Annual report

  1. Law
  2. USC 46
  3. Shipping
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  5. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
  6. Annual report

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§306. Annual report

(a) In General.-Not later than April 1 of each year, the Federal Maritime Commission shall submit a report to Congress. The report shall include the results of its investigations, a summary of its transactions, the purposes for which all of its expenditures were made, and any recommendations for legislation.

(b) Report on Foreign Laws and Practices.-The Commission shall include in its annual report to Congress-

(1) a list of the 20 foreign countries that generated the largest volume of oceanborne liner cargo for the most recent calendar year in bilateral trade with the United States;

(2) an analysis of conditions described in section 42302(a) of this title being investigated or found to exist in foreign countries;

(3) any actions being taken by the Commission to offset those conditions;

(4) any recommendations for additional legislation to offset those conditions;

(5) a list of petitions filed under section 42302(b) of this title that the Commission rejected and the reasons for each rejection; and

(6) an analysis of the impacts on competition for the purchase of certain covered services by alliances of ocean common carriers acting pursuant to an agreement under this part 1 between or among ocean common carriers, including a summary of actions, including corrective actions, taken by the Commission to promote such competition.


(c) Definition of Certain Covered Services.-In this section, the term "certain covered services" has the meaning given the term in section 40102.

( Pub. L. 109–304, §4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1489 ; Pub. L. 115–282, title VII, §703, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4294 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
306(a) 46 App.:1118 (related to Commission). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §208 (related to Commission), 49 Stat. 1988 ; Pub. L. 94–273, §36, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 380 ; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(65), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 159 .
306(b) 46 App.:1710a(g). Pub. L. 100–418, title X, §10002(g), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1572 .

In subsection (a), the words "a statement of all receipts under this chapter" are omitted as inapplicable to the Commission.

Amendments

2018-Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 115–282, §703(1), added par. (6).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–282, §703(2), added subsec. (c).

1 So in original. Subtitle I of title 46 does not contain parts.


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