Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-10-15 — Investigation Into Conditions Affecting Shipping in the Foreign Trade and Denial of Entry of Vessels Into Spanish Ports and Proposed Remedies To Meet or Adjust the Unfavorable Conditions: cross-connection with fmc-spain-shipping-conditions: Both concern FMC’s authority to impose remedies against foreign shipping conditions deemed unfavorable to U.S. commerce. (novelty: 3)
2025-04-30 — SHIPS for America Act of 2025: cross-connection with ships-for-america-act: Both are 2025 maritime-sector statutory vehicles shaping U.S.-flag shipping and cargo policy. (novelty: 3)
2025-12-16 — Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025: HR4183 (119th Congress) reauthorizes the FMC through FY2029, broadens the ‘controlled carrier’ definition to include carriers linked to nonmarket economies and USTR-monitored countries, extends FMC complaint authority to shipping exchanges, establishes port and ocean-carrier advisory committees, and adds investigation-confidentiality rules. (novelty: 3)