Expanding the Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Program

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4025 To authorize appropriations for the maritime environmental and technical assistance program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 22, 2020 Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To authorize appropriations for the maritime environmental and technical assistance program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding the Mari- 4 time Environmental and Technical Assistance Program’’. 5 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 6 MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECH- 7 NICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro- 9 priated to the Department of Transportation for fiscal 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Jul 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4025.IS S4025 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4025 IS year 2021, for expenses necessary to support the maritime 1 environmental and technical assistance program under 2 section 50307 of title 46, United States Code, $6,000,000, 3 which shall remain available until expended, of which 4 $3,000,000 shall be used for activities related to tech- 5 nologies that support port and vessel air emissions reduc- 6 tions and to support zero emissions technologies. 7 (b) EMISSIONS.—In this section the term ‘‘emis- 8 sions’’ means ‘‘air pollutants’’, as defined in section 9 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)). 10 (c) USES.—Activities conducted pursuant to the au- 11 thorization under this section shall be used to inform the 12 policy decisions of the United States related to domestic 13 regulations and to the International Maritime Organiza- 14 tion, to the extent such activities are relevant. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:23 Jul 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4025.IS S4025 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS