[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2710 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2710

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to allow the Federal Maritime 
Commission to provide injunctive relief without a court order, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2023

Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to allow the Federal Maritime 
Commission to provide injunctive relief without a court order, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Ocean Shipping Competition 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF BY THE COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--Section 41307 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``sought''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``, may bring a 
                civil'' and all that follows through the period at the 
                end of the sentence and inserting ``and an opportunity 
                to be heard under expedited procedures established by 
                the Commission with due regard for confidential or 
                proprietary information, may enjoin the operation of 
                the agreement. An injunction under this paragraph shall 
                constitute a final order of the Commission.'';
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(2) Third party intervention.--The Commission may allow a 
        third party to intervene in a proceeding before the Commission 
        under this subsection.''; and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (3).
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 41307 in the 
analysis for chapter 413 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``sought''.
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