1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coastal and Inland Ports and Terminals Commerce Improvement Act . 2. Assistance for inland and small coastal ports and terminals Section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: (H) In the case of a small project funded under subsection (d), a private entity or group of entities. ; (B) in paragraph (6) by striking subparagraph (C); (C) in paragraph (7)(B) by striking paragraph (3)(A) and inserting subsection (d) ; (D) in paragraph (8)(B)— (i) in clause (i) by striking under this subsection and inserting under this subsection and subsection (d) ; and (ii) in clause (ii) by inserting under subsection (d) or after project ; and (E) in paragraph (11) by— (i) striking under this subsection and inserting under this subsection and subsection (d) each place such phrase appears; and (ii) striking fiscal year. and inserting fiscal year, and shall be awarded as grants under the subsection for which the original grant was made. ; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Assistance for inland and small coastal ports and terminals (1) In general Of amounts reserved under subsection (c)(7)(B), the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall make grants under this subsection— (A) to the owners or operators of a facility at a port, as such term is defined in subsection (c), to and from which the average annual tonnage of cargo for the immediately preceding 3 calendar years from the time an application is submitted is less than 8,000,000 short tons as determined using Corps of Engineers data