{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-4183","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":4183,"title":"Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-06-26","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"J000301","fullName":"Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]","party":"R","state":"SD","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":3,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-12-16","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation."},"policyArea":"Transportation and Public Works","subjects":["Administrative law and regulatory procedures","Advisory bodies","Competition and antitrust","Computer security and identity theft","Computers and information technology","Congressional oversight","Federal Maritime Commission","Government information and archives","Government studies and investigations","Marine and inland water transportation","Navigation, waterways, harbors"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-12-16","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5869-6871)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5869-6871)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4183.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5869-5872)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-15","text":"Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-12","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 349.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-12","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-401.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-12","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-401.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-17","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-17","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-17","text":"Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-27","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-26","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-26","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-26","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes the Federal Maritime Commission through FY2029 and expands the commission’s authority to regulate anticompetitive practices within the international ocean transportation system.</p><p>Specifically, the bill expands the definition of <em>controlled carrier</em> (a category of carriers that are subject to additional regulatory oversight) to include carriers legally or financially related to a corporation based or headquartered in, or otherwise significantly linked to, a nonmarket economy country or a country subject to monitoring by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.</p><p>Additionally, the bill requires the commission to accept and investigate complaints concerning alleged anticompetitive practices by registered shipping exchanges. (A shipping exchange is a data platform that enables businesses shipping goods to connect with carriers to transport those goods.) The bill also requires the commission to report annually on anticompetitive and nonreciprocal trade practices by controlled carriers or marine terminal operators.<br/>&nbsp;<br/>Further, the bill establishes a National Port Advisory Committee and a National Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee. The committees, together with the existing National Shipper Advisory Committee, are charged with advising the commission on policies relating to competitiveness, reliability, and efficiency in the international ocean freight delivery system.</p><p>Finally, the bill prohibits the commission from releasing information and documents developed pursuant to an enforcement investigation unless the commission determines that they are relevant to an administrative or judicial proceeding and agrees to release them by a majority vote.</p>","updateDate":"2025-12-18T05:23:14Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":610,"ts":"2026-04-19T08:23:13.659Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Federal%20Maritime%20Commission%20Reauthorization%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}