Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 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)