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Creates a package of programs, funding, tax changes, and rules to rebuild and strengthen the U.S. merchant marine, shipyards, and maritime workforce so more international cargo moves on U.S.-flag vessels and the nation’s sealift capacity is secure. It establishes a Maritime Security Trust Fund, new shipbuilding and finance incentives, workforce training and recruitment programs, modernization of merchant mariner credentialing, studies and reports, and a range of tax incentives and exemptions tied to maritime activity.
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced May 1, 2025 by Trent Kelly · Last progress May 1, 2025
SHIPS for America Act of 2025