b'NEWSWIRENEWSWIRE 2022 Katica Klassic Memorial Tournamentat the PVA Western Region MeetingP lease join the Passenger Vessel Founda- form your team or select a foursome when youed more than $340,000 in educational grants tion (PVF) for the 2022 Katica Klassicregister and choose your team. This is a won- to persons who are pursuing an education to-Memorial Tournament at the Westernderful and fun event each year. To learn morewards supporting or working in the commer-Region Meeting Monday, Oct. 24. and sign up for the tournament, click here.cial passenger vessel industry.The tournament will be at the Coronado GolfThePassengerVesselFoundationcelebratesVisit the Passenger Vessel Foundation site to Course. The Coronado Golf Course is one of28 years in 2022. To date, the PVF has award- more information about the organization.the City of Coronados most treasured assets. Opened in 1957, it is rated as one the best pub-lic courses in the nation and is a favorite destina-tion for local residents and celebrities alike. The course is located just minutes from downtown San Diego over the iconic San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. Offering views of San Diego harbor and downtown, it is sure to be a favorite desti-nation for anyone that enjoys the game of golf.This four-person scramble event includes your greens fee, range balls, golf cart, box lunch (ar-tisan sandwich, fresh fruit, chips, and granola bar), and a non-hosted awards reception fol-lowing the game. The first tee time is at 11 a.m. with consecutive tee times thereafter. We will NEWSWIREFerry Service Expansion Act IntroducedT his week, Congressman John Garamen-IncreaseannualfundingfortheFederal Amend the legal criteria for the Maritime Ad- di of California and Senator Patty Mur- TransitAdministrationsexistingPassengerministrationsCapitalConstructionFund ray of Washington introduced legislationFerry Competitive Grant Program (sectionprogram to make clear a privately-owed ferry entitled the Ferry Service Expansion Act. The5307(h) urbanized areas) from $30 million to(vehicle-carrying or passenger-only) can take bill numbers are H.R. 8934 and S. 4909. $90 million; advantage of the tax benefits of the Capital Construction Fund (CCF). This is a long-Different items in the legislation could benefitProvide$1,250,000,000(overfiveyears,orsought PVA legislative objective.both publicly-operated and privately-owned$250,000,000 per year) in additional funding ferries. The Board of Directors of the Passen- fortheFederalTransitAdministrationssec- Becausethecurrent117thCongresshas ger Vessel Association has voted to endorsetion5307(h)passengerferrygrantprogramnearly reached the end of its two-year term, it the legislation. (alreadybeingproposedtoincreaseto$90is unlikely that further action on the bills will million annually, see item above). This would beoccur this year, but the sponsors intend to re-Key provisions of the bills: through a multi-modal program called Transitintroduce the legislation when the new 118th Infrastructure Grants, When the InfrastructureCongress convenes in January. Increase annual funding for the Federal High- Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastruc- way Administrations existing Ferry Boat For- ture Law) was enacted in November 2021, this mula Grant Program to $160 million per yearprovision was allegedly supposed to be a part of (an increase of $48 million in fiscal 2023); it, but was inadvertently omitted; andFOGHORN 38'