46 U.S.C. § 46106 — Annual report and public disclosure

(a) In General. By April 1 each year, the Federal Maritime Commission must send Congress a report. It must include the results of the Commission's investigations, a summary of its transactions, what all its money was spent on, and any recommendations for new legislation.

(b) Report on Foreign Laws and Practices. The Commission's annual report to Congress must also include: (1) a list of the 20 foreign countries that shipped the most oceanborne liner cargo with the United States in the most recent calendar year; (2) an analysis of the trade conditions described in section 42302(a) that the Commission is investigating or has found in foreign countries; (3) any actions the Commission is taking to offset those conditions; (4) any recommendations for more legislation to offset those conditions; (5) a list of petitions filed under section 42302(b) that the Commission rejected, and why it rejected each one; (6) an analysis of how alliances between ocean common carriers affect competition for buying certain covered services, including a summary of actions — including corrective actions — the Commission has taken to protect that competition; and (7) an identification of concerning practices by ocean common carriers, especially "controlled carriers," that are (A) owned or controlled by a state^*, or (B) owned or controlled by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise financially or legally tied (beyond a minority stake) to a company based in a country that (i) was identified as a "nonmarket economy country" under the Tariff Act of 1930 as of when this paragraph became law, (ii) the U.S. Trade Representative's most recent report names as a "priority foreign country" under the Trade Act of 1974, or (iii) the U.S. Trade Representative is monitoring under the Trade Act of 1974.

(c) Definition of Certain Covered Services. In this section, "certain covered services" has the meaning given in section 40102. This section does not define that term itself.

(d) Public Disclosures. The Commission must publish on its website, and update every year: (1) every finding that a common carrier gave false detention or demurrage invoice information, under section 41104(a)(15); and (2) every penalty imposed or assessed against a common carrier under sections 41107, 41108, and 41109, listed by which carrier it applies to.