[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 58 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 58

      To increase the role of the Secretary of Transportation in 
  administering section 901 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
      To increase the role of the Secretary of Transportation in 
  administering section 901 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICAN VESSELS OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL 
              AND CERTAIN CARGOES.

    Section 901(b)(2) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 
1241(b)(2)), is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A) The Secretary of Transportation shall have the sole 
responsibility for determining and designating the programs that are 
subject to the requirements of this subsection. Each department or 
agency that has responsibility for a program that is designated by the 
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, 
for the purposes of this subsection, administer such program pursuant 
to regulations promulgated by such Secretary.
    ``(B) The Secretary of Transportation shall--
            ``(i) review the administration of the programs referred to 
        in subparagraph (A); and
            ``(ii) on an annual basis, submit a report to Congress 
        concerning the administration of such programs.''.
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