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Washington, D.C.-The White House first helped to promote more than $241 million in grant funding for 25 port facilities and only days later brought port envoy John Porcari to its briefing room to report progress in addressing supply chain challenges. Authorized through the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), the grants are to improve ports in 19 states and one territory. "U.S. maritime ports play a critical role in our supply chains," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in the press announcement. "These investments in our nation's ports will help support American jobs, efficient and resilient operations and faster delivery of goods to the American people." The administration again stressed its commitment to its Port Action Plan, which is to strengthen the supply chains. Going forward, the administration added, the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide $450 million annually in funding for the PIDP program for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, or a total of $2.25 billion. |