legislation: 95-hr-12978
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| 95-hr-12978 | 95 | hr | 12978 | A bill to amend the Shipping Act to vest jurisdiction in the Federal Maritime Commission over complaints against shippers, consignors, and consignees, and for other purposes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-06-05 | 1978-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to vest jurisdiction in the Federal Maritime Commission over complaints against shippers, consignors, and consignees. Prohibits any shipper, consignor, or consignee (or agent or employee thereof) of a common carrier by water in foreign commerce from receiving or demanding less than the applicable Federal Maritime Commission cargo rates. | 2024-08-01T20:06:05Z |