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Washington Waves
| 题名： | Washington Waves |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | JIM MYERS |
| 摘要： | The U.S. House easily voted to override President Donald Trump's stunning veto of a major defense bill that backers promote as a boost to the nations maritime industry. Following the bipartisan House vote of 322 to 87, the Senate seemed ready to not only hand Trump the first veto defeat of his presidency but rescue a record of passing a National Defense Authorization Act every year for six decades. "For the brave men and women of the United States armed forces, failure is not an option," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said, adding failure for the Senate is also not an option. With the adjournment clock ticking on the current Congress, a final vote on the veto override may have to wait on action to increase coronavirus relief payments to individual Americans to $2,000. Key provisions important to the maritime industry would create a new Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Program (MTSERP) to provide funding to ports following emergencies such as the current pandemic; authorize a hike in funding for the Port Infrastructure Development Program from $500 to $750 million annually; create a set-aside for small ports in the Maritime Administration's Port Intermodal Improvement Program; and authorize an advanced new class of icebreakers to protect the nation's security and economic interests in the Arctic region. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 134 |
| 期： | 40 |
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