By the authority vested in me as President by the Structure and the legal guidelines of america of America, it’s hereby ordered:
Part 1. Goal. The industrial shipbuilding capability and maritime workforce of america has been weakened by a long time of Authorities neglect, resulting in the decline of a as soon as sturdy industrial base whereas concurrently empowering our adversaries and eroding United States nationwide safety. Each our allies and our strategic opponents produce ships for a fraction of the fee wanted in america. Current information exhibits that america constructs lower than one p.c of business ships globally, whereas the Folks’s Republic of China (PRC) is accountable for producing roughly half.
Rectifying these points requires a complete strategy that features securing constant, predictable, and sturdy Federal funding, making United States-flagged and constructed vessels commercially aggressive in worldwide commerce, rebuilding America’s maritime manufacturing capabilities (the Maritime Industrial Base), and increasing and strengthening the recruitment, coaching, and retention of the related workforce.
Sec. 2. Coverage. It’s the coverage of america to revitalize and rebuild home maritime industries and workforce to advertise nationwide safety and financial prosperity.
Sec. 3. Maritime Motion Plan. (a) Inside 210 days of the date of this order, the Assistant to the President for Nationwide Safety Affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Safety, america Commerce Consultant (USTR), and the heads of government departments and businesses (businesses) the APNSA deems applicable, shall submit a Maritime Motion Plan (MAP) to the President, via the APNSA and the Director of the Workplace of Administration and Funds (OMB Director) to attain the coverage set forth on this order.
(b) The OMB Director, in coordination with the APNSA, shall be accountable for all legislative, regulatory, and financial assessments associated to the MAP.
(c) The MAP shall, to the extent permissible and in step with relevant legislation, together with the Purchase American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305), replicate actions taken pursuant to sections 4 via 21 of this order.
Sec. 4. Make sure the Safety and Resilience of the Maritime Industrial Base. Inside 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Protection, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety, shall present to the APNSA and the OMB Director for inclusion within the MAP an evaluation of choices each for using accessible authorities and assets, similar to Protection Manufacturing Act Title III authorities, and for using personal capital to the utmost extent doable to spend money on and broaden the Maritime Industrial Base together with, however not restricted to, funding and growth of business and protection shipbuilding capabilities, part provide chains, ship restore and marine transportation capabilities, port infrastructure, and the adjoining workforce. The Secretary of Protection shall pursue utilizing the Workplace of Strategic Capital mortgage program to enhance the shipbuilding industrial base. As a part of their evaluation, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall:
(a) determine key maritime parts within the provide chain which can be important for rebuilding and increasing the Maritime Industrial Base and that ought to be prioritized for funding;
(b) make sure that their suggestions of private and non-private investments are made based on a transparent metric, derived in session with the Assistant to the President for Financial Coverage, of return on invested capital for america taxpayer and to the financial and nationwide safety of america; and
(c) make sure that their suggestions take into accounts the projected will increase to industrial and protection capabilities, the projected development in financial exercise, and the projected advantages for taxpayers and the workforce.
Sec. 5. Actions within the Investigation of the PRC’s Unfair Focusing on of Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors. (a) With respect to the actions, if any, that the USTR determines to take in step with the USTR’s discover of public listening to entitled Proposed Motion in Part 301 Investigation of the PRC’s Focusing on of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance, 90 Fed. Reg. 10843 (February 27, 2025), the USTR shall:
(i) coordinate with applicable businesses to gather extra data, as applicable and to the extent permitted by legislation, in help of administering such actions; and
(ii) coordinate with the Lawyer Normal and Secretary of Homeland Safety to take applicable steps to implement any restriction, price, penalty, or responsibility imposed pursuant to such actions.
(b) Based mostly on the USTR’s determinations arising out of its Part 301 investigation into the PRC’s concentrating on of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors, the USTR shall additionally contemplate taking all vital steps permitted by legislation to suggest the next actions:
(i) tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes manufactured, assembled, or made utilizing parts of PRC origin, or manufactured wherever on this planet by an organization owned, managed, or considerably influenced by a PRC nationwide; and
(ii) tariffs on different cargo dealing with gear.
Sec. 6. Implement Assortment of Harbor Upkeep Price and Different Fees. With the intention to forestall cargo carriers from circumventing the Harbor Upkeep Price (HMF) on imported items via the apply of creating port in Canada or Mexico and sending their cargo into america via land borders, and to make sure the gathering of different costs as relevant, the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall take all vital steps, together with proposing new laws, as permitted by legislation to:
(a) require all foreign-origin cargo arriving by vessel to clear the Customs and Border Safety (CBP) entry course of at a United States port of entry for safety and assortment of all relevant duties, customs, taxes, charges, curiosity, and different costs; and
(b) guarantee any foreign-origin cargo first arriving by vessel to North America clearing the CBP course of at an inland location from the nation of land transit (Canada or Mexico) is assessed relevant customs, duties, taxes, charges (together with the HMF), curiosity, and different costs plus a ten p.c service price for added prices to the CBP, as long as the cargo being shipped into america will not be considerably reworked from its situation on the time of arrival into the nation of land transit (with the discretion for such selections to be decided by CBP).
Sec. 7. Have interaction Allies and Companions to Align Commerce Insurance policies. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the USTR, in session with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, shall interact treaty allies, companions, and different like-minded nations all over the world with respect to their potential imposition of any actions taken pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this order. The USTR shall ship an engagement plan and progress report on these engagements to the President.
Sec. 8. Scale back Dependence on Adversaries via Allies and Companions. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce, in session with the Assistant to the President for Financial Coverage, shall advocate to the APNSA and the OMB Director for inclusion within the MAP all accessible incentives to assist shipbuilders domiciled in allied nations accomplice to undertake capital funding in america to assist strengthen the shipbuilding capability of america.
Sec. 9. Launch a Maritime Safety Belief Fund. Along with the formulation of the President’s Funds, the OMB Director shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, develop a legislative proposal, which shall be described intimately within the MAP, to determine a Maritime Safety Belief Fund that may function a dependable funding supply to ship constant help for MAP applications. This proposal shall contemplate how new or present tariff income, fines, charges, or tax income might additional the purpose of building a extra dependable, devoted funding supply for applications help by the MAP.
Sec. 10. Shipbuilding Monetary Incentives Program. Along with the formulation of the President’s Funds and in step with the findings of the report required beneath part 12 of this order, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a legislative proposal to the APNSA and the OMB Director, which shall be described intimately within the MAP, that establishes a monetary incentives program with broad flexibility to incentivize personal funding within the development of business parts, components, and vessels; capital enhancements to industrial vessel shipyards; capital enhancements to industrial vessel restore services and drydocks via grants; and Federal Credit score Reform Act-compliant loans and mortgage ensures. Such proposal might increase or exchange present applications with comparable objective together with the Small Shipyard Grant Program and the Federal Ship Financing (Title XI) Program.
Sec. 11. Set up Maritime Prosperity Zones. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety, shall ship a plan to the President via the APNSA for inclusion within the MAP that identifies alternatives to incentivize and facilitate home and allied funding in United States maritime industries and waterfront communities via institution of maritime prosperity zones. The proposal shall: (a) mannequin these maritime prosperity zones on the chance zones established pursuant to part 13823 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Public Regulation 115-97, 131 Stat. 2054), which I signed into legislation throughout my first Administration;
(b) embrace stipulations for applicable regulatory aid within the institution of such zones; and
(c) present for zones which can be outdoors of conventional coastal shipbuilding and ship restore facilities and are geographically various, together with river areas in addition to the Nice Lakes.
Sec. 12. Report on Maritime Trade Wants. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Safety and the heads of different businesses as applicable, shall ship a report back to the OMB Director and APNSA for inclusion within the MAP that inventories Federal applications that might be used to maintain and develop the provision of and demand for america maritime business. The report and stock shall embrace:
(a) any Federal applications that present monetary and regulatory incentives for United States delivery, shipbuilding, and shipbuilding provide chains, together with the coaching of shipbuilders and United States-credentialed mariners;
(b) Maritime Administration applications such because the Tanker Safety Program, Cable Safety Fleet, Maritime Safety Packages, Maritime Environmental and Technical Help Program, Title XI, Help to Small Shipyards, Port Infrastructure Improvement Program, america Service provider Marine Academy (USMMA), and applications that help the State Maritime Academies;
(c) present home cargo choice legal guidelines, together with the Navy Cargo Choice Act of 1904, as amended, (10 U.S.C. 2631) and the Cargo Choice Act of 1954, as amended, (46 U.S.C. 55304), and whether or not and the way they can be utilized to make sure that United States cargo is transported on United States-built and flagged vessels, together with a evaluate of the present waiver course of and all present waivers to make sure they’re in step with the promotion of American home delivery;
(d) different accessible signifies that might additional help the business, together with modifications of present applications, institution of recent applications, and tax and regulatory aid; and
(e) in coordination with the Nationwide Safety Council and the Workplace of Administration and Funds, the prices and advantages of elevated cargo choice charges, together with on liquid cargo carriers, tankers, and navy helpful vessels, and choices for growing cargo choice compliance and directing open market procurement of delivery to fulfill pressing navy wants for maritime vessels.
Sec. 13. Broaden Mariner Coaching and Schooling. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Schooling, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall ship a report back to the President via the APNSA for inclusion within the MAP with suggestions to handle workforce challenges within the maritime sector via maritime instructional establishments and workforce transitions.
(a) In getting ready their report, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Schooling, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall seek the advice of, as wanted, with business stakeholders together with personal business and labor organizations.
(b) The report shall:
(i) embrace the present variety of credentialed mariners and estimate the extra credentialed mariners required to help the insurance policies described in this order;
(ii) analyze the influence of building new and increasing present service provider marine academies as a way of teaching, coaching, and certifying the extra credentialed service provider mariners estimated beneath subsection (b)(i) of this part;
(iii) determine any necessities for credentialing mariners which can be pointless, inadequate, or unduly burdensome and supply suggestions for reform;
(iv) stock present instructional and technical coaching grants and scholarships to high schools and vocational-technical coaching establishments for vital shipbuilding specialties and different maritime research, and supply suggestions for enhancement; and
(v) assess america Coast Guard credentialing program applicability to United States Navy Energetic Obligation and Reserve sailors to extend alternatives for sailors to switch into the Service provider Marine with validated abilities.
(c) Per the findings of the report and along with the formulation of the President’s Funds, the Secretary of State, Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Schooling, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall ship a legislative proposal to the APNSA and the OMB Director that:
(i) displays the suggestions of the report required beneath this part;
(ii) establishes nationwide maritime scholarships to ship promising maritime specialists overseas to be taught leading edge strategies and topics, similar to progressive maritime logistics, clear fuels and superior nuclear power, human-machine teaming, and additive manufacturing and different superior applied sciences; and
(iii) affords scholarships to maritime specialists from allied nations to show at United States establishments.
Sec. 14. Modernize america Service provider Marine Academy.
(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall:
(i) inside 30 days of this order in step with relevant legislation and accessible appropriations, take motion to rent the required services workers and reprogram budgetary assets wanted to execute pressing deferred upkeep tasks and every other mission vital restore works on the USMMA;
(ii) take instant motion to finalize a long-term grasp services plan (LMFP) for the modernization of the USMMA campus and submit such plan to the APNSA and OMB Director for concurrence; and
(iii) inside 90 days of the concurrence described in subsection (a)(ii) of this part, in session with the Division of Authorities Effectivity, submit a 5-year capital enchancment plan (CIP) in step with the LMFP to the APNSA and OMB Director that features capital challenge budgets, schedules, and sequencing, in addition to a list of deferred upkeep objects essential to maintain campus operations via completion of the CIP.
(b) All actions taken pursuant to this part shall be detailed within the MAP.
Sec. 15. Enhance Procurement Effectivity. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Safety, and the Director of the Nationwide Science Basis shall develop a proposal for improved acquisition methods processes for United States Authorities vessels and submit such proposal to APNSA and the OMB Director for inclusion within the MAP. The proposal shall: (a) have as its goal offering American shipbuilders with market forecasting wanted to justify investments in infrastructure, workforce, and mental property to fulfill United States demand;
(b) embrace reforms advisable by the Secretary of Protection and the Secretary of Homeland Safety associated to:
(i) workers construction and improvements in acquisition methods that can enhance Federal vessel procurement; and
(ii) reductions of the layers of approval wanted to execute, construct, and enhance the vessel acquisition course of, together with by using industrial acquisition and modular design practices that scale back complexity and stop frequent modifications to ship designs;
(c) determine for elimination extreme necessities, together with the variety of Authorities opinions and onerous rules that add to ship design and acquisition delays; and
(d) contemplate use of broad business requirements and American-made available components and parts to drive up manufacturing quantity whereas shrinking the iterative design course of, which traditionally has led to delays and price will increase.
Sec. 16. Enhance Authorities Effectivity. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Division of Authorities Effectivity shall start a separate evaluate of the Division of Protection and Division of Homeland Safety vessel procurement processes and ship a proposal to the President, via the APNSA for inclusion within the MAP, to enhance the effectivity and effectiveness of those processes.
Sec. 17. Improve the Fleet of Industrial Vessels Buying and selling Internationally beneath the flag of america. Inside 180 days of the date of this order, along with the formulation of the President’s Funds and in step with the findings of the report required beneath part 12 of this part, the Secretary of Transportation shall in coordination with the Secretary of Protection, ship a legislative proposal to the APNSA and OMB Director for inclusion within the MAP that:
(a) is designed to make sure that satisfactory cubed footage and gross tonnage of United States-flagged industrial vessels might be referred to as upon in instances of disaster, whereas limiting the chance of Authorities waste;
(b) supplies incentives that can:
(i) develop the fleet of United States constructed, crewed, and flagged vessels that function readily deployable property for nationwide safety functions; and
(ii) improve the participation of United States industrial vessels in worldwide commerce; and
(c) enhances present subsidies to incorporate protection of sure development or modification prices in a way designed to reinforce incentives for the industrial delivery business to function militarily helpful ships that commerce internationally beneath the flag of america.
Sec. 18. Make sure the Safety and Management of Arctic Waterways. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Protection, in session with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Safety, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall develop a method that identifies the imaginative and prescient, targets, and targets essential to safe arctic waterways and allow American prosperity within the face of evolving arctic safety challenges and related dangers, and ship it to the APNSA for inclusion within the MAP.
Sec. 19. Shipbuilding Evaluation. Inside 45 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall conduct a evaluate of shipbuilding for United States Authorities use and submit a report back to the President with suggestions to extend the variety of members and opponents inside United States shipbuilding, and to cut back price overruns and manufacturing delays for floor, subsurface, and unmanned applications. This report should embrace separate itemized and prioritized lists of suggestions for america Military, Navy, and Coast Guard and shall be included within the MAP.
Sec. 20. Deregulatory Initiatives. Inside 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Protection, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Safety shall conduct a evaluate of their rules, and implementation thereof, throughout all parts pertaining to the home industrial maritime fleet and maritime port entry to find out the place every company could possibly decontrol inside the framework of Govt Order 14192 of January 31, 2025 (Unleashing Prosperity By way of Deregulation), to cut back pointless prices and clear boundaries to rising know-how and associated efficiencies. Every company will submit a report of its findings to the OMB Director and to the APNSA for inclusion within the MAP.
Sec. 21. Inactive Reserve Fleet. Inside 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Protection shall conduct a evaluate and difficulty steerage on the funding, retention, help, and mobilization of a sturdy inactive reserve fleet. This evaluate and steerage shall be delivered to the APNSA for inclusion within the MAP.
Sec. 22. Coordination. Except in any other case specified on this order, the plans, reviews, opinions, and proposals which can be required to be submitted to the President by this order shall be developed via interagency coordination in accordance with Nationwide Safety Presidential Memorandum 1 of January 20, 2025 (Group of the Nationwide Safety Council and Subcommittees), or its successors.
Sec. 23. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the appliance of any provision to any particular person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the rest of this order and the appliance of its provisions to every other individuals or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Sec. 24. Normal Provisions. (a) Nothing on this order shall be construed to impair or in any other case have an effect on:
(i) the authority granted by legislation to an government division or company, or the pinnacle thereof; or
(ii) the capabilities of the Director of the Workplace of Administration and Funds regarding budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be applied in step with relevant legislation and topic to the supply of appropriations.
(c) This order will not be meant to, and doesn’t, create any proper or profit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at legislation or in fairness by any celebration in opposition to america, its departments, businesses, or entities, its officers, staff, or brokers, or every other particular person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 9, 2025.
Source link