H.R. 3152 — Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Reform Act of 2017

Summary

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Reform Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make certain amounts in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund available, without appropriation, to pay

100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs of specified portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes) as well as those assigned to commercial navigation of all U.S. harbors and inland harbors;
rebates of certain tolls or charges on the seaway; and
all expenses of administration relating to harbor maintenance tax incurred by the Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Commerce.

The bill also amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to require

allocation to certain donor ports and energy transfer ports of at least 20% of amounts made available each fiscal year from the trust fund, and
the Department of the Army to make allocations equally between these types of ports.

S. 1488Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Reform Act of 2017
2017-06-29Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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2017-06-29
Introduced in House
2017-06-29
Introduced in House
2017-06-29
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2017-06-29
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2017-06-30
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.