[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1678 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1678

    To amend title 46, United States Code, to reinstate provisions 
    requiring that a percentage of aid provided by the Secretary of 
Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corporation in the form of certain 
   agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on 
    commercial vessels of the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2013

 Mr. Cummings (for himself, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
Larsen of Washington, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
 Grimm, and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 46, United States Code, to reinstate provisions 
    requiring that a percentage of aid provided by the Secretary of 
Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corporation in the form of certain 
   agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on 
    commercial vessels of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Saving Essential American Sailors 
Act'' or the ``SEAS Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF REQUIREMENT TO TRANSPORT AGRICULTURAL-
              COMMODITY AID ON COMMERCIAL VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 100124 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 
Act (Public Law 112-141) is repealed, and the provisions of law that 
were repealed or amended by that section are revived and amended, 
respectively, to read as if such section were not enacted.
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