This bill makes emission mitigation projects that support the use of land-based power sources to supply energy to passenger vessels at berth (i.e., shore power) eligible for grants through the Port Infrastructure Development Program. (This program provides competitive grants for projects to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port.)
To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal 
              improvement program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PORT AND INTERMODAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Project Selection Criteria.--Section 54301(a)(6)(A)(i) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``movement of goods through a port or 
        intermodal connection to a port'' and inserting ``movement of--
        ''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subclauses:
                                    ``(I) goods through a port or 
                                intermodal connection to a port; or
                                    ``(II) passengers through an 
                                emission mitigation measure under 
                                paragraph (3)(A)(ii)(IV) that provides 
                                for the use of shore power for vessels 
                                to which sections 3507 and 3508 
                                apply.''.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 3513 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended 
by striking subsection (c).
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To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal improvement program, and for other purposes.
To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal improvement program, and for other purposes.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal improvement program, and for other purposes.
Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A.