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S 2784 117th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021

Introduced: September 21, 2021 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 21, 2021
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Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the Maritime Administration to award maritime career training grants to eligible institutions (i.e., postsecondary educational institutions or postsecondary vocational institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers in the maritime workforce. Each awarded grant may not exceed $20 million.

The Maritime Administration must award grants based on

  • a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by an eligible institution to develop, offer, or improve maritime educational or career training programs;
  • an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete a maritime educational or career training program;
  • an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers, and the availability and capacity of existing maritime training programs to meet future demand for training programs;
  • any prior designation of an eligible institution as a Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education; and
  • an evaluation of the previous experience of the eligible institution in providing maritime educational or career training programs.
What's happening now September 21, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2784: Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2784/
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"S. 2784: Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2784/.
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S. 2784, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2784/.
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