Sec. 411. United States Government cargo
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It is the sense of the Congress that— only the Maritime Administrator, acting in the Administrator’s capacity as Director of the National Shipping Authority, has the authority to determine the non-availability of qualified capacity of vessels of the United States (referred to in this subsection as qualified United States flag capacity ) at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the United States to meet the requirements of section 55305 or 55314 of title 46, United States Code; the requirements of section 55305 or 55314 of title 46, United States Code, may only be waived temporarily by the President, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation during a declared emergency justifying such a temporary waiver, following a determination by the Maritime Administrator, acting in the Maritime Administrator's capacity as Director of the National Shipping Authority, of the non-availability of qualified United States flag capacity at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the United States pursuant to section 55305(d) of title 46, United States Code; and nothing in title II of the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq. ) authorizes the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development or the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the requirements of section 55305 or 55314 of title 46, United States Code, without first obtaining— delegated authority from the President of the United States; an emergency declaration justifying such a temporary waiver, pursuant to section 55305(d) of title 46, United States Code; and a determination by the Maritime Administrator, acting in the Maritime Administrator’s capacity as Director of the National Shipping Authority, on the non-availability of qualified United States flag capacity at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the United States pursuant to section 55305(d) of title 46, United States Code.
Section 55305(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking at least 50 and inserting 100 . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Section 55305(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting a consultation with the Maritime Security Board after following ; and in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting Maritime Security Board and the after to the .
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