Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public.

Harbors.

Maintenance.

Passenger ships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2013

Summary:

Provides overview of finance and funding of the harbor maintenance trust fund (HMTF), which receives revenue from taxes on waterborne cargo and on cruise ship passengers. Discusses HMTF use, public safety harbors, debate over harbors with little commercial cargo, missing information on harbor maintenance spending, impact of HMTF on shipping costs, and significance of harbors in context of a competitive U.S. supply chain

Notes:

CRS Report

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding

Publisher Number:

CRS-2013-RSI-0430

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license