Maritime Administration Enhancement Act of 2005

Summary

Maritime Administration Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Maritime Education and Training Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a voluntary organization for the training of U.S. citizens to perform functions to assist the U.S. merchant marine, as determined necessary by the Secretary. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 regarding: (1) investments as they relate to the war risk insurance fund; (2) satisfaction of certain requirements for admission to the U.S. merchant marine academy, including reserve training compliance and armed forces performance requirements for U.S. merchant marine academy graduates; (3) operation of the Global Maritime and Transportation School as a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration; (4) repeal of limitation on Secretary's authority to scrap obsolete National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels, including the transfer of such vessels to be disposed of as artificial reefs at no cost to the Government; (5) duty-free treatment for emergency war materials imported for use by the Maritime Administration, including the cost of repairs made in a foreign country to any National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel; and (6) availability of funds from deepwater port license fees and fees from administrative waivers of coastwise trade laws for eligible vessels for deposit into the Maritime Administration's operations and training account for administrative expenses and improvements to the programs' operations. Amends federal shipping law to revise the use of amounts contained in the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund. Credits certain amounts to the Fund. Authorizes appropriations for annual payments to regional maritime academies, including to state maritime academies for school ship fuel. Establishes a program to provide assistance to small shipyards for capital improvements and for maritime training programs in maritime communities. Grants the Administrator of the Maritime Administration authority to make certain non-fishing loan guarantee decisions (currently, made by the the Secretary of Transportation).

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 17 November 2005

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• Reported to Senate without amendment

  summary · EN · 17 November 2005

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 November 2005

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