Tariff Simplification and Freight Rate Disparities Act

Summary

Tariff Simplification and Freight Rate Disparities Act - Requires the Federal Maritime Commission, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to publicly propose regulations for comment by interested parties and after consideration of such comments to adopt a system of uniform classifications and description of commodities to be used by all common carriers by water in foreign commerce and all conferences of such carriers, when filing any rate, charge, or tariff with the Commission. Provides that within 60 days after the adoption of such system the Commission shall propose regulations requiring all common carriers by water and all conferences of such carriers when filing any outbound or inbound rate or charge with the Commission to file a rate or charge for the movement of the commodity in the opposite direction.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 23 April 1974

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 April 1973

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