Bills · 118th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/28/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 3/21/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 393–24 on March 21, 2024 (Roll Call 98 →). Received in the Senate on March 22, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 3/21/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic205 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Republican188 Yea · 24 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023

This bill expands the Federal Maritime Commission's authority to regulate technology and anticompetitive practices within the international ocean transportation system.

First, the bill expands the definition of controlled carrier (a category of carriers that are subject to additional regulatory oversight) to include carriers legally or financially related to a corporation based in a nonmarket economy country.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Dusty Johnson ( Republican · SD-AL)
Cosponsors
3
Introduced
3/28/23
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 3/28/23Introduced in House
  2. 3/28/23Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  3. 3/29/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  4. 5/23/23Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged
  5. 5/23/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 5/23/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 1.
  7. 9/26/23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-218.
  8. 9/26/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 177.
  9. 3/19/24Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. 3/19/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1213-1216)
  11. 3/19/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1836.
  12. 3/19/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. 3/21/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1321-1322)
  14. 3/21/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 - 24 (Roll no. 98). (text: 3/19/2024 CR H1213-1215)
  15. 3/21/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 - 24 (Roll no. 98). (text: 3/19/2024 CR H1213-1215)
  16. 3/21/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 3/22/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.