Protecting Access to American Products Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4090 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4090 To establish a process for waiver of coastwise endorsement requirements. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2026 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ 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…