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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 12, 2010
Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2011 for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operations and training activities, including earmarks for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy capital improvements and maintenance and repair for State Maritime Schools training ships; (2) administrative expenses related to maritime guaranteed loan commitments; (3) the disposal of non-retention vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; and (4) maintenance of a U.S.-flag merchant fleet.
Revises the purposes of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to emphasize: (1) its status as an institution of higher education; and (2) maritime-related research and provision of other appropriate academic support, assistance, training, and activities to prepare individuals for service in the U.S. merchant marine.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of the nation's coastal and inland waterways infrastructure.
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Requires the Maritime Administration to assess, and report to Congress on, the potential for using container-on-barge transportation on the inland waterways system.
Eliminates separate landside congestion mitigation projects from the short sea transportation program.
Declares that certain maritime law limitations shall not affect the Maritime Administration's authority to dispose of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels or shipyards for recycling.
Authorizes the Maritime Administrator to establish a green ships program to identify, evaluate, demonstrate, or improve technologies likely to achieve environmental improvements through reduction of air or water emissions, improvement of fuel economy, or control of aquatic invasive species.
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Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D–NJ
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By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-382.
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-382.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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