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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-425/section-42502.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 42502"
+description: "National Shipper Advisory Committee"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "425"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL SHIPPER ADVISORY COMMITTEE"
+section: "42502"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 42502"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s42502"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 42502 - National Shipper Advisory Committee
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Establishment.— There is established a National Shipper Advisory Committee.
+
+(b) Function.— The Committee shall advise the Federal Maritime Commission on policies relating to the competitiveness, reliability, integrity, and fairness of the international ocean freight delivery system.
+
+(c) Membership.— (1) In general.— The Committee shall consist of 24 members appointed by the Commission in accordance with this section.
+
+(2) Expertise.— Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.
+
+(3) Representation.— Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:
+
+(A) Twelve members shall represent entities who import cargo to the United States using ocean common carriers.
+
+(B) Twelve members shall represent entities who export cargo from the United States using ocean common carriers.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXVI [LXXXVI], § 8604(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4762; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXV, § 3535(h), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2315.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2024—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “Representation.—Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:” for “Representation.—REPRESENTATION.—Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows: —”.