§ 51501 - General support program

CHAPTER 515— STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SUPPORT PROGRAM

(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall cooperate with and assist State maritime academies in providing instruction to individuals to prepare them for service in the merchant marine of the United States.

(b) The Secretary shall provide to each State maritime academy guidance and assistance in developing courses on the operation and maintenance of new vessels, on equipment, and on innovations being introduced to the merchant marine of the United States.

(c) The Secretary shall designate each State maritime academy as an American Maritime Center of Excellence.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51501(a)46 App.:1295c(a).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(a), (d)(2), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2003, 2004. 51501(b)46 App.:1295c(d)(2).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92 added subsec. (c).