,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,markey introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize              
appropriations for the maritime         
environmental and technical assistance  
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,expanding the      
,maritime ,environmental and ,technical 
,assistance ,program4  #b4              
,authorization of appropriations for the
 maritime environmental and technical   
assistance program  7a7 ,in ,general    
,there are authorized to be appropriated
 to the ,department of ,transportation  
for fiscal year #bjba1 for expenses     
necessary to support the maritime       
environmental and technical assistance  
program under section #ejcjg of title   
#df1 ,united ,states ,code1 #f1jjj1jjj1 
which shall remain available until      

expended1 of which #c1jjj1jjj shall be  
used for activities related to          
technologies that support port and      
vessel air emissions reductions and to  
support zero emissions technologies4    
7b7 ,emissions ,in this section the term
 emissions means air pollutants1 as     
defined in section #cjb7;g7 of the      
,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#gfjb7;g774  7c7 ,uses ,activities      
conducted pursuant to the authorization 
under this section shall be used to     
inform the policy decisions of the      
,united ,states related to domestic     
regulations and to the ,international   
,maritime ,organization1 to the extent  
such activities are relevant4