House lawmakers plan to authorize a new maritime program that would secure 10 U.S.-flagged, civilian-operated petroleum tankers in case of wartime, according to committee staff. The Tanker Security Fleet, which would be administered by the Maritime Administration and used by U.S. Transportation Command, will be structured similarly to the Maritime Security Program. The rationale for the program, staff said, is that there is a large difference between the number of tankers to which the United States has access and the...
