Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007

Summary

Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration, including for operations and training, assistance to small shipyards and maritime communities, and disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enter into agreements to purchase, charter, operate, or otherwise acquire the use of any vessels and any other related real or personal property. Subjects the following to the prior consent of the Secretary of Defense regarding vessels in the Ready Reserve Force or the National Defense Reserve Fleet: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to operate or lease vessels under the Secretary's control; (2) the charter of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (including Ready Reserve Force vessels) by any state, locality, or territory of the United States; and (3) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to charter or otherwise make available a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to any other department. Amends the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to modify requirements regarding disposal of certain National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that are not in the Ready Reserve Fleet. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, in order to ensure Ready Reserve Fleet vessel readiness, to activate and conduct sea trials on each vessel at least once every 30 (under current law, 24) months. Sets forth a variety of provisions. Declares that such provisions make no substantive change in existing law and prohibits construing them as making a substantive change.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 October 2007

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 October 2007

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 19 October 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 July 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 July 2007

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 12 July 2007

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