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Maritime & Boating
The
Department of Transportation and the Department of the Interior provide
instruction to seafarers in essential shipboard safety, financial assistance for
the maintenance, construction and reconditioning of vessels built in U.S.
shipyards, as well as training to become a U.S. Merchant Marine.
Click on any title below to read more about the program.
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15.616 Clean Vessel Act - Objective: To grant funds to coastal States to survey and plan for installing pumpout/dump
stations, and to grant funds to all States to construct pumpout/dump stations
and develop an education program to prevent recreational boat sewage from
entering U.S. waters.
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15.622 Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act - Objective: To award grants to States to pay the cost of constructing, renovating, or
maintaining tie-up facilities for transient, nontrailerable recreational
vessels.
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15.925 National Maritime Heritage Grants - Objective: The National Maritime Heritage Grants program helps State and local governments
and private nonprofit organizations carry out their maritime heritage activities
by funding Maritime Heritage Preservation Projects and Maritime Heritage
Education Projects designed to preserve historic maritime resources and increase
public awareness and appreciation for the maritime heritage of the United
States.
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19.201 Protection of Ships From Foreign Seizure - Objective: To reimburse U.S. fishermen whose vessels are seized by a foreign country on the
basis of: (1) Claims to jurisdiction not recognized by the U.S.; (2) claims to
jurisdiction recognized by the U.S. but exercised in a manner inconsistent with
international law as recognized by the U.S.; or (3) any general claim to
exclusive fishery management with conditions and restrictions that are (a)
unrelated to fishery conservation and management, (b) fail to take into account
traditional fishing practices of U.S. vessels, (c) are more onerous than
conditions or restrictions applied by the U.S. to foreign fishing vessels, or
(d) fail to give U.S. vessels equitable access. For cases arising on or after
June 15, 1994, the Act also provides for reimbursement of fees charged a vessel
by a foreign government to engage in transit passage between points in the
United States, if such fees are regarded by the United States as being
inconsistent with international law.
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20.802 Federal Ship Financing Guarantees - Objective: To provide competitive financing through the issuance of guarantees of debt
issued for the purpose of financing or refinancing the construction,
reconstruction or reconditioning of vessels built in United States shipyards and
guarantee obligations for advanced shipbuilding technology and modern
shipbuilding technology of a general shipyard facility located in the United
States to stimulate commercial ship construction for domestic and export sales,
encourage shipyard modernization, and support increased productivity.
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20.803 Maritime War Risk Insurance - Objective: To provide war risk insurance whenever it appears to the Secretary of
Transportation that adequate insurance for waterborne commerce cannot be
obtained on reasonable terms and conditions from licensed insurance companies in
the United States.
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20.808 Capital Construction Fund - Objective: To provide for replacement vessels, additional vessels or reconstructed vessels,
built and documented under the laws of the United States for operation in the
United States foreign, Great Lakes or noncontiguous domestic trades.
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20.810 Supplementary Training - Objective: To train seafarers in shipboard fire fighting, and other such essential subjects
related to safety and operations where this training is not or cannot be
provided by the industry directly. Maritime defense and intermodal freight
transportation courses are also included in this category.
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20.812 Construction Reserve Fund - Objective: To promote the construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or acquisition of
merchant vessels built and documented under the laws of the United States for
purposes of national defense and the development of U.S. commerce.
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20.813 Maritime Security Fleet Program - Objective: To maintain a U.S.-flag merchant fleet crewed by U.S. mariners to serve both the
commercial and national security needs of the United States.
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