Transportation Industry
Inside Washington: restoring funding for port security.(Update)
Marine Log, April, 2004
Port security may just get some desperately needed federal funding after all. Senator Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.) last month introduced the United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act (S. 2240) to improve seaport security. If enacted, this would authorize the appropriation of $800 million each year through FY 2009 for port security grants. It would also authorize the awarding of multi-year grants. The measure is now in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Whether it will get much further remains to be seen.
Senator Boxer's $800 million seems quite generous given that the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) estimates that $400 million of funding is needed for 2005.
The Senate Commerce, Science and...
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