[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1220 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1220

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide financial assistance to 
the Tri-State Maritime Safety Association of Delaware, New Jersey, and 
 Pennsylvania for use for maritime emergency response on the Delaware 
                                 River.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1999

 Mr. Andrews (for himself, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
   Borski, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Greenwood) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide financial assistance to 
the Tri-State Maritime Safety Association of Delaware, New Jersey, and 
 Pennsylvania for use for maritime emergency response on the Delaware 
                                 River.

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

SECTION 1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MARITIME EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON THE 
              DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY.

    (a) In General.--From amounts otherwise available for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide $250,000 in financial assistance to the Tri-State 
Maritime Safety Association of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 
for use for maritime emergency response on the Delaware River.
    (b) Allocation of Assistance.--Assistance provided by the Secretary 
under this section shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $150,000 for startup costs, including salaries for an 
        executive director and support staff and outreach and training 
        programs.
            (2) $100,000 for a study to evaluate emergency response in 
        the Delaware River maritime community, to--
                    (A) determine current regional command, control, 
                and communications and information management 
                capabilities of Federal, State, and local responders in 
                the Tri-State area;
                    (B) compile a comprehensive list of training assets 
                and shortfalls in the region covered by the Tri-State 
                Maritime Safety Association;
                    (C) identify all regional marine response assets 
                and shortfalls within that region;
                    (D) develop a long-range plan to address necessary 
                improvements, as identified in the study;
                    (E) estimate the amount of funding that would be 
                required to upgrade the command, control, and 
                communications capabilities in the region covered by 
                the Tri-State Maritime Safety Association, based on 
                several alternative reasonable solutions and 
                timetables; and
                    (F) work toward the overall goal of making the 
                Delaware River port system a model port for the Nation 
                with respect to emergency response procedures.
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