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SHIPS for America Act of 2024

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The SHIPS for America Act of 2024 is a comprehensive maritime policy bill designed to strengthen U.S. shipbuilding, shipping, and maritime workforce capabilities. It establishes new oversight structures, creates financial incentives for shipyard construction and vessel investment, expands cargo preference requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels, modernizes maritime credentialing, and invests substantially in workforce development through education, training, and loan forgiveness programs. The bill also includes tax incentives for maritime activities and strategic sealift programs to support both national defense and commercial maritime competitiveness.

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Congress
118
Bill type
hr
Introduced
December 18, 2024
Sponsor
Not yet available
Last action
December 18, 2024— Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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