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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4521 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering... · Sec. 180002

Sec. 180002. Service contracts

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Section 40502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c)— in paragraph
(7)by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph
(8)by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: any other essential terms or minimum contract requirements that the Federal Maritime Commission determines necessary or appropriate. ; and by adding at the end the following: With respect to service contracts entered into under this section, a common carrier shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to essential terms and minimum contract requirements the Commission determines are necessary or appropriate under subsection (c)(9). .
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