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H.R. 12796 (93rd)

A bill to amend the Shipping Act, 1916, in order to prohibit the practice of port equalization.

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Introduced

13 February 1974

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Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

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Summary

Prohibits, under the Shipping Act of 1916, the practice of port equalization. Defines the term "port equalization" to mean the practice whereby a carrier absorbs the additional cost involved in transportation of cargo from or to the inland point of origin or destination and a port other than the port closest to or from the inland point of origin or point of destination.

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