S 1452
116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
MARITIME Act
Introduced: May 14, 2019
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Maritime Academy Reinvestment And Training Improvements for Mariner Employment Act or the MARITIME Act
This bill directs the U.S. Maritime Administration to provide assistance for the construction, installation, or maintenance of harbor projects that will support a federally owned vessel operated by a state maritime academy or a nonfederal oceanographic research facility.
The bill designates state maritime academies as centers of excellence, making them eligible for maritime workforce training and education assistance.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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