[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1238 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1238

  To ensure an equitable geographic distribution of projects selected 
          through the Port Infrastructure Development Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 1 (legislative day, March 31), 2025

 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. 
Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
       to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure an equitable geographic distribution of projects selected 
          through the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

    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 ``Securing Smart Investments in our 
Ports Act''.

SEC. 2. PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Port and Intermodal Improvement Program.--Section 
54301(a)(6)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) ensuring equitable geographic 
                        distribution among regions of the United States 
                        with regard to the projects selected.''.
    (b) Assistance for Small Inland River and Coastal Ports and 
Terminals.--Section 54301(b)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) ensure equitable geographic distribution 
                among regions of the United States with regard to the 
                projects selected.''.
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