Tanker Security Program – U.S. Maritime Presence in International Shipping

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Evidence log

• 2025-04-30 — SHIPS for America Act of 2025: cross-connection with ships-for-america-act: Both address U.S.-flag commercial fleet capacity and sealift readiness for international shipping. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-23 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow maritime prosperity zones to be designated as qualified opportunity zones, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with maritime-prosperity-zones-opportunity-zones: Maritime prosperity zones sit alongside programs like the Tanker Security Program as tools to bolster U.S. maritime industrial base and shipping presence. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-23 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to support the national defense and economic security of the United States by incentivizing the construction of United States shipyards.: cross-connection with domestic-shipbuilding-economic-security: Shipyard construction incentives complement tanker security program’s demand-side support for U.S.-flagged maritime capacity. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-12-16 — Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025: cross-connection with federal-maritime-commission-reauthorization: Both concern U.S. regulation and oversight of international ocean shipping — FMC on anticompetitive practices by foreign-controlled carriers, TSP on maintaining U.S.-flag presence. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-23 — Tanker Security Program: MARAD finalized the Tanker Security Program rule, formalizing a fleet of privately owned U.S. product tank vessels available to support national defense and maintain U.S. presence in international commercial shipping; the final rule makes incremental changes to the 2022 interim final rule in response to public comments without introducing new mechanisms. (novelty: 2)

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