A bill to amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to provide for the award of grants to port authorities in the United States to enable such authorities to protect public ports and land areas adjacent to such ports from fire and other accidents or casualties occurring in such ports.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to make grants of up to $3,000,000 per fiscal year to port authorities, for the purpose of protecting such port, vessels within such port, and adjacent land structures or shore areas from any navigational connected casualty. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study regarding the means by which port authorities provide protection against navigational connected casualties and to transmit to the Congress a report of such study. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts per fiscal year as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act except that no more than $1,000,000 is authorized to conduct the study required by this Act.…