Title XXXVI — SHIPs for America

Not later than March 1, 2026, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission…

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, in coordination with the…

Assessment(1)In generalThe Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast…

Authority To offer increased paid leave accrualThe Secretary of the Navy is authorized to offer government merchant mariners employed by Military Sealift…

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a…

Congress finds the following:(1)The United States Merchant Marine Academy plays a critical role in training service-obligated licensed merchant mariners to…

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)the United States Merchant Marine Academy, one of our Nation’s 5 Federal service academies, is vital to our national…

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit a report to Congress containing the results of a…

The Maritime Administrator shall ensure that—(1)each citizen who is appointed as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and signs a cadet…

Chapter 515 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:51512.State Maritime Academy Sea Term Scholarship Programs(a)In…

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is…