3.0.0 2784 2022-12-31T05:35:11Z 2022-12-31T05:35:11Z Senate S 2021-09-21 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-21T21:21:01Z 2021-09-21 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-09-21 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-17T13:44:20Z 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.
]]> Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 46 to establish a grant program for developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers related to the maritime workforce. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2784is/xml/BILLS-117s2784is.xml 2021-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.