Protecting Access to American Products Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7081 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7081 To establish a process for waiver of coastwise endorsement requirements. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2024 Mr. Cline introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a process for waiver of coastwise endorsement requirements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access to American Products Act''. SEC. 2. WAIVER OF COASTWISE ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS. Section 12112 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Waivers In Cases of Product Carrier Scarcity or Unavailability.-- ``(1) In general.--The head of an agency shall, upon request, temporarily waive the requirements of subsection (a), including the requireme…