Harbor Maintenance Funding to Grow if FY 2019 Appropriations Bills Pass
Appropriations bills for fiscal year 2019 that are moving through both chambers of Congress ignored the president's suggestion to cut the Harbor Maintenance Tax (see 1802150028), and aim to dedicate more funding for dredging, locks maintenance and jetty maintenance. The…
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tax is currently $0.125 per $100 of cargo value. In the current fiscal year, the government is spending $1.4 billion out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. The House appropriations bill recommends increasing that to $1.6 billion; the Senate version recommends $1.53 billion. Steve Fisher, executive director of the American Great Lakes Ports Association, said, "$130 million more, that's quite a bit."