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. 

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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. Click here for more information

	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. Click here for more information

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. Click here for more information

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. Click here for more information

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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. Click here for more information

	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. Click here for more information

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	20.807 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - Objective: To train merchant marine officers. Click here for more information

	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. Click here for more information

	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. Click here for more information

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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. Click here for more information

	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. Click here for more information

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