Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to declare that certain restrictions 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 within either one year of the enactment of this Act or no later than the effective date of the OECD Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act, whichever is earlier. Deems U.S.-built any vessel timely contracted for or delivered and documented under U.S. law, if certain conditions are met.
Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act to extend, by five years, the date by which certain vessels must be disposed.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4247 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4247
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 12, 2000
Mr. Bateman (for himself and Mr. Underwood) (both by request)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
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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 App. U.S.C. 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 the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46
App. U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), $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 App. U.S.C. 101
et seq.) is amended by adding after section 902 the following:
``SEC. 903. DOCUMENTATION OF CERTAIN DRY CARGO VESSELS.
``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 within either 1 year of the date of enactment of this section,
or, no later than the effective date of the OECD Shipbuilding Trade
Agreement Act, whichever occurs earlier. 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: Provided, That (1)
following delivery by a foreign shipyard, the vessel shall have 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 App. U.S.C. 1187
note); (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; and (5) the provisions of section
9(e) of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended on October 19, 1996, shall
not apply to a vessel built pursuant to this section.''.
(b) 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
(Public Law 103-451; 108 Stat. 4776; 16 U.S.C. 5405) is amended by
striking out ``2001'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``2006''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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