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原文传递 Federal Maritime Commission Budget Estimates, Fiscal Year 2009.

题名：	Federal Maritime Commission Budget Estimates, Fiscal Year 2009.
关键词：	Federal-Maritime-Commission; Budget-estimate; *Fiscal-Year-2009.;Regulatory-agency.
摘要：	The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) regulates oceanborne transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States. The Commission administers the Shipping Act of 1984 (1984 Act or Shipping Act) as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA); section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (1920 Act); the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988 (FSPA); and Public Law (P. L.) 89-777. The Commission monitors the activities of ocean common carriers, marine terminal operators (MTOs), conferences, ports and ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs) who operate in the U.S. foreign commerce to ensure that they maintain just and reasonable practices; maintains a trade monitoring program to detect and appropriately remedy malpractices and prohibited acts under the Shipping Act; monitors the laws and practices of foreign governments which could have adverse impact on shipping conditions in U.S. trades and imposes remedial action as appropriate under section 19 of the 1920 Act or the FSPA; enforces regulatory requirements applicable to carriers owned or controlled by foreign governments; processes and reviews carrier agreements, service contracts and service arrangements for compliance with the Shipping Act, and reviews carriers privately published tariff systems for public accessibility and accuracy as required by OSRA. The Commission also issues licenses to qualified OTIs in the U.S., ensures that all OTIs are bonded to protect the shipping public from financial loss and, under P.L. 89-777, ensures that passenger vessel operators (PVOs) demonstrate adequate financial responsibility to indemnify passengers in case of injury or nonperformance of transportation.
报告类型：	科技报告