Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 299 To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 13, 2021 Mr. CASE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade, and for other purposes. 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 Reasonable Rate Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. NONCONTIGUOUS DOMESTIC OCEAN TRADE. 6 Section 13701(d) of title 49, United States Code, is 7 amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol- 8 lowing new paragraph: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:17 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H299.IH H299 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 299 IH ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec- 1 tion, a rate is reasonable if such rate is within 10 2 percent of a rate set by a comparable international 3 ocean rate index recognized by the Federal Maritime 4 Commission.’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:17 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H299.IH H299 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS