114 S2829 ES: Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Maritime Administration authorizationSec. 101. Authorization of the Maritime Administration.Sec. 102. Maritime Administration authorization request.TITLE II—Prevention of sexual harassment and assault at the United States Merchant Marine AcademySec. 201. Actions to address sexual harassment and sexual assault at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.Sec. 202. Sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates.Sec. 203. Report from the Department of Transportation Inspector General.Sec. 204. Sexual assault prevention and response working group.TITLE III—Maritime Administration enhancementSec. 301. Status of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels.Sec. 302. Port infrastructure development.Sec. 303. State maritime academy physical standards and reporting.Sec. 304. Authority to extend certain age restrictions relating to vessels participating in the maritime security fleet.Sec. 305. Appointments.Sec. 306. High-speed craft classification services.Sec. 307. Maritime workforce working group.Sec. 308. Vessel disposal program.Sec. 309. Maritime extreme weather task force.TITLE IV—Implementation of workforce management improvementsSec. 401. Workforce plans and onboarding policies.Sec. 402. Drug and alcohol policy.Sec. 403. Vessel transfers.TITLE V—Technical amendmentsSec. 501. Clarifying amendment; continuation boards.Sec. 502. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care.Sec. 503. Technical corrections to title 46, United States Code.Sec. 504. Coast Guard use of the Pribilof Islands.TITLE VI—Polar Icebreaker Fleet Recapitalization Transparency ActSec. 601. Short title.Sec. 602. Definitions.Sec. 603. Polar icebreaker recapitalization plan.Sec. 604. GAO report icebreaking capability in the United States.TITLE VII—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention ActSubtitle A—Sexual harassment and assault prevention at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSec. 711. Actions to address sexual harassment at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Sec. 712. Actions to address sexual assault at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Sec. 713. Rights of the victim of a sexual assault.Sec. 714. Change of station.Sec. 715. Applicability of policies to crews of vessels secured by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under contract.Sec. 716. Annual report on sexual assaults in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Sec. 717. Definition.Subtitle B—Commissioned Officer Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sec. 721. References to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002.PART I—General provisionsSec. 722. Strength and distribution in grade.Sec. 723. Recalled officers.Sec. 724. Obligated service requirement.Sec. 725. Training and physical fitness.Sec. 726. Recruiting materials.Sec. 727. Charter vessel safety policy.Sec. 728. Technical correction.PART II—Parity and recruitmentSec. 731. Education loans.Sec. 732. Interest payments.Sec. 733. Student pre-commissioning program.Sec. 734. Limitation on educational assistance.Sec. 735. Applicability of certain provisions of title 10, United States Code, and extension of certain authorities applicable to members of the Armed Forces to commissioned officer corps.Sec. 736. Applicability of certain provisions of title 37, United States Code.Sec. 737. Legion of Merit award.Sec. 738. Prohibition on retaliatory personnel actions.Sec. 739. Penalties for wearing uniform without authority.Sec. 740. Application of certain provisions of competitive service law.Sec. 741. Employment and reemployment rights.Sec. 742. Treatment of commission in commissioned officer corps for purposes of certain hiring decisions.Sec. 743. Direct hire authority.PART III—Appointments and promotion of officersSec. 751. Appointments.Sec. 752. Personnel boards.Sec. 753. Delegation of authority.Sec. 754. Assistant Administrator of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.Sec. 755. Temporary appointments.Sec. 756. Officer candidates.Sec. 757. Procurement of personnel.PART IV—Separation and retirement of officersSec. 761. Involuntary retirement or separation.Sec. 762. Separation pay.Subtitle C—Hydrographic servicesSec. 771. Reauthorization of Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998.<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Administration authorization</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fd04dee-74f5-40c7-b5a0-0b1a99fd41ba" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of the Maritime Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2017, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations Acts, for programs associated with maintaining the United States merchant marine, the following amounts:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf386c123-4af2-4dc4-a6dd-461daab07229"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For expenses necessary for operations of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, $99,902,000, of which—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac446d93-5d32-43e9-8f45-b7ff4ec5aa8f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$74,851,000 shall be for Academy operations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4db4768c-9465-4b19-8040-e0db999878eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,051,000 shall remain available until expended for capital asset management at the Academy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id167098db-ea9a-415a-8c34-c41435fc58bf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For expenses necessary to support the State maritime academies, $29,550,000, of which—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6b64e2c-c0fd-4aab-8d29-c934ee470ee6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018, for the Student Incentive Program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ac455cb-b9d5-4fa7-901e-88b2687d69b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 shall remain available until expended for direct payments to such academies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9193380d-6c01-46b5-9316-048d7da8d4d3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of State maritime academy training vessels;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0acbcc9b-8528-45ee-a13c-45a5c964a88e"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,800,000 shall remain available until expended for training ship fuel assistance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d7cf474-4543-4e52-a349-359fa1250f87"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$350,000 shall remain available until expended for expenses to improve the monitoring of the service obligations of graduates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide668819e-d82d-467e-bf65-4c4ff9bc9926"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For expenses necessary to support the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, $6,000,000, which shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe041274-0a60-4dcc-8e1a-a0aaed6baadc"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For expenses necessary to support Maritime Administration operations and programs, $57,142,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7cb6a93e-9874-4a82-b9bc-e26b014a4fa0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $20,000,000, which shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9079a28d-d495-404b-9734-98c55fb95292"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a(5)</external-xref>)) of loan guarantees under the program authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/537">chapter 537</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, $3,000,000, which shall remain available until expended for administrative expenses of the program.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20b384f2-13dd-44b2-a28b-9e7b818af8e3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Administration authorization request</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 109 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id881858c7-5d91-4563-841f-081dc8fc306f" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50d3a5c7-0c66-480e-901b-d7e61d39b7e3"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of annual Maritime Administration authorization request</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84a0423b-96cf-40fd-a907-cd75434c5e2c"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Maritime Administrator shall submit a Maritime Administration authorization request with respect to such fiscal year to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2eb62fb-0dd6-40e2-893b-c8e63b373b44"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defined term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>Maritime Administration authorization request</term> means a proposal for legislation that, with respect to the Maritime Administration for the relevant fiscal year—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9a01368-cce6-4b2e-9121-5caf94c33374"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommends authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66a4eaeb-8ebe-4852-85b9-4526dc1a6fc1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addresses any other matter that the Maritime Administrator determines is appropriate for inclusion in a Maritime Administration authorization bill.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prevention of sexual harassment and assault at the United States Merchant Marine Academy</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e7d890b-2fd8-4e4b-a55f-07eef5b0db50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions to address sexual harassment and sexual assault at the United States Merchant Marine
Academy</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ece45a6-49e7-4f7d-9218-2e8b050000a7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/513">Chapter 513</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="idea27b3b7-9574-45c7-ae59-bfb885fe3e6a" style="USC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id671c3954-0e03-43c1-b0e2-b39533912444" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>51318.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy on sexual harassment and sexual assault</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfe63044-7720-4d54-acdd-bc7ad7d60df1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required policy</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bc8d40d-44eb-408c-a87f-1d4d5378f79e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall direct the Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to prescribe a policy on sexual harassment and sexual assault applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b7e9f0d-f90d-4db5-b061-177c57d2e49f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matters to be specified in policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The policy on sexual harassment and sexual assault prescribed under this subsection shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e5efa51-b4f4-4be2-89e4-dfe73e0d4861"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program to promote awareness of the incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, and other sexual offenses of a criminal nature that involve cadets or other Academy personnel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8e5eac6-2dd2-4354-aa6d-faf6f0b30a07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures that a cadet should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual assault, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d689003-9ff4-46fa-9cfa-03255055be36"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifying the person or persons to whom an alleged occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual assault should be reported by a cadet and the options for confidential reporting;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc28d92b7-e121-4c8b-8143-73eec89174af"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifying any other person whom the victim should contact; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id454c7be1-3e15-46ce-9333-f53ba150b94a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures on the preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of criminal sexual assault;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide320deef-114f-4310-9b81-9119ac91c576"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a procedure for disciplinary action in cases of alleged criminal sexual assault involving a cadet or other Academy personnel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3ffefc2-9f0b-40ee-a0bd-7f8254877f1d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other sanction authorized to be imposed in a substantiated case of sexual harassment or sexual assault involving a cadet or other Academy personnel in rape, acquaintance rape, or any other criminal sexual offense, whether forcible or nonforcible; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id910cc993-0412-4126-baf0-43bd7740e5e1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required training on the policy for all cadets and other Academy personnel, including the specific training required for personnel who process allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault involving Academy personnel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide87a0f2d-87fc-4f0b-bb8a-ade3fa829e90"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the policy developed under this subsection is available to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf1fdb22-b519-43c6-9990-33e6ab39a297"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all cadets and employees of the Academy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4ba3c8a-afec-4e07-89b3-1880e16dcf37"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599a3e4d-3aa9-4db5-9e3f-10566a3f1f64"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the policy under this subsection, the Secretary may consult or receive assistance from such Federal, State, local, and national organizations and subject matter experts as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63a691b4-5123-416f-b65f-de1c6e99b91e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb71623c6-606c-4c5a-9941-f9556503aa33"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that the development program of the United States Merchant Marine Academy includes a section that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bda1f24-fb34-42ff-a52c-62d9ede2a0d7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the relationship between honor, respect, and character development and the prevention of sexual harassment and sexual assault at the Academy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb24376b2-0eb5-423f-a02a-d1492ddaee69"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes a brief history of the problem of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the merchant marine, in the Armed Forces, and at the Academy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1fc12ef-7d60-4dc4-a55f-f56e800c74de"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes information relating to reporting sexual harassment and sexual assault, victims’ rights, and dismissal for offenders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fdf7fce-3fb3-4475-a113-d98f3bc714d2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Superintendent of the Academy shall ensure that all cadets receive the training described in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbff4b9fb-b18b-42fe-aa4a-5776842a67c6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 7 days after their initial arrival at the Academy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d7c07e2-d85f-46a7-a84d-c6520fcd77f5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">biannually thereafter until they graduate or leave the Academy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9914568e-cb4b-430c-aad9-160f324c88a0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual assessment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34279b88-b025-4a59-b6a5-a4aa66fbfa3e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Superintendent of the Academy, shall conduct an assessment at the Academy during each Academy program year to determine the effectiveness of the policies, procedures, and training of the Academy with respect to sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or other Academy personnel.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id569a4563-bb6e-4404-b3fa-31840ce247a8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biennial survey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each assessment of the Academy under paragraph (1) during an Academy program year that begins in an odd-numbered calendar year, the Secretary shall conduct a survey of cadets and other Academy personnel—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6abc1620-ef02-4d45-ae55-00b1fc67a89b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to measure—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad316b78-9072-4880-bc73-5398a4eece75"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the incidence, during that program year, of sexual harassment and sexual assault events, on or off the Academy campus, that have been reported to officials of the Academy; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d16f546-352b-49d7-91fa-7e04a4ff95b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the incidence, during that program year, of sexual harassment and sexual assault events, on or off the Academy campus, that have not been reported to officials of the Academy; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fef558e-4a44-4e75-94f3-555f0f650f62"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess the perceptions of cadets and other Academy personnel on—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5912cd32-a956-4aab-8472-178a658a53d5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the policies, procedures, and training on sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or Academy personnel;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb3a3acf-ca73-4d66-9e7c-e78de542d8bd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enforcement of the policies described in clause (i);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id006c8981-3fe5-4370-876b-aeb0a832bcee"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the incidence of sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or Academy personnel; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0a5c577-e672-43fd-aba5-3c9f40d86971"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other issues relating to sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or Academy personnel.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41a59fc9-f01d-4885-9769-7a4491682bd2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Focus groups for years when survey not required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any year in which the Secretary of Transportation is not required to conduct the survey described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall conduct focus groups at the Academy for the purposes of ascertaining information relating to sexual assault and sexual harassment issues at the Academy.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4f0ed9f-a599-4b4c-b9f0-85ed34dfa1e4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7d96f4d-f3c9-43f5-aaf8-bd6aabf3b003"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Superintendent of the Academy shall submit a report to the Secretary of Transportation that provides information about sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or other personnel at the Academy for each Academy program year.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id561d70ce-9ed7-45e2-a314-7533c706820a"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, for the Academy program year covered by the report—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbaa082f0-9d04-4ddf-8af9-79d7894a15a2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of sexual assaults, rapes, and other sexual offenses involving cadets or other Academy personnel that have been reported to Academy officials;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18b82bc1-1d63-4d12-9336-d02fc58664f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of the reported cases described in subparagraph (A) that have been substantiated;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d66f871-d18c-4db5-97f0-20b677138bad"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the policies, procedures, and training implemented by the Superintendent and the leadership of the Academy in response to sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or other Academy personnel; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id620d0bbb-2f86-4177-aa04-dd095810fa4d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for the actions that will be taken in the following Academy program year regarding prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment and sexual assault involving cadets or other Academy personnel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id241859a9-fda9-4604-9f21-91751b2f2fab"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Survey and focus group results</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide23fd711-047e-430e-ba59-d5af1d01498b"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Survey results</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under paragraph (1) for an Academy program year that begins in an odd-numbered calendar year shall include the results of the survey conducted in that program year under subsection (c)(2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67e7731b-10aa-44f1-9e88-a4abd932b1af"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Focus group results</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under paragraph (1) for an Academy program year in which the Secretary of Transportation is not required to conduct the survey described (c)(2) shall include the results of the focus group conducted in that program year under subsection (c)(3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44e60ade-8b74-47a2-99a6-5ccd408afca6"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting requirement</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3b4a9ce-215c-434f-a1a7-b93ebb99a65c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">By the superintendent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault reported to the Superintendent under this subsection, the Superintendent shall provide the Secretary of Transportation and the Board of Visitors of the Academy with a report that includes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20ac019d-7e48-44c1-9dfd-ed6cc3b01112"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the facts surrounding the incident, except for any details that would reveal the identities of the people involved; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id002c2a5b-09ea-46a7-8229-d11e7b0a0071"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Academy’s response to the incident.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce8c9de8-8fdf-4622-a6f0-1ddd1f0726b3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">By the secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit a copy of each report received under subparagraph (A) and the Secretary’s comments on the report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2deb8a78-496e-4f2a-ab6a-785e837abbc3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/513">chapter 513</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="id7bee7fe1-dcb1-42e4-9224-47961586c37c" style="USC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">51318. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual assault.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide461aed3-3e4a-4480-b724-89dcb9273746" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba63f043-8c59-454a-82b2-b6af2d9f392f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinators and advocates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/513">Chapter 513</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as amended by section 201, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id055A9B9955114349B10A5F0778F9839F" style="USC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb027f133-0388-4dac-9820-0cb5b1001f6b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>51319.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8e76547-1229-44c8-b08e-f530251d60c1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sexual assault response coordinators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Merchant Marine Academy shall employ or contract with at least 1 full-time sexual assault response coordinator who shall reside on or near the Academy. The Secretary of Transportation may assign additional full-time or part-time sexual assault response coordinators at the Academy as may be necessary.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7309b1cd-d490-479f-804e-fdb1996e6cfc"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Volunteer sexual assault victim advocates</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9464ba0-24b5-4c8a-a0ca-69ef3fe2dac6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, shall designate 1 or more permanent employees who volunteer to serve as advocates for victims of sexual assaults involving—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4f3065f-9d92-4f92-b437-3b1982431f6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cadets of the Academy; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee7ffecf-1313-4616-81e5-765a3d54f1be"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Academy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideed0c896-a123-493d-b948-7d4f328e5a62"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training; other duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each victim advocate designated under this subsection shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14072765-bb9e-43e4-93de-936e1562a44c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have or receive training in matters relating to sexual assault and the comprehensive policy developed under section 51318 of title 46, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36eeae5a-39d2-42dc-a545-5549acc10d5a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as a victim advocate voluntarily, in addition to the individual’s other duties as an employee of the Academy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24580efa-a75b-4748-bddc-b122d8c55d98"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While performing the duties of a victim advocate under this subsection, a designated employee shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id177d1b81-0235-4b9b-a1b5-e9458e356c5a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support victims of sexual assault by informing them of the rights and resources available to them as victims;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae046b42-4acf-44bd-96a8-70d89fbed0c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify additional resources to ensure the safety of victims of sexual assault; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a018908-87dd-4bd5-a4f0-d45f465b5db2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">connect victims of sexual assault to an Academy sexual assault response coordinator, or full-time or part-time victim advocate, who shall act as a companion in navigating investigative, medical, mental and emotional health, and recovery processes relating to sexual assault.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id711a2c50-5d3b-43ab-93d9-45cf784b515b"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Companion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 victim advocate designated under this subsection, while performing the duties of a victim advocate, shall act as a companion in navigating investigative, medical, mental and emotional health, and recovery processes relating to sexual assault.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6fe371c-3a4f-4d0e-8f8a-51dc614b6459"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hotline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a 24-hour hotline through which the victim of a sexual assault can receive victim support services.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cba505d-d4ad-4dd9-adee-2622a8001df3"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Formal relationships with other entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into formal relationships with other entities to make available additional victim advocates or to implement paragraphs (3), (4), and (5).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8696D929CE0F46B6B36201CCEA2B4958"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Confidentiality</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information disclosed by a victim to an advocate designated under this subsection—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id068283C54A744B1787BD84577192F4DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be treated by the advocate as confidential; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C7C85D77D584D85B943A3DCF5ADC87F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be disclosed by the advocate without the consent of the victim.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1778c54-4192-4bb5-ac10-a84e4319d8ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/513">chapter 513</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="id48376e88-0394-42e8-8116-a67f3683f95d" style="USC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">51319. Sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47665f66-c806-4c2c-9e0d-095937d39595" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report from the Department of Transportation Inspector General</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6ee8178-0175-44d5-9757-4f6d1494aa0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 31, 2018, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes the effectiveness of the sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention and response program at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id923745c6-6cb0-4370-9389-9d9515c19363"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ec2b85d-6723-4f8d-ab46-e49f293e19f0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess progress toward addressing any outstanding recommendations;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcdd39237-74ba-412d-a96e-2e05093cbe1b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include any recommendations to reduce the number of sexual assaults involving members of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, whether a member is the victim, the alleged assailant, or both;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fce42ca-ac85-4b8a-a51f-aba32b022602"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include any recommendations to improve the response of the Department of Transportation and the United States Merchant Marine Academy to reports of sexual assaults involving members of the Academy, whether a members is the victim, the alleged assailant, or both.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide41950c5-fb95-45b3-9bcf-afb08a9a4635"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In compiling the report required under this section, the inspection teams acting under the direction of the Inspector General shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5384e93c-ba6d-418e-9c3e-8d3ff4a446c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include at least 1 member with expertise and knowledge of sexual assault prevention and response policies; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4a76985-95b1-49a6-889a-98c0afe5c58c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with subject matter experts in the prevention of and response to sexual assaults.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69e7c75e-ca86-47cc-9a24-d8fddd6c2219" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sexual assault prevention and response working group</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28c51b63-01a9-4cb7-9165-e1d1a7194dc1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall convene a working group to examine methods to improve the prevention of, and response to, any sexual harassment or sexual assault that occurs during a Cadet’s Sea Year experience with the United States Merchant Marine Academy.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd6389a7-6ae7-41b2-8407-603bdcba01ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administrator shall designate individuals to serve as members of the working group convened pursuant to subsection (a). Membership in the working group shall consist of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c338746-3eec-4bca-9e56-0a7651a30665"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative of the Maritime Administration, which shall serve as chair of the working group;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id994512fe-a9d1-45da-861d-37761b12ccc4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Superintendent of the Academy, or designee;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9186144-881a-4c84-b2d9-b69dd22a2a15"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sexual assault response coordinator appointed under section 51319 of title 46, United States Code, as added by section 202;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd5f27bc-a046-4959-a277-94f697109e83"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a subject matter expert from the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa43aa89-389d-4a4e-b51c-58a476c0aedc"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a subject matter expert from the Military Sealift Command;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e932678-a64f-433d-8980-4352509b27ae"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 representative from each of the State maritime academies;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6218e445-4830-4ad3-9c0a-f124bec293ea"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 representative from each private contracting party participating in the maritime security program;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89644d59-391c-46d5-9264-5eebe5eec0d2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 representative from each nonprofit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees employed on vessels in the Maritime Security Fleet;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafbdb9f7-c397-45b1-a99f-dc4b513dbb72"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 2 representatives from approved maritime training institutions; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dc321c4-2413-4a38-a54d-076b406c4c9e"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 representative from companies that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bb34f8c-403d-483a-b120-21f646ec1823"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in sea training of Academy cadets; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d236a89-f673-4302-a9e6-9db76efae160"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">do not participate in the maritime security program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad57f403-fcef-410b-bbce-b4571109d181"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No quorum requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administration may convene the working group without all members present.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d3ce0ad-fda4-4b87-9e94-f99ce16991cd"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90326a5c-c254-4f27-b04e-dd4e97edb0ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate options that could promote a climate of honor and respect, and a culture that is intolerant of sexual harassment and sexual assault and those who commit it, across the United States Flag Fleet;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86d9e44b-a8a3-4c30-a9ae-344df5e3d9bf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">raise awareness of the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s sexual assault prevention and response program across the United States Flag Fleet;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6332784-d3e8-48b9-a635-a1ecabcda3c0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess options that could be implemented by the United States Flag Fleet that would remove any barriers to the reporting of sexual harassment and sexual assault response that occur during a Cadet’s Sea Year experience and protect the victim’s confidentiality;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94725def-8828-4348-a1c8-ac68025b0a04"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess a potential program or policy, applicable to all participants of the maritime security program, to improve the prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment and sexual assault incidents;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3fac463-786f-43d4-aae7-95f8ca1ce6b5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess a potential program or policy, applicable to all vessels operating in the United States Flag Fleet that participate in the Maritime Security Fleet under section 53101 of title 46, United States Code, which carry cargos to which chapter 531 of such title applies, or are chartered by a Federal agency, requiring crews to complete a sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention and response training program before the Cadet’s Sea Year that includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cc64db0-e4ed-4794-9093-1666fe2421f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fostering a shipboard climate—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d6a8e6f-dcd6-4288-9742-3efe006dbd7c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that does not tolerate sexual harassment and sexual assault;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6907650-ffef-4f6b-ad99-fbb20c6f4032"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which persons assigned to vessel crews are encouraged to intervene to prevent potential incidents of sexual harassment or sexual assault; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4919f206-f4ae-4b3f-a302-01880e13c90a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that encourages victims of sexual assault to report any incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52bbcdea-27a9-406b-8f95-054138b3a635"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">understanding the needs of, and the resources available to, a victim after an incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0b50126-674d-4864-a7b3-b18597b22acc"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess whether the United States Merchant Marine Academy should continue with sea year training on privately owned vessels or change its curricula to provide alternative training; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a6a3b90-1834-47fc-a092-c79b664bf0e6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess how vessel operators could ensure the confidentiality of a report of sexual harassment or sexual assault in order to protect the victim and prevent retribution.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f329e58-08cb-434a-8098-58fe8921bb92"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that includes—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ccec643-b7db-4d7d-b679-99d17b5d04a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations on each of the working group’s responsibilities described in subsection (d);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8660ab77-f157-41d5-82e2-e340a7ff0fd2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the trade-offs, opportunities, and challenges associated with the recommendations made in paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e29ae6d-0467-4bfc-a6c1-7aaf9b5da5ee"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information the working group determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Administration enhancement</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc676971f-e32d-455f-b258-b51d70c32ad2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Status of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4405 of title 50, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22d4c6e7-878a-45ce-80ab-e38a49049fec"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, including vessels loaned to State maritime academies, shall be considered public vessels of the United States.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbac48cf1-74ee-49f9-b6f5-0e65ba9c930b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17554120-5761-43fd-860f-49640a195f95" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62e6365c-8ce6-4c70-8b07-b7a0d6141c89"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ships or other watercraft in the National Defense Reserve Fleet determined by the Maritime Administration to be of insufficient value to remain in the National Defense Reserve Fleet—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5dfbf169-e797-4827-9df6-f83c973dd214"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall remain vessels (as defined in section 3 of title 1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1015ec0-d4f2-4a53-9b29-e03e0973edab"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall remain subject to the rights and responsibilities of a vessel under admiralty law until such time as the vessel is delivered to a dismantling facility or is otherwise disposed of from the National Defense Reserve Fleet.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97349562-bafb-4479-9b9b-e6f936945ae6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Port infrastructure development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 50302(c)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb21d2368-036a-44b9-964e-e09dba4a3e10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>There are authorized</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id130576d4-342f-4a9c-aa95-3f85ccbaff59" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id458ed45b-56f7-48cc-9baf-405a0d9a3d55"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide36fdbe5-1095-4476-9397-fd2b1f1c4f94"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id102c08e3-3405-4c3e-9242-91dd9e828787" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc928b9c1-bede-4758-89da-fc4e9d90aed8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided by law, the Administrator may use not more than 3 percent of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for the administrative expenses of the program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37891f5d-b0c1-4ce7-8d19-e1c1f5db5e5d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State maritime academy physical standards and reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 51506 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9aaade4f-c63c-4e2b-b145-ac609a364abd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd80548a7-0264-42fe-8502-2a8b5865b85d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>must</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa218cc8-4d01-4357-9b72-8783dca4733a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fabeb4d-5e80-4f31-ad0e-cfa5e369dd41"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec815aea-64b6-4e1d-bc91-a78f9f07d2c7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74dcc064-5590-4123-8866-f5b837209209" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5697ba4-c212-41c9-ac30-beafc521acb5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agree that any individual enrolled at such State maritime academy in a merchant marine officer preparation program—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id440ac0d7-3b94-4896-a2e3-688fa151df7d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, not later than 9 months after each such individual’s date of enrollment, pass an examination in form and substance satisfactory to the Secretary that demonstrates that such individual meets the medical and physical requirements—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb28d1afc-d550-4253-8b7c-3392de89e873"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required for the issuance of an original license under section 7101; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf608667-1186-43df-9944-733737c459f3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">set by the Coast Guard for issuing merchant mariners’ documentation under section 7302, with no limit to his or her operational authority;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2f1827e-fb85-4c40-912f-a70c55fe9db6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">following passage of the examination under subparagraph (A), shall continue to meet the requirements or standards described in subparagraph (A) throughout the remainder of their respective enrollments at the State maritime academy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida74586a3-8611-44a4-a0b9-12c6da5f2272"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the individual has a medical or physical condition that disqualifies him or her from meeting the requirements or standards referred to in subparagraph (A), shall be transferred to a program other than a merchant marine officer preparation program, or otherwise appropriately disenrolled from such State maritime academy, until the individual demonstrates to the Secretary that the individual meets such requirements or standards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d479c56-a802-4e95-a95a-a8d5b6d1d054"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id596a6f49-ae21-47ae-b35e-aa154f6b545a" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6a9ee2a-38aa-482c-a391-1fd74b2ffd66"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretarial waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to modify or waive any of the terms set forth in subsection (a)(4) with respect to any individual or State maritime academy.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ab35d65-eaa0-4fcb-ac58-c961bf0d5494" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority to extend certain age restrictions relating to vessels participating in the maritime
security fleet</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8710aea1-61f4-413e-acfc-3cd41b6c50ff"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 53102 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07e39390-235e-4d99-8623-7185737f3ddf" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd642562b-6e32-4317-9588-74761570c26c"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority for extension of maximum service age for a participating fleet vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation, may extend the maximum age restrictions under sections 53101(5)(A)(ii) and 53106(c)(3) for a particular participating fleet vessel for up to 5 years if the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation jointly determine that such extension is in the national interest.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2bbcc59-eca6-4e0c-af06-7ea06f823f81"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of unnecessary age limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 53106(c)(3) of such title is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab50d9d9-cfd9-49b5-bd62-8c70e57a3a9f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or (C);</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafae509e-7f02-469d-8a9f-fe50b4f30b0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; or</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70bbc38f-fca9-4c39-81b0-02471b574a3c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d726a8c-0b74-4555-9524-2251c1f86d32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ce008bf-6ed3-4cfa-8b74-4b874d12a71e"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 51303 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>40</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb910e03f-9d47-4f4f-902d-3367d238689d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Class profile</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 31 of each year, the Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall post on the Academy’s public website a summary profile of each class at the Academy.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0f40b14-eed7-4595-871e-33ea762a9dc3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each summary profile posted under subsection (b) shall include, for the incoming class and for the 4 classes that precede the incoming class, the number and percentage of students—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id189f775c-ae01-4cab-b358-cc9c81b17baf"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by State;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57367977-1fe0-445d-824a-3a23e96df935"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by country;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f6f670d-3c16-4ad3-b46c-4dd7d027f3f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by gender;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69ebcb7f-4afb-4e75-abff-ab6d2bae875b"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by race and ethnicity; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideee353ff-ec67-41ce-990e-8306b74ceddc"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with prior military service.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf87fc293-2930-440a-8582-99e548802ac7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-speed craft classification services</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8825E227402A4BAEB355EA9B8DE50EBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 3316(a) of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may use the services of an approved classification society for only a high-speed craft that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC60D9C33F35F47A1AFF1E3BFF38EC128"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was acquired by the Secretary from the Maritime Administration;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3434A015BFFB49A79D9DD1465935F7C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a high-speed naval combatant, patrol vessel, expeditionary vessel, or other special purpose military or law enforcement vessel;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64E9A5F3191A4F4BAB4CA5003D72E7DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is operated for commercial purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE851EE311544AC0A4727FE806D858FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not operated or crewed by any department, agency, instrumentality, or employee of the United States Government;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEF1F1BE65E049EE867F28986071453C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not directly engaged in any mission or other operation for or on behalf of any department, agency, instrumentality, or employee of the United States Government; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1364DB838F84865A812C5E7B1335D20"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not primarily designed to carry freight owned, leased, used, or contracted for or by the United States Government.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3E8632B93BB41DCA3DCE0478FC84123"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of approved classification society</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>approved classification society</term> means a classification society that has been approved by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating under section 3316(c) of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54D5AD7FE04247CB9AF98D63363D9BEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings clause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the requirements under section 3316 of title 46, United States Code, for a high-speed craft that does not meet the conditions under paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3f03a44eb964b5cb3521ae8197a1f1d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime workforce working group</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9cf2ad41a1544e58df62c3521284495"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall convene a working group to examine and assess the size of the pool of citizen mariners necessary to support the United States Flag Fleet in times of national emergency.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31956e4e2d5748f281a9e172323e26cc"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administrator shall designate individuals to serve as members of the working group convened under subsection (a). The working group shall include, at a minimum, the following members:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13df1b2acd24446d85ee9acb21a52e54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 representative of the Maritime Administration, who shall serve as chairperson of the working group.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1e5964633ed4582b812f21be399ac73"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 subject matter expert from the United States Merchant Marine Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffde224dd0da468ba09d494d0da385b6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 subject matter expert from the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6117d41defd74d30a1b9202e0e95fd34"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 subject matter expert from the Military Sealift Command.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfffa8e2634274f3f9787a70d8a8f05c0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 subject matter expert from each of the State maritime academies.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf22b96bbe98843f39eb45f2135952c2a"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 1 representative from each nonprofit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees (licensed or unlicensed) who are employed on vessels operating in the United States Flag Fleet.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9a33695951c40448fcb81b11cf86975"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 4 representatives of owners of vessels operating the in United States Flag Fleet, or their private contracting parties, which are primarily operating in non-contiguous or coastwise trades.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id013bc391224546af9be5a49e4dcb3615"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 4 representatives of owners of vessels operating the in United States Flag Fleet, or their private contracting parties, which are primarily operating in international transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f3668f39d8d4ef99359c7a001d2882f"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No quorum requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administration may convene the working group without all members present.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55723ba3808345afb77815f81ab37e68"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida947f848f6c9426ab049c3b4d50bb371"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the number of United States citizen mariners—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17D2A5E81F6B42DA94A7150170032AE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in total;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb45a97d0f1f94c4fa7676116f1c5e44d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that have a valid United States Coast Guard merchant mariner credential with the necessary endorsements for service on unlimited tonnage vessels subject to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06b540367a794ce493da0c79a3f5aac3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are involved in Federal programs that support the United States Merchant Marine and United States Flag Fleet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id163e0a9a6db64243bce5b8d10828a66a"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are available to crew the United States Flag Fleet and the surge sealift fleet in times of a national emergency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3352F5021B854D639925A420C84E4192"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are full-time mariners;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB8790AD269A419DAC8F4A35D2DE4E35"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that have sailed in the prior 18 months; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42D1C725795F4EA989CFCE052201DD47"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are primarily operating in non-contiguous or coastwise trades;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7f5ff521c0e44b5a55e5430015789d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the impact on the United States Merchant Marine and United States Merchant Marine Academy if graduates from State maritime academies and the United States Merchant Marine Academy were assigned to, or required to fulfill, certain maritime positions based on the overall needs of the United States Merchant Marine;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05b230c7063e4cb985bc23c87582cd43"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation System, which tracks merchant mariner credentials and medical certificates, and its accessibility and value to the Maritime Administration for the purposes of evaluating the pool of United States citizen mariners; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id562367e67cdc4e4fa3fc275f5e4233da"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make recommendations to enhance the availability and quality of interagency data, including data from the United States Transportation Command, the Coast Guard, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, for use by the Maritime Administration for evaluating the pool of United States citizen mariners.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b483d7b1dc44469b998e3efa9106110"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that contains the results of the study conducted under this section, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0FB2DD3E0DB43119C9B790DE615C567"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of United States citizen mariners identified for each category described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of subsection (d)(1);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86D6639FB1D84E38BADE8034E9927E84"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the assessments conducted under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0212B185ACED4C42B7A2B855D3741B64"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recommendations made under subsection (d)(4).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80C2FE801CCB4920A8CC2AA37E567592" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel disposal program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1eac9a06a36443d83486d0097dc70c3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1 of each year, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report on the management of the vessel disposal program of the Maritime Administration.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ac0c262290849439057785b2f42b104"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA02F257A47E4B1CB133AC38A5A88714"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of funds credited in the prior fiscal year to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AC05E47166D4202BDF60DC98DC15F61"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund established by section 50301(a) of title 46, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78F7769337B44AC0AFB52DDB53C42FB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other account attributable to the vessel disposal program of the Maritime Administration;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc142088707024284818f981d438d14ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the balance of funds available at the end of that fiscal year in—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27B62FAD9C6048CA950AA25E32E3A022"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F44F30ECE8D4188986088BF4B32EC97"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other account described in paragraph (1)(B);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f8afa0a2f884677bafbab2544a5d72e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the total number of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A049464EBDB4FB580FA6AFBE6A99E7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant applications under the National Maritime Heritage Grants Program in the prior fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC508E81CB2A144EEA6605EEEDBADFDED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applications under subparagraph (A) that were approved by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Maritime Initiative of the National Park Service;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde37cb2d36b1486fb12815a10ae85b20"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of each project funded under the National Maritime Heritage Grants Program in the prior fiscal year for which funds from the Vessel Operations Revolving Funds were obligated, including the information described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 308703(j) of title 54, United States Code; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5671bc92bd7040e49754b8ebbea4d768"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of the funds credited to and distributions from the Vessel Operations Revolving Funds in the prior fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cfda270969a4b8a9395fb408493ef30"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFACA8CCA74BF4676969B00D37692785F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator shall assess the vessel disposal program of the Maritime Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACB1B389C0B14070BF5FF07F2230D261"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1408108b86d4365b19f1ffeb56ccdbe"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an inventory of each vessel, subject to a disposal agreement, for which the Maritime Administration acts as the disposal agent, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE63AD72A29AE413F8FEA227E90801637"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the age of the vessel; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ECE18B439FC432B970AD3FBDE2BD875"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of the Federal agency with which the Maritime Administration has entered into a disposal agreement;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf27b31a82d5b42dcafc0d98babf58ba4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each vessel of a Federal agency that may meet the criteria for the Maritime Administration to act as the disposal agent, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id127F537E43D542E99480D23032EBA385"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the age of the vessel; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26704310B5BA42C39E8C2040EF9DA5FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of the applicable Federal agency;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd233b0ccff224794ac2fa1cb50510dbb"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Maritime Administration’s plan to serve as the disposal agent, as appropriate, for the vessels described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fd85eaad6e74820b3e7b3cc9833d51a"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information related to the vessel disposal program that the Administrator determines appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d6a5e2ec95c4a49b94e32c5d8b6ad7a"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cessation of effectiveness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section ceases to be effective on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15A6D159F42F426481CD424BFDDB5251" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime extreme weather task force</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida904472728c647c5b5958f1e903ed1fc"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a task force to analyze the impact of extreme weather events, such as in the maritime environment (referred to in this section as the <quote>Task Force</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id445b0ecc09be4031820ad088f606e8a2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force shall be composed of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51207DEDC96A4A48ABB0196755EBA15F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary or the Secretary's designee; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC1BD1892D254074A666DC5011E414EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc05572ac77074bddb442fc619f4869e7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e435f9d08bf4fe6ae2836e7cda261c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id050b80228b424a9398ef2ab8d8901ce8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Maritime Commission; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e049aac552440f9a4c29777669e662f"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other Federal agency or independent commission as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6d431ba369c4df392ca4f2a7d082536"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf90d6ff24a944e63ba5099217ee6d2a8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (4), not later than 180 days after the date it is established under subsection (a), the Task Force shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report on the analysis under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f967e8e6d114256a212a720c7a7dcd7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1bbdefa54eb435aa9f854efb12d011f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of available weather prediction, monitoring, and routing technology resources;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4216621CB4F4142812FA20C823B8C94"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of industry best practices relating to response to, and prevention of marine casualties from, extreme weather events;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id112fde99deb04bb291169ccfaa8a9620"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the resources described in subparagraph (A) are used in the various maritime sectors, including by passenger and cargo vessels;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fe8ee8251a24d1cb6ce9b77b4631443"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for improving maritime response operations to extreme weather events and preventing marine casualties from extreme weather events, such as promoting the use of risk communications and the technologies identified under subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idccdd3992aa0f4efeb33b1dfcf78211ae"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for any legislative or regulatory actions for improving maritime response operations to extreme weather events and preventing marine casualties from extreme weather events.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e1162f6791e445aa38c2c925482cf10"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make the report under paragraph (1) and any notification under paragraph (4) publicly accessible in an electronic format.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida78ea1f58de14019895b9a65e2634b6d"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imminent threats</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force shall immediately notify the Secretary of any finding or recommendations that could protect the safety of an individual on a vessel from an imminent threat of extreme weather.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13f958182d014e95aea8dcab967e8be3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of workforce management improvements</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4779570-f2c4-4001-b7bd-c26447c43649" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Workforce plans and onboarding policies</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67d4c4bb-051b-4284-94ec-db870a3dc679"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Workforce plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall review the Maritime Administration’s workforce plans, including its Strategic Human Capital Plan and Leadership Succession Plan, and fully implement competency models for mission-critical occupations, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a7a46dd-e07e-4f05-b179-a9908335bdb9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leadership positions;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2e896d7-4df3-4ea4-9de5-b806ec1b9d58"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">human resources positions; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd93ab101-dac1-4e5c-9dfd-5076c31bc8c0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transportation specialist positions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id305abdda-1b06-43cb-9720-d72b110f6c0c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Onboarding policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a46fbc8-f02b-440e-9866-fdcda8f8eb7c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the Maritime Administration’s policies related to new hire orientation, training, and misconduct policies;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6f97a63-ef00-4258-9711-1fbfccb66c37"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">align the onboarding policies and procedures at headquarters and the field offices to ensure consistent implementation and provision of critical information across the Maritime Administration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b999ec6-e860-42c4-bf7c-5d5b8ff0ecd6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">update the Maritime Administration’s training policies and training systems to include controls that ensure that all completed training is tracked in a standardized training repository.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e6e4867-2f65-43d7-9faf-6d8a3e0adcbb"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Onboarding policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes the Maritime Administration’s compliance with the requirements under this section.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e62afbd-0692-4a3b-baad-cc78e56c35e8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drug and alcohol policy</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59a4426c-e2d0-403c-98bc-57d114589dbc"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56497bf3-c6bf-42aa-be40-b631b90db982"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the Maritime Administration’s drug and alcohol policies, procedures, and training practices;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9f98d60-cb1a-4a50-ae87-33b98207f51f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that all fleet managers have received training on the Department of Transportation’s drug and alcohol policy, including the testing procedures used by the Department and the Maritime Administration in cases of reasonable suspicion; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d10534b-fc0e-429d-8bf0-39e37ea78546"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institute a system for tracking all drug and alcohol policy training conducted under paragraph (2) in a standardized training repository.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf16c3662-82b0-4760-9449-8b2a07496f79"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes the Maritime Administration’s compliance with the requirements under this section.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad94bea5-ed27-467a-adfd-0331994bbf04" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel transfers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes the policies and procedures for vessel transfer, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75f079af-2f8f-4803-b78a-ddfa735149df"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the actions taken to update the Vessel Transfer Office procedures manual to reflect the current range of program responsibilities and processes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b221740-0c8f-4619-a299-dace9c2af7ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the updated Vessel Transfer Office procedures to process vessel transfer applications.</text></paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical amendments</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3785a068-a564-4e43-8acd-13d5803b8b1a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarifying amendment; continuation boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 290(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>five officers serving in the grade of vice admiral</quote> and inserting <quote>5 officers (other than the Commandant) serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38f3e85c-0f7e-4697-9fcf-8552681f3826" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1d0ee49-aff8-4c2e-9757-3741a23c5c87"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcb4ba38-1ea9-4d60-bcf7-2c779ad16c2d" style="USC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbcf0acf-cffc-4f4a-adf2-6ec3488d2f7c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>520.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id387c470e-5415-47d5-ac0a-eeecac1d2920"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prospective payment required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In lieu of the reimbursement required under section 1085 of title 10, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall make a prospective payment to the Secretary of Defense of an amount that represents the actuarial valuation of treatment or care—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2e27fd4-8448-4a5d-a374-ae87a924abdd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the Department of Defense shall provide to members of the Coast Guard, former members of the Coast Guard, and dependents of such members and former members (other than former members and dependents of former members who are a Medicare-eligible beneficiary or for whom the payment for treatment or care is made from the Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund) at facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or a military department; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd17ce500-4cd3-4064-bd92-fd20547bdc3d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which a reimbursement would otherwise be made under such section 1085.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2512cb3a-cba3-4fa2-9943-e86b34db2054"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the prospective payment under subsection (a)—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d220f83-0071-4bdc-a479-a461731dab5d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be derived from amounts appropriated for the operating expenses of the Coast Guard for treatment or care provided to members of the Coast Guard and their dependents;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24bf7f21-b80a-4ff7-9792-1b9d9428b12f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be derived from amounts appropriated for retired pay for treatment or care provided to former members of the Coast Guard and their dependents;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9b69d0e-288a-44ec-ad69-924ee7f15360"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be determined under procedures established by the Secretary of Defense;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39fc31e2-872e-4e9c-ad46-fe582481274a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be paid during the fiscal year in which treatment or care is provided; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fbf72ec-7a28-4690-9bea-c15c33956ef7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be subject to adjustment or reconciliation, as the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense jointly determine appropriate, during or promptly after such fiscal year if the prospective payment is determined excessive or insufficient based on the services actually provided.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1fc859b-7f94-4a54-9e86-c7c27fee3ede"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No prospective payment when service in Navy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No prospective payment shall be made under this section for any period during which the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddccbd09c-f3c0-41cc-a64f-fed2b85c7483"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to TRICARE</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may not be construed to require a payment for, or the prospective payment of an amount that represents the value of, treatment or care provided under any TRICARE program.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4e654c4-7c35-4ffc-a1a3-370dd8d044c6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis 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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefc13f7d-e633-471c-9b7d-f31360ccbe10" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">520. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d1dbc19-d134-4ded-8261-5426e1f7c146"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 217 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>) and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 2 of such Act, are repealed.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc34bad39-5653-4568-b9a8-19fb85319a77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical corrections to title 46, United States Code</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97d5d066-12a4-4668-908e-9df7d4f36ca4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72688329-7224-42f5-b5e9-67215b3fbc86"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 4503(f)(2), by striking <quote>that</quote> after <quote>necessary,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e77a3f9-8854-4df7-8486-cc3fa472deee"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 7510(c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id711ab810-ca40-49f4-959d-f9d05c60b990"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(D), by striking <quote>engine</quote> and inserting <quote>engineer</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95359fb3-4e90-45ed-bc11-ec37c37fd4ff"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9), by inserting a period after <quote>App</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91544184-0d38-4c4d-ae69-7bae1c94202d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6C3FFADFEE54E809759AA809FA9692F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard use of the Pribilof Islands</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9cd26895a95e4283b11daf191c49b659"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 522(a)(1) of the Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2015 (subtitle B of title V of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Lots</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, lots</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2756ad1a62e64f94bc449822e6d4f5a4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2017</short-title>, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb94b70d4dbc44c787da59bf681f4242"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard’s use of Tracts 43 and 39, located on St. Paul Island, Alaska, since operation of the LORAN–C system was terminated;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96575d8c248849b480b0e67adfbf6280"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard’s plans for using the tracts described in paragraph (1) during fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09eedd27cb6048f3b38c5178459d023b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard’s plans for using the tracts described in paragraph (1) and other facilities on St. Paul Island after fiscal year 2018.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Polar Icebreaker Fleet Recapitalization Transparency Act</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1139AA1077BE4BBCAF01DC71C7B88C6A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Polar Icebreaker Fleet Recapitalization Transparency Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8c2ac482a37418eac0beed43f9809df" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6043507171FC4C4A893766D1064E7721"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate committees of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A2ACDB2EA3C44A8BBBDE4650A6CC088"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47dd78ff2e7d4dc68f8133baecd20bda" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Polar icebreaker recapitalization plan</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8773FB60CE524BFF81CA11E7F824081F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, a detailed recapitalization plan to meet the 2013 Department of Homeland Security Mission Need Statement.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id657C1B58878344B2948FCF23B7D850D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan required under subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47ccafd141f049dd91606c9d36bda78e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detail the number of heavy and medium polar icebreakers required to meet Coast Guard statutory missions in the polar regions;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d6ebbe461ee4d8c8aaa4316799b7d26"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the vessel specifications, capabilities, systems, equipment, and other details required for the design of heavy polar icebreakers capable of fulfilling the mission requirements of the Coast Guard and the Navy, and the requirements of other agencies and department of the United States, as the Secretary determines appropriate;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c78d6a969924b65a52ac59ae8fb44d9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">list the specific appropriations required for the acquisition of each icebreaker, for each fiscal year, until the full fleet is recapitalized;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4109B6688745403E95A8610929931A5F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the potential savings of serial acquisition for new polar class icebreakers, including specific schedule and acquisition requirements needed to realize such savings;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bf97f68c35645949320fc52019f06f1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe any polar icebreaking capacity gaps that may arise based on the current fleet and current procurement outlook; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ec2c52fc216422e8890243e8ac39e83"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe any additional polar icebreaking capability gaps due to any further delay in procurement schedules.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id887d8070296d4c569ac42bd48d051621" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO report icebreaking capability in the United States</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9bf665d65e1e4a83b7b13eacdac8a487"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the current state of the United States Federal polar icebreaking fleet.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id348fa2b2b6644865bb7786ccd1dd8dcb"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c760bb064584ece91b31035f99d7ba6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the icebreaking assets in operation in the United States and a description of the missions completed by such assets;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc3307af742b4799848f0387fe04541a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of how such assets and the capabilities of such assets are consistent, or inconsistent, with the polar icebreaking mission requirements described in the 2013 Department of Homeland Security Mission Need Statement, the Naval Operations Concept 2010, or other military and civilian governmental missions in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d04bfdb847c4780a6fb806f6362a5dc"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the gaps in icebreaking capability of the United States based on the expected service life of the fleet of United States icebreaking assets;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0a61f07689949789f11b53f9114d017"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of countries that are allies of the United States that have the icebreaking capacity to exercise missions in the Arctic during any identified gap in United States icebreaking capacity in a polar region; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E4AFC323C0D493BB996F83B7C8C58FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the policy, financial, and other barriers that have prevented timely recapitalization of the Coast Guard polar icebreaking fleet and recommendations to overcome such barriers, including potential international fee-based models used to compensate governments for icebreaking escorts or maintenance of maritime routes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Act</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19107DEF4C214B8EB68B5727A0E8AD08" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><subtitle commented="no" id="id9a51473d-da7b-40aa-a598-f7543daec37e" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sexual harassment and assault prevention at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id728FA26AA229406C8A01B2B0C58DA708" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions to address sexual harassment at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11746d24381c4795aef115269636b965"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, develop a policy on the prevention of and response to sexual harassment involving employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, and individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida35c11013902447e8ff49b34a746f4d3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matters To Be specified in policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The policy developed under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fbc7119d8e54da2a8c61968c89dd333"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishment of a program to promote awareness of the incidence of sexual harassment;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7413ebe9a13d46e4ae39cd3df45c1181"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clear procedures an individual should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71f8f5ed2764452f854e2f46569ec06e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a specification of the person or persons to whom an alleged occurrence of sexual harassment should be reported by an individual and options for confidential reporting, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BE448D8884348C882DC4387448B572A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">options and contact information for after-hours contact; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id746261D53FE44D98A6FBB674B32E9D53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedure for obtaining assistance and reporting sexual harassment while working in a remote scientific field camp, at sea, or in another field status; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id989e28d1226743699a9ad7ca2aad273e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a specification of any other person whom the victim should contact;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4CCD9D7088043BDB8BD44B7936249FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishment of a mechanism by which—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4A67112F9894C05B15E1E7D0598752E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">questions regarding sexual harassment can be confidentially asked and confidentially answered; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11BC1F30B11547D3AB869884E47EEF90"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incidents of sexual harassment can be confidentially reported; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26A8BEE468ED412F91980B5F9416A26D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a prohibition on retaliation and consequences for retaliatory actions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B37FEDA68C44B939C8FFE2F434168EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the policy required by subsection (a), the Secretary may consult or receive assistance from such State, local, and national organizations and subject matter experts as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11AF22C61E404814A4AF4923EAAD9C1A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the policy developed under subsection (a) is available to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCC8204B09694D3FBA2C88BDAE83EEED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all employees of the Administration and members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, including those employees and members who conduct field work for the Administration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8213624C68E54FA6935C9319222D482D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id528325D3220D450CB88E1579C0BE451D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Geographic distribution of equal employment opportunity personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that at least 1 employee of the Administration who is tasked with handling matters relating to equal employment opportunity or sexual harassment is stationed—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6F7A56070D2422EAFA7C5A367CA2A30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each region in which the Administration conducts operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id279F464A882944EB8088C7D325B7C39F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each marine and aviation center of the Administration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35afd849dc374c1b9da98ef7f9e4a91c"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quarterly reports</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id316B3B2A5B004ED3B2FE277A35A134C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than 4 times each year, the Director of the Civil Rights Office of the Administration shall submit to the Under Secretary a report on sexual harassment in the Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD836861E5B34A359CA503985956E437"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb229934dd7b74948ace1bf072f54042d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of sexual harassment cases, both actionable and non-actionable, involving individuals covered by the policy developed under subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAAAF07CFBE94EBEBC20846DC5517D82"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of open actionable sexual harassment cases and how long the cases have been open.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7aa8cfd2a0d2444ca1fad1dbb985cd95"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such trends or region specific issues as the Director may have discovered with respect to sexual harassment in the Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5805aa3dcdf44114b47280d89e34474d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such recommendations as the Director may have with respect to sexual harassment in the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9D5C1F4FF8344438A845D911C91C8BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions to address sexual assault at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9151ba6522684a609abf57a582c3766d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive policy on prevention and response to sexual assaults</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, develop a comprehensive policy on the prevention of and response to sexual assaults involving employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, and individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide26150e137aa4878870e4341b1d3ac61"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements of comprehensive policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The comprehensive policy developed under subsection (a) shall, at minimum, address the following matters:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8a929578b0e46188186d3440cbb88d0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prevention measures.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34d63dc336c04b83b01dfd02daf30b15"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and training on prevention and response.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB15C57B328A5453AAF1F64637A9F1031"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of support resources an individual may use in the occurrence of sexual assault, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC33261EB12BF40E98B6092C022D928F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">options and contact information for after-hours contact; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AD02959835B43CB8F848E0007A1776A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedure for obtaining assistance and reporting sexual assault while working in a remote scientific field camp, at sea, or in another field status.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B6E7A3FFEDD49028FA43F22F12E485A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Easy and ready availability of information described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86D5662E1A31453199489F689549E79C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishing a mechanism by which—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D41871F4BA34F548863D827062A96DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">questions regarding sexual assault can be confidentially asked and confidentially answered; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A49C0AB1A2448629708782FCC97BEC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incidents of sexual assault can be confidentially reported.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E733468CD9448CDAD32263F08EE7E25"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protocols for the investigation of complaints by command and law enforcement personnel.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F7B9E0EED4B4A549EB663F96524F490"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibiting retaliation and consequences for retaliatory actions against someone who reports a sexual assault.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89DA0BFA7CAD4243863D40EC43725BB3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversight by the Under Secretary of administrative and disciplinary actions in response to substantial incidents of sexual assault.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA263E051D8E44008900C391D2B6CE7D"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Victim advocacy, including establishment of and the responsibilities and training requirements for victim advocates as described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2514A0B02E8D4887B274C9541EE1F6F1"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of resources for victims of sexual assault within other Federal agencies and State, local, and national organizations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1443FD1C11D4403D82CAA8C921FF6712"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Victim advocacy</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE64AB1D5F5C4F3E976FB7560C9799CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall establish victim advocates to advocate for victims of sexual assaults involving employees of the Administration, members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, and individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ABA216EEF8F4D9A82C1BDBC428DD87E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Victim advocates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, a victim advocate is a permanent employee of the Administration who—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id634C3725ECF644118777983FE3BB7E0D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is trained in matters relating to sexual assault and the comprehensive policy developed under subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBF8196B47EA48F5B09B263A6ADFAAC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serves as a victim advocate voluntarily and in addition to the employee's other duties as an employee of the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21832873D7CE4151A809058E63A9941D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The primary duties of a victim advocate established under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c87b50f825849919be272eb85b7648e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supporting victims of sexual assault and informing them of their rights and the resources available to them as victims.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4535d722afc4095951d84b2f2f523d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acting as a companion in navigating investigative, medical, mental and emotional health, and recovery processes relating to sexual assault.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd852c5cdb46b44e39305249e8c3dff51"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Helping to identify resources to ensure the safety of victims of sexual assault.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b8302dba8c94c6c8363753b1d1218d1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Location</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that at least 1 victim advocate established under paragraph (1) is stationed—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9C8E9ED82A5460A9A06E5D82A536736"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each region in which the Administration conducts operations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC456728E7BC4BDB999D5E5E1005E4F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each marine and aviation center of the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c504a99a60147bab8d273860939b45c"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hotline</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86AF79144E7C4B09A3580D3CA3E40EF5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a telephone number at which a victim of a sexual assault can contact a victim advocate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8289311B30114713AAA52A7E1DFADC29"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">24-hour access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the telephone number established under subparagraph (A) is monitored at all times.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4284405A47F14E83929492FA5A9A5F28"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Formal relationships with other entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into formal relationships with other entities to make available additional victim advocates.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F7AC196F9E34F6AB93E822F1651269B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the policy developed under subsection (a) is available to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7CC083F8FCF432E9FF3010FDF3E9D39"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all employees of the Administration and members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, including those employees and members who conduct field work for the Administration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32BFABCBD1464B21BDA7BB7BF1F31A26"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF06F53936608458D8F527BD731680AAF"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the policy required by subsection (a), the Secretary may consult or receive assistance from such State, local, and national organizations and subject matter experts as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61532A0CE1D0405084A790ABCFDDCA76" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rights of the victim of a sexual assault</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A victim of a sexual assault covered by the comprehensive policy developed under section 712(a) has the right to be reasonably protected from the accused.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF239A3D0C75A4ED9910B07C67D4CD53A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Change of station</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38B1DD2F30DC4EA2B7F6E24C21B44494"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Change of station, unit transfer, or change of work location of
victims</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6725aacb24f4c47aa923c5b725e3776"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timely consideration and action upon request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2068CEEE09134DB2BC56EB8BBC694725"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a member of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was a victim of a sexual assault, in order to reduce the possibility of retaliation or further sexual assault, provide for timely determination and action on an application submitted by the victim for consideration of a change of station or unit transfer of the victim; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8061D19C7F384BE79C37FB5AFBF80D43"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an employee of the Administration who was a victim of a sexual assault, to the degree practicable and in order to reduce the possibility of retaliation against the employee for reporting the sexual assault, accommodate a request for a change of work location of the victim.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABBAA9803EB4418F9C973837B8F153A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedures</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE313E77CB88449DCB759F98DF0A539E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period for approval and disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall ensure that an application or request submitted under paragraph (1) for a change of station, unit transfer, or change of work location is approved or denied within 72 hours of the submission of the application or request.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2580868E027C4C508490389EEA144032"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an application or request submitted under paragraph (1) by a victim of a sexual assault for a change of station, unit transfer, or change of work location of the victim is denied—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA2FBC49C06A4BAE9C1DDB8DB35F6077"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the victim may request the Secretary review the denial; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9D5FEE454F9415F8B0255679F3ACAD7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall, not later than 72 hours after receiving such request, affirm or overturn the denial.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD11DC7D2CD54B4981C3C003F09870DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Change of station, unit transfer, and change of work location of alleged perpetrators</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id207F35B4CF8443BFA529199DBEF70E88"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall develop a policy for the protection of victims of sexual assault described in subsection (a)(1) by providing the alleged perpetrator of the sexual assault with a change of station, unit transfer, or change of work location, as the case may be, if the alleged perpetrator is a member of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration or an employee of the Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id803D444505F44757B128927C6145A93E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The policy required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FACCD777DBE47F1BF46A35E6EEA03C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A means to control access to the victim.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1E1AD34A4174751914B4736608CD0BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Due process for the victim and the alleged perpetrator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1014e9c436ad48b2b8431204cc52afa3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30575EBF51544A55A458BB61B997252E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5366EDA6ED5C44CCAB2AAF7EA3E1291C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When practicable, the Secretary shall make regulations promulgated under this section consistent with similar regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Defense.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB51B67E868A4B64AA2759E56044DA89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of policies to crews of vessels secured by National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration under contract</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere shall ensure that each contract into which the Under Secretary enters for the use of a vessel by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that covers the crew of the vessel, if any, shall include as a condition of the contract a provision that subjects such crew to the policy developed under section 711(a) and the comprehensive policy developed under section 712(a).</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6C2F8DBB40641E78A4E6C5B6B566DA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>716.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report on sexual assaults in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACAF30105F254AD2B14D98A6ECF3568C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 15 of each year, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the sexual assaults involving employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, and individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E3DE2D7C2A74D3997371D1DC2392ACE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the previous calendar year, the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16EE0357F1234A4582947628822C0F57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of alleged sexual assaults involving employees, members, and individuals described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4EBF24EE9E748C3967B74F043192A6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A synopsis of each case and the disciplinary action taken, if any, in each case.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC94F92AD42EC4167923CBE011E395677"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The policies, procedures, and processes implemented by the Secretary, and any updates or revisions to such policies, procedures, and processes.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88291E14355C4155AC2FC7BB00B65EF1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the reports received by the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere under section 711(f).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6050B2710AF742F99BFD8ECBD0A8F804"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing and submitting a report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that no individual involved in an alleged sexual assault can be identified by the contents of the report.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69355E979CBB40EEB533B29BB02E486D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the term <term>sexual assault</term> shall have the meaning given such term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13925">42 U.S.C. 13925(a)</external-xref>).</text></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="ida3679ea0-f242-40c3-9c21-cd6127e47ed9" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commissioned Officer Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration </header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2652B9DAF7C8455FB4CD57B28AA63CFB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References to National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of
2002</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3001">33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></section><part commented="no" id="id002E416928C74DCE9FCDDE85BBD563FB" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General
provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d149611-5faa-4305-8bf7-788e8dfb6f6d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>722.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strength and distribution in
grade</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3004">33 U.S.C. 3004</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ca778da-f39d-4044-86aa-0e2431f5ecdd" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2867cdb-124a-4c74-9e78-5f6bbfd04b3e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strength and distribution in grade</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14ddfb2b-1753-4a1a-a789-ce2677f1ad98"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grades</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The commissioned grades in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration are the following, in relative rank with officers of the Navy:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4a11158-c403-42ae-9e84-19ca477d9814"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vice admiral.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4deb10e-bbb6-46eb-8564-d9db54e805da"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rear admiral.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13b12ec9-425a-494c-b918-454d1be46047"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rear admiral (lower half).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9006f760-c7b0-4c2f-bfcb-ea656e86a0ec"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Captain.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8696cc7-2849-422a-8f37-aa86d0d74fd1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commander.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e160559-38f1-44c2-a4e2-dc6e0672381c"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lieutenant commander.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide537d451-7412-4626-9800-c3d9130030f5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lieutenant.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida88af649-41bf-4fb6-ae80-3052861486e4"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lieutenant (junior grade).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f37c6b0-7471-496b-9b05-354ef20da093"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensign.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe9becd5-1c49-4e60-be60-40ed741d4f4f"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grade distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe, with respect to the distribution on the lineal list in grade, the percentages applicable to the grades set forth in subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9465cabd-e2af-49db-8f68-a470b5db243b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual computation of number in
grade</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6cd538a-86a5-4217-a1dd-91dd463f37e8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall make a computation to determine the number of officers on the lineal list authorized to be serving in each grade.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83228efb-6c7e-4010-a617-62560db65db0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Method of computation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number in each grade shall be computed by applying the applicable percentage to the total number of such officers serving on active duty on the date the computation is made.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce4e8d8a-aae5-4a16-bf24-9d29ea293134"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fractions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a final fraction occurs in computing the authorized number of officers in a grade, the nearest whole number shall be taken. If the fraction is <fraction>½</fraction>, the next higher whole number shall be taken.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id367f9f89-140c-4097-ac6e-2488a1c055b3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary increase in numbers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of officers authorized by law to be on the lineal list during a fiscal year may be temporarily exceeded if the average number on that list during that fiscal year does not exceed the authorized number.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecfb9722-3d08-4d66-bf8c-3c3ec3f1545b"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Positions of importance and
responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officers serving in positions designated under section 228(a) and officers recalled from retired status shall not be counted when computing authorized strengths under subsection (c) and shall not count against those strengths.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd9f5c42-819f-472f-b32b-b144f3d852a8"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preservation of grade and pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No officer may be reduced in grade or pay or separated from the commissioned officer corps of the Administration as the result of a computation made to determine the authorized number of officers in the various grades.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c425c20-54b8-48f7-b742-2cef365bfab4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recalled officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 215 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3005">33 U.S.C. 3005</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47b310f6-a441-4307-bc27-f0a45dbd32a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Effective</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9cf5072d-cb3e-4a95-b4de-44447c7b4751" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51ba066d-8e48-443e-a992-c05ddc0c8603"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51767090-8529-4d6d-91fa-9f286b3fb33c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53b3b6a1-afb0-4572-afad-c765467bea9d" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2034f30-e9a5-412c-ac3d-765d09618989"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Positions of importance and
responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officers serving in positions designated under section 228 and officers recalled from retired status—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2acc00a-d948-47f6-941b-3009eb1a8a8a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be counted in determining the total number of authorized officers on the lineal list under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef3394db-65ad-4a0a-99cd-9ab13bddc44f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not count against such number.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e54990c-3579-48d7-b7ef-c408ec488914" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>724.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Obligated service requirement</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfffc5357-e20d-4836-9e32-0c2bb84460da"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3001">33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36617008-61b3-4705-8f9e-a9a9a8ffb236" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d65c932-aa19-46b1-8fe9-f8a073d7fafa" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Obligated service requirement</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57fe3882-54c8-449d-9393-2705529570ae"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a3e8d3a-f1db-4d1c-bed7-c4568ba70dae"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe the obligated service requirements for appointments, training, promotions, separations, continuations, and retirement of officers not otherwise covered by law.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8568f721-449c-4eb6-ac36-8b0ad43f38bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Written agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and officers shall enter into written agreements that describe the officers’ obligated service requirements prescribed under paragraph (1) in return for such appointments, training, promotions, separations, and retirements as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id371be568-6b98-4d61-b630-c9b161c9217c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment for failure To satisfy
requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a041869-d7e8-4ab6-a16e-8ded8280564a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require an officer who fails to meet the service requirements prescribed under subsection (a)(1) to reimburse the Secretary in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total costs of the training provided to that officer by the Secretary as the unserved portion of active duty bears to the total period of active duty the officer agreed to serve.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd544a580-fe2c-4873-8b32-b4c189978b57"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Obligation as debt to United
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An obligation to reimburse the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be considered for all purposes as a debt owed to the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfca30d5f-9181-4c59-a74c-84a82c9ef495"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discharge in bankruptcy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than 5 years after the termination of a written agreement entered into under subsection (a)(2) does not discharge the individual signing the agreement from a debt arising under such agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee3a3b2d-19c1-43a1-a4df-788005e77b71"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver or suspension of
compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the service obligation of an officer who—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0957029-855a-46c6-a15a-b4acfdd5e2bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">becomes unqualified to serve on active duty in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration because of a circumstance not within the control of that officer; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb5fd4e5-069e-48d3-bec6-165455bf19ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ee97710-927e-465f-8c7f-64f8e6ab0700"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not physically qualified for appointment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a6db1e9-9690-4a46-8d60-186cc0d978e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined to be unqualified for service in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration because of a physical or medical condition that was not the result of the officer's own misconduct or grossly negligent conduct.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1bfac44-7f57-446b-a2c0-353205a2ebb0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 215 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8005071f-0d5c-4a9f-885c-07e52688374d" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 216. Obligated service
requirement.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc851a1f6-7884-4246-84ad-1ac25c22f14e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training and physical fitness</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb2a8b27-67f9-461c-b43d-e2a3178ff40d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3001">33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 724(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2b83a1f-f420-44e0-be9b-16cd91e9484e" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62991c60-7ab5-473b-ab7e-c5de53805fae" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training and physical fitness</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2395e8b0-bd38-428b-bb3c-034c97bc223b"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may take such measures as may be necessary to ensure that officers are prepared to carry out their duties in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration and proficient in the skills necessary to carry out such duties. Such measures may include the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29c2c85e-a5f0-4cff-851d-688a15c65c6c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carrying out training programs and correspondence courses, including establishing and operating a basic officer training program to provide initial indoctrination and maritime vocational training for officer candidates as well as refresher training, mid-career training, aviation training, and such other training as the Secretary considers necessary for officer development and proficiency.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d5e020c-c989-4634-85ef-a84ef83aea65"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing officers and officer candidates with books and school supplies.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59ff0dbc-1b76-412a-83d9-b4811092b23b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquiring such equipment as may be necessary for training and instructional purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f9ba729-3e23-4a49-936a-e01593908576"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Physical fitness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that officers maintain a high physical state of readiness by establishing standards of physical fitness for officers that are substantially equivalent to those prescribed for officers in the Coast Guard.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ebb8bc5-44c9-4621-bc63-88b2f10035fb"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>), as amended by section 724(b), is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 216 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12d36b20-4a84-4adf-ac3d-75ee19c69623" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 217. Training and physical
fitness.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4e4c522-b4de-49ec-820c-904ea7e8f926" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recruiting materials</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA7C41C5ED74F20ADE899258A589CE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3001">33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by sections 724 and 725, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id454456034EAC475484542EECE330E660" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF0C08CE9BB5471D84CC7479158375D8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of recruiting materials for public relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may use for public relations purposes of the Department of Commerce any advertising materials developed for use for recruitment and retention of personnel for the commissioned officer corps of the Administration. Any such use shall be under such conditions and subject to such restrictions as the Secretary shall prescribe.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49E0946F51354063A5FA53884D9F323D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>), as amended by section 725(b), is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 217 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D3E4A498ABC4804B482C56F75757057" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 218. Use of recruiting materials for public relations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6830C7165E674F2AA40F1A28C568D0CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Charter vessel safety policy</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C13DC055E9E46609DB6F395FA76033E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, develop and implement a charter vessel safety policy applicable to the acquisition by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of charter vessel services.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E7D5C01C72C455286E5870929A75893"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The policy required by subsection (a) shall address vessel safety, operational safety, and basic personnel safety requirements applicable to the vessel size, type, and intended use. At a minimum, the policy shall include the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida441a6e2e73842549410915094a1d65b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basic vessel safety requirements that address stability, egress, fire protection and lifesaving equipment, hazardous materials, and pollution control.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd198e4ecef2b440698d29682d5601fe0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel safety requirements that address crew qualifications, medical training and services, safety briefings and drills, and crew habitability.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76DAEF83E0354A9A8471CE4D2B60C8B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the basic vessel safety requirements and personnel safety requirements included in the policy required by subsection (a)—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E803FC8384E4D059E08BC431CDDA992"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">do not exceed the vessel safety requirements and personnel safety requirements promulgated by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id300DB6DB01034E1BA5FD4CBCF680DD18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the degree practicable, are consistent with the requirements described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3553799FB66E4755BD0B8BEA7F4F36A0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical correction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(21)(C) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>in the commissioned officer corps</quote> before <quote>of the National</quote>.</text></section></part><part commented="no" id="id6d9198f3-b41c-41f1-9da8-e753f48d863c" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Parity and recruitment</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id602dbebb-6016-4443-a6df-f2c1e1ca7d18" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>731.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education loans</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5f0a509-d99a-4c97-aef4-6e4da273cf0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida45b3586-da39-4df1-a735-46b91c4f75c4" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f2d45a1-8ce8-439e-b5cf-d07800c151ef" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>267.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education loan repayment program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf241529c-205b-4b6f-b3e1-4a1bc775dfae"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority To repay education
loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of maintaining adequate numbers of officers of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration on active duty who have skills required by the commissioned officer corps, the Secretary may repay, in the case of a person described in subsection (b), a loan that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id356f7236-7658-41dc-a42c-d4a7aa7a6131"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was used by the person to finance education; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffd37095-e38d-4d4b-92dc-67a89aaedd6b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was obtained from a governmental entity, private financial institution, educational institution, or other authorized entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4a02abd-260d-430d-8398-4b85400fd2ef"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to obtain a loan repayment under this section, a person must—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb650615e-beff-47e0-9628-4b2cfd21f8b4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfy 1 of the requirements specified in subsection (c);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37417a17-fc16-4c46-9436-9a61d395078d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be fully qualified for, or hold, an appointment as a commissioned officer in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab3a50ce-e619-4dd9-b9eb-98475f19d9d3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sign a written agreement to serve on active duty, or, if on active duty, to remain on active duty for a period in addition to any other incurred active duty obligation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95bd420c-c219-4f55-a020-47f0d0e7a386"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic and professional
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One of the following academic requirements must be satisfied for purposes of determining the eligibility of an individual for a loan repayment under this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f3cce25-5eca-4e7b-a080-8616f459f768"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The person is fully qualified in a profession that the Secretary has determined to be necessary to meet identified skill shortages in the commissioned officer corps.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id373cc37d-c65b-4c06-b9b8-0896af71197e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The person is enrolled as a full-time student in the final year of a course of study at an accredited educational institution (as determined by the Secretary of Education) leading to a degree in a profession that will meet identified skill shortages in the commissioned officer corps.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc491547e-d73b-404a-ab43-d0a682e7c5ee"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan repayments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c147646-45d8-4b4b-a6e3-b81fc97b5082"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the limits established under paragraph (2), a loan repayment under this section may consist of the payment of the principal, interest, and related expenses of a loan obtained by a person described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09ba7781-74db-476d-8a55-8d0e2a5fc116"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each year of obligated service that a person agrees to serve in an agreement described in subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may pay not more than the amount specified in section 2173(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2423ed27-ddaf-4504-9086-7fb3862fd049"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Active duty service obligation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4089b4b-3e62-4a42-b018-2742f92f3d69"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person entering into an agreement described in subsection (b)(3) incurs an active duty service obligation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id994acaf9-1520-4fda-8822-db1fd58ca96e"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Length of obligation determined under
regulations</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd236eb5e-5ac8-42ac-8fc2-3b7ceb63f1b3"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the length of the obligation under paragraph (1) shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41152bec-bb6f-4abe-a9f2-98c27ad65968"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum obligation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) may not provide for a period of obligation of less than 1 year for each maximum annual amount, or portion thereof, paid on behalf of the person for qualified loans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42e0c4e9-cc09-4023-bcce-091c380603aa"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Persons on active duty before entering into
agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The active duty service obligation of persons on active duty before entering into the agreement shall be served after the conclusion of any other obligation incurred under the agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46939ec8-94a6-4609-9611-9ce4c8b4c177"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of failure To complete
obligation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42381e4b-1636-46be-865e-2058604c8690"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer who is relieved of the officer's active duty obligation under this section before the completion of that obligation may be given any alternative obligation, at the discretion of the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7938b4d4-e423-44e6-a697-5c47fc427477"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer who does not complete the period of active duty specified in the agreement entered into under subsection (b)(3), or the alternative obligation imposed under paragraph (1), shall be subject to the repayment provisions under section 216.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f06170d-b4e1-41ac-8964-4f790cee6403"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d6dd0f7-7a95-45d0-b611-ae4c57cb45df"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards for qualified loans and authorized payees; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05106d88-eba3-4b24-8976-1341f8f70c74"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other terms and conditions for the making of loan repayments.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id011fb9e7-ccb3-4e66-ada3-8d225eedabaf"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 266 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8eb8381a-ba1e-4569-bc51-7b704cd227a2" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 267. Education loan
repayment
program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb31dec7-800c-49d2-b69a-9a9dee94a721" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>732.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interest payments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ae1147a-00ff-4865-8997-fe6db6bc9c15"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 731(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e4916bb-eaa2-462d-9a7f-8bb6f5d4247b" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88a4f3f7-a086-48b3-a829-6c8f305d1f41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>268.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interest payment program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c2d88be-897c-4da0-83d7-b3249be135be"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may pay the interest and any special allowances that accrue on 1 or more student loans of an eligible officer, in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc79ae3e-c49f-47e0-a3d2-e72a84f1ecbe"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible officers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer is eligible for the benefit described in subsection (a) while the officer—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5781714c-2716-4f1a-8948-dbdb3bf031f2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is serving on active duty;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a10aa69-5c98-4755-86ac-84310a25a095"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not completed more than 3 years of service on active duty;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida964a526-8987-408e-aa88-8f79f28d710c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the debtor on 1 or more unpaid loans described in subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca3d28a1-5bc7-4031-916e-8823b16e87de"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not in default on any such loan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9b19259-770f-4b51-acd7-49ebe5948696"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to make payments under subsection (a) may be exercised with respect to the following loans:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7f1ae8a-11aa-49f7-bcbe-76d1a8ca9082"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071">20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24a49822-29dc-4413-a63c-eaf0a0a451fb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan made under part D of such title (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087a">20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd723be73-3910-4174-9d9c-6461f634fade"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan made under part E of such title (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ddf7225-de79-455c-a0ee-24e3a8c19ef2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interest and any special allowance may be paid on behalf of an officer under this section for any of the 36 consecutive months during which the officer is eligible under subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba71f867-0d68-4120-a3e4-b806de10f441"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use amounts appropriated for the pay and allowances of personnel of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration for payments under this section.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44c74b29-bd4f-47e3-99fb-1aa705418107"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination with Secretary of
Education</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf269aabd-7432-4695-90c0-16d0ae90d424"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Education regarding the administration of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1ceb0a5-bb88-4c7f-b102-fc90950934f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of Education the funds necessary—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2a38524-7c5a-4de8-ad3a-7797ce12561a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay interest and special allowances on student loans under this section (in accordance with sections 428(o), 455(l), and 464(j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078">20 U.S.C. 1078(o)</external-xref>, 1087e(l), and 1087dd(j)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d5354ab-8885-4e0b-88bb-646535e3c645"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reimburse the Secretary of Education for any reasonable administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in coordinating the program under this section with the administration of the student loan programs under parts B, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071">20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.</external-xref>, 1087a et seq., 1087aa et seq.).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c09229b-02b3-4489-8d39-fe4bb9a11e5d"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special allowance defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>special allowance</term> means a special allowance that is payable under section 438 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb4845ec-28ae-4aa8-84ac-9e361a27b67c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b449c9d-8ed4-4469-b483-8013a6ecb0e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 428(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078">20 U.S.C. 1078(o)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd259708c-5372-4a09-b395-c77f49d27882"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Armed Forces and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Student Loan Interest Payment Programs</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc310be95-2af6-4281-82cb-2823aa9779cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcbe5b00-3edc-475d-9877-3a27036185e2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or section 264 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002</quote> after <quote>Code,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida72e60e8-f1e8-48d6-a7a1-1694e0ab3527"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or an officer in the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, respectively,</quote> after <quote>Armed Forces</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9d958ab-287b-4d29-a2f1-1d890d525c39"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 455(l) and 464(j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e(l)</external-xref> and 1087dd(j)) are each amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2893181c-3584-48df-86ae-b60e32e05b16"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Armed Forces and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Student Loan Interest Payment Programs</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb035157-de18-43ea-936b-6b322c947147"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cb5d98d-b21b-43f1-bbfe-8319813bbe07"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or section 264 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002</quote> after <quote>Code,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5430b72-d5e5-47fb-8db0-606805843bad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or an officer in the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, respectively</quote> after <quote>Armed Forces</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaafebf2c-f210-4a7b-811f-f330a1ddf0b6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>), as amended by section 731(b), is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 267 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea369284-b445-4a98-ae42-e2f7d45db429" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 268. Interest payment
program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4858f78f-491d-4e35-8dab-52b77b47a3b8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>733.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student pre-commissioning program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0adab5b0-c63c-4ff3-b3d2-5365aeda32a2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 732(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8bf8d6f-97c4-4888-947a-e0493f65542c" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddeecbb60-a966-43b8-8e95-b6cdf6f4b459" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>269.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student pre-commissioning education
assistance program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5266632b-a7ac-4173-847e-47a0d9636ad9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority To provide financial
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of maintaining adequate numbers of officers of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration on active duty, the Secretary may provide financial assistance to a person described in subsection (b) for expenses of the person while the person is pursuing on a full-time basis at an accredited educational institution (as determined by the Secretary of Education) a program of education approved by the Secretary that leads to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c44e615-1dc4-44fb-a346-17a48e198a6f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a baccalaureate degree in not more than 5 academic years; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf909c05e-9554-431f-bae6-c99397481d2f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a postbaccalaureate degree.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id647c0a07-17cb-4b81-8042-3af9d05c68a8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible persons</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2339a798-477c-42e0-ad0f-5d74c35576e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person is eligible to obtain financial assistance under subsection (a) if the person—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5699e289-141d-458f-ab99-97ada9f15728"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is enrolled on a full-time basis in a program of education referred to in subsection (a) at any educational institution described in such subsection;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a8fcb80-0a59-4d62-9caa-302c95b5719a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets all of the requirements for acceptance into the commissioned officer corps of the Administration except for the completion of a baccalaureate degree; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc80b4996-1748-453d-90d5-ad21d871f83d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enters into a written agreement with the Secretary described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbae84508-2196-4b60-859c-fcb9a96f7f40"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A written agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(C) is an agreement between the person and the Secretary in which the person agrees—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b94ee48-b3ce-478e-ab36-ad39f4314f20"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accept an appointment as an officer, if tendered; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ef0b922-812d-4ccd-bd7b-546a81f01aaa"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon completion of the person's educational program, agrees to serve on active duty, immediately after appointment, for—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5016ce92-19c5-4b4d-9596-8d193a7861ca"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">up to 3 years if the person received less than 3 years of assistance; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30d1c9bc-dab5-4692-bf38-a452c88e9685"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">up to 5 years if the person received at least 3 years of assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf45a2096-7a6f-4926-b2f9-e6aaeb9ff8c9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifying expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expenses for which financial assistance may be provided under subsection (a) are the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9842c9a-763d-4d00-85bd-72ac3645d88c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tuition and fees charged by the educational institution involved.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c9ecc70-79e5-4295-af74-e6fb9d4cbf41"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost of books.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide67fec8a-6f1b-4dc7-9758-84a3e460de31"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a program of education leading to a baccalaureate degree, laboratory expenses.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef45fd96-5dd4-4d59-a007-7c32594738ca"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other expenses as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc637cdd0-0091-4b71-b8c0-92ba23992286"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe the amount of financial assistance provided to a person under subsection (a), which may not exceed the amount specified in section 2173(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, for each year of obligated service that a person agrees to serve in an agreement described in subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3375c4d-3f27-434d-9aac-d1d9ed045a87"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance may be provided to a person under subsection (a) for not more than 5 consecutive academic years.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69cefcbb-48cd-4f37-9b55-9f7048ce06f2"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsistence allowance</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e0d4d0e-e637-4753-a1ee-20b4d50a2827"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who receives financial assistance under subsection (a) shall be entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate prescribed under paragraph (2) for the duration of the period for which the person receives such financial assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6b621fa-3a72-4fbf-b74f-808a11dfa0e2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe monthly rates for subsistence allowance provided under paragraph (1), which shall be equal to the amount specified in section 2144(a) of title 10, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf84584e5-17c0-467f-9532-ac19000f1cf9"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial clothing allowance</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6905e3c3-6c4a-426f-838d-3e53e794fcfe"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may prescribe a sum which shall be credited to each person who receives financial assistance under subsection (a) to cover the cost of the person's initial clothing and equipment issue.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5acef8fc-c068-4d7f-bb31-529eeb7d4777"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the program of education for which a person receives financial assistance under subsection (a) and acceptance of appointment in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, the person may be issued a subsequent clothing allowance equivalent to that normally provided to a newly appointed officer.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f678ed7-86b1-4788-b1b5-f4d083f905d7"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of financial
assistance</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78cd71e4-e01e-4210-ba65-a4efe655cbc6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall terminate the assistance provided to a person under this section if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bc079a8-5ad6-494f-8cf5-65c8f54e2ddc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary accepts a request by the person to be released from an agreement described in subsection (b)(2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a9913d6-b681-41c8-91e5-c6e2ebd306ea"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the misconduct of the person results in a failure to complete the period of active duty required under the agreement; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcedce9df-9d4a-4844-b3e1-34d03d72279b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the person fails to fulfill any term or condition of the agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb025153-d67e-41d4-a9e6-dc3636652675"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require a person who receives assistance described in subsection (c), (f), or (g) under an agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1)(C) to reimburse the Secretary in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total costs of the assistance provided to that person as the unserved portion of active duty bears to the total period of active duty the officer agreed to serve under the agreement.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f5063a3-5dc8-40ee-b669-1a2ff8d2352e"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the service obligation of a person through an agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1)(C) if the person—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c4b9fd9-4f7f-46fc-b20c-137031c8bbc7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">becomes unqualified to serve on active duty in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration because of a circumstance not within the control of that person; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18e3fe37-fcfe-46a9-854c-33ffa9dcd12e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b85d1d6-9330-4661-9460-b03ac4ff9001"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not physically qualified for appointment; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b570db9-1f32-4df4-8442-e35273f7a600"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined to be unqualified for service in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration because of a physical or medical condition that was not the result of the person's own misconduct or grossly negligent conduct.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1152c59-e9ee-492e-a5eb-504b76b2d256"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Obligation as debt to United
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An obligation to reimburse the Secretary imposed under paragraph (2) is, for all purposes, a debt owed to the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id508e3494-c64e-40e9-9858-a252b82ca435"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discharge in bankruptcy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11, United States Code, that is entered less than 5 years after the termination of a written agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1)(C) does not discharge the person signing the agreement from a debt arising under such agreement or under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0284bec3-b03c-4c64-be71-9ebba3397f70"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may promulgate such regulations and orders as the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23b3ad31-e162-4322-b2c3-00890bd5401b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>), as amended by section 732(c), is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 268 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70a77763-590a-42ab-a2bc-8e82f9378a6b" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 269. Student
pre-commissioning education assistance
program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fc83710-dc5e-4a3d-a035-6bfe547b6e07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>734.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on educational
assistance</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b4bfddb-8471-430a-9b23-37d365f79f5a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the total amount expended by the Secretary under section 267 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (as added by section 731(a)), section 268 of such Act (as added by section 732(a)), and section 269 of such Act (as added by section 733(a)) does not exceed the amount by which—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1510368-12a1-4478-946d-a56b2a8586b2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount the Secretary would pay in that fiscal year to officer candidates under section 203(f)(1) of title 37, United States Code (as added by section 756(d)), if such section entitled officers candidates to pay at monthly rates equal to the basic pay of a commissioned officer in the pay grade O–1 with less than 2 years of service; exceeds</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5565a255-3b22-4576-9afd-3f4408fee7ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount the Secretary actually pays in that fiscal year to officer candidates under section 203(f)(1) of such title (as so added).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0a60a40-9c52-4a26-aed2-ba803613d388"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer candidate defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>officer candidate</term> has the meaning given the term in section 212 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3002">33 U.S.C. 3002</external-xref>), as added by section 756(c).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c4af109-fe57-4f24-bfb3-8ff2f82b04dd" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>735.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of certain provisions of
title 10, United States Code, and extension of certain authorities
applicable to members of the Armed Forces to commissioned officer corps</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EAEA0F6522740C39A3087F24C87AFD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of certain provisions of title 10</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 261(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85f45bd3-85af-4862-aa52-469364f93d9b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (16) as paragraphs (20) through (23), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca0e9c7e-1b33-493b-9c72-9c8962cfd64f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (12) as paragraphs (12) through (17), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b6748f8-8ba1-4ed4-a1d6-96bf9bd6ce4c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b86c49b-d1a5-4f4c-81e0-9e5c6fdb2f74"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2dc6df2c-6062-427a-808e-12c36046f4a7" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb93ee5a5-03f0-48ed-83be-ddc863f5f735"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771, relating to unauthorized wearing of uniforms.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb19fd9f-6fe7-4c66-8404-bc798fe7d338"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 774, relating to wearing religious apparel while in uniform.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f226c34-b583-463c-9f3e-9f518ce2b0a5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 982, relating to service on State and local juries.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e87af0b-6c67-4935-b20d-2f3b7bb41a4f"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1031, relating to administration of oaths.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ad048cf-610f-421a-81bb-f708ebdc9a61"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (10), as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc2b66c2-2b91-4e06-97e4-dc33d96eed0c" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida552869a-a387-474a-982a-3d6aee4b854a"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 58, relating to the Benefits and Services for members being separated or recently separated.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1fcd677-b456-4398-99b8-cdc9b7a9fbb5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (17), as redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d451a5b-ec3e-4759-817a-a1540d451d7e" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4f8c641-e20d-422f-8cca-c21e6b458cbb"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of chapter 88, relating to Military Family Programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11db1e58-4c88-4616-a7f1-87d309b02b54"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2005, relating to advanced education assistance, active duty agreements, and reimbursement requirements.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3257B0947155462098059F3EF93C43C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of certain authorities</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71C9EF1BFE144C70B06DA03A7A5F1CDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notarial services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1044a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5489CA50F6B485B8CB099CD20EDC5A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>armed forces</quote> and inserting <quote>uniformed services</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7309FEE78114425EA1C52384DEFF92F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>armed forces</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>uniformed services</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB86FEA4DD68B4E9C8131EBD8FAB28947"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of voluntary services for programs serving members and their families</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1588 of such title is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id372091A28E7F4FCCA264FEE7D487079D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>armed forces</quote> and inserting <quote>uniformed services</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80271BA695AB46E0A46D1F43FE6DC5E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4705AAD5B2F42B9BC673440EAACB1E3" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF2E96EC224F4749A8B2F9A5948B3ADF"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary concerned for acceptance of services for programs serving members of NOAA and their families</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the acceptance of services described in subsection (a)(3), the term <term>Secretary concerned</term> in subsection (a) shall include the Secretary of Commerce with respect to members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5114D4F2C3664CC7A7CA3DE643E53A6F"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capstone course for newly selected flag officers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2153 of such title is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC323BD4ED7F4EAE912CD57EB8349E63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01DF8D94904D45858E3F228B116F5F01"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</quote> after <quote>in the case of the Navy</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CDF5972D6B04BA6B399A1DEAA4A9EE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>other armed forces</quote> and inserting <quote>other uniformed services</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id256E225401824106BF633D443BE407B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>or the Secretary of Commerce, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>the Secretary of Defense</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id706459a2-46fe-432d-a9d4-4a2cb05762c8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>736.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of certain provisions of title 37, United States Code</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32b52718-ae28-41cb-bef7-d42965d2ed82"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 261 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6642d78-66ad-49ec-9ea9-86262762da1c" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb993576d-375a-4a35-8533-d95d5c4bcc96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>261A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of certain provisions of
title 37, United States Code</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideedf1b53-f52c-42ad-b328-055732203520"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provisions made applicable To commissioned
officer corps</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of law applicable to the Armed Forces under the following provisions of title 37, United States Code, shall apply to the commissioned officer corps of the Administration:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48e80455-31e5-40af-948e-a59c56069883"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 324, relating to accession bonuses for new officers in critical skills.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id018d84d3-a477-4d4e-a3b9-124abc2134c9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(f)(3), relating to prescribing regulations defining the terms <term>field duty</term> and <term>sea duty</term>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd816c025-2a7e-45f2-9e91-b48be662b6d1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(l), relating to temporary continuation of housing allowance for dependents of members dying on active duty.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id834c0ada-7d7d-4fa4-a8a5-aee05862b6e5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 414(a)(2), relating to personal money allowance while serving as Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bb31f2a-dae6-4ef7-be6d-fcad86d0fba3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 488, relating to allowances for recruiting expenses.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12dfc8b2-8937-4727-9b2e-2103af9fd246"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 495, relating to allowances for funeral honors duty.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id894a824e-4b5e-4682-a4a3-465740b0b17b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority vested by title 37, United States Code, in the <quote>military departments</quote>, <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>, or <quote>the Secretary of Defense</quote> with respect to the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) shall be exercised, with respect to the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, by the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary's designee.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf21ddca9-54fa-4dd5-9fc1-2f49dcc5e8f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 261 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7eeaefbe-d0f6-4eab-8b89-af897337b06f" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 261A. Applicability of
certain provisions of title 37, United States
Code.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacd5ac4a-a206-4874-8b05-4a24716e150b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>737.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legion of Merit award</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1121 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>armed forces</quote> and inserting <quote>uniformed services</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id966af2a6-6082-4169-9d0a-2ada7a407ddf" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>738.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on retaliatory personnel actions</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2ad1804-2eec-4877-8469-b489fc7773aa"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 261 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071</external-xref>), as amended by section 735, is further amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0314a95d-9a71-4ef1-9c29-b284e08287af"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (23) as paragraphs (9) through (24), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2a67e78-70ed-464a-b35e-13bb56415378"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02a4a2cd-af94-4807-9a47-b9910c403f8d" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc35385b6-276d-4ac6-9af5-a22319d2cf7b"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1034, relating to protected communications and prohibition of retaliatory personnel actions.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8cbc7a2-0f6f-4be5-b6ec-185a8373c3c0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>For purposes of paragraph (8) of subsection (a), the term <term>Inspector General</term> in section 1034 of such title 10 shall mean the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6E596A99D6A4744BB2AF85661A79C8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EB0DDE48B634FC7A7C2088BC8FC6731" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A75EB53DD7440418A3511A775AA8F57"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations regarding protected communications and prohibition of retaliatory personnel actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may promulgate regulations to carry out the application of section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, to the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, including by promulgating such administrative procedures for investigation and appeal within the commissioned officer corps as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2aa8bd5-805b-4e45-a6e9-f4223b2d72bb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>739.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties for wearing uniform
without authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Service or any</quote> and inserting <quote>Service, the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or any</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a7f5293-5f31-4447-a081-4f2b47fd2af4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>740.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application of certain provisions of
competitive service law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3304(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44ad5c84-d8b9-4b44-9f53-62fb7f9cb4d6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (or its predecessor organization the Coast and Geodetic Survey) separated from such uniformed service</quote> after <quote>separated from the armed forces</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c51b107-7741-429c-a52f-392b796c73a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or veteran</quote> and inserting <quote>, veteran, or member</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A863FDE47C3405BB8DBC7245D04A079"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>and members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (or its predecessor organization the Coast and Geodetic Survey) separated from such uniformed service</quote> after <quote>separated from the armed forces</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida28592dc-2282-48bb-8a91-f76df69ee0f7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>741.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment and reemployment
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4303(16) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,</quote> after <quote>Public Health Service,</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1577845BCFB847BBA6F45C0F947CFF45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>742.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of commission in commissioned officer corps for purposes of certain hiring decisions</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B19816CEB9A4397A59861B88BB68E19"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by this subtitle, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6675A496557B498786714B794436332D" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC32CE564E56F4D3DA894527B9E74FEB6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>269A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of commission in commissioned officer corps as employment in Administration for purposes
of certain hiring decisions</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE74975C06554E338F2C824E95B60CC7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which the Secretary accepts an application for a position of employment with the Administration and limits consideration of applications for such position to applications submitted by individuals serving in a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service within the Administration, the Secretary shall deem an officer who has served as an officer in the commissioned officer corps for at least 3 years to be serving in a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service within the Administration for purposes of such limitation.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB0C0790D529482090AA5D5CA3C4E100"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Career appointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary selects an application submitted by an officer described in subsection (a) for a position described in such subsection, the Secretary shall give such officer a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service, as appropriate.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB00EA2DEBB314FFEA43B8D2067CBE81B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive service defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>competitive service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACB7ADE54A034248A6F022C6DBDB8A89"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 269, as added by this subtitle, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC81A38C5A9F476CBA97E5C42CBF53C9" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 269A. Treatment of commission in commissioned officer corps as employment in Administration
for purposes of certain hiring decisions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8994D77286944DF8F52BEA307D89214" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>743.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Direct hire authority</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B619E25AF8D4C548350F07CFDCA00A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of a Federal agency may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/33">chapter 33</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified candidate described subsection (b) directly to a position in the agency for which the candidate meets qualification standards of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D7F3668B9D249F4ACD649CC87BC3201"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Candidates described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A candidate described in this subsection is a current or former member of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE04050C32B964D6CAD9E12EAED15C4D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fulfilled his or her obligated service requirement under section 216 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, as added by section 724;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312ECCDFEC7F47768FC061096837DD36"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if no longer a member of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, was not discharged or released therefrom as part of a disciplinary action; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF448BDD18BC42A08AD140F22D567ABC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been separated or released from service in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration for a period of not more than 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2221A7062004EAF9AEF32D6F3978C55"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall apply with respect to appointments made in fiscal year 2016 and in each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id6c9dfeb5-315a-45ff-b77c-92aeb7b8d58f" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments and
promotion of officers</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13e145fa-6239-4dcb-84f3-2d3f6e0dbcba" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>751.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad79c0b0-1768-4ebf-91b8-e3c5fe05d501"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Original appointments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88a14c34-964a-410a-9da9-3e52a21cf84e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3021">33 U.S.C. 3021</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26e0b4ed-4868-41b6-84cd-b7e81914e99c" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb184bfc-8837-4d12-9e68-6f4e936ddaaf" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Original appointments and
reappointments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e04fb44-3f1a-44d2-8e42-c700cc0af2b7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Original appointments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide036fe2e-e0f9-4f13-b7fd-19c2efeb6911"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grades</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50f15354-3642-4e09-961c-1e3574d4ffa9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an original appointment of an officer may be made in such grades as may be appropriate for—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd04f1e71-68c7-4e67-af71-8307274a50b4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the qualification, experience, and length of service of the appointee; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d8088e9-b454-4656-bcdd-f55655c6064e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the commissioned officer corps of the Administration.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3f2b8af-12d5-4290-a3f0-18792da7bf4e"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment of officer candidates</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50336cfb-3785-4a47-97b7-72f8ccd6f6fa"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on grade</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An original appointment of an officer candidate, upon graduation from the basic officer training program of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, may not be made in any other grade than ensign.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2aae852b-d9ac-460e-ad3f-951ac6caf81f"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rank</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer candidates receiving appointments as ensigns upon graduation from basic officer training program shall take rank according to their proficiency as shown by the order of their merit at date of graduation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb866a0f2-0ba8-4916-a4bd-569888cf6882"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Source of appointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An original appointment may be made from among the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id731d055a-f707-4065-80c0-413ab4d9c716"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduates of the basic officer training program of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6a711ea-139f-42c7-a8e6-63d63b1bf010"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduates of the military service academies of the United States who otherwise meet the academic standards for enrollment in the training program described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7368789EC2094F5AA43B86422C7D7B33"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduates of the maritime academies of the States who—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA1A2A547CE94F91B0715A5A6A359541"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise meet the academic standards for enrollment in the training program described in subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72193DD738BA404BB65FB24D6E684EAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completed at least 3 years of regimented training while at a maritime academy of a State; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74A36EAD13C14CD2BEBE96EFAE0E4CD6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtained an unlimited tonnage or unlimited horsepower Merchant Mariner Credential from the United States Coast Guard.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f4ba37b-5774-45df-9c50-eb4673fa0c17"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Licensed officers of the United States merchant marine who have served 2 or more years aboard a vessel of the United States in the capacity of a licensed officer, who otherwise meet the academic standards for enrollment in the training program described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA4DB19443B64A1A915091814ED144D2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8673AF31DF9C491B98A7D51E8B1CCB6D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime academies of the States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>maritime academies of the States</term> means the following:</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id316091a2cc78473ba3852d374bb323bb"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, California.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d491596617d463f9ba323fd84256d7d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, Michigan.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ca427dac3164d6dba2aac2dd740f800"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e48f43594a24a99937c1b74c5bc2d8a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f00a886a1ce4f8782a08a4371cff13f"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, New York.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9832d9bb0e064635be4861c2cf36ea6a"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Texas A&M Maritime Academy, Galveston, Texas.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81687db6-1ce8-418b-b7f4-ff3155532373"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Military service academies of the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>military service academies of the United States</term> means the following:</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5120e95-7ee1-43cf-9057-3df2539e4aa0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe2b43bb-154b-47b8-8ef0-bf9d79c58344"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe152ae8-fbee-4dab-ac4d-dcddb5addadb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda1382a1-2c7b-480c-b1b0-fcf4d7807dc3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e22d2c8-2935-475c-85ac-566c1bfe8b09"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id260c5dbb-2cd5-4116-89f2-5ad481af9b5f"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reappointment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5558e0d2-b595-4629-8c26-c25ef6328232"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), an individual who previously served in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration may be appointed by the Secretary to the grade the individual held prior to separation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e90113f-284d-4b77-a228-acc8de071234"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reappointments to higher
grades</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An appointment under paragraph (1) to a position of importance and responsibility designated under section 228 may only be made by the President.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id735d9251-c6b0-467a-92fb-5bc0aafd52f5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An appointment under subsection (a) or (b) may not be given to an individual until the individual's mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of an officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe3c0566-e57f-4f15-a102-b02853f4e178"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Precedence of appointees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of commission are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbebd7914-404b-4781-8879-b519d9c0a0b9"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inter-Service transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For inter-service transfers (as described in the Department of Defense Directive 1300.4 (dated December 27, 2006)) the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id615c8a51-f302-4a35-9bac-01cd0fe526ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promote and streamline inter-service transfers;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde9130d6-905b-4894-ae94-6fc857b2ff08"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give preference to such inter-service transfers for recruitment purposes as determined appropriate by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63114f6c-0f3a-4997-8310-c9af33546d26"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reappoint such inter-service transfers to the equivalent grade in the commissioned officer corps.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb608b39b-d87c-48f2-8928-83cb14e0150b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 221 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5919c24-84d7-485c-b1ef-5b222802565b" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 221. Original appointments
and
reappointments.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9118f3f8-cd61-4ca1-aa43-e0e099197e29" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>752.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3022">33 U.S.C. 3022</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5192137c-b198-4fb8-b641-6a3528372d0e" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf1ad030-4352-485a-af49-9d77c3d16ba7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>222.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel boards</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3025ca4-8864-4c57-bb7f-75ff1930e290"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Convening</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than once each year and at such other times as the Secretary determines necessary, the Secretary shall convene a personnel board.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e3d816d-bc5f-44ed-b245-27f4df2890f9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb00cb5d-faaa-4c3f-b62c-11822c0002cc"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A board convened under subsection (a) shall consist of 5 or more officers who are serving in or above the permanent grade of the officers under consideration by the board.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id465f06fd-dd9c-457c-b555-d12c83bfb4d4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retired officers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officers on the retired list may be recalled to serve on such personnel boards as the Secretary considers necessary.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id953b4a44-ccbf-452e-9277-513151de2052"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No membership on 2 successive
boards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No officer may be a member of 2 successive personnel boards convened to consider officers of the same grade for promotion or separation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e63bf9e-893c-4e56-bbc9-b53e3dccb2a1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each personnel board shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54b5efc2-693d-4b73-a107-234859da7d06"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend to the Secretary such changes as may be necessary to correct any erroneous position on the lineal list that was caused by administrative error; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb335f9db-361e-4e99-be27-632149e79197"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make selections and recommendations to the Secretary and the President for the appointment, promotion, involuntary separation, continuation, and involuntary retirement of officers in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration as prescribed in this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc00171f9-fe71-40cc-b783-40fd40193414"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action on recommendations not
acceptable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any recommendation by a board convened under subsection (a) is not accepted by the Secretary or the President, the board shall make such further recommendations as the Secretary or the President considers appropriate.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8af1f3a-8f69-462d-bd0d-b37310f07d6c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>753.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delegation of
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 226 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3026">33 U.S.C. 3026</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95e8a0ac-1237-49f0-8f7f-12c99cf07bfa"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Appointments</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1af10f1-340d-410e-ae32-df8edd245336" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83f52600-9629-435c-8227-ef9f22885ec2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf0fe78b-5db4-4e51-b6c3-f1045910fecb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e9fcc7a-8b76-46a6-8b2a-dc0e670640a0" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c748d38-c2eb-4f13-835c-da2345b8ea26"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delegation of appointment
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President delegates authority to the Secretary to make appointments under this section, the President shall, during a period in which the position of the Secretary is vacant, delegate such authority to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce or the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere during such period.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0326CCD125944FDCAA4779022AD7BEE0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>754.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant Administrator of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 228(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3028">33 U.S.C. 3028(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C5D29A922174834A980C1D25D156A16"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Administrator</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CB2A7C1997544D2AAC754F534ECCE8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Assistant Administrator of the</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Office</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b6c58c2-4966-475b-b45e-19c513d58a8b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>755.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary appointments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6CE489B876B4C44B31A3BE100769644"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 229 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3029">33 U.S.C. 3029</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id853eae80-6c9a-473d-8d76-20af76d4871f" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c780c6e-b259-4da9-ab11-912678ac31c5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>229.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary appointments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45ab2ef7-5118-4753-833d-88f7824a9bdd"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments by President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary appointments in the grade of ensign, lieutenant junior grade, or lieutenant may be made by the President.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fd2866d-e8ef-4dc0-b2fe-e08bbc4f2918"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A temporary appointment to a position under subsection (a) shall terminate upon approval of a permanent appointment for such position made by the President.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41573f79-9401-4fe8-9fa9-18ab1477dbf3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Order of precedence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointees under subsection (a) shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their appointments as officers in such grade. The order of precedence of appointees who are appointed on the same date shall be determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9ad4bb5-86c2-4e91-a83b-92c30f6ddcb0"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any one grade</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When determined by the Secretary to be in the best interest of the commissioned officer corps, officers in any permanent grade may be temporarily promoted one grade by the President. Any such temporary promotion terminates upon the transfer of the officer to a new assignment.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50539ff7-f0a3-4af1-8296-e8f954f5d1a3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delegation of
appointment authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President delegates authority to the Secretary to make appointments under this section, the President shall, during a period in which the position of the Secretary is vacant, delegate such authority to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce or the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere during such period.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc516aa9e-dd3a-41c7-914c-628903261b74"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 229 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68cdef1b-a5fa-4177-9c77-2ca5229c50e0" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 229. Temporary
appointments.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3a303e1-10a6-4da4-b6cf-68e90365a935" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>756.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer candidates</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3eb7181c-3746-4fe2-84a8-05a3968bd651"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3021">33 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id973daed5-a0ce-432e-a580-33179a905da1" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc97169c-b667-41a2-8d14-9682aa337c5b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>234.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer candidates</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86890ba4-3861-4265-8118-af4bfa3be02a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of number</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the number of appointments of officer candidates.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0582da3-5d1c-432f-8f55-bcf4d74f7377"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment of officer candidates shall be made under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, including regulations with respect to determining age limits, methods of selection of officer candidates, term of service as an officer candidate before graduation from the program, and all other matters affecting such appointment.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23592b86-28cb-4f5b-8975-59488522129e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dismissal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may dismiss from the basic officer training program of the Administration any officer candidate who, during the officer candidate's term as an officer candidate, the Secretary considers unsatisfactory in either academics or conduct, or not adapted for a career in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration. Officer candidates shall be subject to rules governing discipline prescribed by the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id520bea9e-f115-46ac-961d-10754f294111"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46857177-89a3-47f0-83ac-3b7c1d0765b9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each officer candidate shall sign an agreement with the Secretary in accordance with section 216(a)(2) regarding the officer candidate's term of service in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6afd8503-1a5e-4a6a-b21a-289cff1e1146"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement signed by an officer candidate under paragraph (1) shall provide that the officer candidate agrees to the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf9adb7c-15fe-43ff-ae4c-6659530fc380"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That the officer candidate will complete the course of instruction at the basic officer training program of the Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf112823f-d236-4005-8945-1769e1cb916c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That upon graduation from the such program, the officer candidate—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5af1366-1d4a-4ee9-8783-30e7ebe04ac5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will accept an appointment, if tendered, as an officer; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f306036-1df3-4457-8a57-d289836efc9d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will serve on active duty for at least 4 years immediately after such appointment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0b1188c-cf97-4639-8559-c3b14932d1ec"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Such regulations shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe272dda-3db8-48da-842b-95c21236d610"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards for determining what constitutes a breach of an agreement signed under such subsection (d)(1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id335f1c67-f6b9-4744-8fdb-808f0561f230"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures for determining whether such a breach has occurred.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id606287db-186f-4ccb-a7a9-614339e9b703"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer candidate or former officer candidate who does not fulfill the terms of the obligation to serve as specified under section (d) shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 216(b).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37760f96-194b-421c-ab76-e68720dffc8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 233 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21d7fdec-2133-49f2-8197-ceb0ce029a96" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 234. Officer
candidates.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9e8e5db-7e65-48b3-a117-8847038ae18e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer candidate defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3002">33 U.S.C. 3002(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5687094c-48dd-494a-8d24-3941a0fb6888"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98822ac6-2c26-454d-bf77-f6c06a906723"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cd37ca5-6df6-4e93-96e9-2565a289a208" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd71494c0-98e5-410b-8996-acf9bf82f11c"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer candidate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>officer candidate</term> means an individual who is enrolled in the basic officer training program of the Administration and is under consideration for appointment as an officer under section 221(a)(2)(A).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad71b60c-9161-4225-8dd2-baba1ba9d081"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pay for officer candidates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b606971-7193-4fae-af9f-a816dc65c7e6" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id162ddb2d-3bb9-42cb-b57d-6fef76e0b579"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0b586c56-7845-45f9-9411-ea35f07c23bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer candidate enrolled in the basic officer training program of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is entitled, while participating in such program, to monthly officer candidate pay at monthly rate equal to the basic pay of an enlisted member in the pay grade E–5 with less than 2 years service.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02db249a-c947-439d-bc04-eb6bd71e7873" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who graduates from such program shall receive credit for the time spent participating in such program as if such time were time served while on active duty as a commissioned officer. If the individual does not graduate from such program, such time shall not be considered creditable for active duty or pay.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b225cfc-94f5-4d71-9d27-97f727aef165" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>757.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement of
personnel</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id887e3d39-7137-48c7-888c-fc8bfc7f96fa"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3021">33 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 756(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd2f0d97-4e9d-46ba-85c2-40118569d4ed" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9041737-8aaf-4903-a023-d143f2537122" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>235.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement of
personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may make such expenditures as the Secretary considers necessary in order to obtain recruits for the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, including advertising.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id604fba76-4cfb-42e0-9237-40d9a7d44937"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>), as amended by section 756(b), is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 234 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf03198da-7fcf-4953-84ff-f18fa79f2445" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">235. Procurement of
personnel.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id0d79a406-4fc9-497b-ad40-dc6e5f4a9b99" level-type="subsequent"><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Separation and
retirement of officers</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc850f966-a705-4b35-8338-80ac11dc753f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>761.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Involuntary retirement or
separation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 241 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3041">33 U.S.C. 3041</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7337680d-2a18-4907-9a77-428715ecd918" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf61d4f57-c2a8-47bb-a866-5dd07622df46"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deferment of retirement or separation for
medical reasons</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc8ca855-542d-402c-aa9a-a14bbecb553a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that the evaluation of the medical condition of an officer requires hospitalization or medical observation that cannot be completed with confidence in a manner consistent with the officer's well being before the date on which the officer would otherwise be required to retire or be separated under this section, the Secretary may defer the retirement or separation of the officer.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69709cb1-7f9f-4efd-8bd1-1b2986b87e59"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consent required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A deferment may only be made with the written consent of the officer involved. If the officer does not provide written consent to the deferment, the officer shall be retired or separated as scheduled.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id331d6f15-2312-447e-8189-6737a74eacbe"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A deferral of retirement or separation under this subsection may not extend for more than 30 days after completion of the evaluation requiring hospitalization or medical observation.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d7b2345-0cd5-4e55-9b7f-e57573fa674f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>762.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Separation
pay</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 242 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3042">33 U.S.C. 3042</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1d723d7-01ae-4623-8e30-ef59c7bacd96" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddea30e80-d5fb-4bd1-bb60-61ece4dc41d7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer discharged for twice failing selection for promotion to the next higher grade is not entitled to separation pay under this section if the officer—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaceda1af-c194-45ec-9fea-4df42f58fa4a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expresses a desire not to be selected for promotion; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06330e07-b59d-4a7a-8919-9943efe334d1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requests removal from the list of selectees.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></part></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idD9A7C2FABF754DDCA0D87E9BE93E80A7" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hydrographic services</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD70E2C620CF411898F88796B1EC0915" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>771.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorization of Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H538993D60CAF415EBA1A8EC0C6E52660"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 306 of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/892d">33 U.S.C. 892d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B4D541E97D24E1C86274E9F699AE480"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>There are</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CFF324D6F6745BD85E5B87326AC4EB5" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC66599E3317B46E49D601C3C5D58C184"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1424B9A7C72A492ABE98DDFDA7916C63"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1))—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF676ECCBE46410894D78F088EC4F380"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>surveys—</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>surveys, $70,814,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H625010A0D0384FC4A3C8B57CA4D3B5AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>vessels—</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>vessels, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0062A34E5FDB43ECB17B35ADF32A9E9E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Administration—</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>Administration, $29,932,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97F5D322FCDC470A8BC1EC51A8A54DB3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>title—</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>title, $26,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E53D39F73B245308CEA78F656BD0380"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>title—</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>title, $30,564,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68244502ED4B4C7E9BB1E688104BE4DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B388B272AEF4A2CA4A66AEC9FF21E61" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD7B6EC251634C259920DE82FFCEDBB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arctic programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount authorized by this section for each fiscal year—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3D4B6D67FC44EF9A30E5D20141141A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 is authorized for use—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E8B95AA08574DB8BBC5D3CF8C531FA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to acquire hydrographic data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF682A4F2BAD64AE3A2CC85C249B29EA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide hydrographic services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id532B82E6F8B44B26AFCE14621E9AB930"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct coastal change analyses necessary to ensure safe navigation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id408492D7708B4B8599B68B4CDDF349B4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the management of coastal change in the Arctic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCBAA6BBC9464C3797CFA7A6EEF71FAD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce risks of harm to Alaska Native subsistence and coastal communities associated with increased international maritime traffic; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27AAF5E3BC5744EEB50EE5B3B03B6790"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000 is authorized for use to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services in the Arctic necessary to delineate the United States extended Continental Shelf.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5812142364340A3898115C8108B2345"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative expenses for surveys</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 306 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/892d">33 U.S.C. 892d</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA1D87BDED9F490C9855619A0014B518" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E8A64F99CF24AB3ACD2FDCC5BB297FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative expenses for surveys</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts authorized by this section for each fiscal year for contract hydrographic surveys, not more than 5 percent is authorized for administrative costs associated with contract management.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle>Passed the Senate June 29, 2016.Secretary