Sec. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
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## SEC. 3501 AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ###
(a)Fiscal Year 2021 Authorization There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2021, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations Acts, for programs associated with maintaining the United States merchant marine, the following amounts: ####
(1)For expenses necessary for operations of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, $85,441,000, of which— #####
(A)$79,941,000 shall be for Academy operations; and #####
(B)$5,500,000 shall remain available until expended for capital asset management at the Academy. ####
(2)For expenses necessary to support the State maritime academies, $50,780,000, of which— #####
(A)$2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022, for the Student Incentive Program; #####
(B)$6,000,000 shall remain available until expended for direct payments to such academies; #####
(C)$3,800,000 shall remain available until expended for training ship fuel assistance; #####
(D)$8,080,000 shall remain available until expended for offsetting the costs of training ship sharing. and #####
(E)$30,500,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of State maritime academy training vessels. ####
(3)For expenses necessary to support the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, $388,815,000, which shall remain available until expended. ####
(4)For expenses necessary to support Maritime Administration operations and programs, $67,148,000, of which— #####
(A)$3,000,000 shall remain available until expended for activities authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and #####
(B)$9,775,000 shall remain available until expended for the Marine Highways Program. ####
(5)For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $5,000,000, which shall remain available until expended. ####
(6)For expenses necessary to maintain and preserve a United States flag merchant marine to serve the national security needs of the United States under chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, $494,008,000. ####
(7)For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— #####
(A)$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of loan guarantees under the program; and #####
(B)$3,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses relating to loan guarantee commitments under the program. ####
(8)For expenses necessary to provide assistance to small shipyards and for maritime training programs under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $20,000,000, which shall remain available until expended. ####
(9)For expenses necessary to implement the Port and Intermodal Improvement Program, $750,000,000, except that no such funds may be used to provide a grant to purchase fully automated cargo handling equipment that is remotely operated or remotely monitored with or without the exercise of human intervention or control, if the Secretary determines such equipment would result in a net loss of jobs within a port or port terminal. ###
(b)Amount of Fiscal Year 2021 Contractor Payments Under Operating Agreements Section 53106(a)(1)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking “$5,233,463” and inserting “$8,233,463”. ###
(c)Conforming Amendment Title 46, United States Code, is further amended— ####
(1)in section 53111(2), by striking “$314,007,780” and inserting “$494,008,000”; and ####
(2)in section 54101(i), by striking “for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 to carry out this section $40,000,000” and inserting “for fiscal year 2021 to carry out this section $20,000,000”.
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AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
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