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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1452 

To establish a program to provide assistance for education and research 

harbors. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 14, 2019 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish a program to provide assistance for education 

and research harbors. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maritime Academy Re5 investment And Training Improvements for Mariner Em6 ployment Act’’ or the ‘‘MARITIME Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HARBORS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 541 of title 46, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 54103. Education and research harbors 

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis4 trator’ means the Administrator of the Maritime Ad5 ministration. 

6 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HARBOR.—The term ‘eligible 

7 harbor’ means a harbor that supports or will support 

8 a federally owned vessel operated by— 

9 ‘‘(A) a State maritime academy (as defined 

10 in section 51102 of this title); or 

11 ‘‘(B) a non-Federal oceanographic research 

12 facility. 

13 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis14 trator shall establish a program to provide assistance to 

15 a non-Federal interest for a project relating to an eligible 

16 harbor. 

17 ‘‘(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—A non-Federal interest 

18 may receive assistance for a project for— 

19 ‘‘(1) the construction or maintenance dredging 

20 of an eligible harbor; 

21 ‘‘(2) the construction, installation, or mainte22 nance of infrastructure in an eligible harbor, includ23 ing bulkheads, aprons, and piles; 

24 ‘‘(3) the construction or maintenance dredging 

25 of a berth in an eligible harbor; or 


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1 ‘‘(4) the construction or maintenance dredging 

2 providing access from an eligible harbor to the near3 est navigation channel or deep water. 

4 ‘‘(d) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 

6 under this section, the Administrator shall enter into 

7 a local cooperation agreement (referred to in this 

8 subsection as an ‘agreement’) with a non-Federal in9 terest to provide for design or construction of the 

10 project to be carried out with the assistance. 

11 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An agreement entered 

12 into under this subsection shall provide for the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(A) PLAN.—Development by the Adminis15 trator, in consultation with appropriate Federal 

16 and State officials, of a facilities or resource 

17 protection and development plan, including ap18 propriate engineering plans and specifications. 

19 ‘‘(B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUC20 TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti21 tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 

22 the effective long-term operation of the project 

23 by the non-Federal interest. 

24 ‘‘(3) COST SHARING.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

2 provided in this paragraph, the Federal share of 

3 project costs for a project under this section— 

4 ‘‘(i) shall not exceed 65 percent; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) may be in the form of grants or 

6 reimbursements of project costs. 

7 ‘‘(B) CREDIT FOR DESIGN WORK.—The 

8 non-Federal interest shall receive credit for the 

9 reasonable costs of design work completed by 

10 the non-Federal interest before entering into an 

11 agreement with the Administrator for a project. 

12 ‘‘(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In the case 

13 of a delay in the funding of the Federal share 

14 of the costs of a project under this section, the 

15 non-Federal interest shall receive credit for rea16 sonable interest incurred in providing the Fed17 eral share of the project costs. 

18 ‘‘(D) LAND, EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, 

19 AND RELOCATIONS.—The non-Federal interest 

20 shall receive credit for land, easements, rights21 of-way, and relocations provided by the non22 Federal interest toward the non-Federal share 

23 of project costs (including all reasonable costs 

24 associated with obtaining permits necessary for 

25 the construction, operation, and maintenance of 


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1 the project on publicly owned or controlled 

2 land), but not to exceed 25 percent of the total 

3 project cost. 

4 ‘‘(E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.— 

5 The non-Federal share of operation and mainte6 nance costs for a project constructed under this 

7 section shall be 100 percent. 

8 ‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND

9 STATE LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or 

10 otherwise affects the applicability of any provision of Fed11 eral or State law (including regulations) that would other12 wise apply to a project under this section. 

13 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 for each fiscal year an amount not greater than 

16 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘54103. Education and research harbors.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR DOMESTIC MARI21 TIME WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDU22 CATION. 

23 Section 54102 of title 46, United States Code, is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) STATE MARITIME ACADEMY.—The Secretary of 

2 Transportation shall designate each State Maritime Acad3 emy, as defined in section 51102(4) of this title, as a cen4 ter of excellence under this section.’’. 

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