46 U.S.C. § 46106 Annual Report

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

(a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than April 1 of each year, the Federal Maritime Commission shall submit a report to Congress. The report shall include the results of its investigations, a summary of its transactions, the purposes for which all of its expenditures were made, and any recommendations for legislation.

(b) REPORT ON FOREIGN LAWS AND PRACTICES.-The Commission shall include in its annual report to Congress-

(1) a list of the 20 foreign countries that generated the largest volume of oceanborne liner cargo for the most recent calendar year in bilateral trade with the United States;

(2) an analysis of conditions described in section 42302(a) of this title being investigated or found to exist in foreign countries;

(3) any actions being taken by the Commission to offset those conditions;

(4) any recommendations for additional legislation to offset those conditions;

(5) a list of petitions filed under section 42302(b) of this title that the Commission rejected and the reasons for each rejection;

(6) an analysis of the impacts on competition for the purchase of certain covered services by alliances of ocean common carriers acting pursuant to an agreement under this part ¹ between or among ocean common carriers, including a summary of actions, including corrective actions, taken by the Commission to promote such competition; and

(7) an identification of any otherwise concerning practices by ocean common carriers, particularly such carriers that are controlled carriers, that are-

(A) State-owned or State-controlled enterprises; or

(B) owned or controlled by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise related legally or financially (other than a minority relationship or investment) to a corporation based in a country-

(i) identified as a nonmarket economy country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(18) )) as of the date of enactment of this paragraph;

(ii) identified by the United States Trade Representative in the most recent report required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2242 ) as a priority foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; or

(iii) subject to monitoring by the United States Trade Representative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2416 ).

(c) DEFINITION OF CERTAIN COVERED SERVICES.-In this section, the term "certain covered services" has the meaning given the term in section 40102.

(d) PUBLIC DISCLOSURES.-The Federal Maritime Commission shall publish, and annually update, on the website of the Commission-