<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header><section id="idAE259DEAF65C46549E14649F5CE368F1"><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="idD931221183BE4001ACC40132FB3DCF1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $6,981,036,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, of which $24,500,000 is authorized each fiscal year to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2712">33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC601768B27A24ACEA0793547E3278955"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $1,545,312,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to remain available until expended, of which—</text><subparagraph id="idC302739A830540F4A8C9635886CB13FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 is authorized each fiscal year to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93A077BD7285434DA86CAF6BCFB15C12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$55,000,000 is authorized each fiscal year for a service life extension of 7 to 10 years for the Coast Guard Cutter POLAR SEA (WAGB 11).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFDC6BB5848C7421B94D6D38424D51D93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and services, $140,016,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9371CB2754FD4199A2129F0F935E8882"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, and defense readiness, $19,890,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5976B0E3BDC64B5B9597784CC78EFA1E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For retired pay (including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical and dental care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 or title 10, United States Code, $1,460,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEABA083DA4C346DCB8D27E824E58E344"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program, $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51CF08C8CE4241DFB857278E76A5BE6D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For environmental compliance and restoration functions under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/19">chapter 19</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, $16,701,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id08E44F9EBDBE4B69B9EBFBE474DFB6E4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized levels of military strength and training</header><subsection id="id35AA1983906440B8A208A777C29122A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty strength</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 47,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5CE210B845E549E98A65FFC08B01B053"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military training student loads</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016 as follows:</text><paragraph id="id8BA27A13E9104E82A827851B629AB072"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id21995628E6AB434B9C123B6C8F67835A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight training, 165 student years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB9BE82EAD75439780352172956BDAE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31F2DF66D47A47EA85BD099D0399805A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>

113 S2444 IS: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016 U.S. Senate 2014-06-05 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.

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016

.(b)

Table of Contents

The table of contents of 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—Organization

Sec. 201. Commandant; appointment.

Sec. 202. Prevention and response workforces.

Sec. 203. Clarification of Coast Guard ice operations mission.

Sec. 204. Coast Guard centers of expertise.

Sec. 205. Research, development, testing, and evaluation.

Sec. 206. Arctic maritime domain awareness.

Sec. 207. Annual Board of Visitors.

TITLE III—Personnel

Sec. 301. Flag officers; determination of unfitness.

Sec. 302. Acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority.

Sec. 303. Post-service maritime employment opportunities.

Sec. 304. Coast Guard remission of indebtedness.

Sec. 305. Coast Guard family support and child care.

Sec. 306. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces.

Sec. 307. Expedited reimbursement for medical goods and services.

TITLE IV—Administration

Sec. 401. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request.

Sec. 402. Recovery of travel and subsistence costs for prevention services.

Sec. 403. Retired servicemembers and family members serving on advisory committees.

Sec. 404. Housing choices for Coast Guard families with special medical needs.

Sec. 405. Authority to construct Coast Guard child development center facilities.

Sec. 406. Heavy polar icebreaker design and construction.

Sec. 407. Forward operating facilities.

Sec. 408. Enhanced national response capability.

Sec. 409. Updates to fines and penalties.

Sec. 410. Technical amendment; Coast Guard Academy charges and fees for attendance.

TITLE V—Shipping and navigation

Sec. 501. Prompt intergovernmental notice of marine casualties.

Sec. 502. Drug testing reporting.

Sec. 503. Protection and fair treatment of seafarers.

Sec. 504. Vessel requirements for notices of arrival and departure and automatic identification system.

Sec. 505. Improved safety information for vessels.

Sec. 506. Prompt publication of oil spill information.

Sec. 507. Area contingency plans.

Sec. 508. Coast Guard response plan requirements.

TITLE VI—Miscellaneous

Sec. 601. Waivers.

Sec. 602. Inflationary adjustment for Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council.

<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header><section id="idAE259DEAF65C46549E14649F5CE368F1"><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="idD931221183BE4001ACC40132FB3DCF1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $6,981,036,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, of which $24,500,000 is authorized each fiscal year to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2712">33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC601768B27A24ACEA0793547E3278955"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $1,545,312,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to remain available until expended, of which—</text><subparagraph id="idC302739A830540F4A8C9635886CB13FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 is authorized each fiscal year to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93A077BD7285434DA86CAF6BCFB15C12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$55,000,000 is authorized each fiscal year for a service life extension of 7 to 10 years for the Coast Guard Cutter POLAR SEA (WAGB 11).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFDC6BB5848C7421B94D6D38424D51D93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and services, $140,016,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9371CB2754FD4199A2129F0F935E8882"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, and defense readiness, $19,890,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5976B0E3BDC64B5B9597784CC78EFA1E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For retired pay (including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical and dental care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 or title 10, United States Code, $1,460,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEABA083DA4C346DCB8D27E824E58E344"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program, $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51CF08C8CE4241DFB857278E76A5BE6D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For environmental compliance and restoration functions under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/19">chapter 19</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, $16,701,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id08E44F9EBDBE4B69B9EBFBE474DFB6E4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized levels of military strength and training</header><subsection id="id35AA1983906440B8A208A777C29122A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty strength</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 47,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5CE210B845E549E98A65FFC08B01B053"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military training student loads</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016 as follows:</text><paragraph id="id8BA27A13E9104E82A827851B629AB072"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id21995628E6AB434B9C123B6C8F67835A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight training, 165 student years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB9BE82EAD75439780352172956BDAE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31F2DF66D47A47EA85BD099D0399805A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Organization</header><section id="id69B3EE38A23647C2A2AFE21A41741C7E"><enum>201.</enum><header>Commandant; appointment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/44">Section 44</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>The term of an appointment, and any reappointment, shall begin on June 1 of the current year and end 4 years later on May 31, except that, in the event of death, retirement, resignation, or reassignment, or when the needs of the Service demand, the Secretary may alter the date on which the term begins or ends as long as the term is no longer than 4 years.</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="id393BCE02143E4C43982353E69EE0972D"><enum>203.</enum><header>Clarification of Coast Guard ice operations mission</header><subsection id="id55A3D80874B84EAE9286AFF8FEEF3E93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coast Guard provision of Federal icebreaking services</header><text><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 inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/86">section 86</external-xref> the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide22e0ec754d04b8c8a96d192d8c9d49c" style="USC"><section id="idee569d751aa04fe7a3fe4cc81c0e5867"><enum>87.</enum><header>Provision of icebreaking services</header><subsection id="id84f89099fd7e41f88b11da9ffc876f50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard shall be the sole supplier of icebreaking services, on an advance payment or reimbursable basis, to each Federal agency that requires icebreaking services.</text></subsection><subsection id="id11342284aae342a2bc9e8df5dd575afa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In the event that a Federal agency requires icebreaking services and the Coast Guard is unable to provide the services, the Federal agency may acquire icebreaking services from another entity.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5F65AB80C17142BCB510E837B68FEB45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority of Coast Guard missions in polar regions</header><paragraph id="id61b6b2b375c44325ae8be3f3c5da8111"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section 110</header><text>Section 110(b)(2) of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4109">15 U.S.C. 4109(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idffd34f80c59049ae9b9076b5110c3767"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to execute the statutory missions of the Coast Guard and</quote> after <quote>needed</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82ac8dacffc04a4aad49cde8c4ca0e09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and all budget authority related to such operations</quote> after <quote>projects,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0fad0f471ee54f379a2dacdbf94f13dc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section 312</header><text>Section 312(c) of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2441">16 U.S.C. 2441(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>to execute the statutory missions of the Coast Guard and</quote> after <quote>needed</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id58eae5ae88784ea6bd32c9cd4002e26d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents 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 inserting after the item relating to section 86 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAC24987753C4FE8B24950E840A6491A" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">87. Provision of icebreaking services.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="ide4eb8bd343134810ae4cbdfd2529c366"><enum>204.</enum><header>Coast Guard 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="id50101244097A4CF89E21B4C501E0198B" style="OLC"><subsection id="id5765a531607f43079bcc9bbfd4695378"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Missions</header><text>A center shall—</text><paragraph id="ida2cab44a9ba949d090c8bbd8c127de10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote, facilitate, and conduct education, training, and research programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id98b07ea43d5d4f848cfb70d2f840b616"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and maintain a repository of information on operations, practices, and resources; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8fb3b1a8f224e8c906f7ad526dc522e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>perform and support any mission of the Coast Guard that the Commandant may specify.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idE07CDE6FC73D4FF8AF37B5D508F8B751"><enum>205.</enum><header>Research, development, testing, and evaluation</header><subsection id="idbcdae89e7e44445faf24c2ef5a491a5e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research, development, testing, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">Section 93</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id017550a6f4ce4149bb4d1956e924fb04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4), by striking <quote>agencies and with private agencies;</quote> and inserting <quote>agencies, private agencies, and, through the Secretary with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, with foreign government agencies;</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8679c2ba4ecd4fa7b6bc37b108c158df"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a6095f9322b4410a0a828811ba6f31b" style="OLC"><subsection id="idef4ac6046a6f4a588f06b977e633ec74"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Equipment, technology, and techniques</header><text>For the purposes of subsection (a)(4), the Commandant is authorized to possess, use, and consume any personal property or materials of another government agency or a private agency, or a foreign government agency, subject to the conditions regarding foreign government agencies imposed by that subsection, for the purpose of conducting research, development, testing, evaluation, and demonstration of equipment, technology, or a technique.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC4D8A4A888234A7E829B6D40C1DCCAF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tuition assistance program coverage of textbooks and other educational materials</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">Section 93(a)(7)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>and those textbooks, manuals, and other materials required as a part of such training or courses of instruction</quote> after <quote>correspondence courses,</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id03c10765260b465faf47b3424113b417"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease of tidelands and submerged lands under control of the Coast Guard</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">Section 93</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7db839bd7e874227bab22f94b5b64283" style="OLC"><subsection id="id0257026261074c9cb731c94ddf1b92a9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Lease of tidelands and submerged lands</header><paragraph id="id74D67C42CC8E45719A8D9F128EDD5880"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exception from maximum lease term</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(13), a lease described in paragraph (2) may be for such term in excess of 5 years as the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7dfa511e89f0430989f9f788774b345a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lease described</header><text>A lease referred to in paragraph (1) is a lease of the following:</text><subparagraph id="id33786a013c01400dbb8adb282d869431"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Tidelands under the control of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf28ad2408054b3fbb0b7e7f21d811a7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Submerged lands under the control of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idcdaa36eaef47468abcf2f082a6c53fe3"><enum>206.</enum><header>Arctic maritime domain awareness</header><subsection id="id09BB7B173A054898BEC8C33A921CECDC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/7">Chapter 7</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="id75C57E2E03C44585B57DA2A3AFC93EDB" style="USC"><section id="idA3E7C9F8627E42B3AED64CD0368958FF"><enum>154.</enum><header>Interagency Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness Committee</header><subsection id="idc5a1cd7e20bf44a58203acb1f463fa46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="ida295320030444c57a70f190597f834fc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to establish an Interagency Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness Committee (referred to in this section as the <quote>Committee</quote>). The Commandant shall chair the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca3d0ce9abd04850bea6e766b5ba15b5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Committee shall be to improve maritime domain awareness in the Arctic—</text><subparagraph id="iddeac48c3a1be451682fd6c8bcc1d2762"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by promoting interagency cooperation and coordination;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd2401467d334ae784aca41419207c83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by employing joint, interagency, and international capabilities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa643115856742cbadc94ed4e85f7828"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by facilitating the sharing of information, intelligence, and data related to the Arctic maritime domain between the participating agencies and departments under paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida540b16d470f4bcd90ea872845e7c29f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Participating agencies and departments</header><text>The Committee shall coordinate the participation by and sharing of information, intelligence, and data related to the Arctic maritime domain between the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1284aef59850465bb781cdd5c83b3838"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Department of Homeland Security;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20cf3425ee114e54a5823c7ed87bcb0a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of Defense;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd7911f743394bd8adbf6eacec3094d6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of Transportation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76a548ece9f94a9da027695bfd2247b5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Department of State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd2e1ddd1d1441c3a1e99052ad72a17d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5572c2bbc3414523b3def37f17301d1c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75ef4240273a42c582b70d0b8c9ab249"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id880737886c8c4cbe8eca4ca8ebab7218"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc586305a954d46dca761349be46dff53"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfff07f4e023c473380a402ec2e4d0ed9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>The Secretary and the head of an agency or a department under subsection (a)(3) may—</text><paragraph id="id1F15EE9DDAA549B98AEC1AD11877F73D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, provide representation on the Committee;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0ABD4A715D341429DB36279653A6775"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, share personnel, services, equipment, and facilities with the Committee for the purpose under subsection (a)(2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC932B95F0E914345891D30F5F4AF860D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the extent possible, and consistent with applicable law, extend the authorities provided under their enabling statutes to the other participating departments and agencies in furtherance of the purpose under subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf8e9db05fe554c339a0c201f3199aef0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><paragraph id="id1658feea1c3c4c44a8e12ea35243e145"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the head of each participating agency and department under subsection (a)(3), to the maximum extent permissible under law, shall share through the Committee all applicable information, intelligence, and data related to maritime domain awareness in the Arctic.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcaf0b52ae3974cd0938dfc52f27fed6a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collection and use</header><text>Subject to applicable confidentiality and privacy laws, the Secretary, through the Committee, shall oversee and coordinate the collection, storage, analysis, and use of all applicable information, intelligence, and data shared under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide3bc606318a744da80cd798d9cfaa3be"><enum>(d)</enum><header>5-Year strategic plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date that the Committee is established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop a 5-year strategic plan to guide interagency and international intergovernmental cooperation and coordination for the purpose of improving maritime domain awareness in the Arctic. The Secretary shall update the plan periodically.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf2ac49595f654bb6a057b0e5be1e4fa6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text><paragraph id="id659d8d2cf09d43bc957f4233f1e5d2ef"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Arctic</header><text>The term <term>Arctic</term> has the meaning given the term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a1bd5ba3cbf44e1911f69ab3df2ce7b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maritime domain awareness</header><text>The term <term>maritime domain awareness</term> means the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact the safety, security, economy, or environment of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id076786d5529140a8aa7b670a08c1b5e6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 153 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id470B56341E5445CA86F41ADCED6414B0" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">154. Interagency Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness Committee.</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>the instruction;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8E859A6B71AD4977B801D264D390B4AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the physical equipment;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7FBC044ED0724776ACE57D9BBB2F7049"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the 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 an adviser.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>III</enum><header>Personnel</header><section id="idF07FDA3677A94ED69ACA52306CE7B621"><enum>301.</enum><header>Flag officers; determination of unfitness</header><subsection id="idBA6B2EFBAAF3416B9554878D04762E86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter D of <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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB08775DC990941B998A62A053762FBC9" style="USC"><section id="id9F82C1CB1D8541EDA4BEBD7DC4EAAD98"><enum>316.</enum><header>Flag officers; determination of unfitness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">When the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy—</text><paragraph id="id585187D3E2044DACA1120C114108902A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 1216(d) of title 10 shall not apply with respect to any member who is a flag officer being processed for retirement by reason of age or length of service; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6DF3FF46BC294ABEB0F0EE866E4B1987"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary may, with respect to any member who is a flag officer being processed for retirement by reason of age or length of service—</text><subparagraph id="id93FAAD0747F64747AD72DCAB88D10964"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retire such member under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1201">section 1201</external-xref> of title 10;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A3B339A6D9D43F6806E7E6FFA20A555"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">place such member on the temporary disability retired list under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1202">section 1202</external-xref> of title 10; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id435C2AC8862B4D4B98B635F64A3D2D86"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">separate such member from the Coast Guard under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1203">section 1203</external-xref> of title 10;</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">by reason of unfitness to perform the duties of the flag officer’s office, grade, rank, or rating without approval by the Secretary of Defense or the recommendation of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.</continuation-text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id589F7E3649814238B5BF475ABEA2CF47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subchapter D of <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 adding at the end, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4061D36776D44A6BAC309F12EF698619" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">316. Flag officers; determination of unfitness.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id77DECBB7835041FB8F59DD0D69ADAB79"><enum>302.</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 (124 Stat. 2951), as amended by section 218 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (126 Stat. 1558), is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2017</quote>.</text></section><section id="id29EEF6FE078C4BD7973A0ED0C1EBF32E"><enum>303.</enum><header>Post-service maritime employment opportunities</header><subsection id="idFB2EF383F727464085BA682C552CE86F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Merchant marine post-Service career opportunities</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall take steps to promote better awareness, on an ongoing basis, among Coast Guard personnel regarding post-service use of Coast Guard training, education, and practical experience as qualifying experience in satisfaction of requirements for merchant mariner credentials under section 11.213 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></subsection><subsection id="idDE3D3E170AED462DBA66D020730B482E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timely provision of sea service letters</header><text><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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/427">section 427</external-xref> the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54FBB1BBD42A4B24A37EA65CCEFAE31B" style="USC"><section id="id8499195903094638AD99156974290063"><enum>428.</enum><header>Timely provision of sea service letters</header><subsection id="idE39735D133904D73A82CF133627CF9FD"><enum></enum><text>A member of the Coast Guard who will retire or separate from the Service and who is eligible to receive a sea service letter shall be provided such sea service letter, at the member's request, not later than 90 days after making such request.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5FAEEE6B13CA41119F6B1611757B2C02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents 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 section 427 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA62C053101D4525B47380E8D24FC52C" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">428. Timely provision of sea service letters.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id695D354A6C964B7EA2E0321D17A977BB"><enum>304.</enum><header>Coast Guard remission of indebtedness</header><subsection id="id974A1B3EA8DA42E0BDD52CD11499D0AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/461">Section 461</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F9776C9F66B4201862134AB8CCFD902" style="USC"><section id="id902DCAD8AB734009906BADAE7C3FE915"><enum>461.</enum><header>Remission of indebtedness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary or the Secretary’s designee may have remitted or cancelled any part of an individual's indebtedness to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States if—</text><paragraph id="id9473463B89384B4D8FF72C10D645B605"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the indebtedness was incurred while the individual served on active duty as a member of the Coast Guard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE60A748FD09D4F2E9B8A7E624E6C59FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee considers remitting or cancelling any part of the indebtedness to be in the best interest of the United States.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id6C2FBCCD81E64A28959E17705815A88F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/13">chapter 13</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 461 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB47BE1292BF46C08B7C54F6C9CB6229" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">461. Remission of indebtedness.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id6634d05c999647b0bfacad418c8d74fc"><enum>305.</enum><header>Coast Guard family support and child care</header><subsection id="id775C882F94E241AEB345E06AFA13DE19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section redesignations</header><paragraph id="idE7A2185F38384105972B466443B324AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reimbursement for adoption expenses</header><text>Chapter 13 of part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended by redesignating section 514 as section 541.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45E2E47FC3ED4A8DB08DF292E0944A0B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Child development services</header><text>Chapter 13 of part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended by redesignating section 515 as section 552.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0D411CC7ECE14730A6545C6FF3A8CCB0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General provisions</header><text>Part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 541, as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F06D10FD7634172B1CA63A204C303A2" style="USC"><chapter id="id8a23db1294304d16a56500141dbd1ddd"><enum>14</enum><header>Coast Guard family support and child care authorities</header><subchapter id="idC8EBFB5BA5A34858BACCA18B880195EC"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header>General provisions</header><section id="iddc271290d56743699e7a38e78f248322"><enum>531.</enum><header>Work-life policies and programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant is authorized—</text><paragraph id="id99fcc5eb82f94a15b97d69eb0cc0fd07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish a program for the purpose of developing and promulgating policies that promote or support the well-being of Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel, and their families;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c744acbc9d74f4b8fddf5791d0caf5d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to implement and oversee the policies under paragraph (1) as the Commandant considers necessary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id522f339661a84534af6db97b6da7f079"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to perform such other duties as the Commandant considers necessary to promote or support the well-being of Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel, and their families.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id6344ec2029f04d4a807d61c72f195491"><enum>532.</enum><header>Surveys of Coast Guard families</header><subsection id="id15472003f6d348e4ad17afe37fdc6343"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant, in order to determine the effectiveness of Federal programs that promote or support the well-being of Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel, and their families, may survey—</text><paragraph id="idad17299d93c048a192ac8fa57b8c3719"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any Coast Guard active duty, reserve, or civilian personnel;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50EDDA03D2DD4FF4B38C44D4F54BA0FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any retired Coast Guard member or civilian personnel;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide580923fc59947b4a79a9ff0f141ca43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the immediate family of any member or personnel described under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida0565413ae404974aa3b05eaa7f927ed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any survivor of a deceased member.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9ed8bb44360346b4919a2d9d5041264a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voluntary participation</header><text>Participation in any survey conducted under this section shall be voluntary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id44e5bde57513401491a81dc2c9a0e90d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal recordkeeping</header><text>With respect to a survey authorized under subsection (a) that includes a person referred to in that subsection who is not an employee of the United States or is not otherwise considered an employee of the United States for the purposes of section 3502(3)(A)(i) of title 44, the person shall be considered an employee of the United States for the purposes of that section.</text></subsection></section></subchapter><subchapter id="id7e2d32c6a24248eca5f2ca78ab01c785"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header>Coast guard family support</header></subchapter></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4BC17EB8C0A64902A1FD650ECFBDFE3B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coast Guard family support</header><text>Part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 541, as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC9FBF2952F54AA7AB33529655D33B94" style="USC"><section id="id55f320ba37754ea18319f2a0cd3340e6"><enum>542.</enum><header>Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses</header><subsection id="id45f48f2d96cf43589ea8d61dd82a6fca"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tuition assistance; education and training</header><text>The Commandant may provide, subject to the availability of appropriations, tuition assistance to an eligible spouse of a member of the Coast Guard in achieving—</text><paragraph id="idf2f3da1f51a84b96b1326c4e548cd3d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the education and training required for a degree or credential, that expands employment and portable career opportunities for the spouse, at an accredited college, university, or technical school in the United States; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6205c35ac31d42e69408fc6b9390b716"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the education prerequisites and professional licensure or credentialing required by a government or government-sanctioned licensing body for an occupation that expands employment and portable career opportunities for the spouse.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id65efc5e4b0d74aca9002cf85e6ba0e40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section—</text><paragraph id="id28f9aa7f0a0b4f77b65728462e82d33f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible spouse</header><subparagraph id="idbca7a78f4a2a46f9a798dac769b009c0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible spouse</term> means the spouse of a member of the Coast Guard who is serving on active duty, including a spouse who receives transitional support in the case of such a member who is discharged due to domestic violence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d6b8e85a6164f10b578a4a8aa9ec50e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>eligible spouse</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idf797180be8684022bc2e8d1514363a80"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a person who is married to, but legally separated from, a member of the Coast Guard under court order or statute of any State or territorial possession of the United States; or</text></clause><clause id="id13dcb5fedcd441a382fb358658081e1d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a person who is eligible for tuition assistance as a member of the armed forces.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb4b6b8dba0c6496fad0d6b3dc1b176db"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Portable career opportunities</header><text>The term <term>portable career opportunities</term> includes an occupation requiring education, training, or both, that results in a credential that is recognized by an industry, profession, or specific type of business.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id43d3b099720c4661b2ec2149a8fdb714"><enum>543.</enum><header>Youth sponsorship initiatives</header><subsection id="id0500be211db14a9c8befdaa0f0bb3eec"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant is authorized to establish, within any Coast Guard unit, an initiative to help integrate into new communities the dependent children of members of the Coast Guard when the members receive permanent change of station orders.</text></subsection><subsection id="id22113ab71d7d479d8e018ce605486772"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of initiative</header><text>A youth sponsorship initiative under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="idF8D23E7F83B34F45B1978359900DA63E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>apply to a dependent child who resides in the new community due to a permanent change of station order;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB2774DA34594553AB342C1971A3B2E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the involvement of a dependent child of a member of the Coast Guard in the dependent child's new Coast Guard community; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14E58756B25141B08F17CC75BE779CBD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>primarily focus on children in their preteen and teenage years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id24BD60C48D2D441A99A4BC8EF05D035D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coast Guard child care</header><paragraph id="idE3B1DB7161D24E6CBF2FCF3AB2923A38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general; definitions</header><text>Part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 552, as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id654B18E0DC7744CFA530D09E9FC644BC" style="USC"><subchapter id="id53ee9f301a9c443b9acc4b9997a4ffac"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header>Coast Guard child care</header><section id="id18e813718ada4d6bba267a0303b9e2b8"><enum>551.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4EE075A17162481DB56C9DAF92A5C5A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child abuse and neglect</header><text>The term <term>child abuse and neglect</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf791573da7b94b789f8e273febd703e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Child development center employee</header><text>The term <term>child development center employee</term> means a civilian employee of the Coast Guard who is employed to work in a Coast Guard child development center regardless of whether the employee is paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided5daea0b7794668ba581acf16842345"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coast Guard child development center</header><subparagraph id="idB57DF9EA024444C893A79EF8F951C9D2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Coast Guard child development center</term> means a facility on Coast Guard property or on property under the jurisdiction of the commander of a Coast Guard unit, at which child care services are provided for members of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69C981A21AE1481FB35D9AAAAEC2AE2E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>Coast Guard child development center</term> does not include a child care services facility for which space is allotted under section 590 of title 40.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id29f452f3f84a41a19fca17f86947a7b5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Competitive service position</header><text>The term <term>competitive service position</term> means a position in the competitive service (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2102">section 2102(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 5).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0013e444fe304192880b3ad4af4f9cc8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Family home daycare</header><text>The term <term>family home daycare</term> means home-based child care services provided for a member of the Coast Guard by an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="idd89be500b5cb49eb9b3c40c6d19ec0c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is certified by the Commandant as qualified to provide home-based child care services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a8a4645524e4063bf11710ed994958a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides home-based child care services on a regular basis in exchange for monetary compensation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3D6DC858D9F141D7B4507FD26A4AD138"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Child development services</header><subparagraph id="id3769D05311A04C8699D5D9007EC67CCB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of the Congress that the amount of appropriated funds available during a fiscal year for operating expenses for Coast Guard child development services should be, at a minimum, not less than the amount of child development center fee receipts that are estimated to be collected by the Coast Guard during that fiscal year. In this subparagraph, the term <term>child development center fee receipts</term> means those nonappropriated funds derived from fees paid by members of the Coast Guard for child care services provided at Coast Guard child development centers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3AC70258B2574070BA9437FD8427D7DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Headings</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/552">Section 552</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated, is amended—</text><clause id="id6968E0CBCD2042C6A0998F12A09A5740"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Commandant</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id803A98CC36074C96991C5A37DB337CAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">Funding for child development services</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Commandant</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idBE88E5A16E074DF29C2F9D8095C59002"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">Parent fees</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Commandant</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id88B167DAA3174D9A97930F3B6D19A15E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">Waiver authority</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>Fees to be charged</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idC630002B65BC4BE2BF5BF8CDA565BE5E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">Fee collection and use</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Commandant</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id692A2733771D43DDA1F3AE5A8D4CE7D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child development center standards and inspections</header><text>Part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id66B81F507D8045EE9B458DA69995F46E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 552, as redesignated—</text><clause id="id419349AD650444CBB4B3F1718986A499"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c) and (e); and</text></clause><clause id="id11E428F75FF945538926F65DACDAFC98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B08B3BAD8D84A80BADC0667AB9F61F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding after section 552, as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF356AA95CB554516B38A5FB0231BBFD9" style="USC"><section id="idc5674759ad82496ab1c2d7ce47954242"><enum>553.</enum><header>Child development center standards and inspections</header><subsection id="ide1e11ba43ed34676ab2b5d22d8510cd8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Early childhood development standards</header><text>The Commandant shall require that each child development center meets applicable health and safety standards.</text></subsection><subsection id="id83c9ddfc3dbb448795db55ba2d5b7f88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety standards</header><text>The Commandant shall require that each child development center under this subchapter meets such safety standards as the Commandant considers appropriate to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the children and employees at the child development center.</text></subsection><subsection id="id377f5dbb028a43afadc88aeed6d7641f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspections</header><text>The Commandant shall provide for regular and unannounced inspections of each child development center under this subchapter to ensure compliance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id51a4085337e74c1f841fd575cde59494"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National reporting</header><paragraph id="id0B31F05EBF824B48BDAF3040E2E7A1D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall maintain and publicize a means by which an individual can report—</text><subparagraph id="id80661BD63C5949D6BDD53E1D1EF0409E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any suspected violation of—</text><clause id="idD129805A574A4F4D9C3ED3080EB0E48E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>standards of operation;</text></clause><clause id="id8B66175C212B468A8E2A7A37E640637D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>health or safety standards; or</text></clause><clause id="id0270DEF19BFD4C4981E2D462BF1D0038"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other law or standards;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD5672A336DF0418E80D2073B50A6F28C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any suspected child abuse or neglect; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7C52397ECD104BA996CB3212BE9D14D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other deficiency at a Coast Guard child development center or in family home daycare.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id30E912783A8B49BD965070567B313F8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Anonymous reporting</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that a report under paragraph (1) can be made anonymously if so desired by the individual making the report.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62F362F226AD48C782786F5ED13842CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The Commandant shall establish procedures for investigating a report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id48E90E63B8484D7C8E3DE44B8C3DAB74"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional child care provisions</header><text>Part I is amended by adding after section 553 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id630D337BF30A4FBC8C48174636B2FA42" style="USC"><section id="id0ddd688e72894b81b13ea4b49a767764"><enum>554.</enum><header>Child development center employees</header><subsection id="id81ddd2a54bd3408aac5d4d863514334e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training</header><paragraph id="id8591bb6284c544e599dec948fd22b9ae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall prescribe a training program for Coast Guard child development center employees. Satisfactory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment for an employee of a Coast Guard child development center. The Commandant shall require each employee complete the training program not later than 6 months after the date that the employee is employed as a Coast Guard child development center employee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbfba55e8e14246339ec24a1616cece56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum requirements</header><text>The training program shall include, at a minimum, instruction in the following:</text><subparagraph id="id6c42dfd128004e58968ab33216dd342a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Early childhood development.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd24d69994a9a45d5a60400ce1a1c93a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to children of different ages.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c5f94172e9c40618903f14e0a8e4e91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Child abuse and neglect prevention and detection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8161b43e6b44bd0887276e3c44f12cf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency medical procedures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idda0f5b1d1ed840eea4e6f3ee2548f00e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of department of defense programs</header><text>The Commandant may use Department of Defense training programs on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, for purposes of complying with the requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddb9a90d5fe294889a1b5fab861a1e5e8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training and curriculum specialists</header><paragraph id="idf46fb39cc66749a786354f0830e5d678"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Specialist required</header><text>The Commandant shall require that at least 1 employee at each Coast Guard child development center be a specialist in training and curriculum development with appropriate credentials and experience.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide593a39ad4904bf194d4f4cde34cf171"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The duties of the employee under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id72fcc712fe59434684e501c499f6a4ae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Special teaching activities at the Coast Guard child development center.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa489a3a332542e18ffca7bf95446537"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Daily oversight and instruction of other child care employees at the Coast Guard child development center.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3bf2a086da164765871f106a64cbada8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Daily assistance in the preparation of lesson plans.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43763daac886457c87bef3b12e620116"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Assisting with child abuse and neglect prevention and detection at the Coast Guard child development center.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida52cd26fbf7841fbbc83be28cf786056"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Advising the director of the Coast Guard child development center on the performance of the other child care employees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id048860ed0c6f44ab81514fad04db2668"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Competitive service</header><text>Each employee under paragraph (1) shall be an employee in a competitive service position.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7a940891ed3f4565ae070d38deafe733"><enum>555.</enum><header>Parent partnerships with child development centers</header><subsection id="idaaa13a781b544e1d93bd43b17c0a1a14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Parent boards</header><paragraph id="id62e5c321e88140d6b40835ae37eb90e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Formation</header><text>The Commandant shall require that there be formed at each Coast Guard child development center a board of parents, to be composed of parents of children attending the center.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaebfe3a72da342adaf44159095e925b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>Each parent board shall—</text><subparagraph id="id6e0259b78a4848d08d8d9e9bd8c80203"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet periodically with the staff and the commander of the unit served by the center at which the parent board is formed, for the purpose of discussing problems and concerns; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida171a62588604748b666fc36253e19f9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be responsible, together with the staff of that center, for coordinating the parent participation initiative required under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD8AB787D7FE840AF9952D46FD18A888A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>FACA</header><text>A board of parents under this subsection shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9ced4af464244883be588bb599fbe98c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Parent participation initiative</header><paragraph id="id4ce13555bfcf4b41864cda3a819d4580"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant is authorized to establish a parent participation initiative at each Coast Guard child development center to encourage and facilitate parent participation in educational and related activities at the center.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d5f5775402541b88d57b3f086828a7b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fee reduction authority</header><text>The Commandant, in the case of a parent who participates in an initiative adopted under paragraph (1), may establish fees at a lower rate than charged under section 552(b)(2)(A) for that parent.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id30c5287b5c4a4a3c8e496428f01a5163"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Commandant; general powers</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/93">Section 93(a)(7)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 205 of this Act, is further amended by inserting <quote>, and to eligible spouses under section 542,</quote> after <quote>Coast Guard</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA8F96E04F8844CE59BB0E059C242AB4A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="idCA5818BB5B4A41A3BCEE58C455F8AA93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 652 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/514">14 U.S.C. 514</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>section 514</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 541</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE0D971335FAD411AB8A5DF46E1629241"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents for part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id5D976E7544A441C4A5B666FBD7144429"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 514;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDACB75F5FB09403D897D83A2C915FA9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 515; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id716188B0CABD4276846708F705F534A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding after the item relating to section 518 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12FB776BEC7740BC90E6EF2B8A28E01E" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="chapter">Chapter 14. Coast Guard Family Support and Child Care Authorities</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter A. General provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">531. Work-life policies and programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">532. Surveys of Coast Guard families</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter B. Coast Guard family support</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">541. Reimbursement for adoption expenses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">542. Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">543. Youth sponsorship initiatives.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter C. Coast Guard child care</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">551. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">552. Child development services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">553. Child development center standards and inspections.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">554. Child development center employees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">555. Parent partnerships with child development centers.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ided983bf978c845c8b4471be1d8324ba5"><enum>306.</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—</text><paragraph id="idC14D9848B2A84CC5BF658258395666D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>another</quote> and inserting <quote>any other</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide1f6d5b7ff04432388fa195469603bf9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>prevention of</quote> and inserting <quote>prevention of— </quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76dae24d66f543168ce44e8c17698750"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>an imminent</quote> and indenting accordingly;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1485e2e2a0694c2a99d4aec2181f33c0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking <quote>unit.</quote> and inserting <quote>unit; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a07ad39e9234d4f98e9fba64b7d8b60"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2bd3759cf364f3296ccd2a564b05d48" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id15696ff1a9f84ecea9824353755bd301"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a major disaster or emergency (as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>)), or a discharge (as defined in section 311(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(a))) that the Commandant has classified as a spill of national significance under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (part 300 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations), the Secretary may, without the consent of the member affected, order to active duty for a continuous period of not more than 120 days an organized training unit of the Coast Guard Ready Reserve, a member thereof, or a member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id90CBA9AB77594ED784978F7819C56081"><enum>307.</enum><header>Expedited reimbursement for medical goods and services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1085">section 1085</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, or any other requirements under chapter 55 of that title providing for the reimbursement of inpatient or outpatient medical or dental care that the Department of Defense or a military department has provided to a member or former member of the Coast Guard or a dependent thereof, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in lieu of such reimbursement, shall transfer from funds appropriated for the operating expenses of the Coast Guard an amount determined by the Board of Actuaries to represent the value of care that the Department of Defense or a military department shall provide, during the fiscal year in which funds are made available, to a member or former member of the Coast Guard or a dependent thereof.</text></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Administration</header><section id="ide82ce2b864534cc28694cd21b2ecb452"><enum>401.</enum><header>Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request</header><subsection id="id2039ba74399741a6bb11492713ca696a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 662 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9792855e96cc4f58a60e28d74a841e55" style="USC"><section id="id059438eed5024297a1905fd441ffbdfe"><enum>662a.<?LEXA-Enum 662a.?></enum><header>Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request</header><subsection id="id518ba4dd843c4f30b903fb5f6f55ea4f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget request 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a Coast Guard authorization request with respect to that fiscal year.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcce39e5bc78041afa1c59f0045c08f7e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coast Guard authorization request defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Coast Guard authorization request</term> means proposed legislation that, with respect to the Coast Guard for the relevant fiscal year, includes—</text><paragraph id="ideede347d0dca44c99a022bc3186e3155"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recommended end-of-year strengths for active duty personnel and military training student loads for that fiscal year, as described in section 661;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d785d5893964af7849b463766fe17b0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommended authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, including with respect to matters described in section 662; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19ce58c099cf4d7f9162cb04bda18fe3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate for inclusion in a Coast Guard authorization bill.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id3B77A89FAF3C44F59E445D7A1D60AD57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents 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 section 662 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6D19B3EA1644956889ACAFA227A8E9D" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" 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="id09cd5873d328433e9daa37731fd6521e"><enum>402.</enum><header>Recovery of travel and subsistence costs for prevention services</header><subsection id="id872db7ab72fd46fc9e49d9a8c61447be"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title 46, United States Code</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/2110">Section 2110</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id57ed284fdad047a9896ba80387265808"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>appropriate travel and subsistence costs incurred providing a service or thing of value under this subtitle and</quote> after <quote>recover</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3E972C80E2244057BD085863A02D061A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by inserting at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB4CCF4D573144A7BC8A2CD5DEEA17E4" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id394A912778CF47458CF028FAD8F0F797"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Amounts received as reimbursement for appropriate travel and subsistence costs incurred providing a service or thing of value under this section may be credited to the account from which expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1620F22E8FE6492A928DE29D6600418B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Reimbursement for services provided under this section may include in kind reimbursement for transportation, travel, and subsistence.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcd82d09ef5384141b639bdf485d98219"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title 14, United States Code</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/664">Section 664</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id487E996A04074000BA098303D5C33155"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>appropriate travel and subsistence costs incurred by the Coast Guard in providing a service or thing of value,</quote> after <quote>for the fee or charge the</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id89740C4B077E40F7909F78F330EF8BB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>and, as appropriate, for travel and subsistence costs incurred when providing a service or thing of value</quote> after <quote>charge</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9A242337000E47F9902552504B834EE4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0B04CAEBAF141889D4D1CCA2995986C" style="OLC"><subsection id="id2C4F8B57F36C4B15A8F9532624C27385"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Reimbursement for services provided by the Coast Guard may include in-kind reimbursement for transportation, travel, and subsistence.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8F52A07844AF4F659C6988BBC20A10F6"><enum>403.</enum><header>Retired servicemembers and family members serving on advisory committees</header><subsection id="idB0CF25E473D2479E986312D057552FD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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="id9D736BC887574F4886BFFE71DB12DF6D" style="USC"><section id="id7ABF87F3C6EA4AC4B592FF558BE4673C"><enum>679.</enum><header>Retired servicemembers and family members serving on advisory committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A committee within the Coast Guard that advises or assists the Coast Guard in the performance of any function that affects members of military families and includes in its membership a retired Coast Guard member or a member of a military family shall not be considered an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) solely because of such membership.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idAE2A9CEB61F344DCA9EC0DCA7B1FE14B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents 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 section 678 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B19234FD95C4980B0D90CD10954C582" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">679. Retired servicemembers and family members serving on advisory committees.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id58879b6d9b2840d18427ad86e4eccd54"><enum>404.</enum><header>Housing choices for Coast Guard families with special medical needs</header><subsection id="id74af5291f45e4a2585d5b41a0f770a94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section redesignations</header><text>Chapter 18 of part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id21493DE460B449F8A537287FCB2B0EDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 685 as section 682;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4169C9B87F2348CB8205DE5B6259742D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating section 687 as section 683; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD79A9944E2EC454EA56C26458DE0A9A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating section 688 as section 684.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id243E1ACA3FF143FE9845D5CA43CB2915"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Housing choices for Coast Guard families with special medical needs</header><text>Chapter 18 of part I of title 14, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FE4AE69BD024AC7AA199CC5C39E08C9" style="USC"><section id="idED5799DD392846B0AFFE05C53BCB8B6D"><enum>685.</enum><header>Housing choices for Coast Guard families with special medical needs</header><subsection id="id640149A0E0974E979294BEF373741738"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The remoteness or driving distance from a hospital of an area shall not be the basis, in policy, for preventing a member of the Coast Guard with a dependent with special medical needs, such as diabetes, asthma, or moderate disabilities, from requesting and being granted assignment to a particular area, unless the Commandant has determined that such needs cannot be sufficiently met with appropriate services while residing in that area.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id2343F5D8FB6642B3B5C66F7292803245"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="idB8EF26BBF8384C3A9E88A1E20A1E1534"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/682">Section 682(b)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated, is amended by striking <quote>section 687</quote> and inserting <quote>section 683</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFBE4A4E338AE4F9C909735C181ACC6AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents for part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idB8D565537F1641F782167450612C43F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 685;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7277ECB317414323894E937C6FB26501"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 687;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BD757C0282D4015B1F9612E6D7FB9C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 688; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC486813B04714BAB8F7085DD9AF0856B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding after the item relating to section 681 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF90078A40CE41F8878B63DFCB0B2755" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">682. Conveyance of real property.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">683. Coast Guard Housing Fund.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">684. Reports.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">685. Housing choices for Coast Guard families with special medical needs.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idADB058B4B5774A179F9BD1E383C5E860"><enum>405.</enum><header>Authority to construct Coast Guard child development center facilities</header><subsection id="idcab3aab133814de5afbc79ce32778f19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General authority</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/681">Section 681</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id009df6ef61ef436cba596e071acc55ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id0d2b9e1f1f5f47ad9e7bd86d59e5628d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>housing or military unaccompanied housing,</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast Guard child development center facilities,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00b21bf09a8447c9b01cf7e5c1823b19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6cb52cb10d04da9989dc60f1066762d" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id854046d772bb4f80a64559233a201b65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Coast Guard child development center facilities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b3854aa4d554cba81c6007b6b7cf031"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>housing or military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcf635cc6cef143d380c6fa18945b8e8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conveyance of real property</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/682">Section 682</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated under section 404 of this Act, is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida4b50e6309d34f3e9c7380cd7dc1bd6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>housing and military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, and Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id144e9f8bc31b4789aa2128407a9241ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>housing and military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, and Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07321c847ea8448bbd508ebe96e1f620"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>housing or military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3dac2f6c00b5498bbfa81eb394becf47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coast Guard housing fund</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/683">Section 683</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated under section 404 of this Act, is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida6567a8154064a8e8a85fd97fe14129a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>housing or military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida6dbbd3265e8476281de6049944affd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>housing and military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, and Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf69673be1d93464cb2789ca31985ecc0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>housing and military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, and Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id75e9264f64e940a8af4bec5c733fcdef"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/680">Section 680</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5fc2aff32f4c41aba2076f8c5da71e12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda08493c0e514c42bd47edbc8ac245ea"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf03b7cf0f43a463ba521e5f50fb631e8" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id06eb521cb172485a8795b67b422883df"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>Coast Guard child development center facilities</term> means buildings and ancillary supporting facilities constructed and maintained by the Coast Guard to provide child care services for members of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5ac8611910c4461a695e89dc7b50c12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by striking <quote>housing and military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, and Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide6239bad2df644c09354152dcad56a62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking <quote>housing and military unaccompanied housing</quote> and inserting <quote>housing, military unaccompanied housing, and Coast Guard child development center facilities</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6FC5BC8C76DE491CB6536655AEC93554"><enum>406.</enum><header>Heavy polar icebreaker design and construction</header><subsection id="idEAB747D3B2974EE68D73E4415DBE94B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive bidding authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirement of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/3316">section 3316(a)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code regarding classification services for vessels owned by the United States Government, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, consistent with the requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/15">chapter 15</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, and other applicable Federal law, as a part of any project or program established for the acquisition of 1 or more new heavy polar icebreakers for the Coast Guard, may solicit bids and proposals and enter into contracts that include the provision of classification services by any classification society to which the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating has delegated the authority to provide those services for vessels not owned by the United States Government.</text></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 solely 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 solely 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="id66312030e3ac4f519733f3bf4c84444d"><enum>407.</enum><header>Forward operating facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating is authorized to construct or lease hangar, berthing, and messing facilities in the Arctic Region and Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands operating area. The facilities shall—</text><paragraph id="idbaa0aff043c243b7b5e67ebfb10e7b69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support aircraft maintenance, including exhaust ventilation, heat, engine wash system, head facilities, fuel, ground support services, and electrical power;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id363386d811d744eab8e036e63144896d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide shelter for both current helicopter assets and those projected to be located at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, for at least 20 years; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEE520FF948A340AF8265F08E38BA539F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide berthing and messing facilities for maintenance and aircrew personnel.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id25997980d1bb4b578bcd0c2bc0e18e58"><enum>408.</enum><header>Enhanced national response capability</header><subsection id="id51e484ffc90f4f3487526b916e55ecfd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide5ebea1bb60b46a0b4d262aa31c259bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(23)—</text><subparagraph id="idd099ba2c3b904ab5b212efadd705412b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Unit</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Functions</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79db59d9827748729afe7ee10654623e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>established</quote> and inserting <quote>maintained</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf5c1f5da4bab469587a9e8b400ba0452"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(2), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">National response unit</header-in-text></quote> through <quote>acting through the National Response Unit</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0391d9c1c984e38babe33b95b57ce44" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id48c2dcf30c324e439e8a828e127b9c44"><enum></enum><header>National response functions</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating—</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id79c2bc7a27f54f36ba7feed351cf9fc6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(4)(C)(vi), by striking <quote>, and into operating procedures of the National Response Unit</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idedbf48f94e744cb3b75b7c7a8f1e493d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 4202(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id91e87bfe007d4e4996af4c0ae3b29c30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2cfc547598df42abb1c60bd855b52192"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9ed1b267eed94db99101fb7ed64f5b5c"><enum>409.</enum><header>Updates to fines and penalties</header><subsection id="id4ba07fc013c74c3b87e98d39108e1a1e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aids to navigation and false distress messages</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2db2750bfa6a43f0a176a8e8213054fc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 83, by striking <quote>$100</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id89e10f0cc7fe4f97a46ffc0018342304"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 84, by striking <quote>$500</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e594960ecdf40ec86d67d32c4c9568a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 85, by striking <quote>$100</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idac6ddbecfe54419cb112e7bf76e7ebb4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 88(c)(2), by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id87c147a1af694d4598773277411a46ec"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coast Guard ensigns and pennants</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/638">Section 638(b)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id283396627d1b46c78a2f6357f048c9d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Unauthorized use of words <quote>Coast Guard</quote></header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/639">Section 639</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$1,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id78465310444B4971982EEA2D054C651B"><enum>410.</enum><header>Technical amendment; Coast Guard Academy charges and fees for attendance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/197">Section 197(b)</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>of Homeland Security</quote>.</text></section><enum>V</enum><header>Shipping and navigation</header><section id="id271682941cd94e74a8be9b0616845050"><enum>501.</enum><header>Prompt intergovernmental notice of marine casualties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/6101">Section 6101</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC4FC9D849744DF88023FAB5F324AB23" style="OLC"><subsection id="id4c8e97eb4ab046099e1ddda2ba577e57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice to State and tribal governments</header><paragraph id="id99df2eb5787f4e6280e61ab897474b61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to notify</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after receiving notice of a reportable marine casualty under this section, the Secretary shall report the marine casualty to the designated official of—</text><subparagraph id="id34FA9A5B7D544C6A8696C93E0FD9018D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each appropriate State agency of a State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7657274B2920487A8044A2902C3E791B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each tribal government of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/479a">25 U.S.C. 479a</external-xref>)) that has jurisdiction concurrent with the United States or is adjacent to waters in which the marine casualty occurred.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2128139180324222b2b33ab26d286308"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designated official</header><text>Each State and tribal government referred to in paragraph (1) shall identify for the Secretary the designated official to receive a report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H8589D165B0A54EE38B96E30AA807C0BF"><enum>502.</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 id="idca9efee3b6fb46d7a5481c05d79a05cc"><enum>503.</enum><header>Protection and fair treatment of seafarers</header><subsection id="id1a78cf12f96440269d3784d3d57bc584"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/111">Chapter 111</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="id783cd232fff44ea8845ba6364d34f561" style="USC"><section id="id0a6f9da3e19f4d66a365d54319d28793"><enum>11113.</enum><header>Protection and fair treatment of seafarers</header><subsection id="id1139b56995b84733a68269131bf2921b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section shall be to ensure the protection and fair treatment of seafarers.</text></subsection><subsection id="idde97cadff1ac4411aafd0dbc52b4d18f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special fund</header><paragraph id="ide106279af2c142dfbd0f17f4bf5fcf1d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a special fund known as the Support of Seafarers Fund.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id597083c9588a40b88088782068ee1a6a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of amounts in fund</header><text>The amounts deposited into the Fund shall be available to the Secretary, without fiscal year limitation—</text><subparagraph id="idc73000ba5ff944f09fcb55ab50d6c023"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to pay necessary support under subsection (c)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide66d1c65868c445bb87dab3b95fd39be"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reimburse a shipowner for necessary support for the duration of a seafarer's involvement in an investigation under subsection (c)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a12130800ff45c3a07444d688ce65b9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amounts credited to fund</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fund may receive—</text><subparagraph id="idc58e2020f8b248e3a9d59bc2a76bcb21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any moneys ordered to be paid to the Fund in the form of community service under section 8B1.3 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual or to the extent permitted under paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1876a8a213247ebb08a99ae6c6c76f4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts reimbursed or recovered under subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id61854813de6a4070b6b37adfd1e1c348"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prerequisite for community service credits</header><text>The Fund may receive credits under paragraph (3)(A) if the unobligated balance of the Fund is less than $5,000,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8143755b46214f0e941eae5f8ce6828e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriation</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, from the Fund, for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id777a7790be71467d9264e9c758f6728e"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report required</header><subparagraph id="ida8e50a3828bf4a158c1ed51b677603d8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress, concurrent with the President's budget submission for a given fiscal year, a report that describes—</text><clause id="idf7fb1806b3cf47b9a2eda324552d05d0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amounts credited to the Fund under paragraph (3) for the preceding fiscal year;</text></clause><clause id="id3efab25b1c6e4c88bec7ebc050cdef23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in detail, the activities for which amounts were charged; and</text></clause><clause id="idcf7d323ea8f74a148bf9d63dc7922b97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the projected level of expenditures from the Fund for the upcoming fiscal year, based on—</text><subclause id="id51c72d031138421f86c11e21bb5131c8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on-going activities; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idc1a5d4070d124068bca38f63b23c794e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>new cases, derived from historic data.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7eb1dbe9040244e29bd30fa745193235"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to obligations during the first fiscal year during which amounts are credited to the Fund.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide23f53a448fb4ef2b0ebbd6ef7529cb0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fund manager</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a Fund manager who shall—</text><subparagraph id="idb86ce2942b46443ab1f64ac2dd821632"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure the visibility and accountability of transactions utilizing the Fund;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef5d0ad03177431791043b035439fd99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepare the report under paragraph (6);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3581276f3c44fd486b97d110293e63a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitor the unobligated balance of the Fund; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2202d13368df43b185b5c29c3ef2b608"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide notice to the Secretary and the Attorney General whenever the unobligated balance of the Fund is less than $5,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id20df2be76c5d407db882d1109e1b5dd1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary may—</text><paragraph id="id4adae2dc8e024a03baa6b293aa38d8f9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pay, from amounts appropriated from the Fund, necessary support of—</text><subparagraph id="ida7610a960d2d4b1fbf7a8d84628da821"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a seafarer that—</text><clause id="id4ecb1ebda6444ec3b432ce7f1989fdf9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enters, remains, or is paroled into the United States; and</text></clause><clause id="id1b5ddd08d1d343b495e06d1e09207abf"><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 any treaty, law, or regulation by the Coast Guard; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ff43191ce4e46b58fd64d5f5b36da02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a seafarer that the Secretary determines was abandoned in the United States; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbf5d4b3bb384cbcad9ffc46e6898229"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reimburse, from amounts appropriated from the Fund, a shipowner 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 any treaty, law, or regulation by the Coast Guard, for the costs of necessary support if the Secretary determines that reimbursement is necessary to avoid serious injustice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8998d58a09b34e3ba8821e784d28da98"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed—</text><paragraph id="iddba8f5e38a464db58af8ea0253561b3f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to create a right, benefit, or entitlement to necessary support; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id956d0eaee890444caf70bede5f46c03f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to compel the Secretary to pay or reimburse the cost of necessary support.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id128113f5da9646678ea29a8f496cdfb3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement; recovery</header><paragraph id="idf85d502b229e4936b63cb0c29a3eaca4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A shipowner shall reimburse the Fund an amount equal to the total amount paid from the Fund for necessary support of a seafarer plus a surcharge of 25 percent of the total amount if—</text><subparagraph id="id636f882351b3482d8582de4c0316976a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the shipowner—</text><clause id="id371998568d6848d98630a5b6c438da5d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during the course of an investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter 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 id="id7e596d6bb81b4e4b9a59f208ea59c3e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsequently receives a criminal penalty; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2093e754776744d3a4cb4e29d5adcf4a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the shipowner, under any circumstance, abandons a seafarer in the United States, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb55b8f4d07649fb8c28ea584ad89ed4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If a shipowner fails to reimburse the Fund under paragraph (1), the Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="ida86cacdb15f540279adf532ec31f0894"><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 id="iddf427a37f7f74e8689cfa7222c36e81f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>withhold or revoke the clearance required under section 60105 of any vessel of the shipowner wherever the vessel is found.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc4660ec74c54450ab3dce1b16c836339"><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 shipowner reimburses the Fund the amount required under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id41ab84013dce4c26adb73fe260e36de9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Bond and surety</header><paragraph id="id80e3e70ca97943f98b354cd8ca9eb800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary may require a bond or a surety satisfactory as an alternative to withholding or revoking clearance under subsection (e) if, in the opinion of the Secretary, the bond or surety satisfactory is necessary to facilitate an investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation by the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3eb0b78a73144da9af5b40100c1bd124"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Surety corporations</header><text>A surety corporation may provide a bond or surety satisfactory under paragraph (1) if the surety corporation is authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 9305 of title 31 to provide surety bonds under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/9304">section 9304</external-xref> of title 31.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93b9461f32944b6aa96160e9bf3b9a21"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The authority to require a bond or surety satisfactory or to request the withholding or revocation of the clearance under subsection (e) applies to any investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation by the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id36a8ed46a3884c2d830994779b2ff44d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id38d1df19937845ff85ad802c03d43a84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Abandons; abandoned</header><text>The term <term>abandons</term> or <quote>abandoned</quote> means—</text><subparagraph id="iddfdd5cd981dc428692296a6b87296e82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a shipowner's unilateral severance of ties with a seafarer; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idca2a3bd5ccd54d099e04a92fffc73a8c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a shipowner's failure to provide necessary support of a seafarer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56c3301478f043cd8b826864909c7555"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Support of Seafarers Fund established under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42a6c25b71d04de982f7ea4007304932"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Necessary support</header><text>The term <term>necessary support</term> means normal wages, lodging, subsistence, clothing, medical care (including hospitalization), repatriation, and any other expense the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7fbb5832d87142298214d072543b9f1b"><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 the jurisdiction of the United States. A seafarer is a claimant for the purposes of section 30509 of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0592d59bfd30456aa559996bf97ade25"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Shipowner</header><text>The term <term>shipowner</term> means an individual or entity that owns, has an ownership interest in, or operates a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id13870739530e4c16bfec3864d845d30d"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States</header><text>The term <term>vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States</term> has the meaning given the term in section 70502(c), except that it excludes—</text><subparagraph id="id9d885fed544a46c2a386605c0b6686f1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a vessel—</text><clause id="id155da961b7a145beb4e9e093e45f8380"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is owned by the United States, a State or political subdivision thereof, or a foreign nation; and</text></clause><clause id="id0826a84455fd4f6aa76cc12a0f6da591"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is not engaged in commerce; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddef44d2dfa8946a2bcc232f9fae6e18c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a bareboat—</text><clause id="id56a34b0b9eef428a934a75b0fe86e0b0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is chartered and operated by the United States, a State or political subdivision thereof, or a foreign nation; and</text></clause><clause id="id39f918763c9f40b6bfbec6460797bf0d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is not engaged in commerce.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id21edc6e82a5f4c4d87d5b1d41abd1606"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary may prescribe regulations to implement this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id94cf30d55867412c8b3f3cf0e076a4ab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/111">chapter 111</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 11112 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06268D526FFB4429B75D51261C19369A" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">11113. Protection and fair treatment of seafarers.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idf905f3afe4ea4c33933841c0b4b12cde"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Support of Seafarers Fund $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 2016.</text></subsection></section><section id="id6b335b53b917455d9e2b6419e77f3ea9"><enum>504.</enum><header>Vessel requirements for notices of arrival and departure and automatic identification system</header><subsection id="idea8ad448b33649b1a6841a63a5a6dc40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall publish a final rule implementing the proposed rule <quote>Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic Identification System</quote> (73 Fed. Reg. 76295).</text></subsection><subsection id="id5f015e7206034f10b6eba81fe8a6586f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall ensure, with respect to a final rule issued under subsection (a), that any notice of arrival or notice of departure requirement in the final rule applies to vessels in a manner consistent with the regulations promulgated under section 109(a) of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1223">33 U.S.C. 1223</external-xref> note) and with section 704 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (126 Stat. 1580).</text></subsection></section><section id="id5E2913D3AED946F18540F7212CEF8A8F"><enum>505.</enum><header>Improved safety information for vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish a permitting process by which an operator of a marine exchange or other non-Federal vessel traffic information service may apply for permission to use the automatic identification system to transmit weather, ice, and other important navigation safety information to vessels.</text></section><section id="id5a551f9e2f124256b19b5c817c942e67"><enum>506.</enum><header>Prompt publication of oil spill information</header><subsection id="id78d969e062a54182b2a7ddffdcafaf27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any response to an oil spill in which the Coast Guard serves as the Federal on-scene coordinator leading a unified command, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall publish, on a publicly accessible website, all written incident action plans prepared and approved as a part of the response to the oil spill.</text></subsection><subsection id="id73567c740076418982c2746db08530e0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timeliness and duration</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text><paragraph id="idcffc6f950b784265a9ebe6845b3e1651"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish each incident action plan under subsection (a) promptly after the incident action plan is approved for implementation by the unified command, but not later than 12 hours after the beginning of the operational period for which the plan is prepared; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idce89c1c064134124829a4779572c740c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that each incident action plan under subsection (a) remains publicly accessible on the website under subsection (a) for the duration of the response to the applicable oil spill.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd8231aa689a6430a88a4bbb48d7a8d39"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Redaction of personal information</header><text>The Commandant may redact information from an incident action plans published under subsection (a) to the extent necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws and other laws regarding the protection of personal information.</text></subsection></section><section id="id337282367e8b46568cc4ce8cfbe488c4"><enum>507.</enum><header>Area contingency plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(j)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc6795802efdb4c5ab31741714abd2210"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, and of tribal governments of Indian tribes (as defined in section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/479a">25 U.S.C. 479a</external-xref>))</quote> after <quote>and local agencies</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d1d8f3b2cb04fadac6b31f6a71909ab"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii)—</text><subparagraph id="idfb48ab726fd04886b446693920c5cbbe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and local</quote> and inserting <quote>, local, and tribal</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25c09a746b3f42e2a25785e9c3f1cb92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>wildlife;</quote> and inserting <quote>wildlife, including advance planning with respect to the closing and reopening of fishing grounds following a discharge;</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd09eae476c9140df8e9f611678c427b7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking <quote>and local</quote> and inserting <quote>, local, and tribal</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3eee355f7b07455db2322729a525d2b3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subparagraph id="idD0003A4DAECF44189EB385D913477228"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by inserting <quote>and tribal governments of Indian tribes</quote> after <quote>local agencies,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf3be234f760147ed9a05748b30a624a5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (vii) and (viii) as clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2584d7fae45443dbb95619c16a38ae65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (vi) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f064223528c4fa2b892ba530acbaab7" style="OLC"><clause id="idd3958b10ccd2484a94ea9d59a556909a"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>develop a framework for advance planning and decisionmaking with respect to the closing and reopening of fishing grounds following a discharge, including protocols and standards for the closing and reopening of fishing areas;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id3f931532dec449b880efd3279aeb8450"><enum>508.</enum><header>Coast Guard response plan requirements</header><subsection id="id6947eb76dc994cb88aed29d949a947d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vessel response plan contents</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall require that each vessel response plan prepared for a mobile offshore drilling unit include information from the facility response plan prepared for the mobile offshore drilling unit regarding the planned response to a worst case discharge, and to a threat of such a discharge.</text></subsection><subsection id="id802f1a61d78d418a82399b78d9ec49ea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idbf324d7c4b1c42b2bed835e128ba0a1f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mobile offshore drilling unit</header><text>The term <term>mobile offshore drilling unit</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa214c172cc447898976462f8500d5e0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response plan</header><text>The term <term>response plan</term> means a response plan prepared under section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(j)).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58a08872a4fa49b1970b0a75094c7128"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Worst case discharge</header><text>The term <term>worst case discharge</term> has the meaning given the term under section 311(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(a)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF1E1A39A90DC416391AD65FE2E31DE70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Coast Guard to review or approve a facility response plan for a mobile offshore drilling unit.</text></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header><section id="id4CE06C25AFB8403D8CE46F876EF396D7"><enum>601.</enum><header>Waivers</header><subsection id="id329F3132CE5A497BB72AF0AF915F9181"><enum>(a)</enum><header>F/V Western Challenger</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding sections 12112 and 12132 and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/551">chapter 551</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a license under chapter 121 for the F/V WESTERN CHALLENGER (IMO number 5388108).</text></subsection><subsection id="id2FF4EDFB33B44E178D90ED9DF910BA84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>John Craig</header><paragraph id="H6652C8A97AB94273BA3EA54A4C4C5E6E"><enum>(1)</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 1110613) 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> </paragraph><paragraph id="HED490D3033944578B9940F4603D27F10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exemption under paragraph (1) shall apply on and after the date on which the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines that a licensing requirement has been established under Kentucky State law that applies to an operator of the vessel JOHN CRAIG.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id75D8E144231C452E86B0DCCC606DD111"><enum>602.</enum><header>Inflationary adjustment for Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5002(k)(3) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2732">33 U.S.C. 2732(k)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>not more than $1,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than $1,400,000</quote>.</text></section>