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Senate hears bill to create supply‑chain competitiveness grant and loan program for ports
Summary
Senate Bill 5649 would create a Supply Chain Competitiveness Infrastructure Program administered by WSDOT to provide grants and loans to public ports and federally recognized tribes with port operations. Port representatives and economic development groups testified in favor, citing resilience, clean fuels infrastructure and economic benefits.
Senate Bill 5649 — a proposed Supply Chain Competitiveness Infrastructure Program — received a public hearing before the Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 25. Committee staff summarized the bill as a WSDOT‑administered grant-and-loan program for public ports and federally recognized tribes with established port operations.
Jenna, committee staff, told senators the bill would task WSDOT to collaborate with the Department of Commerce, the Washington Public Ports Association, the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB), federally recognized tribes with port operations and other stakeholders to set program priorities,…
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