,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ae1    
#bjba,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  
program1 and for other purposes4  #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    
7#a7 ,maritime environmental and        
technical assistance program ,there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the    
,department of ,transportation for      
fiscal year #bjbb1 for expenses         
necessary to support the maritime       
environmental and technical assistance  

program under section #ejcjg of title   
#df1 ,united ,states ,code1 #f1jjj1jjj1 
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  7#b7 ,availability      
,amounts appropriated pursuant to       
paragraph 7#a7 shall remain available   
until expended4  7b7 ,uses ,section     
#ejcjg of title #df1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by             
redesignating subsection 7e7 as         
subsection 7f72  7#b7 by inserting after
 subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7     
,uses ,the results of activities        
conducted under subsection 7b77#a7 shall
 be used to inform the policy decisions 
of the ,united ,states related to       
domestic regulations and to the ,united 
,states position on matters before the  
,international ,maritime ,organization4 
2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7g7 ,air emissions defined  
,in this section1 the term air emissions

 means release into the air of-- 7#a7   
air pollutants1 as such term is defined 
in section #cjb of the ,clean ,air ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gfjb72 or  7#b7 gases   
listed in section #gca7b7 of the ,global
 ,environmental ,protection ,assistance 
,act of #aihi 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gija7b774 
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