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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2386
To authorize appropriations for the maritime environmental and technical
assistance program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 8, 2021
Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself and Mr. GIBBS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the maritime environmental
and technical assistance program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding the Mari-
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time Environmental and Technical Assistance Program’’.
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
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MARITIME
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
TECH-
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NICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—
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(1) MARITIME
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
TECH-
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NICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—There are authorized
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to be appropriated to the Department of Transpor-
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tation for fiscal year 2022, for expenses necessary to
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support the maritime environmental and technical
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assistance program under section 50307 of title 46,
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United
States
Code,
$6,000,000,
of
which
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$3,000,000 shall be used for activities related to
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technologies that support port and vessel air emis-
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sions reductions and to support zero emissions tech-
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nologies.
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(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
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suant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until
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expended.
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(b) USES.—Section 50307 of title 46, United States
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Code, is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
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section (f);
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(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(e) USES.—The results of activities conducted under
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subsection (b)(1) shall be used to inform the policy deci-
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sions of the United States related to domestic regulations
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and to the United States position on matters before the
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International Maritime Organization.’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(g) AIR EMISSIONS DEFINED.—In this section, the
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term ‘air emissions’ means release into the air of—
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‘‘(1) air pollutants, as such term is defined in
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section 302 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602);
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or
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‘‘(2) gases listed in section 731(2) of the Global
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Environmental Protection Assistance Act of 1989
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(22 U.S.C. 7901(2)).’’.
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