A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, in order to establish a Great Lakes Region Office in the Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce.

States that in order to implement the seacoast status of the Great Lakes, as recognized in the Merchant Marine Act, there is established within the Maritime Administration a Great Lakes Region Office through which the Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the activities of the Administration with respect to programs relating to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway System.

Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.