Advocacy
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 2022 Funds Released
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its FY 2022 Work Plan, which distributes additional Congressional funding to specific…
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AAPA Requesting $750 Million Congressional PIDP Appropriation
Congress authorized an annual $750 million for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) spending, but in FY 2022, Congress appropriated only…
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Urgent Request for Signature to Support Full Use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
To ensure full use of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF), the U.S. House Appropriations Committee must allocate at least…
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AAPA Members Visit Congressional Leaders, Bestow ‘Port Person’ and ‘Legislative Leadership’ Awards
As part of the Legislative Summit: Now We Build, teams of AAPA members and staff went to Capitol Hill to…
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Secretaries Buttigieg and Walsh Herald Efforts of Ports at AAPA Legislative Summit
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh headlined AAPA’s Legislative Summit: Now We Build! in…
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USDOT Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant NOFO
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for three funding opportunities: the…
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Congress Releases FY2022 Spending Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives released the full text of the FY 2022 federal budget. The bill comes as government…
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AAPA Amplifies Voices of Ports to White House, Congress
In the past two years, the United States has learned the issues facing seaports and the maritime industry are some…
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AAPA Endorses Klobuchar-Thune (Senate) Ocean Shipping Bill
On Feb. 14, AAPA endorsed the Klobuchar-Thune bill on Ocean Shipping (S.3580) after months of work with both Senators’ staffs…
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AAPA’s Connor, Port Leaders Testify Before House Homeland Security Subcommittee
Correction: The original article was written in advance of the hearing and has been updated to accurately reflect the full panel…
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