Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-hr-6864
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2022-02-28
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill removes the exemption from federal antitrust laws for ocean common carriers.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6864 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2022 Mr. Costa (for himself, Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, to repeal certain antitrust exemptions for ocean common carriers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act . 2. Repeal of antitrust exemptions (a) Repeal Section 40307 of title 46, United States Code, is repealed. (b) Clerical amendment The item relating to section 40307 in the analysis for chapter 403 of title 46, United States Code, is repealed. (c) Conforming amendment Section 40301(e) of such title is amended by striking (except sections 40305 and 40307(a)) and inserting (except section 40305) .