Ocean Freight Competition Act of 1983

Summary

Ocean Freight Competition Act of 1983 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to exclude federally financed agricultural commodities from the requirement that cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States be transported on privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels and vessels of the United States.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 9 May 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 May 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 May 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 12 May 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.

   Source: Committee

5. 12 May 1983

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from DOT, USDA.

   Source: Committee

6. 30 November 1983

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.

   Source: Committee

7. 8 December 1983

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 May 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Whittaker, Bob [R-KS-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hightower, Jack E. [D-TX-13] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Conable, Barber B., Jr. [R-NY-30] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dickinson, William L. [R-AL-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsmm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Ocean Freight Competition Act of 1983