Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007
Latest action · Oct 19, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 12, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007 - Title I: Maritime Administration - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration, including for operations and training, assistance to small shipyards and maritime communities, disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, and loans under provisions relating to financing for the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a vessel or fishery facility.
(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enter into agreements to purchase, charter, operate, or otherwise acquire the use of any documented vessels and any other related real or personal property.
(Sec. 103) Subjects the following to the prior consent of the Secretary of Defense regarding vessels in the Ready Reserve Force or the National Defense Reserve Fleet: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to operate or lease vessels under the Secretary's control; (2) the charter of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (including Ready Reserve Force vessels) by any state, locality, or territory of the United States; and (3) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to charter or otherwise make available a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to any other department.
(Sec. 105) Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to modify requirements regarding disposal of certain National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that are not in the Ready Reserve Fleet.
(Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary of Transportation, in order to ensure Ready Reserve Fleet vessel readiness, to activate and conduct sea trials on each vessel at least once every 30 (under current law, 24) months.
(Sec. 108) Requires the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to develop a comprehensive plan for the review of traditional applications (defined as being of a type that has been approved multiple times without default or unreasonable risk to the United States) and nontraditional applications for a loan, guarantee, or a commitment to guarantee submitted under provisions relating to financing for the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a vessel or fishery facility. Requires the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees regarding the plan.
Title II: Technical Corrections - (Sec. 201) Sets forth a variety of provisions. Declares that such provisions make no substantive change in existing law and prohibits construing them as making a substantive change.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 12, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jul 12, 2007 |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Original | Jul 12, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2007Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-200.
- Oct 19, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.
- Jul 19, 2007Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jul 12, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jul 12, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Authorization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Transportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Leases
- Marine transportation
- Merchant ships
- Shipbuilding
- Surplus government property
- Transportation and Public Works
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