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46 U.S.C. 50307: Maritime environmental and technical assistance program

Created in 2012 by Public Law 112-213. Changed by 5 later laws. 2 bills in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (e)
  • H.R. 3151 SHIPS for America Act of 2025 · introduced · would change (e)

How it got here

2024

  • Pub. L. 118–159 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "a State, regional, or local government or entity, including special districts;". Law text · (d)

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and inserted subsec. heading. Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(7)(A), inserted "or support" after "engage in" and substituted "eligible entities." for "the use of public vessels under the control of the Maritime Administration or private vessels under United States registry, and through partnerships and cooperative eff… Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(4), (7)(B), redesignated subsec. (b) as par. (2), realigned margins, and substituted "this subsection" for "this section" and "improve, or support efforts related to," for "or improve" in introductory provisions. Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(4), (7)(C), redesignated subsec. (c) as par. (3), realigned margins, and substituted "with other Federal agencies or with State, local, or Tribal governments, as appropriate, under paragraph (2)(B) may include" for "under subsection (b)(2) may include" in i… Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(4), (7)(D), redesignated subsec. (d) as par. (4), realigned margins, and substituted "eligible entities" for "academic, public, private, and nongovernmental entities and facilities" and "this subsection" for "subsection (a)". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(7)(E), added par. (5). Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(8), substituted "this section" for "subsection (b)(1)" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(5), redesignated subsec. (e) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (a)(2). Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(2)(B), redesignated pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, and realigned margins. Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(2)(A), redesignated subpars. (A) to (D) as cls. (i) to (iv), respectively, realigned margins, and substituted "incidental vessel-generated underwater noise, such as noise from propeller cavitation or hydrodynamic flow" for "propeller cavitation" in cl. (iv). Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(9), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (a)(3). Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(3), redesignated pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, and realigned margins. Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(9), added subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (a)(4). Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(9), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (b). Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 117–263, §3543(a)(6), struck out subsec. (f). Text read as follows: "Not more than three percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used for administrative purposes." Law text · (f)

2021

  • Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "maritime transportation" for "marine transportation". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–81 added subsec. (e) and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f). Law text · (e), (f)

2019

  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3503(1), substituted "The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall engage in the study" for "The Secretary of Transportation may engage in the environmental study". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3503(2), in introductory provisions of par. (1), substituted "shall identify, study, evaluate, test, demonstrate, or improve emerging marine technologies and practices to improve—" for "may—" and "environmental performance to meet United States Federal and internationa… Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3503(3), substituted "or other benefits to domestic maritime industries" for "benefits". Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3503(4), added subsec. (e). Law text · (e)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.