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as the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration— 
State Maritime Academy Operations’’. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$342,280,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $30,080,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, marine insurance, and capacity improvement of 
National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in sup-
port 
of 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
of 
which 
$8,080,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners for costs 
associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 
46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for costs associated with mobi-
lizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, includ-
ing travel costs for students, faculty and crew, the 
costs of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, 
operational fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined 
by the Secretary; 
(2) $300,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construction, 
planning, administration, and design of school ships;
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(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021, for the Student Incentive Pro-
gram; 
(4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for direct payments for State Mari-
time Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and 
Training’’, Maritime Administration.
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PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 
under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, 
$225,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That projects eligible for funding provided under this head-
ing shall be projects for coastal seaports, inland river ports, 
or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, no less than 
$200,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes 
ports: Provided further, That the Maritime Administration 
shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discre-
tionary grants to port authorities or commissions or their 
subdivisions and agents under existing authority, as well 
as to a State or political subdivision of a State or local 
government, a tribal government, a public agency or pub-
licly chartered authority established by one or more States, 
a special purpose district with a transportation function, 
a multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a 
lead entity described above jointly with a private entity or 
group of private entities: Provided further, That projects 
eligible for funding provided under this heading shall be 
designed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of 
the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a 
port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port, or
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(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly 
related to port operations, or to an intermodal con-
nection to a port: 
Provided further, That project awards eligible under this 
heading shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(3) rail improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(4) 
berth 
improvements 
(including 
docks, 
wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the im-
provement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of 
cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, 
container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including park-
ing garages necessary for intermodal freight transfer, 
warehouses including refrigerated facilities, lay-down 
areas, transit sheds, and other such facilities); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (includ-
ing lighting, stormwater, and other such improve-
ments that are incidental to a larger infrastructure 
project); or 
(7) a combination of activities described above:
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Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That for grants awarded 
under this heading, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That for grant awards less 
than $10,000,000, the Secretary shall prioritize ports that 
handled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2017, as identi-
fied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, 
That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary 
may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for nec-
essary costs of grant administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
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pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $24,215,000, 
of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2022: Provided, That no later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall ini-
tiate a rulemaking on automatic and remote-controlled 
shut-off valves and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities leak 
detection systems as required under section 4 and section 
8 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job 
Creation Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–90), respectively, 
and shall issue a final rule no later than one year after 
enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $61,000,000, of which 
$11,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That