Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress
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Congress makes the following findings: The United States Uniformed Services are composed of the world’s most highly trained and professional servicemembers. A robust Merchant Marine and ensuring United States mariners can compete in the global workforce are vital to economic and national security. Attracting additional trained and credentialed mariners, particularly from active duty servicemembers and military veterans, will support United States national security requirements and provide meaningful, well-paying jobs to United States veterans.
There is a need to ensure that the Federal Government has a robust, state of the art, and efficient merchant mariner credentialing system to support economic and national security. It is the sense of Congress that— veterans and members of the Uniformed Services who pursue credentialing to join the United States Merchant Marine should receive vigorous support; and it is incumbent upon the regulatory bodies of the United States to streamline regulations to facilitate transition of veterans and members of the Uniformed Services into the United States Merchant Marine to maintain a strong maritime presence in the United States and worldwide.