Introduced in House — H.R. 666

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 666

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 23, 2025

Mr. Case (for himself and Mr. Moylan) 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.

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2024.

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.