1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 3. Record of meetings and votes. Sec. 4. Public participation. Sec. 5. Preventing deceptive practices. Sec. 6. Reports filed with the Commission. Sec. 7. International ocean shipping supply chain information portal demonstration project. Sec. 8. Transparency. Sec. 9. Treatment of tug operators. Sec. 10. Prohibitions and penalties. 2. Authorization of appropriations (a) In general Section 308 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking $24,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and inserting $28,490,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 . (b) International ocean shipping supply chain information portal demonstration project There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 7 of this Act $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 3. Record of meetings and votes (a) In general Section 303 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 303. Meetings (a) In general The Federal Maritime Commission shall be deemed to be an agency for purposes of section 552b of title 5. (b) Record The Commission, through its secretary, shall keep a record of its meetings and the votes taken on any action, order, contract, or financial transaction of the Commission. (c) Nonpublic collaborative discussions (1) In general Notwithstanding section 552b of title 5, a majority of the Commissioners may hold a meeting that is not open to public observation to discuss official agency business if— (A) no formal or informal vote or other official agency action is taken at the meeting; (B) each individual present at the meeting is a Commissioner or an employee of the Commission