104th Congress / Bills / H R 2149

Title

To reduce regulation, promote efficiencies, and encourage competition in the international ocean transportation system of the United States, to eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Actions and defenses | Administrative procedure -- Department of Transportation | Antitrust law | Business | Business intelligence | Civil rights | Common carriers | Confidential communications | Congress | Congressional oversight | Congressional reporting requirements | Contracts | Damages | Discovery (Law) | Discrimination | Executive departments | Executive reorganization -- Federal Maritime Commission | Federal advisory bodies | Finance | Foreign trade | Freight forwarders | Government information | Government ownership | Government paperwork | Independent regulatory commissions | Information services | International affairs | International competitiveness | Labor | Law | Licenses | Marine insurance | Marine terminals | Marine transportation | Merchant marine | Merchant seamen | Merchant ships | Politics and government | Restrictive trade practices | Shipping agreements | Shipping conferences | Shipping rates | Storage | Subpoena | Surety and fidelity | Surplus government property | Trade | Trade negotiations | Transportation | Tugboats -- Wisconsin

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
5/1/96	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 144: On Passage Ocean Shipping Reform Act
5/1/96	House	Failed	Session 2, roll call 143: On Agreeing to the Amendment