2020 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle V - Merchant Marine
Part D - Promotional Programs
Chapter 556 - Marine Highways
Sec. 55604 - Research on marine highway transportation
| 46 U.S.C. § 55604 (2020) |
| §55604. Research on marine highway transportation |
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The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may conduct research on marine highway transportation, regarding— (1) the environmental and transportation benefits to be derived from marine highway transportation alternatives for other forms of transportation; (2) technology, vessel design, and other improvements that would reduce emissions, increase fuel economy, and lower costs of marine highway transportation and increase the efficiency of intermodal transfers; and (3) solutions to impediments to marine highway transportation projects designated under section 55601. |
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(Added Pub. L. 110–140, title XI, §1121(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1761; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII], §8332(d)(4), (5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4705.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "marine highway" for "short sea" in section catchline and wherever appearing in text. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
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| Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle V - Merchant Marine Part D - Promotional Programs CHAPTER 556 - MARINE HIGHWAYS Sec. 55604 - Research on marine highway transportation |
| section 55604 |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 121 Stat. 1761 134 Stat. 4705 |
| Public Law 110-140, Public Law 116-283 |
