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46 U.S.C. § 50302 — Port development
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**(a) General Requirements.—** With the objective of promoting, encouraging, and developing ports and transportation facilities in connection with water commerce over which the Secretary of Transportation has jurisdiction, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, shall—
(1) investigate territorial regions and zones tributary to ports, taking into consideration the economies of transportation by rail, water, and highway and the natural direction of the flow of commerce;
(2) investigate the causes of congestion of commerce at ports and applicable remedies;
(3) investigate the subject of water terminals, including the necessary docks, warehouses, and equipment, to devise and suggest the types most appropriate for different locations and for the most expeditious and economical transfer or interchange of passengers or property between water carriers and rail carriers;
(4) consult with communities on the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals;
(5) investigate the practicability and advantages of harbor, river, and port improvements in connection with foreign and coastwise trade; and
(6) investigate any other matter that may tend to promote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight that naturally would pass through those ports.
**(b) Submission of Findings to Surface Transportation Board.—** After an investigation under subsection (a), if the Secretary of Transportation believes that the rates or practices of a rail carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board are detrimental to the objective specified in subsection (a), or that new rates or practices, new or additional port terminal facilities, or affirmative action by a rail carrier is necessa
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**(a) General Requirements.—** With the objective of promoting, encouraging, and developing ports and transportation facilities in connection with water commerce over which the Secretary of Transportation has jurisdiction, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, shall—
(1) investigate territorial regions and zones tributary to ports, taking into consideration the economies of transportation by rail, water, and highway and the natural direction of the flow of commerce;
(2) investigate the causes of congestion of commerce at ports and applicable remedies;
(3) investigate the subject of water terminals, including the necessary docks, warehouses, and equipment, to devise and suggest the types most appropriate for different locations and for the most expeditious and economical transfer or interchange of passengers or property between water carriers and rail carriers;
(4) consult with communities on the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals;
(5) investigate the practicability and advantages of harbor, river, and port improvements in connection with foreign and coastwise trade; and
(6) investigate any other matter that may tend to promote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight that naturally would pass through those ports.
**(b) Submission of Findings to Surface Transportation Board.—** After an investigation under subsection (a), if the Secretary of Transportation believes that the rates or practices of a rail carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board are detrimental to the objective specified in subsection (a), or that new rates or practices, new or additional port terminal facilities, or affirmative action by a rail carrier is necessary to promote that objective, the Secretary may submit findings to the Board for action the Board considers appropriate under existing law.
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In any chapter 137 legacy provision, the following terms have the meanings provided such terms in chapter 1 of title 41:
(1) The term “procurement”.
(2) The term “procurement system”.
(3) The term “standards”.
(4) The term “full and open competition”.
(5) The term “responsible source”.
(6) The term “item”.
(7) The term “item of supply”.
(8) The term “supplies”.
(9) The term “commercial product”.
(10) The term “commercial service”.
(11) The term “nondevelopmental item”.
(12) The term “commercial component”.
(13) The term “component”.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Maritime Administration (in this section referred to as the “Administrator”), may establish a Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Program (in this section referred to as the “Program”) to provide for the planning, design, and construction of projects for the Port of Guam to improve facilities, relieve port congestion, and provide greater access to port facilities.
**(b) Authorities of the Administrator** In carrying out the Program, the Administrator may—
(1) receive funds provided for the Program from Federal and non-Federal entities, including private entities;
(2) provide for coordination among appropriate governmental agencies to expedite the review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ([42 U.S.C. 4321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) for projects carried out under the Program;
(3) provide for coordination among appropriate governmental agencies in connection with other reviews and requirements applicable to projects carried out under the Program; and
(4) provide technical assistance to the Port Authority of Guam (and its agents) as needed for projects carried out under the Program.
**(c) Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Fund**
(1) **Establishment** — There is established in the Treasury of the United States a separate account to be known as the “Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Fund” (in this section referred to as the “Fund”).
(2) **Deposits** — There shall be deposited into the Fund—
(A) amounts received by the Administrator from Federal and non-Federal sources under subsection (b)(1);
(B) amounts transferred to the Administrator under subsection (d);
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In this title, the term “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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**(a) Port and Intermodal Improvement Program.—**
(1) **General authority.—** — Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants to assist in funding eligible projects for the purpose of improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports.
(2) **Eligible applicant.—** — The Secretary may make a grant under this subsection or subsection (b) to the following:
(A) A State.
(B) A political subdivision of a State, or a local government.
(C) A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States.
(D) A special purpose district with a transportation function.
(E) An Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ([25 U.S.C. 5304](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim)), without regard to capitalization), or a consortium of Indian Tribes.
(F) A multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities described in this paragraph.
(G) A lead entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) jointly with a private entity or group of private entities, including the owners or operators of a facility, or collection of facilities at a port.
(3) **Eligible projects.—** — The Secretary may make a grant under this subsection—
(A) for a project, or package of projects, that—
(i) is either—
(I) within the boundary of a port; or
(II) outside the boundary of a port, but is directly related to port operations or to an intermodal connection to a port; and
(ii) will be used to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of—
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 50302
of the Act of March 24, 1943 (50 U.S.C. 4701(a), (c),
4703(c), 4704), apply to those operations and to
seamen employed through general agents as em-
ployees of the United States Government. Not-
withstanding any other law on the employment
of persons by the Government, the seamen may
be employed in accordance with customary com-
mercial practices in the maritime industry.
(c) ADVANCEMENTS.—With the approval of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et, the Secretary may advance amounts the Sec-
retary considers necessary, but not more than 2
percent of vessel operating expenses, from the
Fund to the appropriation ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ in carrying out duties and powers re-
lated to vessel operations, without regard to the
limitations on amounts stated in that appro-
priation.
(d) TRANSFERS.—The unexpended balances of
working funds or of allocation accounts estab-
lished after January 1, 1951, for the activities
provided for in subsection (a), and receipts re-
ceived from those activities, may be transferred
to the Fund, which shall be available for the
purposes of those working funds or allocation
accounts.
(e) LIMITATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to
the Secretary for maritime activities by this
section or any other law may not be used to
pay for a vessel described in paragraph (2) un-
less the compensation to be paid is computed
under section 56303 of this title as that section
is interpreted by the Comptroller General.
(2) APPLICABLE VESSELS.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies to a vessel—
(A) the title to which is acquired by the
Government by requisition or purchase;
(B) the use of which is taken by requisition
or agreement; or
(C) lost while insured by the Government.
(3) NONAPPLICABL
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