PRIORITY AGENDA ITEMS

HARBOR MAINTENANCE TAX (HMT) REFORM

Support reform of the HMT to ensure U.S. tax policy

does not disadvantage U.S. ports and to provide

greater equity for HMT donor ports through expanded

use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues. Seek

$50 million appropriation for the “donor port” HMT

rebate program authorized under Section 2106 of the

2014 Water Resources Reform and Development Act to

competitiveness of the gateway and meet our

environmental and community goals.

FISHING FLEET MODERNIZATION

Advocate for reforms to NOAA’s Fisheries Finance

Program (FFP) that would remove prohibitions on

loans and loan guarantees for the construction

and reconstruction of shing vessels and that

would include safeguards that prevent overshing,

including limitations on the use of replaced vessels in

international sheries. Support increasing the FFP loan

deepen the federal channels serving T-18, T-30, and T-5

in Seattle. Support the feasibility study on deepening

channels in Tacoma Harbor.

NATIONAL FREIGHT POLICY AND FUNDING

Support implementation and increased federal funding

for a strengthened national multimodal freight strategy

and related grant programs, including continued

authorization and funding for the TIGER/BUILD

discretionary grant program. Support establishing a

sustainable funding source for freight infrastructure

and ensure user fee proposals 1) do not hurt the

funds should spent on improvements that benet users

who pay the fees and not diverted to other uses.

SAFE AND EFFICIENT CARGO SCREENING

Support adequate Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

stang levels to ensure ecient movement of cargo

through the Puget Sound gateway. The port seeks

increased federal funding for CBP stang at maritime

international commerce while protecting workers and

the environment. The port believes taris should be a

measure of last resort and, when necessary, be carefully

and narrowly targeted to minimize impacts on American

producers and consumers. Tari collection revenues

should be prioritized toward trade promotion, freight

infrastructure, and programs that lessen retaliatory tari

losses by U.S. exporters.

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including funding to support habitat restoration,

to manage predation of Chinook and other species

critical to SRKW recovery, to help cleanup legacy

sources of contaminants that aect SRKW, and to

manage stormwater runo. Support appropriations

for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration

Project, the National Estuary Program, the Puget Sound

Geographic Program and the Pacic Coastal Salmon

Recovery Fund.

POLICIES

Support funding for continued federal operation and

maintenance of the locks, as well as additional funding

for priority, non-routine maintenance.

DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, DERA, AND

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Support authorization and full funding for the EPA

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program,

which provides funding for emissions reduction

programs. Advocate for federal programs that support

electrication and alternative fuel use at ports.

hazardous fuel incidents.

JONES ACT

Support the Jones Act and its crucial role in providing the

institutional framework that helps keep the U.S. domestic

maritime industry viable. Maintain limited exibility to

grant waivers from Jones Act regulations in extraordinary

cases when domestic shipping capacity is insucient to

respond to a given need and when Puget Sound domestic

maritime stakeholders validate that a waiver is necessary

to support the vitality of their industry.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION

endorsed. The Port of Seattle opposes mining activity

and other development proposals in the Bristol Bay

watershed that put Bristol Bay sheries at risk.

OFFSHORE DRILLING

Oshore drilling threatens our state’s shing and tourism

industries and puts wildlife habitat at risk. The Port of

Seattle opposes oshore oil and gas drilling in both state

and federal waters o the coastline of Washington state.

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