Growing American Shipping Act of 2014

Growing American Shipping Act of 2014 - Amends the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 to expand the directive to the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and implement a program to promote the transportation of imports of liquefied natural gas to the United States on U.S.-flag vessels to include the promotion of the transportation of exports of the gas from the United States.

Amends the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to require DOT to give top priority to the processing of a license for liquefied natural gas facilities at a deepwater port that will supply the gas to be exported on U.S.-flag vessels in addition to the priority currently given to the processing of licenses for imports of the gas.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5270 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5270

To promote the transportation of liquified natural gas from the United 
     States on United States flag vessels, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2014

  Mr. Garamendi (for himself and Mr. Hunter) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To promote the transportation of liquified natural gas from the United 
     States on United States flag vessels, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Growing American Shipping Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    With respect to the trade and maritime transportation of natural 
gas produced in the United States, it is the purpose of this Act to--
            (1) enhance the national security and port safety of the 
        United States by encouraging to the maximum extent practicable 
        the transport of liquified natural gas on United States flag 
        vessels;
            (2) maintain the technological ability of the United States 
        shipbuilding industry to build and repair vessels for the Navy 
        and the Coast Guard by maintaining the critical industrial 
        infrastructure and skilled human workforce necessary to build 
        such vessels; and
            (3) ensure to the maximum extent practicable that all 
        maritime personnel operating vessels transporting liquified 
        natural gas to or from the United States are credentialed by 
        the Coast Guard and qualified to hold a transportation security 
        card.

SEC. 3. PROMOTION OF TRANSPORTATION OF LNG FROM THE UNITED STATES ON 
              UNITED STATES FLAG VESSELS.

    (a) Program.--Section 304(a) of the Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-241; 33 U.S.C. 1503 note) is 
amended by inserting ``and from'' before ``the United States''.
    (b) Amendment of Deepwater Port Act.--Section 4(i) of the Deepwater 
Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1503(i)) is amended by inserting before the 
period the following: ``or that will supply liquified natural gas to be 
exported on United States flag vessels''.
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