[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1436 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1436

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to transmit to the Congress a 
    report on maritime policies of the Department of Transportation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1993

 Mr. Pickett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to transmit to the Congress a 
    report on maritime policies of the Department of Transportation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MARITIME POLICY REPORT.

    (a) Report.--The Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the 
Congress a report setting forth the Department of Transportation's 
policies for the 5-year period beginning October 1, 1993, with respect 
to--
            (1) fostering and maintaining a United States merchant 
        marine capable of meeting economic and national security 
        requirements;
            (2) improving the vitality and competitiveness of the 
        United States merchant marine and the maritime industrial base, 
        including ship repairers, shipbuilders, ship manning, ship 
        operators, and ship suppliers;
            (3) reversing the precipitous decrease in the number of 
        ships in the United States-flag fleet and the Nation's shipyard 
        and repair capability;
            (4) stabilizing and eventually increasing the number of 
        mariners available to crew United States merchant vessels;
            (5) achieving adequate manning of merchant vessels for 
        national security needs during a mobilization;
            (6) ensuring that sufficient civil maritime resources will 
        be available to meet defense deployment and essential economic 
        requirements in support of our national security strategy;
            (7) ensuring that the United States maintains the 
        capability to respond unilaterally to security threats in 
        geographic areas not covered by alliance commitments and 
        otherwise meets sealift requirements in the event of crisis or 
        war;
            (8) ensuring that international agreements and practices do 
        not place United States maritime industries at an unfair 
        competitive disadvantage in world markets;
            (9) ensuring that Federal agencies promote, through 
        efficient application of laws and regulations, the readiness of 
        the United States merchant marine and supporting industries; 
        and
            (10) any other relevant maritime policies.
    (b) Date of Transmittal.--The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be transmitted along with the President's budget submission, 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 1995.

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