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B011124567 S6J S.L.C. 140 SEC. 421. SHIP AMERICA OFFICE. 2 (a) IN GENERAL--Chapter 553 of title 46, United 3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 "Subchapter IV--Ship America Office 6 " 55341. Establishment of Ship America Office 7 "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.--The Maritime Adminis- 8 trator shall establish within the Maritime Administration 9 an office to be known as the `Ship America Office'. The 10 Maritime Administrator shall appoint the head of the Ship 11 America Office (in this section referred to as the `Ship 12 America Associate Administrator'). 13 "(b) DUTIES.--The Ship America Associate Adminis- 14 trator shall have the following duties: 15 "(1) Providing assistance to private sector enti- 16 ties, Federal financial assistance recipients, Federal 17 agencies, Federal contractors, and owners and oper- 18 ators of oceangoing vessels of the United States to 19 facilitate the movement of commercial and govern- 20 anent cargo on vessels of the United States in inter- 21 national commerce. 22 "(2) Maximizing compliance across Federal 23 agencies with this chapter, section 2631 of title 10, 24 United States Code, and any other cargo preference 25 law of the United States. OST-2025-1200 Page 00511 Sierra Club v. Dept. of Transp. - 3:25-cv-06221 SC_EVERSPLIT0012192 B0M24567 S6J S.L.C. 141 1 "(3) Providing training and assistance to Fed- 2 eral employees, in all Federal agencies responsible 3 for shipping preference cargo, on the legal obliga- 4 tions under this chapter, section 2631 of title 10, 5 United States Code, and any other cargo preference 6 law of the United States. 7 "(4) Supporting the efforts of the executive 8 branch to develop and sustain a fleet of vessels of 9 the United States and maritime industrial base to 10 meet the sealift needs of Federal agencies. 11 "(5) Where practicable, making accessible, and 12 regularly updating, the publicly available contact in- 13 formation for oceangoing vessels of the United 14 States for the purposes of moving international com- 15 coerce. 16 "(6) Publishing, and regularly updating, cen- 17 tralized information on the commercial benefits 18 available to private sector entities for moving com- 19 mercial cargo on oceangoing vessels of the United 20 States. 21 "(7) Preparing the reports under subsection 22 (c). 23 "(c) REPORTS REQUIRED.--Not later than 1 year 24 after the date of enactment of this section, and biennially 25 thereafter, the Maritime Administrator, acting through OST-2025-1200 Page 00512 Sierra Club v. Dept. of Transp. - 3:25-cv-06221 SC_EVERSPLIT0012193