AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES

Issues related to FY2024 Appropriations process. Issues related to Army Corps of Engineers navigation program. Issues related to DoT Grant Funding. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, included in: H.R. 6833, the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 Issues related to NEPA Categorical Exclusions.

Issues related to Port Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Issues related to Unmanned Aerial Systems. Securing Americas Ports of Entry Act (S.1253) Port Crane Security and Inspection Act (H.R. 3169) Implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023 (H.R. 7900) Securing Maritime Data from Communist China Act of 2023 (H.R. 1724/S.939) Implementation of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021 (H.R. 5440)

Issues related to U.S. Maritime Administration reauthorization and the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). Issues related to the United States Marine Highway Program. Issues relating to vessel speed restrictions and right / rice whales.

Issues related to government port incentives. Issues related to the Buy American Act. Implementation of grant funding from Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R.3684). Implementation of grant funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376). Issues related to federally-funded infrastructure project permitting reform.

Issues related to port electrification grants. Issues related to Maritime Administration Reauthorization. Hydrogen for Ports Act (S.647) Issues related to EPA grant administration. Issues related to NEPA Categorical Exclusions. Issues related to federal permitting policy. Reinvesting in Americas Shoreline Economies & Ecosystems (RISEE) Act (S.373, H.R. 913)