MAR — Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Monitor for funding opportunities for development projects at PortMiami. Advocate for community project funding for one STS crane, PortMiami roadway improvements, and new start reimbursement (for the completed dredge project). Advocate for appropriations for WRDA 2020 HMTF authorized provisions relating to Donor and Energy Transfer Ports. Advocate for policy change relating to Army Corps reimbursements to nonfederal sponsors. Advocate for extending the timeline for the ongoing Miami Harbor feasibility study through to 2028. Monitor for DOT's obligation of PortMiami's INFRA grant award (announced in October 2024). Monitor the Administration's Executive Orders relating to grant funding and other agency developments impacting U.S. ports, including the USTR's proposal to implement fees on maritime transport services. Advocate for amendments to the Clean Water Act relating to the the discharge of dredge and fill materials, H.R. 3927, the Nationwide Permitting Improvement Act
- ms LOIS HELEN MOORE
- HECTOR ALCALDE
- ms NANCY GIBSON PROWITT
Government entities lobbied: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Army, Dept of (Other); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)