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FY2027 NDAA

Title XXXV — Maritime Administration

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Title XXXV of the FY2027 NDAA (Maritime Administration) contains 15 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.

15 sections · 0 funding tables

Sec. 3501
Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2027, for programs associated with maintaining the United States…

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Sec. 3511
Transferring the Administration of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to the Department

Chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)in section 51301(c)(1), by striking of the Maritime Administrator under the and inserting and;(2)in…

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Sec. 3512
Establishment of the United States Merchant Marine Academy as an office within the Office in the Department

Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(k)Office of the United States Merchant Marine…

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Sec. 3513
Support for athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy

Chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:51329.Support for athletic programs of the United States Merchant…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 3521
Limitation on waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws to address foreign entities of concern

Section 501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and(2)by inserting after subsection (c) the…

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Sec. 3522
Financing of fishing vessels

Section 53701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (15) as paragraphs (6) through (16), respectively;(2)by…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 3523
Cranes; shore power

Section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)(III)—(A)by striking including projects to improve port resilience…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 3524
Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by United States Government

Section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a) by striking When the United States Government and inserting Except as provided…

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Sec. 3525
Assistance for small shipyards

Section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (c)(1)—(A)in subparagraph (A) by inserting , including through the acquisition of…

acquisition-reform, destroyer, cyber
Sec. 3526
Committee on the Marine Transportation System

Section 50401 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating and transferring such section to appear after subsection (k) of section 102 of…

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Sec. 3527
Assessment of channel depths and placement of aids to navigation

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the…

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Sec. 3528
Waiver

Section 501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(2) by inserting , and the waiver after without such a waiver; and(2)in subsection…

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Sec. 3529
National Maritime Workforce Advisory Committee

Chapter 151 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 15110.Maritime Workforce Advisory Committee(a)EstablishmentThere…

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Sec. 3530
Enhancing United States maritime workforce

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees proposals to…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 3531
Enhancing United States shipyards and shipbuilding

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees proposals to…

acquisition-reform, destroyer, cyber

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