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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 666 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean |
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| 6 | 6 | | trade, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASE(for himself and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous |
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| 14 | 14 | | domestic ocean trade, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Noncontiguous Ship-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | ping Reasonable Rate Act of 2024’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. NONCONTIGUOUS DOMESTIC OCEAN TRADE. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 13701(d) of title 49, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | lowing new paragraph: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:14 Feb 19, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H666.IH H666 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 666 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | tion, a rate is reasonable if such rate is within 10 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | percent of a rate set by a comparable international 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ocean rate index recognized by the Federal Maritime 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Commission.’’. 5 |
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