Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025
Introduced Jun 26, 2025 by Rep. Dusty Johnson
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill reauthorizes the Federal Maritime Commission through FY2029 and expands the commission’s authority to regulate anticompetitive practices within the international ocean transportation system.
Specifically, 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 or headquartered in, or otherwise significantly linked to, a nonmarket economy country or a country subject to monitoring by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Additionally, the bill requires the commission to accept and investigate complaints concerning alleged anticompetitive practices by registered shipping exchanges. (A shipping exchange is a data platform that enables businesses shipping goods to connect with carriers to transport those goods.) The bill also requires the commission to report annually on anticompetitive and nonreciprocal trade practices by controlled carriers or marine terminal operators.
Further, the bill establishes a National Port Advisory Committee and a National Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee. The committees, together with the existing National Shipper Advisory Committee, are charged with advising the commission on policies relating to competitiveness, reliability, and efficiency in the international ocean freight delivery system.
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Dec 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Dec 15, 2025The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 15, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5869-6871)
- Dec 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5869-6871)
- Dec 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4183.
- Dec 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5869-5872)
- Dec 15, 2025Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 12, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 349.
- Dec 12, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-401.
- Sep 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 17, 2025Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged
- Jun 27, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Jun 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House