§1118. Reports to Congress

The Federal Maritime Commission and the Secretary of Transportation shall, by April 1 each year, make a report to Congress, which shall include the results of its or his investigations, a summary of its or his transactions, its or his recommendations for legislation, a statement of all receipts under this chapter, and the purposes for which all expenditures were made.

(June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, §208, 49 Stat. 1988 ; Pub. L. 94–273, §36, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 380 ; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(65), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 159 .)

Amendments

1981-Pub. L. 97–31 substituted "Federal Maritime Commission and the Secretary of Transportation" for "Commission" and inserted "or his" after "its" in three places. For prior transfers of functions of the Commission, meaning the United States Maritime Commission, see Transfer of Functions note below.

1976-Pub. L. 94–273 substituted "by April 1 each year" for "at the beginning of each regular session".

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of United States Maritime Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1949, Reorg. Plan No. 21 of 1950, and Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961, set out under section 1111 of this Appendix.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 1213, 1222 of this Appendix.