113 HR 4005 EH: Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 113th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 4005 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Authorization Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. Title II—Coast Guard Sec. 201. Commissioned officers. Sec. 202. Prevention and response workforces. Sec. 203. Centers of expertise. Sec. 204. Agreements. Sec. 205. Coast Guard housing. Sec. 206. Determinations. Sec. 207. Annual Board of Visitors. Sec. 208. Repeal of limitation on medals of honor. Sec. 209. Mission need statement. Sec. 210. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request. Sec. 211. Inventory of real property. Sec. 212. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces. Sec. 213. Acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority. Sec. 214. Icebreakers. Sec. 215. Multiyear procurement authority for Offshore Patrol Cutters. Sec. 216. Maintaining Medium Endurance Cutter mission capability. Sec. 217. Coast Guard administrative savings. Sec. 218. Technical corrections to title 14. Sec. 219. Flag officers. Sec. 220. Aviation capability in the Great Lakes region. Sec. 221. E-LORAN. Title III—Shipping and Navigation Sec. 301. Treatment of fishing permits. Sec. 302. International ice patrol reform. Sec. 303. Repeal. Sec. 304. Donation of historical property. Sec. 305. Small shipyards. Sec. 306. Drug testing reporting. Sec. 307. Recourse for noncitizens. Sec. 308. Penalty wages. Sec. 309. Crediting time in the sea services. Sec. 310. Treatment of abandoned seafarers. Sec. 311. Clarification of high-risk waters. Sec. 312. Uninspected passenger vessels in the Virgin Islands. Sec. 313. Offshore supply vessel third-party inspection. Sec. 314. Survival craft. Sec. 315. Technical correction to title 46. Sec. 316. Enforcement. Sec. 317. Severe marine debris events. Sec. 318. Minimum tonnage. Sec. 319. Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee. Sec. 320. Report on effect of LNG export carriage requirements on job creation in the United States maritime industry. Title IV—Federal Maritime Commission Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 402. Terms of Commissioners. Title V—Commercial Vessel Discharge Reform Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain vessels. Title VI—Miscellaneous Sec. 601. Distant water tuna fleet. Sec. 602. Vessel determination. Sec. 603. Lease authority. Sec. 604. National maritime strategy. Sec. 605. IMO Polar Code negotiations. Sec. 606. Valley View Ferry. Sec. 607. Competition by United States flag vessels. Sec. 608. Survey. Sec. 609. Fishing safety grant programs.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header> <section id="H60D445E27BFF4FE48D424CC4F1CEB3F7"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HDB0E03F25C5C44EABD1C22BDB56EE2AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard—</text> <subparagraph id="H6374F48D600A44CCA8B6D8E27FA7F26B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9ADCBB128B004C9BB2B3628C869E406C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H666D2E1C4EDC447BB83F6B39F569BCFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto—</text> <subparagraph id="H194EF42975E74BA89706D44C7000F216"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H248E19B434E34CC7A3987AFCBF9BFC05"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">to remain available until expended.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F4D905F8CDF471F8A7DCA30127A51AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and services—</text> <subparagraph id="H037563D5E94944F1BE6FE07FEC32AAC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$140,016,000 for fiscal year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H57EB03F11C45468F9AF0E86902FE27A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$140,016,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF68CCC6833C14F708D51906A16A7D15A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For environmental compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities (other than parts and equipment associated with operation and maintenance)—</text> <subparagraph id="H154017DA572B4B808F93A76DD0A4652F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$16,701,000 for fiscal year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25E5BE05A0024838BBC26B26471E2234"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$16,701,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">to remain available until expended.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B26392F01B8440CA0EBA0C64F598646"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Commandant of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission with respect to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness—</text> <subparagraph id="H155464BEA0934310AF788D3802D3E539"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$19,890,000 for fiscal year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF9F220020E045A1BDFE0CC68B594CF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$19,890,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HC973BD9A7DBF47EBBB74156A351C31C9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized levels of military strength and training</header> <subsection id="HF14D6DF979E347ABB44E72F46B6A46BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty strength</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE9484F4DE00F4ACF85BE40CF4B8DE3DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military training student loads</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016 as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HA3F873EC33EC403E9BB701319E7CB866"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H670DCBE8EE6645629D1A449EFA1BEF0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight training, 165 student years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE04845360C85482EAB1682859900859A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H180D5EA158534F30B50435ADD1C9801E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Coast Guard</header> <section id="HED7920FF38B441668802BA0CE4D27CE8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Commissioned officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/42">Section 42(a)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>7,200</quote> and inserting <quote>6,700</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB119F114B7AE4F41AC793FEEA27BEDB1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Prevention and response workforces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/57">Section 57</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H16FF8FD178464DC19569BE47E2B314E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8035EBC686904E6B881B5EF833E74FDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE27F459DE0B40FAB6FDDAA21DA125C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23F452C4A62341EF998055A5B92A0278"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF810BEC96BF44DC4A05C63CAC42B1EFC" style="USC"> <paragraph id="HE6BB774EA5334EC2A7560EF44A8B5424"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waterways operations manager shall have knowledge, skill, and practical experience with respect to marine transportation system management; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D8E30490DD44F87B6CF2FD13076EDED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>port and facility safety and security specialist shall have knowledge, skill, and practical experience with respect to the safety, security, and environmental protection responsibilities associated with maritime ports and facilities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEA2FD7A67754CBDAFBEC5956EA49B89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c) by striking <quote>or marine safety engineer</quote> and inserting <quote>marine safety engineer, waterways operations manager, or port and facility safety and security specialist</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06BCE8BE898746B98C273C9377F0669A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2) by striking <quote>investigator or marine safety engineer.</quote> and inserting <quote>investigator, marine safety engineer, waterways operations manager, or port and facility safety and security specialist.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HB12A3D86B96B4228976F7484D53FBE81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Centers of expertise</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/58">Section 58(b)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EE6B950685D480AA02D0968562645A7" style="USC"> <subsection id="H1D871587830A4451847D113D396A7125"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Missions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any center established under subsection (a) may—</text> <paragraph id="H99AFF6BB27B043B49999DB18C6FD2E7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote, facilitate, and conduct—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DA67E809FD348E3B7635D04DDAFA6AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>education;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A2466A53D594B88922480A46F0E90F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53F1328AC8904DD49A25FE21DCEC39D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activities authorized under section 93(a)(4); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1BDDAE167104DCAA3F551971C0E323E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be a repository of information on operations, practices, and resources related to the mission for which the center was established.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HBE7DC25C81F94D43A4269599C8CDFD9A"><enum>204.</enum><header>Agreements</header> <subsection id="H8A0DBE9AA45A401A8AF8D7BCD6876605"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">Section 93(a)(4)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H76CD2794B8F3415D843C8B2CD2D7A0F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, investigate</quote> and inserting <quote>and investigate</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55137990E2A04543BE8EA754B4526651"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and cooperate and coordinate such activities with other Government agencies and with private agencies</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2BA1693743984C9F9DE0A3DF784A8DFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17123EE1AC7340E58C6774FC8A0C59D3" style="USC"> <section id="H25BD1C5775144BF990CBF312D8B01B68"><enum>102.</enum><header>Agreements</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H1D6B26E93FAD47978C8A5DEECC3412C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out section 93(a)(4), the Commandant may—</text> <paragraph id="HD0A68396DF244777B3E1080206A0E228"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements with Federal entities and other public or private entities, including academic entities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF592DB7362ED4C80ACA68F467A125C48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>impose on and collect from an entity subject to an agreement or contract under paragraph (1) a fee to assist with expenses incurred in carrying out such section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H9532F2894EB64DBD98A7E88962D80FC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposit and use of fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. The fees may be used, to the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law, only to carry out activities under section 93(a)(4).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB408F6522ED747BEAD9F55A10A998BE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAB7C41BDE7E421494F6F23DFBC49600" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">102. Agreements.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HE1EF0CFFA97B44A6980BB1E9715C8B7B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Coast Guard housing</header> <subsection id="H00386C8368274E27B843E0F06D6B013F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commandant; general powers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">Section 93(a)(13)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the Treasury</quote> and inserting <quote>the fund established under section 687</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H78F50D16D0444CB286560C7315BA4406"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lighthouse property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/672a">Section 672a(b)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the Treasury</quote> and inserting <quote>the fund established under section 687</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE383AA420EC741D3AA779C99879A316A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/687">Section 687(b)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H662BDA22CF5C4F3397A81D380022E26D" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H19414B4DAC3D494F995AB86222BA68EA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Monies received under section 93(a)(13).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23E19AA70B3C461A9D4BAD525FB728BD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Amounts received under section 672a(b).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H760FBFAAF83B4E82A6DCF5B21524DC7D"><enum>206.</enum><header>Determinations</header> <subsection id="HD387BC7A9C8B470D803ADFA45BF54877"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44BBE69E0B314A67A7F240EC256E65A2" style="USC"> <section id="H9FD7D1A9323040548EA767D8B2B79681"><enum>103.</enum><header>Determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may only make a determination that a waterway, or any portion thereof, is navigable for purposes of the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard through a rulemaking that is conducted in a manner consistent with subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4322C3DE77DF44A98FA5077193862494"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25E674D8E90D40278F17E33834B88AB6" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">103. Determinations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H614CB02193394CFEA0F5F52F5844C981"><enum>207.</enum><header>Annual Board of Visitors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/194">Section 194</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF0780965EA5477C8C12519FFF7D3434" style="USC"> <section id="H107659E62E5D4192A418D6C2AFC80A52"><enum>194.</enum><header>Annual Board of Visitors</header> <subsection id="H7F7FAEBC3783432A801B9BCFDF2F8811"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard Academy is established to review and make recommendations on the operation of the Academy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H52CE05836C7F4139A0DD4A3897AFB0A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H28DED66ACFEC487690790C5980028964"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The membership of the Board shall consist of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HA17ABFE936C649E7BF79DD2E4FDBE6D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, or the chairman’s designee.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D5CD8D16BF948BBA66BA9440377B1DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, or the chairman’s designee.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95A1E85BED114D3BA3BD3870DD28FB24"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 Members of the Senate designated by the Vice President.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7242BED445464FCAB229007D04A4D526"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4 Members of the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF706DBD34B1E440D9C3BFFD60FA248FA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">6 individuals designated by the President.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8612DEE7FB2D451CABE84A290A3C4715"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Length of service</header> <subparagraph id="HB16FB8AE6C1A4A4BAA252654D3ECD567"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Members of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Member of Congress designated under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (1) as a member of the Board shall be designated as a member in the First Session of a Congress and serve for the duration of that Congress.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D1F2555BD104FD9A84116DF7D3906F7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individuals designated by the President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each individual designated by the President under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) shall serve as a member of the Board for 3 years, except that any such member whose term of office has expired shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8E6B291CB1542B2AFA1061769BDB60A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Death or resignation of a member</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a member of the Board dies or resigns, a successor shall be designated for any unexpired portion of the term of the member by the official who designated the member.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H768D7515B6AB4112BFDE198956D671CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Academy visits</header> <paragraph id="H7FD81EAFAB3A45D0AF77E9BEE4E91EE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual visit</header><text>The Board shall visit the Academy annually to review the operation of the Academy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H048C1B9A862548FB8CC4A7C0BCF18DC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional visits</header><text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Board or individual members of the Board may make other visits to the Academy in connection with the duties of the Board or to consult with the Superintendent of the Academy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H225152978E1D40CEB8FEABC0D22E9031"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scope of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall review, with respect to the Academy—</text> <paragraph id="HCB9727AC763D4BCC9D337538BD81A9AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the state of morale and discipline;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D8E3C62C09745B0BB9AEC10C1D4B28E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the curriculum;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H821F7AEDF45041A99BD09224261A9100"><enum>(3)</enum><text>instruction;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E859A6B71AD4977B801D264D390B4AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>physical equipment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FBC044ED0724776ACE57D9BBB2F7049"><enum>(5)</enum><text>fiscal affairs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2871048412D54F3FB161D44D912085BE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other matters relating to the Academy that the Board determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6D972BAB110E4239A397830D160D6998"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of an annual visit of the Board under subsection (c)(1), the Board shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the actions of the Board during such visit and the recommendations of the Board pertaining to the Academy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDE4CC66BDAB2429BA9FA470214EFA58C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Advisors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If approved by the Secretary, the Board may consult with advisors in carrying out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4A88CEE7816249E796ACC719FFB56305"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Board and each adviser consulted by the Board under subsection (f) shall be reimbursed, to the extent permitted by law, by the Coast Guard for actual expenses incurred while engaged in duties as a member or adviser.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H1DD4FE25F0474378B8A23F4E4F373E36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Repeal of limitation on medals of honor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/494">Section 494</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking “medal of honor,” each place that it appears.</text></section> <section id="HCB5A3CD7B2494D01834A9FB5C5D2E299"><enum>209.</enum><header>Mission need statement</header> <subsection id="H5D4765FC803145728CB647DF86FC66C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/569">Section 569</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA040D45C100B4684B0FF1B2FF241B62C" style="USC"> <section id="H7F3E7BC18B124DB695695071CE8E383A"><enum>569.</enum><header>Mission need statement</header> <subsection id="HB1062998340E473FA2F1817A60636CF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for fiscal year 2016 under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, on the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for fiscal year 2019 under such section, and every 4 years thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an integrated major acquisition mission need statement.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3C8B33657C6A4D4DAB007F72E60E19E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="H629457DB35904F629314D22BE57E27B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Integrated major acquisition mission need statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>integrated major acquisition mission need statement</term> means a document that—</text> <subparagraph id="H210641C5D12742FABBCF4F27F61FF5B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies current and projected gaps in Coast Guard mission capabilities using mission hour targets;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF020F985F5E48FC97FBD915767CE4C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explains how each major acquisition program addresses gaps identified under subparagraph (A) if funded at the levels provided for such program in the most recently submitted capital investment plan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H78E7BC5F0D4A45AFAFD228A6E0BA26C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes the missions the Coast Guard will not be able to achieve, by fiscal year, for each gap identified under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7244DB14E96E4119907A40E3CA503A21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Major acquisition program</header><text>The term <term>major acquisition program</term> has the meaning given that term in section 569a(e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DB049E0EDB04963B9DE0636EF0906BD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Capital investment plan</header><text>The term <term>capital investment plan</term> means the plan required under section 663(a)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0DD0A2A06F5E4BF5BCABB6E81BA04592"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/15">chapter 15</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 569 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CFE08EE4434447BB82DAFA95D6630C0" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">569. Mission need statement.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H33C89C53311047968448971781DCD47C"><enum>210.</enum><header>Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request</header> <subsection id="H0534A12653254BA3A770DC3804EF3D7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 662 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BF003BF9336432EA30C264A429CACB6" style="USC"> <section id="HCD5F43D1B96F4F0ABB1767E3542175B1"><enum>662a.</enum><header>Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request</header> <subsection id="HA6E14AF9133E428BAAA640CD8513C9E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal year pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a Coast Guard authorization request with respect to such fiscal year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE09266DDAD434B0180377EAF147CE377"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coast Guard authorization request defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Coast Guard authorization request</term> means a proposal for legislation that, with respect to the Coast Guard for the relevant fiscal year—</text> <paragraph id="H524F1C71DF4D4F4DA855160BBB3936B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommends end strengths for personnel for that fiscal year, as described in section 661;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F2CB1FD0CC1448A834E7D61C05FDFE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommends authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, including with respect to matters described in section 662; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF85D9FCE5B614ED0A98C92E6ED9C630E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>addresses any other matter that the Secretary determines is appropriate for inclusion in a Coast Guard authorization bill.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA616B1BF9DEC4FF79E34E76122FC62BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/17">chapter 17</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/662">section 662</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1887F256AA54428B8B070C27A8D94B89" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">662a. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H2BD74FD2D656405780A6971CC93B8373"><enum>211.</enum><header>Inventory of real property</header> <subsection id="H22B0B02D64D84A2C8F3CF2774226EE05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/17">Chapter 17</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9542FEFBBC6E4C9C9C65131AF78B436F" style="USC"> <section id="HE2EC26D327554FBC97164A824E117482"><enum>679.</enum><header>Inventory of real property</header> <subsection id="H6220CD8CD71744F28928BEC00A7CE07B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30, 2014, the Commandant shall establish an inventory of all real property, including submerged lands, under the control of the Coast Guard, which shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H354FE0FAE8874628841CE2466BFAB350"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the size, the location, and any other appropriate description of each unit of such property;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H998ADE3E3C4E4581AD082BEEF421D382"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the physical condition of each unit of such property, excluding lands;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2D314FE2F1C407D89F6A5DBBC6BE8A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an estimate of the fair market value of each unit of such property;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD682BFF22704F49AC85D004B06EF7A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a determination of whether each unit of such property should be—</text> <subparagraph id="H03D698B271A64DC58EBFB52AA97E519B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retained to fulfill a current or projected Coast Guard mission requirement; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3138C13828814FAD9F83124479B91CFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to divestiture; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H075B1F6A4DFD4D9881EECA4944A09AC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>other information the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0139D85EDED1409AB8E8F3DE0DA295CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inventory maintenance</header><text>The Commandant shall—</text> <paragraph id="H83EC3B4A9F4E4ACD84C2ED33E9E92125"><enum>(1)</enum><text>maintain the inventory required under subsection (a) on an ongoing basis; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4AB3EA679C4E48068F3CF19DF93EC0FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>update information on each unit of real property included in such inventory not later than 30 days after any change relating to such property.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2A878B3576944CCEABB3B5F1540EBFAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations to Congress</header><text>Not later than March 30, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes—</text> <paragraph id="HDD31AA1BD942476F8E34F56FD2AD374A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of all real property under the control of the Coast Guard and the location of such property by property type;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0661BDDE01784528BD6CFB92C1023545"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for divestiture with respect to any units of such property, including an estimate of—</text> <subparagraph id="H506FD3874F9B45CABCB0BE40239DDDF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the fair market value of any property recommended for divestiture; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H138FB120CAD34280883D8F3E783AA7B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the costs or savings associated with divestiture; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC866A35DB34A44BC9540E2A3E439A35A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations for consolidating any units of such property, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC76D8BC1689542FAB59BD02C1785AFDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an estimate of the costs or savings associated with each recommended consolidation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF92D86C62B284B8E8B8408E22F3FD064"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a discussion of the impact that such consolidation would have on Coast Guard mission effectiveness.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB2219953CC974752895497436B8A5154"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/17">chapter 17</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA27602491AA14F2FB1293ACB0BA96BF1" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">679. Inventory of real property.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H0A7E03EEFD2F4B89B95D295E1F6C21D1"><enum>212.</enum><header>Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/712">Section 712(a)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>not more than 60 days in any 4-month period and</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB339BA0812D146489F57ABDB7743EBBE"><enum>213.</enum><header>Acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/281">Public Law 111–281</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 2951) is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2017</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HFFE35C700DAF40F1965D1C9561396DA7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Icebreakers</header> <subsection id="HDC45D1B846B74C9287CF633D5B62901D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coast Guard Polar Icebreakers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 222 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/213">Public Law 112–213</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1560) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB5E89916FEBF40CB918ED9D10EE259F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H22AF5E8A12EF4F7E8CB6CA218AD55C74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">; bridging strategy</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H256B3C118EA849F0AE27A7E7DCB05050"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Commandant of the Coast Guard</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>Commandant of the Coast Guard may decommission the Polar Sea.</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H431A29F0FBDD48EE9A02FFBBF1916B61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BBCDABEC0BC4DBF9AE43483F2C44F09" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0A6B8A9304A24D3B946FE63A0987EBF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Result of no determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If in the analysis submitted under this section the Secretary does not make a determination under subsection (a)(5) regarding whether it is cost-effective to reactivate the Polar Sea, then—</text> <subparagraph id="HE86341FD48C04CEAA00384FD8717BB6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commandant of the Coast Guard may decommission the Polar Sea; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H986AEBB725874B328F5B6BAFE5341851"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary may make such determination, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and take actions in accordance with this subsection as though such determination was made in the analysis previously submitted.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBDD9CAC900EE414F94B16CDD43EF8D59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4A6F9CD984C4107A3A595C6966664AB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC09C852E8634D4093669D1A5E6B7897" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB46E383F73444EC3B59AECE20F323090"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Strategies</header> <paragraph id="HC8983470D22640A18751E6DC8EF9B7E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date on which the analysis required under subsection (a) is submitted, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text> <subparagraph id="HDB34D3737A7D4A9A9F78D66E0F9721EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a strategy to meet the Coast Guard’s Arctic ice operations needs through September 30, 2050; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFDB6A4B01E14025B4A7255D64B3C2C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unless the Secretary makes a determination under this section that it is cost-effective to reactivate the Polar Sea, a bridging strategy for maintaining the Coast Guard’s polar icebreaking services until at least September 30, 2024.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46B2DD96E28140C2AE9D27D4DED05F53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategies required under paragraph (1) shall include a business case analysis comparing the leasing and purchasing of icebreakers to maintain the needs and services described in that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA443640905CD4281AB4E84BDD93C14B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header> <paragraph id="H79CC964FD5464D72993F2B9DE929E4E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not expend amounts appropriated for the Coast Guard for any of fiscal years 2015 through 2024, for—</text> <subparagraph id="HC48C532479964FA983C1C77FF095C584"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">design activities related to a capability of a Polar-Class Icebreaker that is based on an operational requirement of another Federal department or agency, except for amounts appropriated for design activities for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2016; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H664C6A0691EB4AF2B6896017E5207F0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>long-lead-time materials, production, or post-delivery activities related to such a capability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H102243A2159C4D75BAF34E1BF0ED2C7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other amounts</header><text>Amounts made available to the Secretary under an agreement with another Federal department or agency and expended on a capability of a Polar-Class Icebreaker that is based on an operational requirement of that or another Federal department or agency shall not be treated as amounts expended by the Secretary for purposes of the limitation established under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1A9A4EEA0A2647F5BB76369A9714EA9F"><enum>215.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement authority for Offshore Patrol Cutters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may enter into, in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2306b">section 2306b</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, multiyear contracts for the procurement of Offshore Patrol Cutters and associated equipment.</text></section> <section id="HACFC14A3FB704C60AE7AE42A79475DAC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header>Maintaining Medium Endurance Cutter mission capability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes—</text> <paragraph id="HE403578E7B324F43BB93972FF0427052"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a schedule and plan for decommissioning, not later than September 30, 2029, each of the 210-foot, Reliance-Class Cutters operated by the Coast Guard on the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBE3CE3B43864DC1846943E6AD16038F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a schedule and plan for enhancing the maintenance or extending the service life of each of the 270-foot, Famous-Class Cutters operated by the Coast Guard on the date of enactment of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="H684DC2E332774B4DB654C4517CA5D082"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maintain the capability of the Coast Guard to carry out sea-going missions with respect to such Cutters at the level of capability existing on September 30, 2013; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D77B69836B0438ABFDCEE62F0F4EF79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the final Offshore Patrol Cutter is scheduled and planned to be commissioned under paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C167DB310CA4FB286FCBAC0DA42E98B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the number of Offshore Patrol Cutters capable of sea state 5 operations that, if 8 National Security Cutters are commissioned, are necessary to return the sea state 5 operating capability of the Coast Guard to the level of capability that existed prior to the decommissioning of the first High Endurance Cutter in fiscal year 2011;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8537C21B936C40D397CC68C55C2CC50F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a schedule and plan for commissioning the number of Offshore Patrol Cutters identified under paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E5085D3083D43D4BB0AB2DE6D896B9F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a schedule and plan for commissioning, not later than September 30, 2034, a number of Offshore Patrol Cutters not capable of sea state 5 operations that is equal to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H112F7AD7AF684F28947E13F2DE21F697"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25; less</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEDA6D7DF058D4E90A26C6F20652323E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of Offshore Patrol Cutters identified under paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HE04577D5D8C443689B20DD221DFD270C"><enum>217.</enum><header>Coast Guard administrative savings</header> <subsection id="H7E138202D6234DCEA86FB8855517F9CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of outdated and duplicative reports</header> <paragraph id="H9BBDA7A58BE44BC8AC3B8C92474D5C23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Marine industry training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/59">Section 59</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H188A62A0E95D469F9A1AEBF3A9B2E549"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general</header-in-text>.—The Commandant</quote> and inserting <quote>The Commandant</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FE62AE5684E4359B76CBA0A6A77CD55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H821A1155180E4C91B5994343FAE7ABAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operations and expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/651">Section 651</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 17 of such title, are repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA3FA4A8A98B4795B0ACFBC557D12BF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Drug interdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/89">14 U.S.C. 89</external-xref> note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 2 of that Act, are repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2EA591F81D14D889AE82E1EAC7D97AE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>National defense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 426 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/2">14 U.S.C. 2</external-xref> note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC6C99D0140343BDA34BEFFD47340E18"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Living marine resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1828">16 U.S.C. 1828</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following: “No report shall be required under this subsection, including that no report shall be required under section 224 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 or section 804 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006, for fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 2013.”.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1E071DEAD0F74D32AEA86101C53FFE5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consolidation and reform of reporting requirements</header> <paragraph id="H5159F0E963B94DC4AAD6DEE43E7138BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Marine safety</header> <subparagraph id="H9BD6E96683F6498E84F67E6CCE9838A9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/2116">Section 2116(d)(2)(B)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HCB798540E1744BF5A18D00E6CCAA16C8" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H85F79B9ADD6C4F00B1B43DB596304F95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on the program’s mission performance in achieving numerical measurable goals established under subsection (b), including—</text> <clause id="HFCC30B4D5EEA49C7A5311080FFA39567"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of civilian and military Coast Guard personnel assigned to marine safety positions; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7C781F2490514B9AA3CFD16765B2849A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an identification of marine safety positions that are understaffed to meet the workload required to accomplish each activity included in the strategy and plans under subsection (a); and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFFB5C0C9B2B747D789B68B43FE65A92C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/57">Section 57</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended—</text> <clause id="H0587FF0C8B9E4E26BA7A9E3C4B346AF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e); and</text></clause> <clause id="H6153215796204C17AAE1C7E3FB456854"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g) respectively.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9786CB3A539C44FBBD3C30AE2941DE02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minor construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/656">Section 656(d)(2)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB5F3E672D854C0CB510B6E2E4568929" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H88B99FB0595C45F1B1CAF891FB36705C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing each project carried out under paragraph (1), in the most recently concluded fiscal year, for which the amount expended under such paragraph for such project was more than $1,000,000. If no such project was carried out during a fiscal year, no report under this paragraph shall be required with respect to that fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD4F801351A2471FA7DF06D8F915EEB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rescue 21</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 346 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/88">14 U.S.C. 88</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1480B5F5F6AE4E36B857AAFC666A4A8F" style="OLC"> <section id="HB51138313F6247679922165620EC8E38"><enum>346.</enum><header>Modernization of National Distress and Response System</header> <subsection id="H13F16F26978C48799D9EEB666448F529"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 30, 2014, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the implementation of the Rescue 21 project in Alaska and in Coast Guard sectors Upper Mississippi River, Lower Mississippi River, and Ohio River Valley.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFFB71E689B34452CB46698702C66D477"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="HEC47686E8DC348D4B9D7F9BF7D732CA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe what improvements are being made to the distress response system in the areas specified in subsection (a), including information on which areas will receive digital selective calling and direction finding capability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF84E50914744864B4654C27AC27E574"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe the impediments to installing digital selective calling and direction finding capability in areas where such technology will not be installed;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F335713CDE446DC94DDB07B9F89C8EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify locations in the areas specified in subsection (a) where communication gaps will continue to present a risk to mariners after completion of the Rescue 21 project;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64A1BFBB87024FB3862500DBC157EFBE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include a list of all reported marine accidents, casualties, and fatalities occurring in the locations identified under paragraph (3) since 1990; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD905D2875E2A4F1FADD45A31D098F64F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide an estimate of the costs associated with installing the technology necessary to close communication gaps in the locations identified under paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HDAB7E460ECBB46748309E38215D08521"><enum>218.</enum><header>Technical corrections to title 14</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB497CD63FBA345EEA1D2B111AF1CEC50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 93(b)(1) by striking <quote>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(14)</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(13)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E9DEB8B5703417D8973C8EDEF149EAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 197(b) by striking <quote>of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H877414A3BD374948BC0EDE9C323F2AE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 573(c)(3)(A) by inserting <quote>and shall maintain such cutter in such class</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HAC4743478C3141F8AFA98639778761E9"><enum>219.</enum><header>Flag officers</header> <subsection id="H0B6129DE9FE6467D9A5A8B4020FF26CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 295 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10A72644194644B8A39A700A99036F7F" style="USC"> <section id="HCD411002478442EC93872C8F6C85C6BB"><enum>296.</enum><header>Flag officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">During any period in which the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1216">section 1216(d)</external-xref> of title 10 does not apply with respect to flag officers of the Coast Guard.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC29EDAC4632D4FAAAC6489DDAB009E77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/295">section 295</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32FF212D5FCB42C890CE61910442795F" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">296. Flag officers.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H5A4A8FD757C34CC0A555D69F5F7ADF32"><enum>220.</enum><header>Aviation capability in the Great Lakes region</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may—</text> <paragraph id="H70EB4C9445EB4BC991E0932B45FFB222"><enum>(1)</enum><text>request and accept through a direct military-to-military transfer under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2571">section 2571</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, such H–60 helicopters as may be necessary to establish a year-round operational capability in the Coast Guard’s Ninth District; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBC9DBE169394DA691F884D1851BB74B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use funds provided under section 101 of this Act to convert such helicopters to Coast Guard MH–60T configuration.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H7D318C5735D642B1BCB5629A4C45BC35" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>E-LORAN</header> <subsection id="HFE1A568B38F34C5C87B93D49BED7D8DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not carry out activities related to the dismantling or disposal of infrastructure that supported the former LORAN system until the later of—</text> <paragraph id="H41DCDF9C2E304A73A92EEB86E9B7F735"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H130A5A4F3A3F4404B5F352ED29D4466D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date on which the Secretary provides to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate notice of a determination by the Secretary that such infrastructure is not required to provide a positioning, navigation, and timing system to provide redundant capability in the event GPS signals are disrupted.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H40929AC78A6B49139CB5BAC5CDC90DFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subsection (a) does not apply to activities necessary for the safety of human life.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFFAB8DC9491043E4809CC74DF0887393"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements with Federal entities and other public or private entities, including academic entities, to develop a positioning, timing, and navigation system, including an enhanced LORAN system, to provide redundant capability in the event GPS signals are disrupted.</text></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Shipping and Navigation</header> <section id="HB9FF38F5CE7B49E580C0300D31F49311"><enum>301.</enum><header>Treatment of fishing permits</header> <subsection id="H728734C42D41480F8568A0AFB5E88203"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/313">chapter 313</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H339BF7EA515D403C977EAAFDC91EB52B" style="USC"> <section id="HA7F9525C4EA34BD089436E5188C4539F"><enum>31310.</enum><header>Treatment of fishing permits</header> <subsection id="HE114C6DAC0DA42D6A5C6493D4CC05A3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on maritime liens</header><text>This chapter—</text> <paragraph id="H65372FA6F1AB400F857624D0BD719E0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not establish a maritime lien on a fishing permit; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5CDF6D988BE4E828CA76EF3B6D86BED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not authorize any civil action to enforce a maritime lien on a fishing permit.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFD95DAEC8FF84BCB88DF7FC85E5178A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of fishing permits under State and Federal law</header><text>A fishing permit—</text> <paragraph id="HDB5E76064F8A4F8DA6D10FBB0CAE21AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is governed solely by the State or Federal law under which it is issued; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0499CE254F94460F80A85BAE360D05ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be treated as part of a vessel, or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel, for any purpose under Federal law.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2DFB9B4A282B4048AFD509C2C4E30E5E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority of Secretary of Commerce not affected</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing any limitation upon the authority of the Secretary of Commerce—</text> <paragraph id="H890DDF0E9E3648DDA002604BBD554561"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to modify, suspend, revoke, or impose a sanction on any fishing permit issued by the Secretary of Commerce; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD623EBD1F87433992580333DFCD98A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to bring a civil action to enforce such a modification, suspension, revocation, or sanction.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8C990D71B22477281E4B05647B5D5FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fishing permit defined</header><text>In this section the term <term>fishing permit</term> means any authorization of a person or vessel to engage in fishing that is issued under State or Federal law.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H402B2672F2FD4AD6A2DC2EBCDE440877"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 31309 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAA339D343C24B6083180A949A1879A7" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">31310. Treatment of fishing permits.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H112AA54794A7407DA4DEB222FC2D50EE"><enum>302.</enum><header>International ice patrol reform</header> <subsection id="H6B462373B5BE4A7C95DB800B12B3C241"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/80301">Section 80301</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H115A0B7695404A108E794012DBD53626" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1BADBF61BD5249BAAE1BE93B2D2D160A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>Payments received pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8ECEB946D1DA44288FF22E07A9A53119"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header> <paragraph id="HF4E890F9069E4E91B7A90B834A81515F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Coast Guard vessel or aircraft may not be used to carry out an agreement under subsection (a) in fiscal year 2015 and any fiscal year thereafter unless payments are received by the United States Government pursuant to subsection (b)(1) in the preceding fiscal year in a total amount that is not less than difference between—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C46886D94EF422A865041F56D1FB1A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cost incurred by the Coast Guard in maintaining the services; minus</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7C705F369D074B4BB1D1AC6955F49EE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of the proportionate share of the expense generated by vessels documented under the laws of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2732EFADD92748E38A651C34564D189A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Coast Guard aircraft may be used to carry out an agreement under subsection (a) if the President determines it necessary in the interest of national security.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35223D59B6604F0CA8E2C414B10C53F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The President shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of a determination made under paragraph (2) within 15 days after such determination.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H73A2743FD9BE42EC8A2A7C042E26E15F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/80302">Section 80302</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 803 of such title, are repealed on October 1, 2014.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE07E7F1506E541D4AB8E385DE8DB87E5"><enum>303.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/555">Chapter 555</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H12F7DF9AD431417FA98C50766BEA1C87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by repealing section 55501;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35331E33E2F143D0A0FA7739A995B4CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating section 55502 as section 55501; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC5A050F3D3A4BE9900BF7318996540F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the analysis by striking the items relating to sections 55501 and 55502 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD08943772F0E4767B597F7EA2663F858" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">55501. United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HB1A08CE8E38C45B1815B06700EF01FB6"><enum>304.</enum><header>Donation of historical property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/51103">Section 51103</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF497B89407DC4792AD5A4E9B338BAD4A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H8100B511B7554CBEA045DC0743FC9302"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Donation for historical purposes</header> <paragraph id="HF34041AB757D4F0981B751664FA7494C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may convey the right, title, and interest of the United States Government in any property administered by the Maritime Administration, except real estate or vessels, if—</text> <subparagraph id="H8365B517AE834D61A071D25BDB912E19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that such property is not needed by the Maritime Administration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H801C21AAF66A45BDB43901617C328EEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the recipient—</text> <clause id="HC819830CEE574876A4043D0C424ED493"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a nonprofit organization, a State, or a political subdivision of a State;</text></clause> <clause id="HA770BA96DBFC4E88AB938785D0C22FEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agrees to hold the Government harmless for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous materials, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, or lead paint, after conveyance of the property;</text></clause> <clause id="H467597A661D746BE828D42E0B8E7063F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides a description and explanation of the intended use of the property to the Secretary for approval;</text></clause> <clause id="HD8CAE1C108E246AB8D3BE199F0404885"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>has provided to the Secretary proof, as determined by the Secretary, of resources sufficient to accomplish the intended use provided under clause (iii) and to maintain the property;</text></clause> <clause id="H8744700568BB4D31A5089866B45C94BA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>agrees that when the recipient no longer requires the property, the recipient shall—</text> <subclause id="HB5373CBD25A54C77A13F4CBB164D1993"><enum>(I)</enum><text>return the property to the Secretary, at the recipient’s expense and in the same condition as received except for ordinary wear and tear; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2FD1D09BC62247AB8729366E0B1F49D1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>subject to the approval of the Secretary, retain, sell, or otherwise dispose of the property in a manner consistent with applicable law; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H67CE1EBB55D34F9DA1E1D6E39D6650B2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>agree to any additional terms the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73C4ECEFF85A421AB9788E626D30E0FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>The Secretary shall include in any conveyance under this subsection terms under which all right, title, and interest conveyed by the Secretary shall revert to the Government if the Secretary determines the property has been used other than as approved by the Secretary under paragraph (1)(B)(iii).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H98B134877E104459A80E2523D503B427"><enum>305.</enum><header>Small shipyards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/54101">Section 54101(i)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2009 through 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2015 and 2016</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8589D165B0A54EE38B96E30AA807C0BF"><enum>306.</enum><header>Drug testing reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/7706">Section 7706</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDCC4FFFD8B024B218157A6149793F6F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>an applicant for employment by a Federal agency,</quote> after <quote>Federal agency,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24D2F54A1B1849FB982232BCDD089D88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by—</text> <subparagraph id="H5F2BB65DAB994631832D5CFD4E453378"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inserting <quote>or an applicant for employment by a Federal agency</quote> after <quote>an employee</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F97BC3FD13D4E60BC00E7AF8B09E12D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>the employee.</quote> and inserting <quote>the employee or the applicant.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="HE0F6A4FBB4734C49BF9E77E31C2EC5CC"><enum>307.</enum><header>Recourse for noncitizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/30104">Section 30104</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE62DD67B069849C8BFA3DC6B64AD86F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General.—</header-in-text></quote> before the first sentence; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H446098C901264BC4B6636F5B923CD226"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HD881F68FE4C04E19BC027442CA25E9B2" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H87CB8105C72840849E9B524B3962E818"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction on recovery for nonresident aliens employed on foreign passenger vessels</header><text>A claim for damages or expenses relating to personal injury, illness, or death of a seaman who is a citizen of a foreign nation, arising during or from the engagement of the seaman by or for a passenger vessel duly registered under the laws of a foreign nation, may not be brought under the laws of the United States if—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE5AE387A06C1421EB6DD7831AFDF243A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such seaman was not a permanent resident alien of the United States at the time the claim arose;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC0BCA7BA9C90483280602CA588F83F91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the injury, illness, or death arose outside the territorial waters of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H62D3C7FA51F54969903631D0E09354F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the seaman or the seaman’s personal representative has or had a right to seek compensation for the injury, illness, or death in, or under the laws of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD01642B633BE4C8DA4462472508846CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the nation in which the vessel was registered at the time the claim arose; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF80267CFB5C5453F9E3307D2DC1488C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the nation in which the seaman maintained citizenship or residency at the time the claim arose.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="HFF4B2B576464468A8D5273A0D35A5DEC"><enum>308.</enum><header>Penalty wages</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H9443D2826DB54AEAA6EA5BA70E888C66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign and intercoastal voyages</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/10313">Section 10313(g)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H62D27C332B204AEC80AF6E40270329DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3768A2758F414AA5BCA2EB98C2C5FFF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>all claims in a class action suit by seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>each claim by a seaman</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A1CE82F69A74A4AAF57E7A6F63BF2DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>the seaman</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H218EDA39E03D40A8A801474D93F66888"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA8860BCAB334407DBE716D0EBA1713FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>class action</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC9210EA68CC249D196C5FDC6501E1956"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>, by a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,</quote> and inserting <quote>by the seaman</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HCD625DF4E8D94006936F1AFA6BD34DF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coastwise voyages</header><text>Section 10504(c) of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3916FA40B0A34450BCA850A431968098"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1525339DDBFA4F538B5B6E34C2E31ECB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>all claims in a class action suit by seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>each claim by a seaman</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H16F67D2336AE49FC99B72C7C69256914"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>the seaman</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA4A796EA9E3D4FFCBACA353DCA1730FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8DC19395EF7B453393998FC49FEB815F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>class action</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD195D69E6F264062919F7515C507DF70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>, by a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,</quote> and inserting <quote>by the seaman</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCA90924E5F874A30933D604290ED3049"><enum>309.</enum><header>Crediting time in the sea services</header> <subsection id="H94F2F899946447CFA616847F539C1D5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Endorsements for veterans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/7101">Section 7101</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61CB7E2ACFCC45DB8E157483B8453C6E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1BC1F3F17B264156997904AF41C05240"><enum>(j)</enum><text>The Secretary may issue a license under this section in a class under subsection (c) to an applicant that—</text> <paragraph id="H50558493072E45D69D86CFF64A6DC664"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has at least 3 months of qualifying service on vessels of the uniformed services (as that term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/101">section 101(a)</external-xref> of title 10) of appropriate tonnage or horsepower within the 7-year period immediately preceding the date of application; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H399DBDF080224B57B1C2A98096958263"><enum>(2)</enum><text>satisfies all other requirements for such a license.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0D891200AC15426392BE335EF7C0B83D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sea service letters</header> <paragraph id="H3C933D4776F246A3907D53E93B777EB0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 427 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF534F38B19FD43209C7292FCCD5BA3E1" style="USC"> <section id="HC5C6581928F946D9964B15EA5F4485DE"><enum>428.</enum><header>Sea service letters</header> <subsection id="H192A7EAB59BD4296B2C7C9ABF097E5B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide a sea service letter to a member or former member of the Coast Guard who—</text> <paragraph id="HCC62FC39D8454DA296A39DF2132A48E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>accumulated sea service on a vessel of the armed forces (as such term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/101">section 101(a)</external-xref> of title 10); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H051C342B18CC4CC69F9A7F2F93EDE5F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requests such letter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H46D34653439644228F19B9CB77B11010"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 30 days after receiving a request for a sea service letter from a member or former member of the Coast Guard under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide such letter to such member or former member if such member or former member satisfies the requirement under subsection (a)(1).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA551F1262F8E4E9BBD90AC5DD40626E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 427 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4481C0B397FF463496EF8845A744F657" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">428. Sea service letters.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78D5B718AA63408085A0BF00EC8947C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Crediting of United States Armed Forces service, training, and qualifications</header> <paragraph id="HA5DCA6E8F44A455390BFB0BBB9E9BFAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximizing creditability</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in implementing United States merchant mariner license, certification, and document laws and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, shall maximize the extent to which United States Armed Forces service, training, and qualifications are creditable toward meeting the requirements of such laws and such Convention.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD059D70B4BB84D15A0155D243CE78E15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the steps taken to implement this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H471D32E75898407A82193823677E27F7"><enum>310.</enum><header>Treatment of abandoned seafarers</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HDAEA751D2A7D44FDB9715CDE22552376"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1901">33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0F904D2293DB4ACD9F16DD59B6889A25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H21393D7D18B14D929955CC791B447AC8" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" id="H88807227A9AF41439CE2DBD1D4B00A02"><enum>18.</enum><header>Treatment of abandoned seafarers</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H6663D119352D48F291B993A54E19DF9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Abandoned seafarers fund</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA0875746EF1C4AE9B2F598277C815EF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a separate account to be known as the Abandoned Seafarers Fund.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H151F89096A2D4DC68E10B7B8472D6EB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crediting of amounts to fund</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA255C79C95184A64BDE5E02D71D85EC3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There shall be credited to the Fund the following:</text> <clause commented="no" id="H0A355F371C5F4E04B35FE595D37C42B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Penalties deposited in the Fund under section 9, except as provided in subparagraph (B).</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H3ADC7F2EE5214EB3B329D1A251E7909B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Amounts reimbursed or recovered under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF36F8540EFFE494CA22DFE03DCA67DDB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Amounts may be credited to the Fund under subparagraph (A)(i) only if the unobligated balance of the Fund is less than $2,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H321F198EBAB24D9A98B22C3B2EF64EFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>On the date on which the President submits each budget for a fiscal year pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that describes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E9FE23B65594835B571FB2ED5A79C7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amounts credited to the Fund under paragraph (2) for the preceding fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E1DF17217FB4614B031147D5B833282"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts in the Fund that were expended for the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HDB9663E47E5F43A9A59EE767F976E9F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations from fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the Fund may be appropriated to the Secretary for use to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE520A5F3AF214E50917DD5714F3476B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pay necessary support of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE209DA7DAFB9490382189B87A03D3348"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a seafarer that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HFA2CB5F6CD3B49F78915E89936297FE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enters, remains, or is paroled into the United States; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H1BA621D5FE7F4980A33BDE456A64D120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is involved in an investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is related to the administration or enforcement of this Act by the Coast Guard; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H060DD5F3C2BF4E288974DBC0C298DDC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a seafarer that the Secretary determines was abandoned in the United States and has not applied for asylum under section 208 or 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1158">8 U.S.C. 1158</external-xref>, 1225); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3B1040DEBCD84A0BB1A90B7D3335EE05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reimburse a vessel owner or operator that has provided necessary support of a seafarer who has been paroled into the United States to facilitate an investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is related to the administration or enforcement of this Act by the Coast Guard, for the costs of such necessary support.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H8A4E74B3480E4F3FAB8E6E16D091D2CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0543A567E41C4CB794516557EEE60204"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to create a private right of action or any other right, benefit, or entitlement to necessary support for any person; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC94CC125753F4E55B422EE5C6C09AE90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to compel the Secretary to pay or reimburse the cost of necessary support.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H5C19D2C4453D40DDB9B1C892424F31D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reimbursement; recovery</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB4BE61527F8E47F5A032FBCB8EBA8C73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A vessel owner or operator shall reimburse the Fund an amount equal to the total amount paid from the Fund for necessary support of a seafarer, if—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2632543A6A3B4D3A91FC14187922C7E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the vessel owner or operator—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H2C29DB96284B4C0BB93F5081B9248EBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during the course of an investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter under this Act that the Coast Guard referred to a United States attorney or the Attorney General, fails to provide necessary support of a seafarer who was paroled into the United States to facilitate the investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H0CBB1CDA35AD467A8E05E985F7304CAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsequently is—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H27EE781D770C4ABAB1D1B019B6195FB9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>convicted of a criminal offense related to such matter; or</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H95FE7F1412BC4D7EA1DEB64BC6879F2F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>required to reimburse the Fund pursuant to a court order or negotiated settlement related to such matter; or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF020D51C60AC43CEA76349F8428DCB4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the vessel owner or operator abandons a seafarer in the United States, as determined by the Secretary based on substantial evidence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H65DEDE94F47840BDB455A790FD76B495"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If a vessel owner or operator fails to reimburse the Fund under paragraph (1), the Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB99A96FC9A046BEBD973082ED417783"><enum>(A)</enum><text>proceed in rem against the vessel on which the affected seafarer served in the Federal district court for the district in which the vessel is found; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4621218AACF644A2ABEA85019EB950EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>withhold or revoke the clearance required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/60105">section 60105</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, for the vessel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H600A31E57E5D4DB585109E7CB59876E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remedy</header><text>A vessel may obtain clearance from the Secretary after it is withheld or revoked under paragraph (2)(B) if the vessel owner or operator—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD0F0D910EA334BF19ACCC160B6438DF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reimburses the Fund the amount required under paragraph (1); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H00AB81E618904E5DAD24ACF96420C664"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides a bond, or other evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the amount required to be reimbursed under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HA550542325CF453E925E44E4C88E2A12"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2E546BA979C742238FD24F8A9D7961F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Abandons; abandoned</header><text>Each of the terms <term>abandons</term> and <term>abandoned</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H00080503865A4314BFB596806B8C0541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a vessel owner’s or operator’s unilateral severance of ties with a seafarer; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA3B75FF3DB684C9AB0DBBAF7A2A7D58E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a vessel owner’s or operator’s failure to provide necessary support of a seafarer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE291512B9B5848359FACBD2E77B4ED7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Abandoned Seafarers Fund established under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7788D26CBE224FC0BBBF0370AA2D2B18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Necessary support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>necessary support</term> means normal wages and expenses the Secretary considers reasonable for lodging, subsistence, clothing, medical care (including hospitalization), repatriation, and any other support the Secretary considers to be appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H56B00457B33542ED8BE0E0A5BBBB1566"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Seafarer</header><text>The term <term>seafarer</term> means an alien crewman who is employed or engaged in any capacity on board a vessel subject to this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2265996A9A57481F955C52209683A1A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 9, by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF15A9C685A764E72BFD5A25E76E3E4D8" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H7B2F8919653A43D1A87C3AE3C6FFF3BC"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Any penalty collected under subsection (a) or (b) that is not paid under that subsection to the person giving information leading to the conviction or assessment of such penalties shall be deposited in the Abandoned Seafarers Fund established under section 18, subject to the limitation in subsection (a)(2)(B) of such section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H318128A25F604217A2DA5A933D003CC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header>Clarification of high-risk waters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55305">Section 55305(e)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H89499CC359B5462896F5DE83C6150A48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H984F4DECADF64724BD50586841966B98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>provide armed personnel aboard</quote> and inserting <quote>reimburse, subject to the availability of appropriations, the owners or operators of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA3406308AD348F2BC501095C0A7FE40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for the cost of providing armed personnel aboard such vessels</quote> before <quote>if</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65A876657442440A89E8E5174327CC4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE851D56F018443258243D71723427DE5" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H71F2A879654A4048B70B43F4FB05BA1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>high-risk waters</term> means waters—</text> <subparagraph id="H2F467E3954764488BECEF2D9FABE1251"><enum>(A)</enum><text>so designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard in the maritime security directive issued by the Commandant and in effect on the date on which an applicable voyage begins; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26BE4431CA964497BDB4E71B3C1C2B81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in which the Secretary of Transportation determines an act of piracy is likely to occur based on documented acts of piracy that occurred in such waters during the 12-month period preceding the date on which an applicable voyage begins.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HE34ED0D40D40447B98FDFCA7F9A38546"><enum>312.</enum><header>Uninspected passenger vessels in the Virgin Islands</header> <subsection id="H99450CF500B3453EB96DC355D628FA29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/4105">Section 4105</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5FB3D07CC9BD48779CC2FB8BAB72BFE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60847D9A7B834C71A4800A996DDFBD82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5C1C9837CE14388A12D97DC03844450" style="USC"> <subsection id="HD2539B879F754FC49AA8D4D86B2AF4BE"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying this title with respect to an uninspected vessel of less than 24 meters overall in length that carries passengers to or from a port in the United States Virgin Islands, the Secretary shall substitute <quote>12 passengers</quote> for <quote>6 passengers</quote> each place it appears in section 2101(42) if the Secretary determines that the vessel complies with—</text> <paragraph id="HECA45A1B91094AA0BDBD50BAACB2D25E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels (commonly referred to as the <quote>Yellow Code</quote>), as published by the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency and in effect on January 1, 2014; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H868879AE092C450E9F29CF75CD149F8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Sailing Vessels (commonly referred to as the <quote>Blue Code</quote>), as published by such agency and in effect on such date.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HA4D6F7E828674EF595D055623957C343"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/4105">Section 4105(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>Within twenty-four months of the date of enactment of this subsection, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7389F51C5D1049C6A3A666EBE6066C87" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header>Offshore supply vessel third-party inspection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/3316">Section 3316</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g), and by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD22C2A79614E4EABA42168F6E1C12606" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HEB9D04EB1F9F4FC5AA10F0E09120A9EA"><enum>(f)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2DD0201C13E343138ECFEF7A0DF92A56"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request of an owner or operator of an offshore supply vessel, the Secretary shall delegate the authorities set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) with respect to such vessel to a classification society to which a delegation is authorized under that paragraph. A delegation by the Secretary under this subsection shall be used for any vessel inspection and examination function carried out by the Secretary, including the issuance of certificates of inspection and all other related documents.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H079FC6C507A14287BC74687CBEA8293F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that a certificate of inspection or related document issued under authority delegated under paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to a vessel has reduced the operational safety of that vessel, the Secretary may terminate the certificate or document, respectively.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79999C0DA74C451393376D8AAA6AAD64" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014</short-title>, and for each year of the subsequent 2-year period, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing—</text> <subparagraph id="HD6ADBD26845D460995907FDDD97D66C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of vessels for which a delegation was made under paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23A4FBB53FD241D38895C58C7E2D4085"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any savings in personnel and operational costs incurred by the Coast Guard that resulted from the delegations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H14A492B56A7C463F9AD6D00914264823"><enum>(C)</enum><text>based on measurable marine casualty and other data, any impacts of the delegations on the operational safety of vessels for which the delegations were made, and on the crew on those vessels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HEFE124CE2F2C46FEABDFFC6E644F3C44"><enum>314.</enum><header>Survival craft</header> <subsection id="HAF96B2A22924457CB8C471944CB17702"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/3104">Section 3104</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H3E0B5A29A4E8438EA449701132EAC0BA" style="USC"> <section id="HBAA33952724C4A39901B46306F63F70A"><enum>3104.</enum><header>Survival craft</header> <subsection id="HB5FCE7344F3F4716933E391EB9BE7BFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement to Equip</header><text>The Secretary shall require that a passenger vessel be equipped with survival craft that ensures that no part of an individual is immersed in water, if—</text> <paragraph id="H2ABDB45FE8404D56BD16931125F3289D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such vessel is built or undergoes a major conversion after January 1, 2016; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC36D03F8365041749D08A38754141BFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>operates in cold waters as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H235EB61B101F4F10A7813789FDAD0195"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Higher Standard of Safety</header><text>The Secretary may revise part 117 or part 180 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect before January 1, 2016, if such revision provides a higher standard of safety than is provided by the regulations in effect on or before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014</short-title>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE975C50DD73C43D781C4E3934B75B6FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Innovative and Novel Designs</header><text>The Secretary may, in lieu of the requirements set out in part 117 or part 180 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014</short-title>, allow a passenger vessel to be equipped with a life saving appliance or arrangement of an innovative or novel design that—</text> <paragraph id="H9BFE85BB72864C728E4DAE138B15E567"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensures no part of an individual is immersed in water; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE1E6E7A007044FE9C04EDFD366B8029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides an equal or higher standard of safety than is provided by such requirements as in effect before such date of enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H91D383ADF7414AE3B83A694FE0D568B6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Built Defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>built</term> has the meaning that term has under section 4503(e).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HAD3FBD3DDAA34F4A816E4B3D991EEB3A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review; revision of regulations</header> <paragraph id="H49D83F9D97AE46CC940BD7D16887C65E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2015, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a review of—</text> <subparagraph id="H66F7621E6F4F4BA19F8D45530D1A6FB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of casualties for individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly as a result of immersion in water, reported to the Coast Guard over the preceding 30-year period, by vessel type and area of operation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5282FB3085B14108AF6ED23E31BE7AF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the risks to individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly as a result of immersion in water, by passenger vessel type and area of operation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DB2BF621F85481AA3190EFECCB5975A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the effect that carriage of survival craft that ensure that no part of an individual is immersed in water has on—</text> <clause id="H59CCA201B42A42CF8BB86556024234BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>passenger vessel safety, including stability and safe navigation;</text></clause> <clause id="H2381F543DFF54E77978E09F701487E37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improving the survivability of individuals, including individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1A1A3E78E0DD4311AD15E47FB90334B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs, the incremental cost difference to vessel operators, and the cost effectiveness of requiring the carriage of such survival craft to address the risks to individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ACAD2B119C24218A2B167302E9DBEBC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efficacy of alternative safety systems, devices, or measures in improving survivability of individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H627CCAC0E5B5406081C147260BFCD040"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small businesses and nonprofit vessel operators that would be affected by requiring the carriage of such survival craft on passenger vessels to address the risks to individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28119AB3C1434DB78901A3B729440476"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>Based on the review conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary may revise regulations concerning the carriage of survival craft pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/3104">section 3104(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H64D584D7B07748AAB9B667497B8BB26B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>315.</enum><header>Technical correction to title 46</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/2116">Section 2116(b)(1)(D)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 93(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 93(c) of title 14</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H0DDA131D281D4E269C84209898FD35AB"><enum>316.</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <subsection id="HEADA9A8BF6E94C498189AD28876C2B07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="HACC3334717A74A978F558B6B56C5E77E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination of covered programs</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55305">Section 55305(d)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HB105FA2253F243249213E50715275535"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HC8F59EC54E56404BA58879415588035B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H2A0289AAB32B4A5A934FEA4FEDCE07AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall annually review programs administered by other departments and agencies and determine whether each such program is subject to the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2967D86A2B44E1BA58AEB00F8396CC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (5), and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD70D6D2370C04603A7E3A65ED5D70880" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDCA69E068E3044CA9322540282065867"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall have the sole responsibility to make determinations described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35CDF272D70B4886823EC243C071DFEB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A determination made by the Secretary under paragraph (1) regarding a program shall remain in effect until the Secretary determines that such program is no longer subject to the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9B41B72DDEA45C0848DE8A38C500CC4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Each department or agency administering a program determined by the Secretary under paragraph (1) to be subject to the requirements of this section shall administer such program in accordance with this section and any rules or guidance issued by the Secretary. The issuance of such rules or guidance is not a prerequisite to the issuance of final determinations under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E6F48B376E84B71874B8515CDD07E12"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section;</quote> and inserting <quote>section, to determine compliance with the requirements of this section;</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3819A9B2D38549B2BBD8B06020D7743E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H16AAFFC123F447C6A47699728137A132" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAE8BBD0D4B5847419CD143AAC7EC85A8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>On the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that—</text> <subparagraph id="H031938EF3FFE4FA582FC9EFFA3102BDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>lists the programs determined under paragraph (1) to be subject to the requirements of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD0B2F99342342488FBE5C9D01CCEC3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the results of the most recent annual review required by paragraph (5)(A), including identification of the departments and agencies that transported cargo in violation of this section and any action the Secretary took under paragraph (5) with respect to each violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF9665DD9061467B9AF4E48BD5EEAEC1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for first review</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall complete the first review and make the determinations required under the amendment made by paragraph (1)(A) by not later than December 31, 2015.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H93E0F2097C4A49DFB66A4D56108D5DA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header> <paragraph id="H15C81F554CCC4A7F9CF2A3ACEFAEC996"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55305">Section 55305(d)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD128B3BD1E214DDFBEA7A491784C2DDB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE809B3964B0F48E091E151AD8785A0BD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Secretary may prescribe rules, including interim rules, necessary to carry out paragraph (5). An interim rule prescribed under this paragraph shall remain in effect until superseded by a final rule.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA54B56315274402688F78CFE96AB4BF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 3511(c) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55305">46 U.S.C. 55305</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H839367C007F543278E990BFA1B7880DB"><enum>317.</enum><header>Severe marine debris events</header> <subsection id="HC932C64145A34960BD389324EB691487"><enum>(a)</enum><header>NOAA Marine Debris Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1952">33 U.S.C. 1952</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H86E072022C674EE097D1CB5A0C327F20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H478105C4FD8244ED95CF5993D51CF972"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and contracts</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">contracts, and other agreements</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H694399759CC14A1EA219A1D1847EF9D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4C9848306DF4CFF82999F283A33D548" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDBE86959565F47B897E6F087B0A38817"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out the purposes set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may—</text> <subparagraph id="HDDE9CF30F4BF47F68EE61B14612AB2CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements with Federal agencies, States, local governments, regional agencies, interstate agencies, and other entities, including agreements to use the personnel, services, equipment, or facilities of such entities on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7B6B985CE9245E8B614CE20CEB06B5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make grants to—</text> <clause id="H85CE88564E064CB59F532257AAA9A01B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State, local, and tribal governments; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBDCD853DC0724C82AC2586EE5F8A148A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and commercial organizations with the expertise or responsibility to identify, determine sources of, assess, prevent, reduce, and remove marine debris.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D361F59CF5F443BB4E53372E6E8FC91"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2505B5E8A35D46CD8AC75BD399BDCB81" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC5E667D94EE74D67AA588A253150EBD0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grants</header> <subparagraph id="HC1D49A0B45774A88B7CDB1DDC5F39CD1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1)(B), an entity specified in that paragraph shall submit to the Administrator a marine debris project proposal.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H70066A6E4E5B498A9C7DCB9515066D1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review and approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall—</text> <clause id="HA01FD5B59C6F43B2AC3CB955693A0343"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review each marine debris project proposal submitted under subparagraph (A) to determine if the proposal meets grant criteria established by the Administrator and supports the purposes set forth in section 2;</text></clause> <clause id="H9103697879ED455D917410BB4ACFF189"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after considering any written comments and recommendations with respect to the review conducted under clause (i), approve or disapprove a grant for the proposal; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5EC528F6C880422FB977A2F17075C8E8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide notification of that approval or disapproval to the entity that submitted the proposal.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0221906B91D345F592E605CB320A2AF8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1)(B) shall provide reports to the Administrator as required by the Administrator. Each report provided shall include all information determined necessary by the Administrator for evaluating the progress and success of the project for which the grant was provided and describe the impact of the grant on the identification, determination of sources, assessment, prevention, reduction, or removal of marine debris.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA76128B86B9D4480BD23639CE35767D4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Administrator may require a recipient of a grant under this subsection to provide training to persons engaged in marine debris response efforts funded by such grant with respect to the potential impacts of marine debris, including nonindigenous species related to the debris, on the economy of the United States, the marine environment, and navigation safety.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DD1D833A5404AEE90C681FFFC9FFC4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83FCB35A4FC645148FCBFD07955E8AE8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1C0DF01CA83147D79E887096C6516509"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Severe marine debris events</header> <paragraph id="H599B523A664E401BAF2DEABFB1E40F81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant preference</header><text>In evaluating proposals for grants under subsection (c), the Administrator may give preference in approving grants to proposals that address a severe marine debris event.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FB4690E52264A7EB5AE97C6944800ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Request for a declaration</header> <subparagraph id="HAA6376E65FAE41FF905FD636B288C4DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), the Governor of a State may request that the Administrator declare a severe marine debris event in such State or a region that includes such State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BB833C5A4504900811403E16900AC78"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Response to requests</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the Administrator receives a request under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall either—</text> <clause id="HC70AF9FAA40445C493F3C07C32B65BF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>declare a severe marine debris event with respect to the request; or</text></clause> <clause id="HF189C756B3194C4EB8FE6300F82371B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit a response to the Governor who submitted the request, explaining why the Administrator has not declared a severe marine debris event with respect to the request.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE498BA13AE1247C391963BDBB4D164F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 7 of the Marine Debris Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1956">33 U.S.C. 1956</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H73A6DB8212DA4464B3B1987502976143"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by moving paragraph (5) to appear before paragraph (6);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EBDD2575193448FB2FC56644FD40FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32DCB0B514ED4D8FA7590AA1020D6797"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7B338F7C6E246C49AD7D5493E2D725F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEEA66EFB09DE49189F62E3CEE3DBEDD9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Nonindigenous species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>nonindigenous species</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 1003 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4702">16 U.S.C. 4702</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H94DBC4CB248B4F548814D1BE1322C330"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Severe marine debris event determination</header> <paragraph id="HF1A2AF2B03E44700841C0207BC72CBA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to provide funds</header> <subparagraph id="HB49ACE40A28C4F38800C51DBF3D28430"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may provide funds to an eligible entity impacted by the covered severe marine debris event to assist such entity with the costs of any activity carried out to address the effects of such event.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5F36A69F7254B249122A082E5D4CB88"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Administrator may provide funds under subparagraph (A) using any funds provided by the Government of Japan for activities to address the effects of the covered severe marine debris event.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC860DCB313CC41C5B712B3C141033E6A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text> <clause id="H70A9547B1777482EAFBE34807EC217AB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Covered severe marine debris event</header><text>The term <quote>covered severe marine debris event</quote> means the events, including marine debris, resulting from the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami.</text></clause> <clause id="H50B2B33906B84A8BB3F8EB37CA302B21"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means any State (as defined in section 7 of the Marine Debris Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1956">33 U.S.C. 1956</external-xref>)), local, or tribal government.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3B108E9FB3C49B19AEB5F7F2BB0B517"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/213">Public Law 112–213</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA40B1BE794B444EE9FC0F9472FD5C4CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the table of contents in section 1(b) by striking the item relating to section 609; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H796AD7E71FD04AD4B9CD8FECAACA01E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking section 609.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE2953451B22242DFAE24FD735C1060E9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header>Minimum tonnage</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55305">Section 55305</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBBEBBEE4FDD40A3B7115829C30525B4" style="USC"> <subsection id="HFA43622B56DC40C8AD21EC6AC5FC8830"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Minimum tonnage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to commodities transported under the activities specified in section 55314(b), the percentage specified in subsection (b) of this section shall be treated as 75 percent.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H82EE8E76086347D9811CC0FE3F0B3F94"><enum>319.</enum><header>Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee</header> <subsection id="HEA84332E78294DB2BB1B03FBED772E6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of advisory committee</header> <paragraph id="H26148F05F77A4BEAABD4816E433424E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/81">Chapter 81</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H4E39984FD08E498BB9F3744D5425039D" style="USC"> <section id="H5798CB3835D54143BD6359729DFBC509"><enum>8108.</enum><header>Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee</header> <subsection id="H31398BCA19CD4CC2990337E66806DEB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as <quote>the Committee</quote>). The Committee—</text> <paragraph id="HB7051A699B7945BB9F32084BCBC92274"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall act solely in an advisory capacity to the Secretary through the Commandant of the Coast Guard on matters relating to personnel in the United States merchant marine, including training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness standards, and other matters as assigned by the Commandant;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4923C99F2EC743E8A54DC82F35D79B8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall review and comment on proposed Coast Guard regulations and policies relating to personnel in the United States merchant marine, including training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness standards;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02C95278AABC4F1688512C38EB622B66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may be given special assignments by the Secretary and may conduct studies, inquiries, workshops, and fact finding in consultation with individuals and groups in the private sector and with State or local governments;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBA2EB4E60354B418D39EA27BEC0272E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations reflecting its independent judgment to the Secretary;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E162BFEB2F1419BAFFF55D69F09B552"><enum>(5)</enum><text>shall meet not less than twice each year; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H502E68E1D4BA47D3988FA0AAC967CAD6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>may make available to the Congress recommendations that the Committee makes to the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3270870055AB402C901AF150300D13A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="HBE2A118E54ED4E0B919B819BB8CF9D4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall consist of not more than 19 members who are appointed by and serve terms of a duration determined by the Secretary. Before filling a position on the Committee, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for membership on the Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H901C034786F94A9981EEEBCFAD8B9682"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required members</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint as members of the Committee—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B142118AEF147ABB1ED6C72E4940C6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>9 United States citizens with active licenses or certificates issued under chapter 71 or merchant mariner documents issued under chapter 73, including—</text> <clause id="H4BB5720CEA2B49B59387B8AA55557644"><enum>(i)</enum><text>3 deck officers who represent the viewpoint of merchant marine deck officers, of whom—</text> <subclause id="HC4A50DD71BE94646B0707314B11AA50A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 shall be licensed for oceans any gross tons;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA1FB4DDF1DEF4E58972F379B6D06D2F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be licensed for inland river route with a limited or unlimited tonnage;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H68F55A7D81B04EB99845DCCD2CF41954"><enum>(III)</enum><text>2 shall have a master’s license or a master of towing vessels license;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC08F74D6688A46B4A2C30F5FF205307D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>1 shall have significant tanker experience; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1D2537A8116D414DA7ABE0EDE6837E9C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to the extent practicable—</text> <item id="HDC0EB7AA71384A88A86D4F70273DAAD2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>1 shall represent the viewpoint of labor; and</text></item> <item id="H865E377ADAC7441C924D64836A7DC897"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>another shall represent a management perspective;</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H73E9EA34A5EC4556B436EFADB2E204CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>3 engineering officers who represent the viewpoint of merchant marine engineering officers, of whom—</text> <subclause id="HDA47014976AB44F78C47212D9C9FFC07"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 shall be licensed as chief engineer any horsepower;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA7D20E77D3864E5788BF87F19BCEFC2E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 shall be licensed as either a limited chief engineer or a designated duty engineer; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD8E52E81F62B44E7937CF562F708792B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to the extent practicable—</text> <item id="HAE2C63EDF9B7491791EF5CA78F6A3ECE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent a labor viewpoint; and</text></item> <item id="H8858276CF3E34C9991205291F4A06379"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>another shall represent a management perspective;</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="HCC065E8B56E548D3A2DF25C290140229"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2 unlicensed seamen, of whom—</text> <subclause id="HA1A80DD1A51F40CD8FA334B3A102B9B4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 shall represent the viewpoint of able-bodied seamen; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0E2A60700B664E8D865D2CEE50281A82"><enum>(II)</enum><text>another shall represent the viewpoint of qualified members of the engine department; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HE974EE4AC2634601870F0BA95ECEC006"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 pilot who represents the viewpoint of merchant marine pilots;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16D4FB5701754C2F860A964D20C02557"><enum>(B)</enum><text>6 marine educators, including—</text> <clause id="HADBC8BB15E67439495FFA23397B0DE1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>3 marine educators who represent the viewpoint of maritime academies, including—</text> <subclause id="HE4DA579EF3B141E1A010F4BD41E3EAB7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 who represent the viewpoint of State maritime academies and are jointly recommended by such State maritime academies; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6AC3CA20DEC04DDFAE777B41C5CBC1C3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 who represents either the viewpoint of the State maritime academies or the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H974094153D91446783650F57478AD539"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>3 marine educators who represent the viewpoint of other maritime training institutions, 1 of whom shall represent the viewpoint of the small vessel industry;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A55EAF6EEF747F1A5AB2CA5D623D8FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>2 individuals who represent the viewpoint of shipping companies employed in ship operation management; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DD589A0435746D0A9914CFD5ADED833"><enum>(D)</enum><text>2 members who are appointed from the general public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8CF6688771E14E9098A4A23892947412"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chairman and vice chairman</header><text>The Committee shall elect one of its members as the Chairman and one of its members as the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity of the Chairman, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Chairman.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9CB2483D9C3F47559CB121A53BDE073B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee may establish and disestablish subcommittees and working groups for any purpose consistent with this section, subject to conditions imposed by the Committee. Members of the Committee and additional persons drawn from the general public may be assigned to such subcommittees and working groups. Only Committee members may chair subcommittee or working groups.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5214EF38558642A0B4E33BE4CD0CC1E7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Committee shall terminate on September 30, 2020.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08ACBB9A09BB446E85C8EE2CAD708374"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H07FC24007BAC4EFC9F4CBCD2C92FF2CF" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8108. Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFD69CC929CB6483297669399DB6F5A55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Competitiveness of the <enum-in-header>U.S.</enum-in-header> merchant marine</header> <paragraph id="H08BC57C0393240898187B4B3DFD4A0EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee established under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE067FA47EE1E49F1B09A5136F62F0276"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review—</text> <clause id="H523DAE2C18544D9E95348ED6FC2B5137"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the merchant mariner licensing, certification, and documentation programs and STCW Convention implementation programs of the 3 flag-states; and</text></clause> <clause id="H842B0C58EF4840C1B40B8259C46A0B75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>State maritime academy problems regarding implementation of the STCW Convention; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H132296B3A3394CA09A1DB2E99E25F86C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>report to the Commandant of the Coast Guard—</text> <clause id="H3A6C98307F6C413EA4FABE77F28C7A32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of each specific provision for which United States merchant mariner license, certification, and document and STCW Convention implementation requirements are more stringent than the requirements of such flag-state programs, and a recommendation of whether such United States provision should be retained, modified, or eliminated;</text></clause> <clause id="H0FAA4FC51C134F358889BE97B2F9DE11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of which United States merchant mariner license, certification, and document evaluation requirements must be complied with separately from similar STCW Convention evaluation requirements, any statutory requirement for such separate compliance, and steps that can be taken by the Coast Guard or by the Congress to minimize such redundant requirements; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6A04283780F34180B4FA5090799ACA37"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of problems State maritime academies are having in implementing the STCW Convention and recommendations on how to address such problems.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC1E549C8B5245878C1D7BF9A6C3177A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Within 6 months from the date the Commandant receives the report under paragraph (1)(B), the Commandant shall forward to the Congress a copy of the report with recommendations for actions to implement the report’s recommendations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H978C4114C59D4269B4B852CF7B397027"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HCAFE5F38900D4E59B7B719F56B78CF24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>3 flag states</header><text>The term <quote>3 flag states</quote> means the 3 countries that are parties to the Annex to the International Maritime Organization Maritime Safety Committee Circular MSC.1/Circ.1163/Rev.8 dated January 7, 2013, and, of all such countries, have the greatest vessel tonnage documented under the laws of each respective country.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H553804E601544EBBB9AF411369D80EB6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>STCW convention</header><text>The term <quote>STCW Convention</quote> means the amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 that entered into force on January 1, 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H02524288181B4AB5AD9133C00EA7C26F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>320.</enum><header>Report on effect of LNG export carriage requirements on job creation in the United States maritime industry</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the number of jobs, including vessel construction and vessel operating jobs, that would be created in the United States maritime industry each year in 2015 through 2025 if liquified natural gas exported from the United States were required to be carried—</text> <paragraph id="H37BA3C9893D34A938F47CAE67367C18D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>before December 31, 2018, on vessels documented under the laws of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBD9D3AF2FEA44599606AB776FA5AC78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after such date, on vessels documented under the laws of the United States and constructed in the United States.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Federal Maritime Commission</header> <section id="H600BD98B997642C7BDDEC25BD2977DA9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Maritime Commission $24,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></section> <section id="H8D0988367ABC4CADB1BC9CD277F1D063"><enum>402.</enum><header>Terms of Commissioners</header> <subsection id="HADCFC752054D497BA3832D85050B9390"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/301">Section 301(b)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8A73259ED94F492393E57D1841B9E076"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HE77C7C2D63B34AD28C52E4326978E19F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H643A56AFACB442B2ACC7D93EA4A71065"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>The term of each Commissioner is 5 years. When the term of a Commissioner ends, the Commissioner may continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified, but for a period not to exceed one year. Except as provided in paragraph (3), no individual may serve more than 2 terms.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2997282D26664D45BA020495B5547C83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5), and inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H4E8F67B18E47459EB3EA94798F7BA5B9" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H2BF630E94E1F4664BEF5AE12740ECB12"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy is appointed only for the unexpired term of the individual being succeeded. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy may serve 2 terms in addition to the remainder of the term for which the predecessor of that individual was appointed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F055804411B4C43ABA4ECB5D913DB48"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conflicts of interest</header> <subparagraph id="HBCEE35F34D664379A5CDD53F47D8C404"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limitation on relationships with regulated entities</header><text>A Commissioner may not have a pecuniary interest in, hold an official relation to, or own stocks or bonds of any entity the Commission regulates under chapter 401 of this title.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47FAF28A16B84E768CF3A90DA211C893"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on other activities</header><text>A Commissioner may not engage in another business, vocation, or employment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6AE8F66D82EC41E795084CF904D9C27F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) does not apply with respect to a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission appointed and confirmed by the Senate before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Commercial Vessel Discharge Reform</header> <section id="H1BA25704454848EDA3A9C77668E45250" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Commercial Vessel Discharge Reform Act of 2014</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H448ACCD296C143F6AFD489847348B092"><enum>502.</enum><header>Discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/299">Public Law 110–299</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 18, 2014,</quote>.</text></section> <enum>VI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="HD876850321B84D909D99C3191896FEA4"><enum>601.</enum><header>Distant water tuna fleet</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 421 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/241">Public Law 109–241</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 547) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE8AA245E1AFB4F94900A05FCE3C343A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H08BC7D0B99444DAAA6868984412BA454"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HE64463EFBA7049F8ADA3BB5D49A05863" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0C22068EF25A476F8980BA3A1FAFA567"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (a) only applies to a foreign citizen who holds a credential to serve as an officer on a fishing vessel or vessel of similar tonnage.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCD35D6F05264E1D90B587051F0779AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>An equivalent credential</quote> and inserting <quote>A credential</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7BCA7CD352547239DB4D425A6ABD5DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c), (e), and (f) and redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HDC852034F66A4C499424DB897DCD8164"><enum>602.</enum><header>Vessel determination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The vessel assigned United States official number 1205366 is deemed a new vessel effective on the date of delivery of the vessel after January 1, 2012, from a privately owned United States shipyard, if no encumbrances are on record with the Coast Guard at the time of the issuance of the new certificate of documentation for the vessel.</text></section> <section id="HC9C53726CD894898BF87D0B4586925F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Lease authority</header> <subsection id="H501D908B88D34D6D8387E8BC65180FF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard may lease under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">section 93(a)(13)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, submerged lands and tidelands under the control of the Coast Guard without regard to the limitation under that section with respect to lease duration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAF7B26673BD64017857DE644B9D68E64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may lease submerged lands and tidelands under subsection (a) only if—</text> <paragraph id="H20E900078FEC42A2B79470B30BD6B109"><enum>(1)</enum><text>lease payments are—</text> <subparagraph id="H369C20A082D34BF2B7CB05BFD9E96B8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received exclusively in the form of cash;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90779C38F9A6484C89FABB731FE7D431"><enum>(B)</enum><text>equal to the fair market value of the leased submerged lands or tidelands, as determined by the Commandant; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC450BD4486E54B1F9D9A0E29B1378F83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>deposited in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/687">section 687</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BECBB3855DC4286B0E2AC2D42682880"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the lease does not provide authority to or commit the Coast Guard to use or support any improvements to such submerged lands or tidelands, or obtain goods or services from the lessee.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H47BF64C5136147308AAFC7564F60ACB3"><enum>604.</enum><header>National maritime strategy</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H4769293BA25F45CFB664EF1B70890B22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a national maritime strategy.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HD400CF53B0E6468293BD323F84096445"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The strategy required under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAFC98A1E40424019AC63FB77E10699BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3EF0C0CAAB374B9B93258ABAA16F9BAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal regulations and policies that reduce the competitiveness of United States flag vessels in the international trade; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H69F180E530D04461B7769219AA768BE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the impact of reduced cargo flow due to reductions in the number of members of the United States Armed Forces stationed or deployed outside of the United States; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBB4B7C72557C4376B7E3C1E2149EE06C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include recommendations to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1BD38F4731DC4BDF924FD8C3A1EAD39C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make United States flag vessels more competitive in shipping routes between United States and foreign ports;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB3A85882D044EEAB74885EE1CFEEEC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the use of United States flag vessels to carry cargo imported to and exported from the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H702F99128D2B40EAA05660A66640F4EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assure compliance by Federal agencies with <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/553">chapter 553</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F9D59C1B66D4946B31DC2F4D632D5D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase the use of third-party inspection and certification authorities to inspect and certify vessels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0468675D1104CF5835CE9C17C4B8E2C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase the use of short sea transportation routes designated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55601">section 55601(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, to enhance intermodal freight movements; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H19BD3902D61A4C228893D609189388AE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>enhance United States shipbuilding capability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H30A6D5091DA949D6AB2BF971BB2948A5"><enum>605.</enum><header>IMO Polar Code negotiations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter with the submission of the budget proposal submitted for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report on—</text> <paragraph id="HDE6209E4A3334988A30CE5841A252493"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the negotiations at the International Maritime Organization regarding the establishment of a draft international code of safety for ships operating in polar waters, popularly known as the Polar Code, and any amendments proposed by such a code to be made to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74F276C8831643C19875C5AFFB3381AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coming into effect of such a code and such amendments for nations that are parties to those conventions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D6AC49783264C008F62956DB8A3586F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impacts, for coastal communities located in the Arctic (as that term is defined in the section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4111">15 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>)) of such a code or such amendments, on—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4F4F58C8123487C847349D387FC4C3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the costs of delivering fuel and freight; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3881FF3D3DA04A928D38B4DB4CB3C075"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the safety of maritime transportation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC738FEBCD834590BAB309ED3487150A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>actions the Secretary must take to implement the requirements of such a code and such amendments.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HB7980233CD064135B761BC60317ACA26"><enum>606.</enum><header>Valley View Ferry</header> <subsection id="H6652C8A97AB94273BA3EA54A4C4C5E6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/8902">Section 8902</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to the vessel John Craig (United States official number D1110613) when such vessel is operating on the portion of the Kentucky River, Kentucky, located at approximately mile point 158, in Pool Number 9, between Lock and Dam Number 9 and Lock and Dam Number 10.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HED490D3033944578B9940F4603D27F10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall apply on and after the date on which the Secretary determines that a licensing requirement has been established under Kentucky State law that applies to an operator of the vessel John Craig.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H41AFFEC5D3EB45FEA4BB46F8036F9DAC"><enum>607.</enum><header>Competition by United States flag vessels</header> <subsection id="H1750D5C71CF8495FB11C409DD779534E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an assessment of authorities under subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, that have been delegated to the Coast Guard that impact the ability of vessels documented under the laws of the United States to effectively compete in the carriage of merchandise and passengers in the international trade.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H69C103C10BC24349B539259931F85CE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of differences with IMO standards</header><text>The assessment under subsection (a) shall include a review of differences between United States laws, policies, regulations, and guidance governing the inspection of vessels documented under the laws of the United States and standards set by the International Maritime Organization governing the inspection of vessels.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5486D14C4FD64F54B4EDBB68879A5A62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Commandant enters into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under subsection (a), the Commandant shall submit the assessment required under such subsection to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H96C22CE217B5411B9416206DBC66F5CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>608.</enum><header>Survey</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a survey of the parcel of real property under the administrative control of the Coast Guard, consisting of approximately 1.95 acres (measured at the mean low-water mark) located at the entrance to Gig Harbor, Washington, and commonly known as the Gig Harbor Sand Spit Area.</text></section> <section id="HEA91E3518170452E88A712C470297D5F"><enum>609.</enum><header>Fishing safety grant programs</header> <subsection id="H667E50CA2F7541A08D6B0A7C8A8BA922"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fishing safety training grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/4502">Section 4502(i)(4)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2010 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2015 and 2016</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H70B9BC1BDE714EBA84F8852578B14790"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fishing safety research grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/4502">Section 4502(j)(4)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2010 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2015 and 2016</quote>.</text></subsection></section> Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk.