America's Marine Highway Program Grants

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$25,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 10 Year
Program Description Grants to develop and expand marine highway service options and facilitate their further integration into the current U.S. surface transportation system, especially where water-based transport is the most efficient, effective and sustainable option.
Eligible Uses Marine Highway Grant funds can be used for material handling/container handling equipment (e.g., reach stackers, cranes, forklifts) as well as minor port improvements such as lighting or laydown areas. Funds have been used for dredging in non-Federal navigation channels and pier-side. For vessels, the funds can be used to purchase, lease, or improve/modify vessels documented per the legislation. The Program seeks to procure zero or near-zero emission equipment when available and practical.
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Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Formula GrantFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$912,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities program provides funding for ferry services which are important links in the network of Federal-aid highways, and in many cases, are the only reasonable form of transportation.
Eligible Uses Replace or acquire new ferry boats; replace propulsion systems with newer cleaner and more energy-efficient power plants; update navigational control systems; construct new terminals; improve access for the disabled; and replace and construct new docking facilities.
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Land Port of Entry Modernization

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct FederalFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$330,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description For furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the land ports of entry modernized with funding provided to the General Services Administration in the Act.
Eligible Uses Operations and Support, specifically for furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the land ports of entry modernized with funding provided to the General Services Administration in the Act.
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Land Port of Entry Modernization

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct FederalFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$100,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description For land port of entry construction, modernization, and sustainment.
Eligible Uses Land Port of Entry construction, modernization and sustainment
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Major Rehabilitation for Rivers and Harbors

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct FederalFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Defense - Army Corps of EngineersAgency
$1,500,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Funds the construction of authorized coastal navigation projects at ports and harbors, such as deepening and widening of Federal navigation channels.
Eligible Uses Federal commercial navigation projects on coastal harbors.
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Major Shore, Housing, Aids to Navigation, Survey and Design

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal/ContractFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$131,500,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description Supports Procurement, Construction, and Improvement (PC&I) projects to address shore facility infrastructure and housing construction, replacement, upgrade or improvement needs; construction and improvements to buoys and structures assisting navigation on Federal waterways; and survey and design required for future year PC&I projects.
Eligible Uses The following are a list of Coast Guard projects: "� TRACEN Cape May - $10 million for planning, survey and design, and site work in support of recapitalization and improvement projects "� Kodiak Housing (Phase IV) - $40 million for the ongoing housing project in Kodiak to support future cutter homeport arrivals "� Ft. Wadsworth Housing (Phase II) - $5 million for safety, habitability, and quality of life upgrades to the 154 legacy housing units "� Novato Housing - $10 million for security and habitability improvements to existing housing site and initial planning, survey and design, and site work to recapitalize Coast Guard housing in Novato "� Coast Guard Academy Steam System Recap - $25 million to recapitalize the failing central steam heating system "� Family Housing for Fast Response Cutter Crew in Seward, AK - $13.5 million for the construction of new Coast Guard housing in Seward to support crew/maintenance personnel and their families "� Coast Guard Academy Chase Hall Annex D - $28 million for renovation and habitability upgrades and improvements to utility services to ensure compliance with fire and safety standards
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Major Shore, Housing, Aids to Navigation, Survey and Design

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal/ContractFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$158,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description Supports Procurement, Construction, and Improvement (PC&I) projects to address shore facility infrastructure and housing construction, replacement, upgrade or improvement needs; construction and improvements to buoys and structures assisting navigation on Federal waterways; and survey and design required for future year PC&I projects.
Eligible Uses The following are a list of Coast Guard projects: "� Pensacola Pier and Infrastructure - $28 million to repair wharves Bravo and Charlie at Naval Station Pensacola "� Kodiak Fuel Pier (Phase I) - $130 million to recapitalize Base Kodiak's fuel services pier and construct a transient berth.
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Major Shore, Housing, Aids to Navigation, Survey and Design

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal/ContractFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$19,500,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description Supports Procurement, Construction, and Improvement (PC&I) projects to address shore facility infrastructure and housing construction, replacement, upgrade or improvement needs; construction and improvements to buoys and structures assisting navigation on Federal waterways; and survey and design required for future year PC&I projects.
Eligible Uses The following are a list of Coast Guard projects: "� Ketchikan Maintenance Support Facility - $4 million for industrial facility improvements including 65-ton crane for Fast Response Cutter engine change-outs and Response Boat - Medium drydock services "� Station Port Angeles Covered Moorings - $9.5 million to construct covered moorings to perform boat maintenance in Port Angeles, WA "� New London City Pier Improvements - $6 million to support CGC EAGLE homeport shift from Fort Trumbull to New London, CT
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Major Shore, Housing, Aids to Navigation, Survey and Design

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal/ContractFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$120,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 5 year
Program Description Supports Procurement, Construction, and Improvement (PC&I) projects to address shore facility infrastructure and housing construction, replacement, upgrade or improvement needs; construction and improvements to buoys and structures assisting navigation on Federal waterways; and survey and design required for future year PC&I projects.
Eligible Uses This funding supports the construction and improvement of Coast Guard Childcare Development Centers (CDC) at Base Cape Cod, MA; Base Alameda, CA; Base Kodiak, AK; Aviation Training Center Mobile, AL; Base Astoria, OR; and Base Elizabeth City, NC.
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Mississippi River and Tributaries

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct FederalFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of Defense - Army Corps of EngineersAgency
$808,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Funds work on Federal projects to help reduce the risk of flood damage in the lower Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Eligible Uses Eligible Federal projects on the lower Mississippi River or its tributaries.
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Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Ports and WaterwaysCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$400,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 4 year
Program Description Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities program will study and award competitive grants to reduce truck idling and emissions at ports, including through the advancement of port electrification.
Eligible Uses Competitive grants are intended to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions
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