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S 3586 117th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

Ocean Shipping Competition Reform Act of 2022

Introduced: February 3, 2022 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Feb 3, 2022
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Ocean Shipping Competition Reform Act of 2022

This bill eliminates certain antitrust immunity for anticompetitive acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators and allows the Department of Justice (DOJ), in addition to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), to seek injunctive relief for anticompetitive acts by such carriers or operators.

The bill allows third parties to participate in civil actions brought by the FMC or DOJ against ocean carriers for anticompetitive harm. It also allows for punitive damages.

What's happening now February 3, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Feb 3, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3586: Ocean Shipping Competition Reform Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3586/
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"S. 3586: Ocean Shipping Competition Reform Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3586/.
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S. 3586, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3586/.
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