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 Com-
mission 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. 
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 inserting 
‘‘$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— 
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(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 foreign 
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— 
(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 adjusting 
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, headquartered in, or otherwise significantly 
linked to a country— 
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‘‘(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 Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2025; 
‘‘(ii) identified by the United States 
Trade Representative on the priority watch 
list included in the most recent report re-
quired by section 182 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign 
country under subsection (a)(2) of that sec-
tion; 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 carriers 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— 
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(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 sec-
tion 40505.’’. 
(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 Fed-
eral Maritime Commission, and the Commission shall ac-
cept, 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 Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
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Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the 
results of any investigation in which the Commission finds 
incidents of market manipulation or anticompetitive prac-
tices by shipping exchanges registered under section 
40504.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
405 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘40505. Complaints against shipping exchanges.’’. 
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 Reauthorization 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 chapter 
407 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 40706. 
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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: 
‘‘(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 Commission 
to meet the requirements of subsection (a), data required 
to be reported under subsection (a) may not duplicate infor-
mation 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 oper-
ator; 
‘‘(2) pursuant to section 481 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1481) to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection by merchandise importers; or 
‘‘(3) to the Department of Commerce pursuant to 
section 301 of title 13.’’. 
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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-
mation and documents are relevant to an administrative 
or judicial proceeding and agrees by a majority vote to dis-
close such information and documents.’’. 
SEC. 11. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
(a) NATIONAL SHIPPER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Sec-
tion 42502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(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 subsection 
(b); and 
(4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘Committee’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Shipper Committee’’. 
(b) NATIONAL PORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Chapter 
425 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 42503 as section 
42506; and 
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(2) by inserting after section 42502 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 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, knowledge, 
and experience in matters relating to the function of 
the Port Committee. 
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Port 
Committee shall be appointed as follows: 
‘‘(A) 5 members shall represent marine ter-
minal operators, as such term is defined in sec-
tion 40102. 
‘‘(B) 5 members shall represent port au-
thorities. 
‘‘(C) 3 members shall represent longshore 
and maritime labor. 
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‘‘§ 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.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Carrier Committee shall 
consist of 9 members appointed by the Commission in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Carrier 
Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, 
and experience in matters relating to the function of 
the Committee. 
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Carrier 
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 Mar-
itime Commission on policies relating to the competitive-
ness, 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 follows: 
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‘‘(2) COVERED COMMITTEE.—The term ‘covered 
Committee’ means— 
‘‘(A) the National Shipper Advisory Com-
mittee established under section 42502; 
‘‘(B) the National Port Advisory Committee 
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 subsection 
(b)(1), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Committee’’ each place 
it appears except in subsection (k) and inserting 
‘‘Each covered Committee’’; 
(B) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘each such Committee’’; 
(C) in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and 
(j) by striking ‘‘the Committee’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘a covered Committee’’; 
(D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Com-
mittee’s’’ and inserting ‘‘a covered Committee’s’’; 
(E) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘Chair of the Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of each 
covered Committee’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘function of the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘function of 
the applicable Committee’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each covered 
Committee’’; 
(F) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee if the function of the Committee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any relevant covered Com-
mittee if the function of such Committee’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘each such Com-
mittee’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘from the Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘from a covered 
Committee’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B) by strik-
ing ‘‘to the Committee’’ and inserting 
‘‘to the submitting Committee’’; and 
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(iv) in paragraph (4) by striking 
‘‘from the Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘from 
a covered Committee’’; and 
(G) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘The Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘The covered Committees’’. 
SEC. 12. ANNUAL REPORT AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURES. 
(a) REPORT ON FOREIGN LAWS AND PRACTICES.— 
Section 46106(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(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), as amended by section 5(b) 
of this Act— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘anticompetitive, nonrecip-
rocal trade, or’’ before ‘‘otherwise concerning 
practices’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or marine terminal oper-
ators’’ after ‘‘controlled carriers’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end; 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 car-
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riers, including an analysis of the data collected 
under section 41110; and 
‘‘(9) the aggregated findings and results of the 
Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Audit Program es-
tablished by the Commission on July 18, 2021, pursu-
ant 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 Commission 
shall promulgate an advance notice of proposed rulemaking 
on the manner in which data is acquired, used, and pro-
tected in developing 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 publish a 
final rule with respect to the advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking required under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 14. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The analysis 
for subtitle IV of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to chapter 425 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘425. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES 42501’’. 
(b) ANALYSIS.—The heading and analysis for chapter 
425 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 425—NATIONAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘42501. Definitions. 
‘‘42502. National Shipper Advisory Committee. 
‘‘42503. National Port Advisory Committee. 
‘‘42504. National Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee. 
‘‘42505. Function. 
‘‘42506. Administration.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 349 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4183 
[Report No. 119–401] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Mari-
time Commission for fiscal years 2026 through 
2029, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 12, 2025 
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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