The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is an independent federal agency, based in Washington, D.C., responsible for the regulation of oceanborne international transportation of the U.S.
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History
The FMC was established as an independent regulatory agency by Reorganization Plan No. 7, effective August 12, 1961. Prior to that time, the United States Federal Maritime Board was responsible for both the regulation of ocean commerce and the promotion of the United States Merchant Marine. Under the reorganization plan, the shipping laws of the U.S. were separated into two categories, regulatory and promotional. The newly created FMC was charged with the administration of the regulatory provisions of the shipping laws, while the promotional role was vested in the Maritime Administration (now part of the U.S. Department of Transportation).
The passage of the Shipping Act of 1984 brought about a major deregulatory change in the regulatory regime facing shipping companies operating in the U.S. foreign commerce. The subsequent passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998, with its further deregulatory amendments and modifications to the Shipping Act of 1984, represented another pro-market shift in shipping regulation. The principle statutes or statutory provisions administered by the Commission are: the Shipping Act of 1984, the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, and Public Law 89-777.
Most of these statutes were amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 1998, which took effect on May 1, 1999.
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Organization
Commissioners
- Acting Chairman Michael A. Khouri
- Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye
- Commissioner William P. Doyle
- Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei
Bureaus and offices
- Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
- Office of the Inspector General
- Office of the Administrative Law Judges
- Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services
- Office of the General Counsel
- Office of The Secretary
- Office of the Managing Director
- Office of Budget and Finance
- Office of Human Resources
- Office of Information Technology
- Office of Management Services
- Bureau of Enforcement
- Bureau of Certification and Licensing
- Bureau of Trade Analysis
- Area Representatives
See also
Responsibility for U.S. merchant shipping has been held by many agencies since 1917. For a history, see United States Shipping Board.
References
External links
- Official website
- Federal Maritime Commission in the Federal Register
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