Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019
Latest action · May 9, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019
This bill addresses (1) several aspects of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD); (2) illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing); and (3) maritime security.
Among other things, the bill
- reauthorizes MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine;
- promotes transparency and traceability in the seafood supply chain;
- promotes the use of technology to combat IUU fishing;
- establishes an interagency working group on maritime security, IUU fishing, and seafood fraud; and
- establishes a sub-working group to address IUU fishing within the U.S. exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 May 9, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 9, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1269 | Maritime SAFE Act | Related bill | May 1, 2019 |
| S 1439 | Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 15, 2019 |
| S 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2019 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize activities of the Maritime Administration, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Ports Improvement Act
- Maritime SAFE Act
- Maritime Security and Fisheries Enforcement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Buy American requirements
- Coast guard
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Transportation
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Education programs funding
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Genetics
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Higher education
- Human trafficking
- Infrastructure development
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International organizations and cooperation
- Labor standards
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- Military readiness
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Seafood
- Small business
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Solid waste and recycling
- Student aid and college costs
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- Trade restrictions
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Violent crime
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in Senate
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