To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal improvement program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6467
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2022-01-21
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill makes emission mitigation projects that support the use of land-based power sources to supply energy to passenger vessels at berth (i.e., shore power) eligible for grants through the Port Infrastructure Development Program. (This program provides competitive grants for projects to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port.)</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6467 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2022 Mr. Gimenez (for himself, Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Young , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Peters , Mr. Mast , and Mrs. Murphy of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal improvement program, and for other purposes.

1. Port and intermodal improvement program (a) Project selection criteria Section 54301(a)(6)(A)(i) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking movement of goods through a port or intermodal connection to a port and inserting movement of— ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subclauses: (I) goods through a port or intermodal connection to a port; or (II) passengers through an emission mitigation measure under paragraph (3)(A)(ii)(IV) that provides for the use of shore power for vessels to which sections 3507 and 3508 apply. . (b) Conforming repeal Section 3513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 ) is amended by striking subsection (c).