Maritime Administration Authorization and Improvement Act
Latest action · Jun 10, 2020 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.
- IntroducedJun 10, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Maritime Administration Authorization and Improvement Act
This bill revises provisions related to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.
The bill addresses several aspects of MARAD, including
- reauthorizing MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine;
- establishing a tanker security fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tank vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping;
- authorizing a grant program to award maritime career training grants to community and technical colleges for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers related to the maritime workforce;
- assessing foreign subsidies to international shipping; and
- establishing a standing committee of experts to explore and advise on supply chain transportation system vulnerabilities and disruptions and how to minimize them in the event of emergencies and disasters such as the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
Additionally, among other provisions, the bill sets forth new requirements for the corps concerning
- commissioned grades and operational strength numbers,
- obligated service requirements,
- training and physical fitness,
- education loan assistance,
- recruitment,
- hiring and promotions,
- separation and retirement, and
- other workforce issues.
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 Jun 10, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 10, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2406 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 18, 2019 |
| S 2910 | A bill to establish aviation accession training programs for the Commissioned Officer Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to prepare students for commissioned service as pilots in the Corps, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Nov 20, 2019 |
| S 2981 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 23, 2020 |
| HR 7456 | To establish a grant program for domestic maritime workforce training and education, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 2, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize the Maritime Administration and to reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Maritime Administration Authorization and Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Aviation and airports
- California
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Colorado
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Connecticut
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Transportation
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Education programs funding
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Geography and mapping
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Infrastructure development
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Lakes and rivers
- Licensing and registrations
- Maine
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marketing and advertising
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Military education and training
- Natural disasters
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- New York State
- Oil and gas
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- School administration
- Student aid and college costs
- Student records
- Texas
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation costs
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2020Introduced in Senate
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