Mr. MCCLOSKEY. I also request we insert in the record pages 153 to 182 of the Merchant Marine hearings of the 92nd Congress, which were on the bill that changed the penalty for rebating from criminal to civil. The CHAIRMAN. Would you put that in the form of a unanimous consent request? Mr. MCCLOSKEY. I ask unanimous consent to put it in the record at this point. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair hears no objection. [The following was received for the record:] MERCHANT MARINE MISCELLANEOUS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1971 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:10 a.m., in room 1334, Longworth Building, the Honorable Edward A. Garmatz (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The meeting will come to order. The hearing this morning was called to consider H.R. 755, which I introduced on January 22, 1971. The bill would change the penalties for certain violations of the Shipping Act of 1916 from criminal to civil. A similar bill was introduced last year and at one point in time we did schedule a hearing on it, but the scheduled witness from the Federal Maritime Commission was unable to appear and the hearing was canceled. Subsequent to the introduction of my bill, a similar bill was referred to this committee after having been submitted to the Congress from the executive branch by way of Executive Communication No. 772. I might say at the outset that we have received reports on this bill from several agencies of the Government and no objection thereto has been interposed. (Executive Communication No. 772, the bill, and departmental reports follow :) [Exec. Comm. No. 772] FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION, Hon. CARL ALBERT, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: There are submitted herewith four copies of a proposed bill, together with a statement of purpose and need for the draft bill, to amend the Shipping Act, 1916, and the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, to convert criminal penalties to civil penalties in certain instances. The need for and purpose of the proposed bill are set forth in the accompanying statement. The Federal Maritime Commission urges enactment of the bill at the first session of the 92d Congress for the reasons set forth in the accompanying statement. |