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S. 3270: Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022

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S. 3270: Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2021-11-29 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-11-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022

Plain summary

Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022 This bill revises provisions related to the Maritime Administration (MARAD). Among other things, the bill reauthorizes MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine; sets aside funding to support the maritime environmental and technical assistance program of MARAD, including for activities related to technologies that support port and vessel air emissions reductions and to support zero emissions technologies; directs the Department of Transportation to develop and and deliver to Congress a strategy to assist state maritime academies and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to improve the representation of women and underrepresented communities in the next generation of the mariner workforce; authorizes MARAD to award maritime career training grants to eligible institutions (e.g., postsecondary educational institutions or postsecondary vocational institutions) for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for workers in the United States related to the maritime workforce; and addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and provides for greater diversity and inclusion at the academy and within the maritime transportation system workforce.

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Official text

Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 1 cosponsors

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Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s3270 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117