[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2286

   To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to designate certain 
   entities as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce 
            training and education, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2017

 Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Lowenthal, and 
Mr. Poe of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to designate certain 
   entities as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce 
            training and education, 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 ``Domestic Maritime Centers of 
Excellence Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DOMESTIC MARITIME CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

    (a) Designation Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to designate community and technical colleges with a 
maritime training program and maritime training centers operated by or 
under the supervision of a State, if located in the United States along 
the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Bering 
Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes, as centers of excellence for 
domestic maritime workforce training and education.
    (b) Assistance.--
            (1) Types.--The Secretary may provide to an entity 
        designated as a center of excellence under subsection (a)--
                    (A) technical assistance;
                    (B) surplus Federal equipment and assets; and
                    (C) funding.
            (2) Purposes.--The Secretary may provide assistance under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) to support a maritime workforce program; and
                    (B) to assist an entity designated as a center of 
                excellence under subsection (a) to expand the capacity 
                of the entity to train the domestic maritime workforce 
                of the United States, including by--
                            (i) admitting additional students;
                            (ii) recruiting and training faculty;
                            (iii) expanding facilities;
                            (iv) creating new maritime career pathways; 
                        and
                            (v) awarding students credit for prior 
                        experience, including military service.
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