Sec. 105. Port and intermodal improvement program
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Section 50302(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)— in subclause (II), by striking or after the semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: berth improvements (including docks, wharves, piers, and dredging incidental to the improvement project); or ; in paragraph (5)(B), by striking 60 and inserting 90 ; in paragraph (7)— in subparagraph (B)— in the heading, by striking and inserting projects ; and port by striking that request and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting in small ports. The requirement under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) shall not apply to grants made under this subparagraph. ; by redesignating subparagraph
(C)as subparagraph (D); by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: In any fiscal year in which qualified applications for grants under this subsection will not allow for the amount reserved under subparagraph
(B)to be fully utilized, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to make other grants under this section. ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year shall be limited with respect to eligible applicants other than as provided under this section. ; in paragraph (8)(B), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent for a project within the boundaries of a small port or directly related to the operations of a small port or an intermodal connection to a small port. ; and in paragraph (12)— in subparagraph (D), by inserting , as defined by the United States Census Bureau after urbanized area ; and by adding at the end the following: The term small port means a port that handled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2018, as identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. .