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Ports Not Windmills Act

H.R. 7344 · 117th Congress · Mar 31, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain grants from financing or refinancing projects that support the development, manufacturing, staging, maintenance, or deployment of offshore wind energy infrastructure, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Ports Not Windmills Act”.

Sec. 2 Port development

Section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c)(4)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(C) to finance or refinance projects that support the development, manufacturing, staging, maintenance, or deployment of offshore wind energy infrastructure.”

(2)
in subsection (d)(4)—
(A)
in subparagraph (B) by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(D) finance or refinance projects that support the development, manufacturing, staging, maintenance, or deployment of offshore wind energy infrastructure.”