Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Marine Highway Transportation Act of 2022 ”.
Improving Marine Highway Transportation Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the definition of marine highway transportation to include the carriage by a documented vessel of cargo that is bulk, liquid, or loose cargo loaded in tanks, holds, hoppers, or on deck.
Sec. 2 Marine highway transportation definition amendment
Section 55605(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking “or” after the semicolon;
by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and
by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
“(D) bulk, liquid, or loose cargo loaded in tanks, holds, hoppers, or on deck; or”