Resilient Ports Act

Bill: 117-hr-3033
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-07
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality

Atmospheric science and weather

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Floods and storm protection

Infrastructure development

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Resilient Ports Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises the Port Infrastructure Development Program with respect to port and intermodal improvement grants.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide grants for projects that will be used to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of emissions mitigation measures directly related to reducing the overall carbon footprint from port operations.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill increases from 18% to 25% the set-aside that DOT must reserve for grants for port projects that request the lesser of (1) 10% of the grant amounts made available for a fiscal year, or (2) $10 million.</p> <p>In selecting projects for funding, the bill requires DOT to give substantial weight to projects that increase the port's resilience to sea-level rise, flooding, and extreme weather events, including events related to climate change.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3033 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2021 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Graves of Missouri , and Mr. Carbajal ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the projects eligible for certain port and intermodal improvement grants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resilient Ports Act . 2. Port development Section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)— (i) in subclause (II) by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (IV) emissions mitigation measures directly related to reducing the overall carbon footprint from port operations; or ; (B) in paragraph (6)(B)— (i) in clause (i) by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in clause (ii) by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (iii) projects that increase the port’s resilience to sea-level rise, flooding, and extreme weather events, including such events related to climate change. ; (C) in paragraph (7)(B) by striking 18 percent and inserting 25 percent ; and (D) in paragraph (12) by adding at the end the following: (D) Resilience The term resilience means the ability to anticipate, prepare for, adapt to, withstand, respond to, and recover from operational disruptions and sustain critical operations at ports, including disruptions caused by natural or manmade hazards. (E) Carbon Footprint The term carbon footprint means the total carbon-based pollutants, products, and any greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere resulting from the consumption of fossil fuels. (F) Climate change The term climate change means detectable changes in 1 or more climate system components over multiple decades, including— (i) changes in the average temperature of the atmosphere or ocean; (ii) changes in regional precipitation, winds, and cloudiness; and (iii) changes in the severity or duration of extreme weather, including droughts, floods, and storms. ; and (2) in the heading for subsection (d) by striking Inland and inserting Inland River .