Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007

A bill to authorize certain activities of the Maritime Administration, and for other purposes.

10/19/2007--Reported to Senate amended. Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007 - Title I: Maritime Administration -
(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration, including for operations and training, assistance to small shipyards and maritime communities, disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, and loans under provisions relating to financing for the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a vessel or fishery facility.
(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enter into agreements to purchase, charter, operate, or otherwise acquire the use of any documented vessels and any other related real or personal property.
(Sec. 103) Subjects the following to the prior consent of the Secretary of Defense regarding vessels in the Ready Reserve Force or the National Defense Reserve Fleet:
(1) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to operate or lease vessels under the Secretary's control;
(2) the charter of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (including Ready Reserve Force vessels) by any state, locality, or territory of the United States; and
(3) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to charter or otherwise make available a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to any other department.
(Sec. 105) Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to modify requirements regarding disposal of certain National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that are not in the Ready Reserve Fleet.
(Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary of Transportation, in order to ensure Ready Reserve Fleet vessel readiness, to activate and conduct sea trials on each vessel at least once every 30 (under current law, 24) months.
(Sec. 108) Requires the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to develop a comprehensive plan for the review of traditional applications (defined as being of a type that has been approved multiple times without default or unreasonable risk to the United States) and nontraditional applications for a loan, guarantee, or a commitment to guarantee submitted under provisions relating to financing for the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a vessel or fishery facility. Requires the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees regarding the plan. Title II: Technical Corrections -
(Sec. 201) Sets forth a variety of provisions. Declares that such provisions make no substantive change in existing law and prohibits construing them as making a substantive change.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Trent Lott [R, MS]
  • Sen. Gordon Smith [R, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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July 12, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Oct 19, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432..
• Oct 19, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-200.
• Jul 19, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
• Jul 19, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-253. 2:30 p.m.
• Jul 12, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Introduced on Jul 12, 2007.

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• Transportation
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• Budgets
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• Congressional reporting requirements
• Defense policy
• Department of Transportation
• Executive departments
• Federal aid to transportation
• Federally-guaranteed loans
• Finance
• Government lending
• Leases
• Marine transportation
• Merchant ships
• Public contracts
• Shipyards
• Surplus government property
• Shipbuilding

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A bill to authorize certain activities of the Maritime Administration, and for other purposes.

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