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§51505 Annual Payments for Maintenance and Support

Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 515 — STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM › § 51505

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation can make agreements, for up to 4 years, to give yearly money to help run certain maritime academies. Eligible schools are one State maritime academy in each State that meets the rules in 51506(a) and any regional maritime academy that meets those same rules. Each yearly payment must be at least as much as the State (or States that sponsor a regional school) provides for maintenance and support. Payments cannot be more than $25,000 unless the academy meets the extra conditions in 51506(b).

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Title 46, §51505

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(a)Payment Agreements.—
The Secretary of Transportation may make an agreement (effective for not more than 4 years) with the following academies to provide annual payments to those academies for their maintenance and support:
(1)One State maritime academy in each State that satisfies section 51506(a) of this title.
(2)Each regional maritime academy that satisfies section 51506(a) of this title.
(b)Payments.—
(1)In general.—
Subject to paragraph (2), an annual payment to an academy under subsection (a) shall be at least equal to the amount given to the academy for its maintenance and support by the State in which it is located, or, for a regional maritime academy, by all States cooperating to sponsor the academy.
(2)Maximum.—
The amount under paragraph (1) may not be more than $25,000, unless the academy satisfies section 51506(b) of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5150546 App.:1295c(d)(1).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(d)(1), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 101–115, § 5, Oct. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 693. In subsection (b)(1), the reference to territories is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “State” in chapter 1 of the revised title.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–232 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The amount under paragraph (1) may not be more than $25,000. However, if the academy satisfies section 51506(b) of this title, the amount shall be— “(A) $100,000 for a State maritime academy; and “(B) $300,000 for fiscal year 2006, $400,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter for a regional maritime academy.” 2008—Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(b), repealed Pub. L. 109–163, § 3502(a). See 2006 Amendment note below. Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(a)(3), incorporated the substance of the amendment by Pub. L. 109–163, § 3502(a), into this section by substituting “$300,000 for fiscal year 2006, $400,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter” for “$200,000”. See 2006 Amendment note below and section 18(a) of Pub. L. 109–304, set out as a Legislative Purpose and

Construction

note preceding section 101 of this title. 2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 3502(a), which directed the amendment of section 1295c(d)(1) of the former Appendix to this title from which this section was derived, was repealed by Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(b). See 2008 Amendment note for subsec. (b)(2)(B) and

Historical and Revision Notes

above.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

46 U.S.C. § 51505

Title 46, Shipping

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110