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Summary

The Secretary of Transportation must help State maritime academies teach and train people to serve in the United States merchant marine. The Secretary must also help them create courses about new ships, equipment, and other new technologies, and must name each academy an American Maritime Center of Excellence.

Title 46, §51501

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(a)Assistance to State Maritime Academies.—

The Secretary of Transportation shall cooperate with and assist State maritime academies in providing instruction to individuals to prepare them for service in the merchant marine of the United States.

(b)Course Development.—

The Secretary shall provide to each State maritime academy guidance and assistance in developing courses on the operation and maintenance of new vessels, on equipment, and on innovations being introduced to the merchant marine of the United States.

(c)American Maritime Centers of Excellence.—

The Secretary shall designate each State maritime academy as an American Maritime Center of Excellence.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51501(a)46 App.:1295c(a).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(a), (d)(2), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2003, 2004. 51501(b)46 App.:1295c(d)(2).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92 added subsec. (c).

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