,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eejj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ai1       
#bjai,mr4 ,case introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #df1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
exempt certain noncontiguous trade from 
the coastwise laws4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,noncontiguous ,shipping ,competition   
,act4  #b4 ,shipping3 ,exemption of     
certain noncontiguous trade from the    
coastwise laws ,section #eeaja7;b7 of   
title #df1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by   
striking or after the semicolon2  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#c71 by striking the      
period and inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
carriage on a route in noncontiguous    
trade 7as that term is defined in       
section #eceja71 unless--  7,a7 at least
 three owners or operators of coastwise 

qualified vessels 7as that term is      
defined in section #eeajh7;a77 regularly
 operate such a vessel on such route2   
7,b7 each of such owners or operators   
transports at least #bj percent of the  
volume of goods on that route2 and  7,c7
 none of such owners or operators are   
under common ownership4  4