# 2025-06465: America's Plan to Sail Back to Maritime Supremacy Revealed 2025-06465, Restoring America's Maritime Dominance, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-15; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06465 - As of: 2026-11-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-06465 - Title: Restoring America's Maritime Dominance - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 15635 - Published: 2025-04-15 - Effective: unknown - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-03 ## In one line America's Plan to Sail Back to Maritime Supremacy Revealed ## Summary America’s shipbuilding and maritime workforce have fallen behind, letting other countries like China take the lead. This order kicks off a plan to pump steady federal money into rebuilding our shipyards, making U.S.-built ships competitive worldwide, and training a strong maritime workforce. Expect a detailed action plan within 7 months that will boost national security and create good jobs. ## Effects PRIA read - Proposed Tariffs on Crane and Cargo Gear: cost, medium. The order directs the U.S. Trade Representative to consider proposing tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes made with PRC-origin components or by firms substantially influenced by PRC nationals, and to consider tariffs on other cargo handling equipment. This consideration is part of actions arising from… - Stricter Harbor Maintenance Fee Enforcement: cost, medium. The Secretary of Homeland Security must take steps, including proposing legislation, to require foreign-origin cargo arriving by vessel to clear Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at a U.S. port of entry and to ensure cargo that first clears CBP in Canada or Mexico is assessed applicable charges p… - Maritime Security Trust Fund Proposal: benefit, medium. The Office of Management and Budget, with the Secretary of Transportation, must develop a legislative proposal described in the Maritime Action Plan to establish a Maritime Security Trust Fund as a reliable funding source, considering how tariff revenue, fines, fees, or tax revenue could fund MAP p… - Shipbuilding Financial Incentives Program Proposal: benefit, high. The Secretary of Transportation must submit a legislative proposal, described in the Maritime Action Plan, to establish a financial incentives program able to provide grants, Federal Credit Reform Act-compliant loans and loan guarantees, and other flexible incentives to spur private investment in v… - Maritime Prosperity Zones (Opportunity-Zone Model): benefit, high. Within 90 days the Secretary of Commerce must deliver a plan to establish maritime prosperity zones modeled on the opportunity zones created by section 13823 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, including regulatory relief and geographic diversity (including river regions and the Great Lakes). - Use of Defense and Strategic Capital Authorities: benefit, high. The Secretary of Defense, with other agencies, must assess options within 180 days for using available authorities and resources, including Defense Production Act Title III authorities and the Office of Strategic Capital loan program, and for mobilizing private capital to invest in and expand the M… - Expand Mariner Training and Scholarships: benefit, medium. Within 90 days multiple agencies must deliver a report with recommendations to address maritime workforce challenges, including the current number of credentialed mariners, estimates of additional mariners needed, analysis of expanding merchant marine academies, reforms to credentialing, inventorie… - Modernize U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Facilities: benefit, medium. The Secretary of Transportation must, within 30 days, hire necessary facilities staff and reprogram funds to address urgent deferred maintenance at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), finalize a long-term master facilities plan, and submit a 5-year capital improvement plan within 90 days of c… - Procurement and Deregulation to Lower Ship Costs: benefit, medium. The order directs multiple departments to develop proposals within 30–90 days to improve acquisition strategies, reduce layers of approval, eliminate excessive requirements, consider commercial acquisition and modular design, and review regulations to deregulate where possible to reduce unnecessary… ## Related documents - [2026-22385](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22385): Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-11-02 - [2026-22292](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22292): Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Co…, 2026-10-30 - [2026-22051](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22051): Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People, 2026-10-28 - [2026-22052](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22052): Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Ref…, 2026-10-28 - [2026-22049](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22049): Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-10-28 - [2026-22050](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22050): National Seafood Month, 2026, 2026-10-28 ## Sources - [2025-06465 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/15/2025-06465/restoring-americas-maritime-dominance) - [2025-06465 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-15/pdf/2025-06465.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-06464, Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed and Accountability](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06464) - [Next: 2025-06466, Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06466) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06465 (as of 2026-11-03).