[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 64 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 64

      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 22, 2001

  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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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);
            ``(ii) resolve any question concerning the administration 
        of those programs with respect to this section;
            ``(iii) provide for penalties and sanctions for violation 
        of this Act; and
            ``(iv) on an annual basis, submit a report to Congress 
        concerning the administration of such programs.''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING CARGO PREFERENCE YEAR TO FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.

    Section 901b of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 
1241f) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``(1)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``specified in subsection 
                        (b)'' and inserting ``exported as described in 
                        subsection (b) in a fiscal year''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``calendar'' and inserting 
                ``fiscal''; and
                    (B) by striking ``for 12 month periods commencing 
                April 1, 1986'' and inserting ``the 12-month period 
                commencing on April 1 of each year before 2001, the 18-
                month period commencing on April 1, 2001, and the 12-
                month period commencing on October 1 of each year after 
                2001''.
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