Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Latest action · Dec 21, 2010 By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-382.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for FY2011 for the Maritime Administration for: (1) operations and training activities, including earmarks for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy capital improvements and maintenance and repair for State Maritime Schools training ships; (2) administrative expenses related to maritime guaranteed loan commitments; (3) the disposal of non-retention vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; and (4) maintenance of a U.S.-flag merchant fleet.
(Sec. 3) Revises the purposes of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to emphasize: (1) its status as an institution of higher education; and (2) maritime-related research and provision of other appropriate academic support, assistance, training, and activities to prepare individuals for service in the U.S. merchant marine.
(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary, not later than July 31, 2012, to report to Congress on the status of the nation's coastal and inland waterways infrastructure. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate, make determinations concerning, and develop a repository of statistical information on intercoastal water transportation. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires the Maritime Administration to assess, and report to Congress on, the potential for using container-on-barge transportation on the inland waterways system.
(Sec. 5) Eliminates separate landside congestion mitigation projects from the short sea transportation program.
Authorizes the Secretary to designate a project as a short sea transportation project if it will provide transportation services for passengers or freight (or both) that may reduce congestion on landside infrastructure or lead to other public benefits.
(Sec. 6) Declares that certain maritime law limitations shall not affect the Maritime Administration's authority to dispose of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels or shipyards for recycling.
(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a green ships program to: (1) identify, evaluate, demonstrate, or improve emerging marine technologies likely to achieve environmental improvements through reduction of air or water emissions, increased fuel economy, or control of aquatic invasive species; and (2) develop and approve a validation and testing regime to certify or validate emerging technologies that demonstrate significant environmental benefits.
(Sec. 8) Authorizes the donation, instead of sale, of non-retention (obsolete) vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2010 to Jul 15, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Jul 12, 2010 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Jul 15, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Jul 15, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2010Markup Jul 15, 2010Reported Dec 17, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2010By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-382.
- Dec 17, 2010Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 17, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.
- Jul 15, 2010Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 12, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Jul 12, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 17, 2010S. 3566, Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 15, 2010</p>
- Sep 17, 2010S. 3566, Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 15, 2010
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Air quality
- Aquatic ecology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental technology
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- Infrastructure development
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Solid waste and recycling
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation programs funding
- Water quality
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2010Reported to Senate
- Jul 12, 2010Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
