Allied Partnership and Port Modernization Act

Bill: 117-s-3366
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-12-09
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Allied Partnership and Port Modernization Act</strong></p> <p>This bill permits certain NATO-affiliated dredge vessels to operate in the United States. The vessels must be (1) documented under the laws of a NATO member country, (2) built by a NATO member country or a major non-NATO ally, and (3) majority-owned and -operated by entities incorporated in NATO member countries. (Current law generally requires that such vessels be domestically built and owned.)</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3366 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 9, 2021 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To permit the use of NATO and major non-NATO ally dredge ships in the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Allied Partnership and Port Modernization Act . 2. Dredging; dredged material (a) Dredging Section 55109 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting or (c) after subsection (b) ; (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Dredging by NATO-Affiliated vessels (1) In general A vessel described in paragraph (2) may engage in dredging in the navigable waters of the United States. (2) Vessels A vessel described in this paragraph is a vessel— (A) documented under the laws of a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; (B) built by a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 2350a(i) of title 10); and (C) for which a majority of the owners and operators of the vessel are entities incorporated in a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. . (b) Excluding dredged material from transportation requirements (1) In general Section 55110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the section heading, by striking or dredged material and inserting (excluding dredged material) ; and (B) by striking or dredged material and inserting (excluding dredged material) . (2) Conforming amendment The analysis for chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 55110 and inserting the following: Sec. 55110. Transportation of valueless material (excluding dredged material). .