Regulatory Features Of Shipping Bill

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332044832
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Regulatory Features of Shipping Bill written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Regulatory Features of Shipping Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Sixty-Fourth Congress, First Session on H. R. 14337, to Regulate Carriers by Water Engaged in the Foreign and Interstate Commerce of the United States, April, 13 The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. m., Hon. Joshua W. Alexander (chairman) presiding. The Chairman. Gentlemen, we have set down for hearing this morning H. R. 14337, a bill to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States, with a view of substituting its provisions for sections 9 and 10 of bill 10500. The bill is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the term "common carrier by water," when used in this act, means a common carrier engaged in the transportation by water of passengers or property in the interstate or foreign commerce of the United States. The term "common carrier by water" when limited by the term "in foreign commerce" means such a common carrier engaged in the transportation by water of passengers or property between the United States or any of its Districts, Territories, or possessions and a foreign country, and includes both the import and export trade. The term "common carrier by water" when limited by the term "in interstate commerce" means such a common carrier engaged in the transportation by water of passengers or property between one State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States and any other State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States, or between one place in a Territory, District, or possession and another place in the same Territory, District, or possession. The term "other person subject to this act" means any person not included in the term "common carrier by water"and carrying on the business of forwarding, ferrying, towing, or furnishing transfer, lighterage, dock, warehouse, or other terminal facilities in or in connection with the foreign or interstate commerce of the United States. The term "person" wherever used in this act includes corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or of any foreign country. Sec. 2. That no common carrier by water in foreign commerce or in interstate commerce shall - First. Pay or allow or enter into any combination, agreement, or understanding, expressed or implied, to pay or allow a deferred rebate to any shipper. The term "deferred rebate," as used in this act, means a return of any portion of the freight money allowed by a carrier to any shipper as a consideration for the giving of all or any portion of his shipments to such carrier, or for any other purpose, the payment of which is deferred beyond the period for which it is computed and is made only if, during both the period for which the return is computed and the period of deferment, the shipper has given his shipments to such carrier in accordance with the terms of the rebate agreement or arrangement. Second. Use, either separately or in conjunction with any other carrier through agreement or otherwise, fighting ships for the purpose of excluding, preventing, or reducing competition. The term "fighting ship" as used in this act means a vessel selected for and employed in a particular trade by a carrier or group of carriers for the sole purpose of driving another carrier out of said trade. The United States shipping board (hereinafter known as the board), after full hearing upon a complaint made, or after full hearing under an order for an investigation and hearing made by the board on its own initiative, shall determine questions of fact as to whether said carrier or carriers did select or employ a vessel as a fighting ship.