atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
grants to a maritime training institution to carry 
out demonstration projects that implement the prior-
ities identified in the plan prepared under subsection 
(a)(1), for the purpose of developing and imple-
menting methods to address merchant mariner re-
cruitment, training, and retention issues. 
‘‘(2) GRANT AWARDS.—Grants shall be awarded 
under this subsection on a competitive basis under 
guidelines and requirements to be established by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant for a project under this subsection, a maritime 
training institution shall submit to the Secretary a 
grant proposal that includes, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) information demonstrating the esti-
mated effectiveness of the project; and 
‘‘(B) a method for evaluating the effective-
ness of the project. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects eligible for 
grants under this subsection may include— 
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‘‘(A) the establishment of maritime tech-
nology skill centers developed through local 
partnerships of industry, labor, education, com-
munity-based organizations, economic develop-
ment organizations, or Federal, State, and local 
government agencies to meet unmet skills needs 
of the maritime industry; 
‘‘(B) projects that provide training to up-
grade the skills of workers who are employed in 
the maritime industry; 
‘‘(C) projects that promote the use of dis-
tance learning, enabling students to take 
courses through the use of media technology, 
such as videos, teleconferencing, and the Inter-
net; 
‘‘(D) projects that assist in providing serv-
ices to address maritime recruitment and train-
ing of youth residing in targeted high poverty 
areas within empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities; 
‘‘(E) the establishment of partnerships 
with national and regional organizations with 
special expertise in developing, organizing, and 
administering merchant mariner recruitment 
and training services; and 
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‘‘(F) the establishment of maritime train-
ing programs that foster technical skills and 
operational productivity in communities in 
which economies are related to or dependent 
upon the maritime industry. 
‘‘(c) PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECTS.—The Secretary may award 
grants to carry out projects identified in a plan pub-
lished under subsection (a)(1) under which the 
project sponsor will— 
‘‘(A) design, develop, and test an array of 
approaches to providing recruitment, training, 
or retention services to one or more targeted 
populations; 
‘‘(B) in conjunction with employers, orga-
nized labor, other groups (such as community 
coalitions), and Federal, State, or local agen-
cies, design, develop, and test various training 
approaches in order to determine effective prac-
tices; or 
‘‘(C) assist in the development and replica-
tion of effective service delivery strategies for 
the national maritime industry as a whole. 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH
PROJECTS.—The Secretary 
may award grants to carry out research projects 
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identified in a plan published under subsection 
(a)(1) that will contribute to the solution of mari-
time industry recruitment, training, and retention 
issues in the United States. 
‘‘(3) MULTISTATE OR REGIONAL PROJECTS.— 
The Secretary may award grants to carry out 
multistate or regional projects identified in a plan 
published under subsection (a)(1) to effectively dis-
seminate best practices and models for implementing 
maritime recruitment, training, and retention serv-
ices designed to address industry-wide skill short-
ages. 
‘‘(4) GRANT AWARDS.—Grants shall be awarded 
under this subsection on a competitive basis under 
guidelines and requirements to be established by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2015— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for making grants under this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) $1,000,000 for administrative expenses of 
the Secretary in carrying out this section.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘51705. Maritime career training loan program. 
‘‘51706. Maritime recruitment, training, and retention grant program.’’. 
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