Sec. 523. Assessment on Marine infrastructure readiness
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the status and resources and authorities needed to execute and complete necessary vessels, harborcraft, port, shipyard, and other infrastructure improvements to ensure the national security interests of the United States and support the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States. The report under subsection
(a)shall include— consideration of existing literature and reporting from Federal and non-Federal sources; an assessment of the number of commercial shipping vessels by class required to sustain a peace-time and wartime national economy; an assessment of opportunities to leverage private sector funding to enhance the capability of marine infrastructure of the United States; an evaluation of future infrastructure needs to support alternative fuels for vessels and harborcraft; an assessment of an ability to construct and repair seaports and shipyards during national security emergencies, including readiness to construct temporary facilities, and carry out marine salvage and firefighting operations; and an evaluation of the possible effects on the commercial operations of United States ports and other critical infrastructure of prohibiting any entity that owns or operates a port or terminal in the United States from using or sharing data with— LOGINK; any logistics platform controlled by, affiliated with, or subject to the jurisdiction of the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People’s Republic of China; or any logistics platform that shares data with a system described in subparagraph
(A)or (B). The term critical infrastructure has the meaning given the term in section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4565(a) ). The term LOGINK means the public, open, shared logistics information network known as the National Public Information Platform for Transportation and Logistics by the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China.
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