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The term “cargo container” means a cargo container that is 1 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit.
The term “discretionary cargo” means maritime cargo for which the United States port of unlading is different than the United States port of entry.
For the purpose of calculating the percentage described in subparagraph (A)(iii), payments described under subsection (c)(1) shall not be included.
The term “expanded uses” has the meaning given the term in section 2238(f) of this title.
The term “harbor maintenance tax” has the meaning given the term in section 2238(f) of this title.
The term “Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund” means the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund established by section 9505 of title 26.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may provide to donor ports, medium-sized donor ports, and energy transfer ports amounts in accordance with this section.
The Secretary, in consultation with a port electing to provide payments under subsection (c), shall determine the top importers at the port, as ranked by the value of discretionary cargo, and payments shall be limited to those top importers.
Nothing in this section waives any statutory requirement related to the transportation of merchandise as authorized under chapter 551 of title 46.