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Commercial Maritime Industry: Updated Information on Federal Assessments

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 3, 1999
Report No. T-RCED-00-36
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Summary:

This testimony discusses federal assessments, user fees, taxes, and other charges levied on the commercial maritime industry. The information presented is drawn from an earlier GAO report. (See GAO/RCED-99-260, Sept. 1999.) One of the assessments is the Harbor Maintenance Tax, whose revenues fund virtually all maintenance dredging of U.S. ports. GAO provides information on (1) the federal agencies that levied assessments in fiscal year 1998 compared with fiscal year 1991, the number of assessments levied, and the amounts that they collected; (2) who pays the assessments and in which funds they were deposited in fiscal years 1991 through 1998; and (3) new federal assessments that have been recently proposed. GAO also discusses the status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and its projected annual balances.

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