
(D) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Chair of the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of 
each covered Committee’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘function of the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘function 
of the applicable Committee’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each covered 
Committee’’; 
(E) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee if the function of the Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘any relevant cov-
ered Committee if the function of such 
Committee’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each such 
Committee’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘from the Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘from a covered 
Committee’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B) by 
striking ‘‘to the Committee’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to the submitting Com-
mittee’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4) by striking 
‘‘from the Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘from 
a covered Committee’’; and 
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(F) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘The 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘The covered Com-
mittees’’. 
SEC. 12. ANNUAL REPORT AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURES. 
(a) REPORT ON FOREIGN LAWS AND PRACTICES.— 
Section 46106(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘under this part’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under chapter 403’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘anticompetitive, non-
reciprocal trade, or’’ before ‘‘otherwise con-
cerning practices’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or marine terminal oper-
ators’’ after ‘‘controlled carriers’’; and 
(C) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) an analysis of any trade imbalance result-
ing from the business practices of ocean common 
carriers, including an analysis of the data collected 
under section 41110; and 
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‘‘(9) the aggregated findings and results of the 
Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Audit Program 
established by the Commission on July 18, 2021, 
pursuant to the Commission rule interpreting section 
41102(c).’’. 
(b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Section 46106(d)(2) of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
marine terminal operator’’ after ‘‘common carrier’’. 
SEC. 13. CONTAINERIZED FREIGHT INDEXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Maritime Com-
mission shall promulgate an advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking on price indexes for containerized ocean 
freight for shippers (as such term is defined in section 
40102 of title 46, United States Code) in the United 
States published by a shipping exchange registered under 
section 40504 of title 46, United States Code. 
(b) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall pub-
lish a final rule with respect to the advance notice of pro-
posed rulemaking required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 14. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The anal-
ysis for subtitle IV of title 46, United States Code, is 
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