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  1. Executive Agency
  2. Created: 1961
  3. Title of Chief Officer: chair
  4. Functions: regulates foreign shipping that takes places in U.S. waters, ensures that all nations can trade fairly with the United States, issues licenses for ocean shipping, enforces the law requiring shipowners to carry appropriate insurance, ensures that shipping companies comply with U.S. shipping laws