Sec. 307. National Maritime Transportation System Advisory Committee
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Chapter 555 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established a National Maritime Transportation System Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the Committee ). The Committee shall advise the Secretary of Transportation on matters relating to the United States maritime transportation system and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, including the viability of the United States Merchant Marine.
The Committee shall consist of 25 members appointed by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with this section and section 15109 (subject to paragraph (4)). Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee. Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows: At least 1 member shall represent the Environmental Protection Agency. At least 1 member shall represent the Department of Commerce.
At least 1 member shall represent the Army Corps of Engineers. At least 1 member shall represent the Coast Guard. At least 1 member shall represent U.S. Customs and Border Protection. At least 1 member shall represent State and local governmental entities. Additional members shall represent private sector entities that reflect a cross-section of maritime industries, including port and water stakeholders, academia, and labor representatives. The Secretary of Transportation may appoint additional representatives from other Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate.
For purposes of section 15109, the Committee shall be treated as a committee established under chapter 151, except that in applying such section to the Committee any reference in such section to the Secretary shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of Transportation. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law— an advisory committee that is substantially similar to the National Maritime Transportation System Advisory Committee established by section 55502 of title 46, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and that was in force or in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of such section, including the charter, membership, and other aspects of such substantially similar advisory committee, may remain in force or in effect for the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of such section; and during such 2-year period— any requirement relating to the National Maritime Transportation System Advisory Committee established by such section shall be deemed satisfied by the substantially similar advisory committee; and the enactment of this section, including the amendment made by subsection (a), shall not be the basis— to deem, find, or declare such substantially similar advisory committee, including the charter, membership, and other aspects thereof, void, not in force, or not in effect; to suspend the activities of such substantially similar advisory committee; or to bar the members of such substantially similar advisory committee from a meeting.
The analysis for chapter 555 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 55502. National Maritime Transportation System Advisory Committee. . Section 55603 of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 556 of such title, are repealed.