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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1238 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure an equitable geographic distribution of projects selected through |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Port Infrastructure Development Program. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL1 (legislative day, MARCH31), 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. P |
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| 10 | 10 | | ETERS(for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. WICKER, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Y |
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| 12 | 12 | | OUNG) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To ensure an equitable geographic distribution of projects |
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| 16 | 16 | | selected through the Port Infrastructure Development |
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| 17 | 17 | | Program. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Smart Invest-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ments in our Ports Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) P |
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| 25 | 25 | | ORT ANDINTERMODAL IMPROVEMENT PRO-7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | GRAM.—Section 54301(a)(6)(B) of title 46, United States 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Code, is amended— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:13 Apr 08, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1238.IS S1238 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 1238 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | semicolon; 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period and in-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | serting ‘‘; and’’; and 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(iv) ensuring equitable geographic 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | distribution among regions of the United 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | States with regard to the projects se-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lected.’’. 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) A |
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| 41 | 41 | | SSISTANCE FOR SMALLINLANDRIVER AND 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | C |
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| 43 | 43 | | OASTALPORTS ANDTERMINALS.—Section 54301(b)(4) 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’; 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(D) ensure equitable geographic distribu-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tion among regions of the United States with 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | regard to the projects selected.’’. 19 |
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