Sec. 166. None of the funds made available under this Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new policies detailed in the “Dear Colleague” letter distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018.
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## SEC. 166 None of the funds made available under this Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new policies detailed in the “Dear Colleague” letter distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018. ## Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. ### operations and maintenance #### (harbor maintenance trust fund) For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities on those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $38,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662: *Provided*, That of the amounts made available under this heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be used on capital asset renewal activities. ## Maritime Administration ### maritime security program For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. ### operations and training #### (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $152,589,000: *Provided, *That of the sums appropriated under this heading— #####
(1)$80,216,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; #####
(2)$5,225,000 shall remain available until expended for the maintenance and repair, and equipment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; #####
(3)$3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for the Maritime Environment and Technology Assistance program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and #####
(4)$9,775,000, shall remain available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and
(3)of title 46, United States Code: *Provided further*, That not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110-417: *Provided further*, That available balances under this heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out activities authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and
(3)of title 46, United States Code: *Provided further*, That from funds provided under paragraphs
(3)and
(4)of the first proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: *Provided further*, That any unobligated balances and obligated balances not yet expended from previous appropriations under this heading for programs and activities supporting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for “Maritime Administration—State Maritime Academy Operations” and shall be made available for the same purposes as the appropriations for “Maritime Administration—State Maritime Academy Operations”. ### state maritime academy operations For necessary expenses of operations, support and training activities for State Maritime Academies, $342,280,000: *Provided*, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— ####
(1)$30,080,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life extension, marine insurance, and capacity improvement of National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in support of State Maritime Academies, of which $8,080,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for expenses related to training mariners for costs associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for costs associated with mobilizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs for students, faculty and crew, the costs of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Secretary; ####
(2)$300,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, including funds for construction, planning, administration, and design of school ships; ####
(3)$2,400,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for the Student Incentive Program; ####
(4)$3,800,000 shall remain available until expended for training ship fuel assistance; and ####
(5)$6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies. ### assistance to small shipyards To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 113-281, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. ### ship disposal For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. ### maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account #### (including transfer of funds) For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for “Operations and Training”, Maritime Administration. ### port infrastructure development program To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, $225,000,000 to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That projects eligible for funding provided under this heading shall be projects for coastal seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: *Provided further*, That of the amounts made available under this heading, no less than $200,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: *Provided further*, That the Maritime Administration shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and agents under existing authority, as well as to a State or political subdivision of a State or local government, a tribal government, a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more States, a special purpose district with a transportation function, a multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity described above jointly with a private entity or group of private entities: *Provided further*, That projects eligible for funding provided under this heading shall be designed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port and located— ####
(1)within the boundary of a port, or ####
(2)outside the boundary of a port, and directly related to port operations, or to an intermodal connection to a port: *Provided further*, That project awards eligible under this heading shall be only for— ####
(1)port gate improvements; ####
(2)road improvements both within and connecting to the port; ####
(3)rail improvements both within and connecting to the port; ####
(4)berth improvements (including docks, wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the improvement project); ####
(5)fixed landside improvements in support of cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including parking garages necessary for intermodal freight transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facilities, lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facilities); ####
(6)utilities necessary for safe operations (including lighting, stormwater, and other such improvements that are incidental to a larger infrastructure project); or ####
(7)a combination of activities described above: *Provided further*, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be up to 80 percent: *Provided further*, That for grants awarded under this heading, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: *Provided further*, That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary shall prioritize ports that handled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2017, as identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: *Provided further*, That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant administration.
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- Pub. L. 99-662
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Sec. 166
None of the funds made available under this Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new policies detailed in the “Dear Colleague” letter distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018.
Pub. L.Pub. L. 99-662
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-417
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