Sec. 2010. Additional measures at donor ports and energy transfer ports
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Section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2238c ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraphs
(2)through
(6)as paragraphs
(3)through (7), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: The term discretionary cargo means maritime cargo that is destined for inland locations and that can be economically shipped through multiple seaports located in different countries or regions. ; in paragraph
(3)(as redesignated)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)as clause
(i)through (iv), respectively, and indenting appropriately; in the matter preceding clause
(i)(as redesignated), by striking The term and inserting the following: The term ; and by adding at the end the following: For the purpose of calculating the percentage described in subparagraph (A)(iii), payments described under subsection (c)(1) shall not be included. ; in paragraph (5)(A) (as redesignated), by striking Code of Federal Regulation and inserting Code of Federal Regulations ; and by adding at the end the following: The term medium-sized donor port means a port— that is subject to the harbor maintenance fee under section 24.24 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); at which the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes collected comprise annually more than $5,000,000 but less than $15,000,000 of the total funding of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund established under section 9505 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; that received less than 25 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes collected at that port in the previous 5 fiscal years; and that is located in a State in which more than 2,000,000 cargo containers were unloaded from or loaded onto vessels in fiscal year 2012. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking donor ports and inserting donor ports, medium-sized donor ports, ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; and by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: shall be made available to a port as either a donor port, medium-sized donor port, or an energy transfer port, and no port may receive amounts from more than 1 designation; and for donor ports and medium-sized donor ports— 50 percent of the funds shall be equally divided between the eligible donor ports as authorized by this section; and 50 percent of the funds shall be divided between the eligible donor ports and eligible medium-sized donor ports based on the percentage of the total Harbor Maintenance Tax revenues generated at each eligible donor port and medium-sized donor port. ; in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking donor port and inserting donor port, a medium-sized donor port, ; by striking subsection
(d)and inserting the following: If a donor port, a medium-sized donor port, or an energy transfer port elects to provide payments to importers or shippers under subsection (c), the Secretary shall transfer to the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection the amount that would otherwise be provided to the port under this section that is equal to those payments to provide the payments to the importers or shippers of the discretionary cargo that is— shipped through respective eligible ports; and most at risk of diversion to seaports outside of the United States. The Secretary, in consultation with the eligible port, shall limit payments to top importers or shippers through an eligible port, as ranked by value of discretionary cargo. ; and in subsection (f)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: If the total amounts made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund exceed the total amounts made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in fiscal year 2012, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. ; by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: For each fiscal year, amounts made available to carry out this section shall be provided in equal amounts to— donor ports and medium-sized donor ports; and energy transfer ports. ; and by striking paragraph (3).
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