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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 665
To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain noncontiguous
trade from the coastwise laws.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY23, 2025
Mr. C
ASE(for himself and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain
noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Noncontiguous Ship-4
ping Competition Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. SHIPPING: EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN NONCONTIG-6
UOUS TRADE FROM THE COASTWISE LAWS. 7
Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 8
amended— 9
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 1
semicolon; 2
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 3
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4
(3) by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(4) carriage on a route in noncontiguous trade 6
(as that term is defined in section 53501), unless— 7
‘‘(A) at least three owners or operators of 8
coastwise qualified vessels (as that term is de-9
fined in section 55108(a)) regularly operate 10
such a vessel on such route; 11
‘‘(B) each of such owners or operators 12
transports at least 20 percent of the volume of 13
goods on that route; and 14
‘‘(C) none of such owners or operators are 15
under common ownership.’’. 16
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