46 U.S.C. § 46106
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- (a)Not later than April 1 of each year, the Federal Maritime Commission shall submit a report to Congress. The report shall include the results of its investigations, a summary of its transactions, the purposes for which all of its expenditures were made, and any recommendations for legislation.
- (b)The Commission shall include in its annual report to Congress—
- (1)a list of the 20 foreign countries that generated the largest volume of oceanborne liner cargo for the most recent calendar year in bilateral trade with the United States;
- (2)an analysis of conditions described in section 42302(a) of this title being investigated or found to exist in foreign countries;
- (3)any actions being taken by the Commission to offset those conditions;
- (4)any recommendations for additional legislation to offset those conditions;
- (5)a list of petitions filed under section 42302(b) of this title that the Commission rejected and the reasons for each rejection;
- (6)an analysis of the impacts on competition for the purchase of certain covered services by alliances of ocean common carriers acting pursuant to an agreement under this part 1 See References in Text note below. between or among ocean common carriers, including a summary of actions, including corrective actions, taken by the Commission to promote such competition; and
- (7)an identification of any otherwise concerning practices by ocean common carriers, particularly such carriers that are controlled carriers, that are—
- (A)State-owned or State-controlled enterprises; or
- (B)owned or controlled by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise related legally or financially (other than a minority relationship or investment) to a corporation based in a country—
- (i)identified as a nonmarket economy country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this paragraph;
- (ii)identified by the United States Trade Representative in the most recent report required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; or
- (iii)subject to monitoring by the United States Trade Representative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
- (c)In this section, the term “certain covered services” has the meaning given the term in section 40102.
- (d)The Federal Maritime Commission shall publish, and annually update, on the website of the Commission—