House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Maritime Transportation Sub-committee Meeting Highlights Vaccinating Port Workers

A meeting of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-committee saw the issues of stevedores as key workers for vaccinations, queues of containerships on the US West Coast, and the country’s shipyards in focus, reports SeaTrade Maritime News.

Meeting of the 117th Congress

In the ongoing season of political debuts, the sub-committee within the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, of the US House of Representatives, held its first meeting of the newly inaugurated 117th Congre...

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Bill introduced to help maritime industry during Covid-19

Congress is looking at ways to help the maritime industry weather national emergencies like the Covid-19 pandemic as well as natural disasters.

A bill was introduced July 9 that would extend to the industry the same protections and relief given to other industries during the coronavirus pandemic.

Rep. Peter De Fazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said the legislation would “close a huge gap in current federal emergency assistance that has left links...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/bill-introduced-to-help-maritime-industry-during-covid-19/

Coast Guard authorization bill introduced

Coast Guard recruits calling a cadence. Coast Guard photo.

Last week, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), ranking member Sam Graves (R-MO), chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and ranking member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize funds for, reinforce, and support the U.S. Coast Guard.

H.R. 3409, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019 (CGAA 2019), is legislation that reauthorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-authorization-bill-introduced/

House Committee Passes Two-Year Coast Guard Authorization Act

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw creates a track during ice breaking operations, while the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Samuel Risley assists in the distance. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

The House committee authorizing Coast Guard activities approved a measure that would guarantee the service’s active duty and civilian personnel are paid in the event of a federal government shutdown, as part of a two-year spending authorization bill.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee included the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/26/house-committee-passes-two-year-coast-guard-authorization-act

House passes bill funding security cutter construction

The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star, with 75,000 hp and its 13,500-ton weight, broke through Antarctic ice en route to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station. USCG photo.

Last week, the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes critical funding for construction of the first Coast Guard polar security cutter (PSC).

The act includes $655 million for construction of the first PSC. In addition, the bill provides $20 million for long lead-time materials for the second PSC. This funding should allow the PSC program to remain on schedule to replace the nation’s only current heavy icebreaker, the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star.

The chairman of the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/house-passes-bill-funding-security-cutter/