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Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act
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H. R. 5500 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5500


To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 19, 2019

Mr. Case introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws.

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 Competition Act”.

SEC. 2. Shipping: Exemption of certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws.

Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “or” after the semicolon;

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; or”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(4) carriage on a route in noncontiguous trade (as that term is defined in section 53501), unless—

“(A) at least three owners or operators of coastwise qualified vessels (as that term is defined in section 55108(a)) regularly operate such a vessel on such route;

“(B) each of such owners or operators transports at least 20 percent of the volume of goods on that route; and

“(C) none of such owners or operators are under common ownership.”.