[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2388 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2388

 To authorize appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001 for certain maritime 
 programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2000

Mr. Hollings (by request) 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 authorize appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001 for certain maritime 
 programs of the Department of Transportation, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maritime Administration 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated, as Appropriations 
Acts may provide, for the use of the Department of Transportation for 
the Maritime Administration as follows:
            (1) For expenses necessary for operations and training 
        activities, not to exceed $80,240,000 for the fiscal year 
        ending September 30, 2001.
            (2) For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Federal 
        Credit Reform Act of 1990, of guaranteed loans authorized by 
        Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1271 
        et seq.), $2,000,000, to be available until expended. In 
        addition, for administrative expenses related to loan guarantee 
        commitments under Title XI of that Act, $4,179,000.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE IX OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936.

    (a) Title IX of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 101 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

``SEC. 910. DOCUMENTATION OF CERTAIN DRY CARGO VESSELS.

    ``(a) In General.--The restrictions of section 901(b)(1) of this 
Act concerning a vessel built in a foreign country shall not apply to a 
drybulk or breakbulk vessel over 7,500 deadweight tons that has been 
delivered from a foreign shipyard or contracted for construction in a 
foreign shipyard before the earlier of--
            ``(1) the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 
        of the Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2001; or
            ``(2) the effective date of the OECD Shipbuilding Trade 
        Agreement Act.
    ``(b) Compliance With Certain U.S.-Build Requirements.--A vessel 
timely contracted for or delivered pursuant to this section and 
documented under the laws of the United States shall be deemed to have 
been United-States built for purposes of sections 901(b) and 901b of 
this Act if--
            ``(1) following delivery by a foreign shipyard, the vessel 
        has any additional shipyard work necessary to receive a Coast 
        Guard certificate of inspection performed in a United States 
        shipyard;
            ``(2) the vessel is not documented in another country 
        before being documented under the laws of the United States;
            ``(3) the vessel complies with the same inspection 
        standards set forth for ocean common carriers in section 1137 
        of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (46 U.S.C. App. 
        1187 note); and
            ``(4) actual delivery of a vessel contracted for 
        construction takes place on or before the 3-year anniversary of 
        the date of the contract to construct the vessel.
    ``(c) Section 12106(e) of Title 46.--Section 12106(e) of title 46, 
United States Code, shall not apply to a vessel built pursuant to this 
section.''.
    (b) Conforming Calendar Year to Federal Fiscal Year for Section 
901b Purposes.--Section 901b(c)(2) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 
U.S.C App. 1241f(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``1986.'' and inserting 
``1986, the 18-month period commencing April 1, 2000, and the 12-month 
period beginning on the first day of October in the year 2001 and each 
year thereafter.''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENT RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE VESSELS FROM THE 
              NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET.

    Section 6(c)(1)(A) of the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 
(16 U.S.C. 5405(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking out ``2001'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``2006''.
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