US Congress Senate Bill 1186 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate state-operated maritime training centers and community and technical colleges with a maritime training program that are located in the United States along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education. DOT may provide to such centers: (1) technical assistance to assist them in expanding their capacity to train the U.S. maritime workforce, and (2) surplus federal equipment and assets.

Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB2286 (Related) 2017-05-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1186/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1186/BILLS-115s1186is.pdf