3.0.0 4040 2022-12-29T23:48:37Z 2022-12-29T23:48:37Z Senate S 2022-04-07 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-04-07T17:48:04Z 2022-04-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2095) IntroReferral 2022-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-04-07 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2022-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-12-12T17:58:40Z Ship Agent Licensure Act of 2022

This bill revises provisions related to ocean shipping policies.

Specifically, the bill

  • sets forth a definition for the term ship agent to include a person who is engaged in the business of representing a ship's owner, operator, or charterer in performing carriage while in a port of the United States; responsible for certain services such as crew changes and repatriations; and not owned or controlled by a common carrier or cruise line;
  • prohibits a person in the United States from advertising, holding out, or acting as a ship agent or providing ship agent services in the United States unless the person is domiciled in the United States and holds a license issued by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC);
  • prohibits a person from advertising, holding out, or acting as a ship agent unless the person furnishes a bond, proof of insurance, or other surety in a form and amount determined by the FMC to insure financial responsibility; and
  • requires the FMC to suspend or revoke a ship agent license if it finds that the ship agent is not qualified to provide ship agency services or willfully failed to comply with provisions in the bill or with an order or regulation of the FMC.
]]> Ship Agent Licensure Act of 2022 Display Title Ship Agent Licensure Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Ship Agent Licensure Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend subtitle IV of title 46, United States Code, with respect to ship agents, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4040is/xml/BILLS-117s4040is.xml 2022-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2095) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.