House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee On Seapower And Expeditionary Forces News

MARAD to Announce Funding for Marine Highways

In testimony to House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces on July 14, 2010, Maritime Administrator David T. Matsuda indicates that MARAD will issue a Notice of Funding Availability for eligible Marine Highway Project’s in a separate Federal Register notice to be published in July 2010. This notice will implement a new initiative, America's Marine Highway Grants, as authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. The initial $7m funding for the grants is provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010.   www.americasmarinehighways.com