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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1495

"(2) Eight members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President. "(3) The chairman and ranking minority members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, of the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, of the House Committee on Agriculture, and of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries shall serve as members of the Commission. "(4)(A) Four of the members appointed by the President shall be representatives of agricultural producers, cooperatives, merchandisers, and processors of agricultural commodities. "(B) The remaining four members appointed by the President shall be representatives of the United States-flag maritime industry, two of whom shall represent labor and two of whom shall represent management. "(c)(1) The members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman from among its members. "(2) Any vacancy in the Commission does not affect its powers but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. "DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

"SEC. 901h. (a) It shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study and review of the ocean transportation of agricultural exports subject to the cargo preference laws referred to in section 901b and to make recommendations to the President and the Congress for improving the efficiency of such transportation on United States-flag vessels in order to reduce the costs incurred by the United States in connection with such transportation. In carrying out such study and review, the Commission shall consider the extent to which any unfair or discriminatory practices of foreign governments increase the cost to the United States of transporting agricultural commodities subject to such cargo preference laws. "(b)(1) The Commission shall submit an interim report to the President and the Congress not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subtitle and such other interim reports as the Commission considers advisable. "(2) The Commission shall submit a final report containing its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this subtitle. The report shall include recommendations for any changes in the provisions of paragraph (1) that would help assure that the cost of ocean freight and ocean freight differentisd incurred by the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation on the agricultural export p r ( ^ a m s specified in section 901b, is not increased above historical levels as a result of the extra demand for United States-fiag vessels caused by section 901b. "(3) Sixty days after the submission of the final report, the Commission shall cease to exist. "(c) The Commission shall include in its reports submitted pursuant to subsection (b) recommendations concerning the feasibility and desirability of achieving the following goals with respect to the ocean transportation of agricultural commodities subject to the cargo preference laws referred to in section 901b: "(1) Ensuring that the timing of commodity purchase agreements entered into by the United States in connection with the

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