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"(3) MEETINGS.--The Board shall meet not
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less frequently than quarterly.
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"(4) STAFF.--The Board may hire staff to sup-
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port its activities.
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"(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.--There
6 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of
7 fiscal years 2025 through 2034, from the Maritime Secu-
8 rity Trust Fund established under section 9512 of the In-
9 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to the Maritime Security
10 Board to staff the Board and carry out the duties de-
ll scribed in this section.
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"(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-
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"(1) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 180 days
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after the President establishes the Maritime Security
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Board under this section, and annually thereafter,
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the Board shall submit a report to the appropriate
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committees of Congress describing-
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"(A) the actions that the Board has taken
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to carry out the duties required of the Board
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under subsection (b)(2); and
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"(B) a list of recommended actions that
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the Board recommends Congress take to en-
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hance the strength of the United States mari-
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time industry and support the economic and na-
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tional security needs of the United States;.
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"(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON-
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GRESS.-In this section, the term `appropriate com-
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mittees of Congress' has the meaning given that
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term in section 4 of the SHIPS for America Act of
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2024.".
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(b) CLARIFICATION; TRANSITION.-
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(1) CLARIFICATION.--The activities of the
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United States Committee on the Marine Transpor-
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tation System shall be carried out by the Maritime
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Security Board.
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(2) TRANSITION.--The Secretary of Transpor-
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tation, shall take such steps as may be necessary for
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the orderly transition from the United States Com-
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mittee on the Marine Transportation System sup-
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ported pursuant to section 50401 of title 46, United
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States Code, as in effect on the day the before the
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date of enactment of this Act, to the Maritime Secu-
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rity Board.
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(c) NATIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY.--Section
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(1) by striking subsection (a), and inserting the
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following:
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"(a) IN GENERAL.-
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"(1) IN GENERAL.--Subject to paragraph (2),
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the Maritime Security Advisor, in consultation with
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the Maritime Security Board, shall develop a Na-
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tional Maritime Strategy and submit that National
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Maritime Strategy to the appropriate committees of
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Congress (as that term is defined in section 4 of the
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SHIPS for America Act of 2024).
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"(2) TRANSITION.--Notwithstanding paragraph
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(1), if a national maritime strategy has been devel-
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oped and submitted in accordance with this section,
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as in effect on the day before the date of enactment
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of the SHIPS for America Act of 2024, in the 1-
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year period before such date of enactment, the Mari-
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time Security Advisor shall implement and update
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that national maritime strategy and shall not de-
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velop a new national maritime strategy."; and
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(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in-
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serting the following:
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"(c) IMPLEMENTATION.--Upon the release of a strat-
18 egy under this section, the Maritime Security Advisor, in
19 consultation with the Maritime Security Board, shall be
20 responsible for implementing the contents and rec-
21 ommendations of the strategy.
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"(d) UPDATE.--The Maritime Security Advisor, in
23 coordination with the Maritime Security Board, shall sub-
24 mit to the appropriate committees of Congress (as that
25 term is defined in section 4 of the SHIPS for America
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