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 PUBLIC LAW 98-237—MAR. 20, 1984

98 STAT. 85

(b) The Commission may prescribe interim rules and regulations necessary to carry out this Act. For this purpose, the Commission is excepted from compliance with the notice and comment requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. All rules and regulations prescribed under the authority of this subsection that are not earlier superseded by final rules shall expire no later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 18. AGENCY REPORTS AND ADVISORY COMMISSION.

(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.—For a period of 5 years following the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall collect and analyze information concerning the impact of this Act upon the international ocean shipping industry, including data on: (1) increases or decreases in the level of tariffs; (2) changes in the frequency or type of common carrier services available to specific ports or geographic regions; (3) the number and strength of independent carriers in various trades; and (4) the length of time, frequency, and cost of major types of regulatory proceedings before the Commission.

46 USC app. 1717.

(b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—The

Commission shall consult with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission annually concerning data collection. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission shall at all times have access to the data collected under this section to enable them to provide comments concerning data collection. (c) AGENCY REPORTS.—

(1) Within 6 months after expiration of the 5-year period specified in subsection (a), the Commission shall report the information, with an analysis of the impact of this Act, to Congress, to the Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean Shipping established in subsection (d), and to the Department of Transportation, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Within 60 days after the Commission submits its report, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission shall furnish an analysis of the impact of this Act to Congress and to the Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean Shipping. (3) The reports required by this subsection shall specifically address the following topics: (A) the advisability of adopting a system of tariffs based on volume and mass of shipment; (B) the need for antitrust immunity for ports and marine terminals; and (C) the continuing need for the statutory requirement that tariffs be filed with and enforced by the Commission. (d) ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMISSION.—

(1) Effective 5 V years after the date of enactment of this Act, 2 there is established the Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean Shipping (hereinafter referred to as the "Advisory Commission). (2) The Advisory Commission shall be composed of 17 members as follows: (A) a cabinet level official appointed by the President;

Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean Shipping.

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