Sec. 111. Strategic seaports
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The Administrator of the Maritime Administration (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) and the United States Transportation Command shall establish a strategic seaport infrastructure readiness development program to improve infrastructure at strategic seaports to ensure those strategic seaport facilities are in a state of good repair, have modern infrastructure, and have sufficient readiness to support operations on 48-hours notice. In this section, the term strategic seaport means a commercial seaport that is designated by the Commanding General of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command as a strategic seaport that will support the deployment of United States forces during a military contingency or national emergency.
In order to carry out any project under the strategic seaport infrastructure readiness development program established under paragraph (1), the Administrator may— receive funds provided for the project from the Department of Defense, non-Federal, and private entities that have a specific agreement or contract with the Administrator to further the purposes of this section; coordinate with other Federal agencies to expedite efforts of complying with requirements and procedures established under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) in carrying out projects under the program, including projects to improve of port facilities, improve the efficiency of the transportation system, increase port security, or provide greater access to port facilities; seek to coordinate all reviews or requirements relating to the project with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies; and provide such technical assistance to port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and agents as needed for project planning, design, and construction.
There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘Strategic Seaport Readiness Infrastructure Development Fund’, (referred to in this section as the Fund ) consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such Fund as provided in this section. There may be deposited into the Fund— funds from the Department of Defense and funds from non-Federal, private entities that have agreements or contracts with the Administrator, which shall remain in the Fund until expended or refunded; and such amounts as may be appropriated or transferred to the Fund.
Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for a strategic seaport may be transferred, at the option of the recipient of such amounts, to the Fund and may be administered by the Administrator as a component of a project under the program. The Administrator, in conjunction with the United States Transportation Command, may use funds from the Fund to— administer and carry out projects under the strategic seaport infrastructure readiness development program under this section, including projects to— upgrade infrastructure resiliency of piers or wharfs or enhancing flexible lay-down areas for heavy lift, increase efficiency in the handling Department of Defense intermodal cargo movements, enhance shoreside intermodal transportation infrastructure, or carry out other similar improvements designed to increase efficiency of Department of Defense readiness; facilitate training funding dedicated to enhancing interoperability between military and port terminal personnel, testing and expanding operational areas to maximize strategic seaport capability and assets; and provide cyber resiliency project funding dedicated to the installation of new cybersecurity infrastructure, or the enhancement of existing cybersecurity infrastructure, in order to ensure security of military operations at strategic seaports; and make refunds for projects under that program that will not be completed.
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