Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2023

Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2023

This bill provides that a rate for service in noncontiguous domestic ocean trade is reasonable if such rate is within 10% of a rate set by a comparable international ocean rate index recognized by the Federal Maritime Commission. (Under current law, a rate is required to be reasonable, and the Surface Transportation Board generally has the authority to determine whether certain rates are reasonable.)  

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2587 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2587

 To provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic 
                  ocean trade, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2023

 Mr. Case (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable 
Rate Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NONCONTIGUOUS DOMESTIC OCEAN TRADE.

    Section 13701(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a rate is 
        reasonable if such rate is within 10 percent of a rate set by a 
        comparable international ocean rate index recognized by the 
        Federal Maritime Commission.''.
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