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<dc:title>115 S140 EAS: Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018</dc:title>
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<congress display="no">115th CONGRESS</congress><session display="no">2d Session</session><legis-num display="no">S. 140</legis-num><current-chamber display="yes">In the Senate of the United States,</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20181114">November 14, 2018.</action-date></action><legis-type display="yes">Senate Amendment to House Amendment:</legis-type></engrossed-amendment-form>
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 <section id="idb2873afdea9b4cfd8b28ba69df9362e5" section-type="resolved"><text>That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 140) entitled <quote>An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.</quote>, with the following</text></section><amendment><amendment-instruction blank-lines-after="0"><text>In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment to the text of the bill, insert the following:</text></amendment-instruction><amendment-block blank-lines-after="1" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
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 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69578B43AE5D480B9CB0C598770B381D" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H564FBDD4AECF4CA4B2C58D3B146F57D7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of contents of this Act is as follows:</text><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H69578B43AE5D480B9CB0C598770B381D" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H564FBDD4AECF4CA4B2C58D3B146F57D7" level="section">Sec. 2. Table of contents.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HDD14FC73D8474B2183E521B823DA090C" level="title">TITLE I—Reorganization of title 14, United States Code</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H28F0A23EDAC94347969F6962256F81BE" level="section">Sec. 101. Initial matter.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H1DA9876AC3314A8A94ABD38FA9244328" level="section">Sec. 102. Subtitle I.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H82D157055D0044E3A83D94214DE112F9" level="section">Sec. 103. Chapter 1.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HFB586B07BE774E7CAE62C557DF4AB398" level="section">Sec. 104. Chapter 3.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC2C7C4E1521842ECBB9BC650FF17B1DF" level="section">Sec. 105. Chapter 5.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H13D7AF8CF7B84D1082B678C95B00107D" level="section">Sec. 106. Chapter 7.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HFFA2F112EE854D64834BD11BD4D55D4C" level="section">Sec. 107. Chapter 9.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H62D4F95893A547EA88F060DBF9AA8F7F" level="section">Sec. 108. Chapter 11.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HB058134F81834876A83C20C904833699" level="section">Sec. 109. Subtitle II.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H717226C07BE14B2BB6088B360A64E88F" level="section">Sec. 110. Chapter 19.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H8F4B2A796F47443898EAA864581B190A" level="section">Sec. 111. Part II.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H8603F06CE714462A8104775DF50E7570" level="section">Sec. 112. Chapter 21.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HED8F4DD01DCC424A989BA9E903AFA985" level="section">Sec. 113. Chapter 23.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H968ECE436C124D7B9FA72389D6B37DE2" level="section">Sec. 114. Chapter 25.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H9BCF446C2F804B4CB719E9DDBCA55C32" level="section">Sec. 115. Part III.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H38A732FBBB614098B29A78F8F4F699AA" level="section">Sec. 116. Chapter 27.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H59FCC728202547A8A53EA1BC0D8A5756" level="section">Sec. 117. Chapter 29.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HF7FB368748F7421ABA2FF8864EB855F3" level="section">Sec. 118. Subtitle III and chapter 37.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H18417E7D34334BE4A44E27EE343D8FF3" level="section">Sec. 119. Chapter 39.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H47DAB2147F614146B4712FF44087408A" level="section">Sec. 120. Chapter 41.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H283177FB0FDB44BAA340A5905279EF91" level="section">Sec. 121. Subtitle IV and chapter 49.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HED06FB6E17D64BD8A96A0C01F0C06EEE" level="section">Sec. 122. Chapter 51.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H4C12D1C653854062BBB2E983E15143CE" level="section">Sec. 123. References.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD6483C521CF7402AB300D56C110CB290" level="section">Sec. 124. Rule of construction.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H497CD6EDCD304D7A89E0B36D98B3D7A4" level="title">TITLE II—Authorizations</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H79A81ACEE4574DA39029D955DE2A6450" level="section">Sec. 201. Amendments to title 14, United States Code, as amended by title I of this Act.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HB99C37FA756C4BCB92EE2161A5C28FB5" level="section">Sec. 202. Authorizations of appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HBA5C4E63251640339705C2C7C5950AD3" level="section">Sec. 203. Authorized levels of military strength and training.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H5ECB77EF709749668A0891F0AD60956D" level="section">Sec. 204. Authorization of amounts for Fast Response Cutters.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HA9B93268E3DB4EDC83C30AC693231EFC" level="section">Sec. 205. Authorization of amounts for shoreside infrastructure.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H430132E4E2144F94A938E14D9F17B82B" level="section">Sec. 206. Authorization of amounts for aircraft improvements.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H74F535BF49C341E280D4822DC70C5A72" level="title">TITLE III—Coast Guard</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H990C947EAE1543FEADF6547250E7A8B3" level="section">Sec. 301. Amendments to title 14, United States Code, as amended by title I of this Act.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H9AEAAA93A6ED40909EA0403586C4692E" level="section">Sec. 302. Primary duties.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HA79B0392282A4618A70F502A2C5215BE" level="section">Sec. 303. National Coast Guard Museum.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD4DBEB41DBE54573B750821D5D212B21" level="section">Sec. 304. Unmanned aircraft.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC255F2EB0E0F42C59E837D202BFD5B74" level="section">Sec. 305. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H16E2CB00EF2444C3BA177C3E2AC38EEC" level="section">Sec. 306. Training; emergency response providers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H1FF91F3F060D4E2E864A99D160B7255E" level="section">Sec. 307. Incentive contracts for Coast Guard yard and industrial establishments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HB8CEE8A5F5E443F5B3D9B280968DEBBC" level="section">Sec. 308. Confidential investigative expenses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE328C45859BF447390C16418C3919522" level="section">Sec. 309. Regular captains; retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC1BB9BA541BF4E9A943A41CEC45C060E" level="section">Sec. 310. Conversion, alteration, and repair projects.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H0C938306A89C4C1A970470C50F9DC697" level="section">Sec. 311. Contracting for major acquisitions programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC8B3A985C22F4DE2A1573301D4E7FBAD" level="section">Sec. 312. Officer promotion zones.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HAAFCAB37B3FF44EC91803A3EC630C845" level="section">Sec. 313. Cross reference.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H5E837F20CCA44E6FB0455E1B85236159" level="section">Sec. 314. Commissioned service retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H9E72AD276AEB440AA3B1FAA0E756D7FC" level="section">Sec. 315. Leave for birth or adoption of child.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H99E81E8D76464C6A9AC333BDF4C535AB" level="section">Sec. 316. Clothing at time of discharge.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H81010A9CCB25424DA7A619E1782C9601" level="section">Sec. 317. Unfunded priorities list.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H0C2F8451EA8E41E2B4C7E85868C05C89" level="section">Sec. 318. Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idC736EDBCB8354A1DAC21245BF88E559D" level="section">Sec. 319. Air facilities.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC2D3ADF21D0E4ED792BC11F38987E148" level="title">TITLE IV—Ports and Waterways Safety</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H7C6A128B94104A85834403871DB86C5E" level="section">Sec. 401. Codification of Ports and Waterways Safety Act.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H4D0FA9D89779421EA3590DCCC09C8312" level="section">Sec. 402. Conforming amendments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H9120D56E0C9142CDB6A6B21A9263CB09" level="section">Sec. 403. Transitional and savings provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H8DD2BC1C5B174A578DCB184B3F108A4F" level="section">Sec. 404. Rule of construction.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HAA915B6ABCE74C6E9964E346704CBC68" level="section">Sec. 405. Advisory committee: repeal.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H61A3F06E755D422A80DEF77E2E264F3B" level="section">Sec. 406. Regattas and marine parades.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H932005E12A6646C8BE0A408F7B099C78" level="section">Sec. 407. Regulation of vessels in territorial waters of United States.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H8D0A84BE93A64A559F95FF81D55053D4" level="section">Sec. 408. Port, harbor, and coastal facility security.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HA56D183BF5AC4E4099160D26AD181D3E" level="title">TITLE V—Maritime Transportation Safety</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HBFF0814CB954420D9B393AC8A1CEFACE" level="section">Sec. 501. Consistency in marine inspections.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H64C804AE11BD48B982D55377D4AE7895" level="section">Sec. 502. Uninspected passenger vessels in St. Louis County, Minnesota.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H61CD9B00AA644FFC96FF879E31B30024" level="section">Sec. 503. Engine cut-off switch requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H87DA32FF89474785829EB8FF2810BF9E" level="section">Sec. 504. Exception from survival craft requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE6493D85F12840B1A06F95FC23AE4242" level="section">Sec. 505. Safety standards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HBD95F579F30B45E5ACCC15084CE8C9FE" level="section">Sec. 506. Fishing safety grants.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H619F52CFF0654621B991418E949D2300" level="section">Sec. 507. Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H5DE5D2951F27473DB3D4CD1828DF4609" level="section">Sec. 508. Deadline for compliance with alternate safety compliance program.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H4649228155C84C23B234317CE3924974" level="section">Sec. 509. Termination of unsafe operations; technical correction.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE462DCADD50D49B8A7AB4F47212CEB02" level="section">Sec. 510. Technical corrections: Licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner
			 documents.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HF46F7A04164D4158B0B90E3024CC875E" level="section">Sec. 511. Clarification of logbook entries.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H88CC8B01672F42E3BD4A55EB0B800617" level="section">Sec. 512. Certificates of documentation for recreational vessels.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H7C8809E429A5473E9D002DA5661B0802" level="section">Sec. 513. Numbering for undocumented barges.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id89e563a8d5524c5a84cacf66865f7ba1" level="section">Sec. 514. Backup national timing system.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H03AF67BBC40D416EBDC0C743D8131AC1" level="section">Sec. 515. Scientific personnel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id2bf8ae10b9994aee9cfd872c0a6d6951" level="section">Sec. 516. Transparency.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H6D02D967DC224D9B871E0683E73ABFDB" level="title">TITLE VI—Advisory Committees</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H46A22B1BD9234EEC8F3BC1D6AE71C59C" level="section">Sec. 601. National maritime transportation advisory committees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HED46C4CD639242DD821B9B438C900D10" level="section">Sec. 602. Maritime Security Advisory Committees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="ida1195900b435444abe2f3b784cc13515" level="title">TITLE VII—Federal Maritime Commission</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id15909335a9384d099a64044c2c7ca045" level="section">Sec. 701. Short title.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="iddc310ab9e87d4eb1b7e10a4627afce75" level="section">Sec. 702. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idfe3eadbdc86a457cb8a3a6fe7002020a" level="section">Sec. 703. Reporting on impact of alliances on competition.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id50453A0EFF6A4381A7B0D394597E0C4A" level="section">Sec. 704. Definition of certain covered services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idAD53311A11194129B894AF695997F779" level="section">Sec. 705. Reports filed with the Commission.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idA09A9583D5FA4B179B24E1BF1749576F" level="section">Sec. 706. Public participation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id63276a343b6a49dc9d2a9e9166296ca5" level="section">Sec. 707. Ocean transportation intermediaries.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id86a7da784a73448e92981205897d091b" level="section">Sec. 708. Common carriers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H3C89816D00E34A6397E493AADC3E31A8" level="section">Sec. 709. Negotiations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idA8EDCC3DF4154C04B6C2B2131D979B2F" level="section">Sec. 710. Injunctive relief sought by the Commission.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id216F85AC1CEF40E48A690299130DFC9C" level="section">Sec. 711. Discussions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id3478454B16934B50AE79C6E8975E5E34" level="section">Sec. 712. Transparency.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id694208f86b09415a8651e2ad91d3968d" level="section">Sec. 713. Study of bankruptcy preparation and response.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id4327ead228984e7cb64e06006aae2718" level="section">Sec. 714. Agreements unaffected.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HFB2A644E3B2A4A34BEC832ADC5E8C0AC" level="title">TITLE VIII—Miscellaneous</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H07BF0D7B055B4009B87DCBD9D774ADAF" level="section">Sec. 801. Repeal of obsolete reporting requirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H55250ABCFA724A99AB7086DE4355358D" level="section">Sec. 802. Corrections to provisions enacted by Coast Guard Authorization Acts.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H1C28F7E4AD8F45CCB79B05E89D5A8C0A" level="section">Sec. 803. Officer evaluation report.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD87B33E9B65A4F66904A669BABDE38F7" level="section">Sec. 804. Extension of authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H6457AC2D140D4EE4A061D65380B6A3CC" level="section">Sec. 805. Coast Guard ROTC program.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H27338FD7AA9946C0AC4FD077C901A672" level="section">Sec. 806. Currency detection canine team program.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H910CC05E8EF94716A08FD27D2CCCE7BD" level="section">Sec. 807. Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD417675D94A84B3BB37EDCEE2FE64207" level="section">Sec. 808. Public safety answering points and maritime search and rescue coordination.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HA484F9740E30425BAB20B1972C649E9E" level="section">Sec. 809. Ship shoal lighthouse transfer: repeal.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H2CE48EAD55A44DA3922C643B86D6FC14" level="section">Sec. 810. Land exchange, Ayakulik Island, Alaska.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC8C17E0E42E24104AEBB8D9BC1DEA7C1" level="section">Sec. 811. Use of Tract 43.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H1477880845A745CD8E925A0F5903405C" level="section">Sec. 812. Coast Guard maritime domain awareness.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H436510BE95724AF3B667195A424AF238" level="section">Sec. 813. Monitoring.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H93853042E3B64CAF821EA6925B00D97E" level="section">Sec. 814. Reimbursements for non-Federal construction costs of certain aids to navigation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H69F40FBA97F44AC79D99006CF34DC555" level="section">Sec. 815. Towing safety management system fees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HDC673FD5F53F4949BAE1E4AF274FFF71" level="section">Sec. 816. Oil spill disbursements auditing and report.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H4EFC4A3466E846739C9E383CD4C45E5F" level="section">Sec. 817. Fleet requirements assessment and strategy.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE7B0EFC1A3344201AC387578D6800249" level="section">Sec. 818. National Security Cutter.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HDEDB52CA70E54A578541F196E919E6D1" level="section">Sec. 819. Acquisition plan for inland waterway and river tenders and bay-class icebreakers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H3BCA81E8724F4FE9B192B76506E735A1" level="section">Sec. 820. Great Lakes icebreaker acquisition.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id9f33a308fe4543f69dfc1a7cfb61abc9" level="section">Sec. 821. Polar icebreakers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H5ED5EED212344092AF2C0945FFB0371C" level="section">Sec. 822. Strategic assets in the Arctic.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H324B5A2D9BC34221A4132E3F9391405A" level="section">Sec. 823. Arctic planning criteria.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id65e8a988bcdf40e3bd630ff2b182c2b9" level="section">Sec. 824. Vessel response plan audit.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H811A85A457FE49C2921E78AD6423995B" level="section">Sec. 825. Waters deemed not navigable waters of the United States for certain purposes.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HCF8403051E54479DB6DDC73DDD36293A" level="section">Sec. 826. Documentation of recreational vessels.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HDBBBE8D0DCFA43D8A144BED6D1E430DE" level="section">Sec. 827. Equipment requirements; exemption from throwable personal flotation devices requirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H41DFF90370804BF3A35CEA1015FF0BC7" level="section">Sec. 828. Visual distress signals and alternative use.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HDEAF81AC36C9435E9042ED71A314AE97" level="section">Sec. 829. Radar refresher training.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H9D114B347A6F4B598D6C011DF7BF363D" level="section">Sec. 830. Commercial fishing vessel safety national communications plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H4881E56FF5EC4207959D6A853124B033" level="section">Sec. 831. Atlantic Coast port access route study recommendations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H708717F50D0A4D188DF5B4E7BE54785C" level="section">Sec. 832. Drawbridges.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD7333B834D6E4DBF889D2A8BC8AF41C0" level="section">Sec. 833. Waiver.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idB602AF7B38CC495D8E90F2A96F389AAB" level="section">Sec. 834. Fire-retardant materials.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="ide3f5b5c4d9f9426ab20355b677bbd7ff" level="section">Sec. 835. Vessel waiver.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id2d798f25661a4604abdfb7bb167350e3" level="section">Sec. 836. Temporary limitations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id0762ceda7dc44db3b9282b7941045346" level="section">Sec. 837. Transfer of Coast Guard property in Jupiter Island, Florida, for inclusion in Hobe Sound
			 National Wildlife Refuge.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id954F10020F784E4A82A420AB562B211F" level="section">Sec. 838. Emergency response.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idB5F85DBA14CD4797A15EF4675FB17C2F" level="section">Sec. 839. Drawbridges consultation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id1664D3DE31754C04AE954D1F80810D5C" level="title">TITLE IX—Vessel Incidental Discharge Act</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idaeb77a0aae914787a8dc98169f0ffd68" level="section">Sec. 901. Short title.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id1344a2ea7164411cb6a0a117fdcf5bed" level="section">Sec. 902. Purposes; findings.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idb92ef8f69344417f8791494d882cd458" level="section">Sec. 903. Standards for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id50e47b21-ea1d-4b23-88ce-c3b48c109192" level="title">TITLE X—Hydrographic services and other matters</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id14050fef-73ea-405b-a785-06048c671b9f" level="section">Sec. 1001. Reauthorization of Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="id51542D88985547EA93560B1CEFFE4BDD" level="section">Sec. 1002. System for tracking and reporting all-inclusive cost of hydrographic surveys.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idC6DD44456E4F43D1939B58352058EE95" level="section">Sec. 1003. Homeport of certain research vessels.</toc-entry></toc>
					</section><title commented="no" id="HDD14FC73D8474B2183E521B823DA090C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reorganization of title 14, United States Code</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28F0A23EDAC94347969F6962256F81BE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the title designation, the title heading, and the table of parts at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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								<title commented="no" id="H26BB38543DE642CAAA6E5044E1B0CF8D" level-type="subsequent"><enum>14</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>Subtitle</toc-enum><level-header bold="off" level="subtitle"><?xm-replace_text {multi-column-toc-entry}?></level-header><target>Sec.</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>I.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="subtitle"> Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration</level-header><target>101</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>II.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="subtitle"> Personnel</level-header><target>1901</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>III.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="subtitle"> Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary </level-header><target>3701</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>IV.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="subtitle"> Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress</level-header><target>4901</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc></title><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DA9876AC3314A8A94ABD38FA9244328" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle I</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part I of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the part designation, the part heading, and the table of chapters at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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								<subtitle commented="no" id="HEF773432300E439CB622E0E4E49C035B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I<?LEXA-Enum I?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="chapter"><toc-enum>Chap.</toc-enum><level-header bold="off" level="chapter"><?xm-replace_text {multi-column-toc-entry}?></level-header><target>Sec.</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>1.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Establishment and Duties</level-header><target>101</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>3.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Composition and Organization</level-header><target>301</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>5.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Functions and Powers</level-header><target>501</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>7.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Cooperation</level-header><target>701</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>9.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Administration</level-header><target>901</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>11.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Acquisitions </level-header><target>1101</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82D157055D0044E3A83D94214DE112F9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 1</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9B1C30CAED64F728D916582D4B0FBD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/1">Chapter 1</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="HF77BB766D3D94491BBD563262C27681C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>1</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment and Duties</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">101. Establishment of Coast Guard.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">102. Primary duties.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">103. Department in which the Coast Guard operates.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">104. Removing restrictions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">105. Secretary defined.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">106. Commandant defined.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3199F1D3EC9640E888808838C4632A74"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DB894CF3B6A424FAA96CE2369E98776"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1FF565E48984B81A457920E4EF38AC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE729C9FBA0A6451B8C569534644B8E49"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 1 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC50C5D74EF44A64A8C89EFDEB92A7EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">1</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Establishment of Coast Guard</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">101</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Primary duties</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">102</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">3</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Department in which the Coast Guard operates</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">103</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">652</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Removing restrictions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">104</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">4</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Secretary defined</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">105</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">5</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Commandant defined</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">106</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB586B07BE774E7CAE62C557DF4AB398" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 3</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B9690BC3F754831B31C3214A4343172"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H118EFF0956DA4A499203265E8823C520" level-type="subsequent"><enum>3</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition and Organization</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">301. Grades and ratings.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">302. Commandant; appointment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">303. Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">304. Vice Commandant; appointment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">305. Vice admirals.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">306. Retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">307. Vice admirals and admiral, continuity of grade.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">308. Chief Acquisition Officer.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">309. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">310. Chief of Staff to President: appointment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">311. Captains of the port.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">312. Prevention and response workforces.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">313. Centers of expertise for Coast Guard prevention and response.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">314. Marine industry training program.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">315. Training course on workings of Congress.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">316. National Coast Guard Museum.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">317. United States Coast Guard Band; composition; director.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">318. Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FEEE368077F47EFA04C42A7CB410487"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A02BAC1541A413183D8D91B5EA1CCD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76C0867BBE6144168FFBA62E51291A41"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H992754FB8AFE4E29A46935719D190E44"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 3 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C4D85EEA39049ACB69A5CC5737D83E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">41</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Grades and ratings</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">301</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">44</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Commandant; appointment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">302</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">46</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">303</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">47</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Vice Commandant; appointment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">304</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">50</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Vice admirals</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">305</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">51</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">306</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">52</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Vice admirals and admiral, continuity of grade</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">307</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">56</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Chief Acquisition Officer</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">308</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">53</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">309</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">54</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Chief of Staff to President: appointment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">310</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">57</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Prevention and response workforces</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">312</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">58</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Centers of expertise for Coast Guard prevention and response</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">313</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">59</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Marine industry training program</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">314</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">60</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Training course on workings of Congress</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">315</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">98</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">National Coast Guard Museum</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">316</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">336</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">United States Coast Guard Band; composition; director</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">317</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF6714A79981433BB040CED15073F08D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FE50AC6FE394102872972DA2375F2D0"><enum>(1)</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/14/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC0B414B16334BF0B96057B4DDBCF7C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 310 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C492217C9264847825423675EF2C049" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Captains of the port</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any officer, including any petty officer, may be designated by the Commandant as captain of the port or ports or adjacent high seas or waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, as the Commandant deems necessary to facilitate execution of Coast Guard duties.</text></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1DA77D7B9E34C2DAB3036D407309F01"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 317 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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											<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H065FCAA6164D4FFBBD2DA0ECB72D2BFF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3E277E6A5C7400CB8D0F5C0F74C5ED0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D1E53B03C284FC8AFA8513C15939C11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>environment</quote>, <quote>facility</quote>, <quote>person</quote>, <quote>release</quote>, <quote>removal</quote>, <quote>remedial</quote>, and <quote>response</quote> have the same meaning they have in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref>);</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E22A50970AD4682BF20A08475193EDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>hazardous substance</quote> has the same meaning it has in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref>), except that it also includes the meaning given <quote>oil</quote> in section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321</external-xref>); and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB974DC907348417880617F020362F108"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>pollutant</quote> has the same meaning it has in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1362">33 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>).</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6C40331C0474223A5703ED0DC3DE182"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94A6B5B48B3648F8BCA75FC1F2A7C035"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a program of environmental compliance and restoration at current and former Coast Guard facilities.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6085B5D419B74042B342B83F61ABBFA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program goals include:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H359B2A0A213D4B0799CC904FE71C0FAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying, investigating, and cleaning up contamination from hazardous substances and pollutants.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB9D934C04C546ACBF0CA392E7271B2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Correcting other environmental damage that poses an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare or to the environment.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H712DDE4700E946E08B0E6DC43FEF3DF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demolishing and removing unsafe buildings and structures, including buildings and structures at former Coast Guard facilities.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E12D4BFEF2E4E39856CA1D68DC39A8B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preventing contamination from hazardous substances and pollutants at current Coast Guard facilities.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0174F5B79B5406F93F4A9CFCC01ADFE"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB21F138A69784BD89227AA105FED53EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall respond to releases of hazardous substances and pollutants—</text> <clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86C90A0597274FB3BBA553A8C89F4343" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at each Coast Guard facility the United States owns, leases, or otherwise possesses;</text>
 </clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E5ACF564015448DAC4BE60904416AC5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at each Coast Guard facility the United States owned, leased, or otherwise possessed when the actions leading to contamination from hazardous substances or pollutants occurred; and</text>
 </clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD760DBEC8E614BC88BC5A2AED156C6C3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on each vessel the Coast Guard owns or operates.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5C2E84CEF814912B0DE243B60E90E78" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph does not apply to a removal or remedial action when a potentially responsible person responds under section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9622">42 U.S.C. 9622</external-xref>).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCA9ABF4BB00403882C8BDBDBC477B83" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall pay a fee or charge imposed by a State authority for permit services for disposing of hazardous substances or pollutants from Coast Guard facilities to the same extent that nongovernmental entities are required to pay for permit services. This subparagraph does not apply to a payment that is the responsibility of a lessee, contractor, or other private person.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5E4D6F0ECFD4BF599E52131D0A50D03"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may agree with another Federal agency for that agency to assist in carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under this section. The Secretary may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and grant agreements with State and local governments to assist in carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under this section. Services that may be obtained under this paragraph include identifying, investigating, and cleaning up off-site contamination that may have resulted from the release of a hazardous substance or pollutant at a Coast Guard facility.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC493658D06364998B529771ACDD6D2A7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9619">42 U.S.C. 9619</external-xref>) applies to response action contractors that carry out response actions under this section. The Coast Guard shall indemnify response action contractors to the extent that adequate insurance is not generally available at a fair price at the time the contractor enters into the contract to cover the contractor's reasonable, potential, long-term liability.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ECC57CCAF0345E3A104DB1884723B45"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts recovered for response actions</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B1F3273791445BF8BDD067809CB3938"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All sums appropriated to carry out the Coast Guard's environmental compliance and restoration functions under this section or another law shall be credited or transferred to an appropriate Coast Guard account, as determined by the Commandant and remain available until expended.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA9C30CBD3B44292986F0DCE2BFC27D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds may be obligated or expended from such account to carry out the Coast Guard's environmental compliance and restoration functions under this section or another law.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA47E666F242244FCA200DC5627990B8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In proposing the budget for any fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, the President shall set forth separately the amount requested for the Coast Guard's environmental compliance and restoration activities under this section or another law.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H884282871D214FEC9928009F778EB53F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts recovered under section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9607">42 U.S.C. 9607</external-xref>) for the Secretary's response actions at current and former Coast Guard facilities shall be credited to an appropriate Coast Guard account, as determined by the Commandant.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB170CC4163B14144941AE152B0DC928E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual list of projects to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a prioritized list of projects eligible for environmental compliance and restoration funding for each fiscal year concurrent with the President's budget submission for that fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80BAD9DFCB4240E0966E50FBD26A4231"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 634, 690, 691, 692, and 693 of title 14, United States Code, are repealed.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2C7C4E1521842ECBB9BC650FF17B1DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H530FCA64C19142B2AB3ABD112756BA99"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="HA937E1F8EC4E46A7A0ABBCE08B3571EC" level-type="subsequent"><enum>5</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Functions and Powers</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—General Powers</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">501. Secretary; general powers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">502. Delegation of powers by the Secretary.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">503. Regulations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">504. Commandant; general powers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">505. Functions and powers vested in the Commandant.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">506. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">507. Appointment of judges.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Life Saving and Law Enforcement Authorities</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">521. Saving life and property.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">522. Law enforcement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">523. Enforcement authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">524. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">525. Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">526. Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">527. Safety of naval vessels.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">528. Protecting against unmanned aircraft.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Aids to Navigation</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">541. Aids to navigation authorized.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">542. Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">543. Interference with aids to navigation; penalty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">544. Aids to maritime navigation; penalty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">545. Marking of obstructions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">546. Deposit of damage payments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">547. Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter IV—Miscellaneous</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">561. Icebreaking in polar regions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">562. Appeals and waivers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">563. Notification of certain determinations.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23989AF3C1034CE2BCE1C3282CBE082A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C750081A6684144A118B97022E104EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6461DD78A9874590B050FB25FEA61ECA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4D5FBE1AB114716BD2B998D2A3D95BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 5 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DE3524654074E118C42D7C4F1D2FB65"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">92</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Secretary; general powers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">501</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">631</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Delegation of powers by the Secretary</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">502</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">633</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regulations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">503</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">93</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Commandant; general powers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">504</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">632</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Functions and powers vested in the Commandant</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">505</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">520</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">506</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">153</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Appointment of judges</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">507</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">88</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Saving life and property</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">521</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">89</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Law enforcement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">522</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">99</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Enforcement authority</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">523</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">100</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Enforcement of coastwise trade laws</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">524</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">95</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">525</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">637</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">526</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">91</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Safety of naval vessels</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">527</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">104</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Protecting against unmanned aircraft</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">528</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">81</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aids to navigation authorized</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">541</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">83</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">542</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">84</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Interference with aids to navigation; penalty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">543</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">85</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aids to maritime navigation; penalty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">544</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">86</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Marking of obstructions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">545</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">642</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Deposit of damage payments</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">546</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">643</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">547</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">87</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Icebreaking in polar regions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">561</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">101</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Appeals and waivers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">562</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">103</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Notification of certain determinations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">563</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2495E10EF69C40B592C27F45D0E4089C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C38D01969CD438490EE71C95C12B4D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 501 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HAAC8C7E9D5E24F40B55E808C720540BB" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Powers</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD174AE190D04445A607F148697A8946"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 521 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HC7497F5B5BFE4813B75B8A049C62699C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Life Saving and Law Enforcement Authorities</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69BBB96CDAED475498D9A229B2F6DB1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 541 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H59D28B5F430048CB8A8F5015642EB5A8" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aids to Navigation</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE92F547AA40430FB2D6B88D60759D45"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 561 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H523E08E3B5044812AA43A0143E5D290E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13D7AF8CF7B84D1082B678C95B00107D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 7</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18FEB27F7BB24D0195C22C44A97CD934"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/7">Chapter 7</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H7DB8039B81C34C6DBC06D1BD9E34A38C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>7</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperation</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">701. Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">702. State Department.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">703. Treasury Department.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">704. Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">705. Navy Department.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">706. United States Postal Service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">707. Department of Commerce.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">708. Department of Health and Human Services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">709. Maritime instruction.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">710. Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">711. Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">712. Contracts with Government-owned establishments for work and material.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">713. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracts with other agencies and instrumentalities to
			 provide or obtain goods and services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">714. Arctic maritime domain awareness.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">715. Oceanographic research.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">716. Arctic maritime transportation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">717. Agreements.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F76970AA6F145D28E52E66341CACC5B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0532777F7B7F4665926C7D9F4A45330C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82793055974541F6A348854B345BA081"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF05E75DAE574A40AB431C11CA4E3839"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 7 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00D51B235F454B979D98F92383E724AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">141</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">701</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">142</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">State Department</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">702</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">143</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Treasury Department</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">703</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">144</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">704</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">145</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Navy Department</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">705</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">146</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">United States Postal Service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">706</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">147</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Department of Commerce</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">707</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">147a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Department of Health and Human Services</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">708</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">148</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Maritime instruction</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">709</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">149</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">710</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">150</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">711</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">151</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Contracts with Government-owned establishments for work and material</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">712</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">152</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracts with other agencies and instrumentalities to provide or obtain goods and services</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">713</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">154</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Arctic maritime domain awareness</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">714</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">94</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Oceanographic research</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">715</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">90</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Arctic maritime transportation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">716</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">102</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Agreements</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">717</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFA2F112EE854D64834BD11BD4D55D4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 9</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE32841642FB0496986AF70DB3B3EA4C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/9">Chapter 9</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H653F6F014DF34B7283EADD0B0D85BCD4" level-type="subsequent"><enum>9</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Real and Personal Property</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">901. Disposal of certain material.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">902. Employment of draftsmen and engineers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">903. Use of certain appropriated funds.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">904. Local hire.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">905. Procurement authority for family housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">906. Air Station Cape Cod Improvements.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">907. Long-term lease of special purpose facilities.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">908. Long-term lease authority for lighthouse property.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">909. Small boat station rescue capability.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">910. Small boat station closures.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">911. Search and rescue center standards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">912. Air facility closures.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">913. Turnkey selection procedures.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">914. Disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Miscellaneous</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">931. Oaths required for boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">932. Administration of oaths.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">933. Coast Guard ensigns and pennants.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">934. Penalty for unauthorized use of words <quote>Coast Guard</quote>.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">935. Coast Guard band recordings for commercial sale.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">936. Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records; qualified immunity for participants.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">937. Admiralty claims against the United States.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">938. Claims for damage to property of the United States.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">939. Accounting for industrial work.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">940. Supplies and equipment from stock.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">941. Coast Guard Supply Fund.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">942. Public and commercial vessels and other watercraft; sale of fuel, supplies, and services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">943. Arms and ammunition; immunity from taxation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">944. Confidential investigative expenses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">945. Assistance to film producers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">946. User fees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">947. Vessel construction bonding requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">948. Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of
			 health care.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">949. Telephone installation and charges.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">950. Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">951. Aircraft accident investigations.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07FA351A5525461E83F31945A57A2D15"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H969750816F224D548F614E8D5261636F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BF0473D748443FCB86448AA2784A359"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81E89127C5A646FD99D83D6265DE9C90"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 9 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H078DA41F9A0947B5962CEADEC7CDE6C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">641</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Disposal of certain material</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">901</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">653</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Employment of draftsmen and engineers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">902</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">656</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Use of certain appropriated funds</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">903</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">666</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Local hire</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">904</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">670</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Procurement authority for family housing</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">905</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">671</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Air Station Cape Cod Improvements</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">906</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">672</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Long-term lease of special purpose facilities</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">907</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">672a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Long-term lease authority for lighthouse property</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">908</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">674</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Small boat station rescue capability</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">909</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">675</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Small boat station closures</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">910</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">676</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Search and rescue center standards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">911</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">676a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Air facility closures</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">912</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">677</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Turnkey selection procedures</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">913</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">681</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">914</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">635</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Oaths required for boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">931</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">636</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Administration of oaths</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">932</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">638</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard ensigns and pennants</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">933</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">639</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Penalty for unauthorized use of words <quote>Coast Guard</quote></entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">934</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">640</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard band recordings for commercial sale</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">935</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">645</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records; qualified immunity for participants</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">936</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">646</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Admiralty claims against the United States</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">937</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">647</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Claims for damage to property of the United States</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">938</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">648</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Accounting for industrial work</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">939</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">649</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Supplies and equipment from stock</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">940</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">650</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard Supply Fund</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">941</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">654</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Public and commercial vessels and other watercraft; sale of fuel, supplies, and services</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">942</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">655</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Arms and ammunition; immunity from taxation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">943</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">658</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Confidential investigative expenses</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">944</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">659</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Assistance to film producers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">945</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">664</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">User fees</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">946</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">667</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Vessel construction bonding requirements</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">947</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">668</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">948</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">669</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Telephone installation and charges</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">949</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">673</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">950</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">678</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aircraft accident investigations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">951</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H433F9A550C9C4B5386A25C5C77518D5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/9">Chapter 9</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE91EF26E37FE47F0997470E7A692A97F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 901 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HA3343859059F439BABC5E10C3CFC5228" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Real and Personal Property</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H746DB261A6704DF0A27086971B623CA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 931 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62D4F95893A547EA88F060DBF9AA8F7F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 11</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66CAD24D0CBB4C3EA0938422B9AE6B61"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">Chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H89141EBECB554C2D99AC561D2241F0C1" level-type="subsequent"><enum>11</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisitions </header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—General Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1101. Acquisition directorate.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1102. Improvements in Coast Guard acquisition management.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1103. Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1104. Recognition of Coast Guard personnel for excellence in acquisition.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1105. Prohibition on use of lead systems integrators.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1106. Required contract terms.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1107. Extension of major acquisition program contracts.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1108. Department of Defense consultation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1109. Undefinitized contractual actions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1110. Mission need statement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Improved Acquisition Process and Procedures</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1131. Identification of major system acquisitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1132. Acquisition.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1133. Preliminary development and demonstration.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1134. Acquisition, production, deployment, and support.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1135. Acquisition program baseline breach.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1136. Acquisition approval authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Procurement </toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1151. Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign shipyards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1152. Advance procurement funding.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1153. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1154. Procurement of buoy chain.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1155. Contract termination.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter IV—Definitions</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1171. Definitions.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76B31D2CEF364D5CA8CE3D9D329A77AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CC4088E18DB4C998BFF49E3CE73BA20"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EE9E388881C4DD0B0B344EABBD0D9C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB30EF2C2F1D548EBB0F46045660BB3A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 11 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE525658771E04F9792ABA9220534E106"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">561</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Acquisition directorate</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1101</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">562</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Improvements in Coast Guard acquisition management</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1102</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">578</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1103</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">563</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recognition of Coast Guard personnel for excellence in acquisition</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1104</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">564</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Prohibition on use of lead systems integrators</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1105</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">565</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Required contract terms</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1106</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">579</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Extension of major acquisition program contracts</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1107</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">566</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Department of Defense consultation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1108</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">567</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Undefinitized contractual actions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1109</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">569</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Mission need statement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1110</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">571</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Identification of major system acquisitions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1131</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">572</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Acquisition</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1132</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">573</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Preliminary development and demonstration</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1133</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">574</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Acquisition, production, deployment, and support</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1134</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">575</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Acquisition program baseline breach</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1135</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">576</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Acquisition approval authority</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1136</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">665</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign shipyards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1151</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">577</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Advance procurement funding</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1152</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">96</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1153</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">97</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Procurement of buoy chain</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1154</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">657</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Contract termination</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1155</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">581</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Definitions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1171</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC946DCAD0E443B79223BD5951141F35"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">Chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65B1FF09CFCA4BBEA86D8EC8F9886B1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking all subdivision designations and headings in such chapter, except for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE8894AE78D442A6B54E05BA61BC7E76"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the chapter designation and heading added by subsection (a);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7040B609E08E4CC180D75F0C424FC97E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the subchapter designations and headings added by this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A072D218CBE4431AC71122F396A235B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any designation or heading of a section or a subdivision of a section;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9FE9535B89349B78608B266BFEEDABB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1101 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H0EC333A242F94EE6A8549E51AC9A1D76" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Provisions</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37FC82CF5DFA4683BF86A209B3FDB5BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1131 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HF8C8EA97EF6241FB87C58539EB07D6DF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improved Acquisition Process and Procedures</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85540B55940A48A9AA78BC1E03C42D62"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1151 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H38E26EEF5A7340859FF870BADDDDBFF8" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement </header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF78A620F77A944E3923DFCFBDC94A5EC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1171 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H7798C3D677D549D79FEC68BB53F8F3B1" level-type="subsequent"><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB058134F81834876A83C20C904833699" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle II</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC93CC4A15B29407FA9DD08CCE111DACD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after chapter 11 (as amended by section 108) the following:</text>
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									<subtitle commented="no" id="H890E4430E0C24DB4AB248BACC85D999F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II<?LEXA-Enum II?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="chapter"><toc-enum>Chap.</toc-enum><level-header bold="off" level="chapter"><?xm-replace_text {multi-column-toc-entry}?></level-header><target>Sec.</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>19.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Coast Guard Academy</level-header><target>1901</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>21.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Personnel; Officers</level-header><target>2101</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>23.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Personnel; Enlisted</level-header><target>2301</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>25.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Personnel; General Provisions</level-header><target>2501</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>27.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Pay, Allowances, Awards, and Other Rights and Benefits</level-header><target>2701</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>29.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Coast Guard Family Support, Child Care, and Housing </level-header><target>2901</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A6D6598F59D45AB8272CD60A1742AED"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reserved chapter numbers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H288299BB711A4324A49C92E6F0720D2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 13</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 striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC50B4D4C6094F8A8CDCC9CDAD4A891A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 14</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/14">Chapter 14</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C48DA4F243F4F80A8258D46333DFF8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDDE3329993B47FF95275EAB1B481475"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subchapter designation and the subchapter heading for each of the subchapters of such chapter.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30E1AC7A29E545B0A03FE9C38EBB8890"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 15</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/15">Chapter 15</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H793CF5DAC28449A6BA142A3F71F44D0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F1866158C0C4557B6982DED2FAC92B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subchapter designation and the subchapter heading for each of the subchapters of such chapter.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFB8FA3DD29749D5BFB0CB48DDE5719E"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 17</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/17">Chapter 17</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15343277121D4D50B7CC4A77EAEECEC2"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 18</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/18">Chapter 18</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H717226C07BE14B2BB6088B360A64E88F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 19</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE07AC8CBFF9B4849A042F49AA4ACD043"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/19">Chapter 19</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H0D6CD17640CF43FE80302EC9149365D5" level-type="subsequent"><enum>19</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Academy </header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Administration</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1901. Administration of Academy.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1902. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1903. Annual Board of Visitors.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1904. Participation in Federal, State, or other educational research grants.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Cadets</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1921. Corps of Cadets authorized strength.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1922. Appointments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1923. Admission of foreign nationals for instruction; restrictions; conditions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1924. Conduct.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1925. Agreement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1926. Cadet applicants; preappointment travel to Academy.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1927. Cadets; initial clothing allowance.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1928. Cadets; degree of bachelor of science.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1929. Cadets; appointment as ensign.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1930. Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Faculty</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1941. Civilian teaching staff.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1942. Permanent commissioned teaching staff; composition.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1943. Appointment of permanent commissioned teaching staff.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1944. Grade of permanent commissioned teaching staff.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1945. Retirement of permanent commissioned teaching staff.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1946. Credit for service as member of civilian teaching staff.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1947. Assignment of personnel as instructors.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1948. Marine safety curriculum.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF857D1B634234F68A58C8BE58AC0F0EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE133C44E68048ADA880F2810048419A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H535AAD8303A749B7864371AE1C22EFB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35372B8D6FA14DCDAC33CEE828A2FBE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 19 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DA2EAF1C70144C7B5AEF452441E1A65"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">181</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Administration of Academy</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1901</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">200</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1902</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">194</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Annual Board of Visitors</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1903</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">196</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Participation in Federal, State, or other educational research grants</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1904</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">195</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Admission of foreign nationals for instruction; restrictions; conditions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1923</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">181a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Cadet applicants; preappointment travel to Academy</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1926</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">183</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Cadets; initial clothing allowance</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1927</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">184</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Cadets; degree of bachelor of science</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1928</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">185</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Cadets; appointment as ensign</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1929</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">197</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1930</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">186</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Civilian teaching staff</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1941</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">187</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Permanent commissioned teaching staff; composition</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1942</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">188</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Appointment of permanent commissioned teaching staff</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1943</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">189</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Grade of permanent commissioned teaching staff</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1944</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">190</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement of permanent commissioned teaching staff</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1945</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">191</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Credit for service as member of civilian teaching staff</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1946</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">192</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Assignment of personnel as instructors</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1947</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">199</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Marine safety curriculum</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">1948</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC43C045FF7749CA853C0F79F9EC24F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89A64A027CD848CFA3E886B814880719"><enum>(1)</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/14/19">Chapter 19</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FE78BFFAA6F41C3B8052B663DC52FD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1901 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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											<subchapter commented="no" id="H87DEC6FF981F4897B52680EC01176EAF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B4ECCCBFA224BCD9606941D61CCF4D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1923 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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											<subchapter commented="no" id="HD3AABBFF229844C0B7CC312399DC2F07" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cadets</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3077D7E502DD498594F88C03BF81ACEB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1921.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corps of Cadets authorized strength</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The number of cadets appointed annually to the Academy shall be as determined by the Secretary but the number appointed in any one year shall not exceed six hundred.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25E42AD106F44BFEB0F6C270817CD94E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1922.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Appointments to cadetships shall be made under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, who shall determine age limits, methods of selection of applicants, term of service as a cadet before graduation, and all other matters affecting such appointments. In the administration of this section, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that female individuals shall be eligible for appointment and admission to the Coast Guard Academy, and that the relevant standards required for appointment, admission, training, graduation, and commissioning of female individuals shall be the same as those required for male individuals, except for those minimum essential adjustments in such standards required because of physiological differences between male and female individuals.</text></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F8208856C724D07B415724BF7FC1AF8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1926 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9D79E95292B4230A32E84A4FC347309" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1924.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conduct</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may summarily dismiss from the Coast Guard any cadet who, during his cadetship, is found unsatisfactory in either studies or conduct, or may be deemed not adapted for a career in the Coast Guard. Cadets shall be subject to rules governing discipline prescribed by the Commandant.</text>
											</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H945A29DB3CBB4B7A8635747998F34FE7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1925.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5782C2FC5F6452F8F0E346063FF9A79"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each cadet shall sign an agreement with respect to the cadet's length of service in the Coast Guard. The agreement shall provide that the cadet agrees to the following:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B547C419BE94C628523ADDF04E088F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That the cadet will complete the course of instruction at the Coast Guard Academy.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ED2A4D139F847BE8DE1E5416AB85777"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That upon graduation from the Coast Guard Academy the cadet—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8698FF30F4B6419193325F68AB4F008F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will accept an appointment, if tendered, as a commissioned officer of the Coast Guard; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB104FBCD3E334492A5D03EB5DAB3873C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will serve on active duty for at least five years immediately after such appointment.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E8C4D576A8C491686AA766C19C8BDA0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That if an appointment described in paragraph (2) is not tendered or if the cadet is permitted to resign as a regular officer before the completion of the commissioned service obligation of the cadet, the cadet—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3398C86A59464C6F8A5EC16FA4982AAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will accept an appointment as a commissioned officer in the Coast Guard Reserve; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63E29D8CD32347E3A18E4E5AD5CDC81A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will remain in that reserve component until completion of the commissioned service obligation of the cadet.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F2842BDF37A406BB66C66247A8B19AB"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA631410C088E4AF2A9C1FB0E83444E5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may transfer to the Coast Guard Reserve, and may order to active duty for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes (but not to exceed four years), a cadet who breaches an agreement under subsection (a). The period of time for which a cadet is ordered to active duty under this paragraph may be determined without regard to section 651(a) of title 10.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC36F1F19ABD64078B67CA4D45C9210A4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A cadet who is transferred to the Coast Guard Reserve under paragraph (1) shall be transferred in an appropriate enlisted grade or rating, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B5A701CFFC2481E94ADDD0040CB5C7F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of paragraph (1), a cadet shall be considered to have breached an agreement under subsection (a) if the cadet is separated from the Coast Guard Academy under circumstances which the Secretary determines constitute a breach by the cadet of the cadet's agreement to complete the course of instruction at the Coast Guard Academy and accept an appointment as a commissioned officer upon graduation from the Coast Guard Academy.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93F1CDA352A149139B50EFF3F6AC4B27"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Those regulations shall include—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB9DCDE144664274B7076C352FDE3282"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards for determining what constitutes, for the purpose of subsection (b), a breach of an agreement under subsection (a);</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0AF871FE77F427B9635BE707F808336"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">procedures for determining whether such a breach has occurred; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7888E3279B53499C836DF4B48E7B4211"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards for determining the period of time for which a person may be ordered to serve on active duty under subsection (b).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCC8C8800AF54928B88893056067312A"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, <quote>commissioned service obligation</quote>, with respect to an officer who is a graduate of the Academy, means the period beginning on the date of the officer's appointment as a commissioned officer and ending on the sixth anniversary of such appointment or, at the discretion of the Secretary, any later date up to the eighth anniversary of such appointment.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA142E0CB37E44D70A5B0AE00000E011A"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H48766BB8AD3443B3B72121547B37AB35"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section does not apply to a cadet who is not a citizen or national of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CCF0D7709D44607AE954471670C16E2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a cadet who is a minor and who has parents or a guardian, the cadet may sign the agreement required by subsection (a) only with the consent of the parent or guardian.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45EABCA2F784403E8826098B44B91B4C"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the terms of the obligation to serve as specified under section (a), or the alternative obligation imposed under subsection (b), shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2ECD0069EC748819F27A1E6F054A679"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 1941 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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											<subchapter commented="no" id="H86067EA39683495F9F73D007FAB43CAE" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Faculty</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BD3E30C0761421492CA45FFCB26A8E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 182 of title 14, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F4B2A796F47443898EAA864581B190A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part II</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part II of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the part designation, the part heading, and the table of chapters at the beginning.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8603F06CE714462A8104775DF50E7570" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 21</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4D5192B01BD4DEFB5647B0372F98871"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/21">Chapter 21</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H28CAEF3B8DD64596BE0755367C7361BB" level-type="subsequent"><enum>21</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel; Officers</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Appointment and Promotion</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2101. Original appointment of permanent commissioned officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2102. Active duty promotion list.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2103. Number and distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion list.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2104. Appointment of temporary officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2105. Rank of warrant officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2106. Selection boards; convening of boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2107. Selection boards; composition of boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2108. Selection boards; notice of convening; communication with board.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2109. Selection boards; oath of members.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2110. Number of officers to be selected for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2111. Promotion zones.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2112. Promotion year; defined.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2113. Eligibility of officers for consideration for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2114. United States Deputy Marshals in Alaska.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2115. Selection boards; information to be furnished boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2116. Officers to be recommended for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2117. Selection boards; reports.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2118. Selection boards; submission of reports.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2119. Failure of selection for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2120. Special selection boards; correction of errors.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2121. Promotions; appointments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2122. Removal of officer from list of selectees for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2123. Promotions; acceptance; oath of office.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2124. Promotions; pay and allowances.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2125. Wartime temporary service promotions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2126. Promotion of officers not included on active duty promotion list.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2127. Recall to active duty during war or national emergency.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2128. Recall to active duty with consent of officer.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2129. Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Discharges; Retirements; Revocation of Commissions; Separation for Cause </toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2141. Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2142. Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2143. Regular lieutenants; separation for failure of selection for promotion; continuation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2144. Regular Coast Guard; officers serving under temporary appointments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2145. Regular lieutenant commanders and commanders; retirement for failure of selection for
			 promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2146. Discharge in lieu of retirement; separation pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2147. Regular warrant officers: separation pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2148. Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2149. Regular captains; retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2150. Captains; continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2151. Rear admirals and rear admirals (lower half); continuation on active duty; involuntary
			 retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2152. Voluntary retirement after twenty years' service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2153. Voluntary retirement after thirty years' service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2154. Compulsory retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2155. Retirement for physical disability after selection for promotion; grade in which retired.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2156. Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2157. Flag officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2158. Review of records of officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2159. Boards of inquiry.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2160. Boards of review.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2161. Composition of boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2162. Rights and procedures.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2163. Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2164. Officers considered for removal; retirement or discharge; separation benefits.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2165. Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—General Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2181. Physical fitness of officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2182. Multirater assessment of certain personnel.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H222B5EFF008349B48D3D7BD23CDD7CAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAAA6A22F8214AAA8284795F64C118AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3DB8CC289B74086952956ED8A39095E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD82DC1CE51A94B2BA24049B1C3380059"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 21 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B461229BF3E49938E3C63CAB26AE589"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">211</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Original appointment of permanent commissioned officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2101</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">41a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Active duty promotion list</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2102</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">42</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Number and distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion list</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2103</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">214</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Appointment of temporary officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2104</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">215</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Rank of warrant officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2105</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">251</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; convening of boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2106</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">252</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; composition of boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2107</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">253</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; notice of convening; communication with board</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2108</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">254</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; oath of members</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2109</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">255</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Number of officers to be selected for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2110</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">256</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion zones</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2111</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">256a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion year; defined</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2112</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">257</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Eligibility of officers for consideration for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2113</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">258</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; information to be furnished boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2115</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">259</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Officers to be recommended for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2116</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">260</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; reports</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2117</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">261</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; submission of reports</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2118</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">262</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Failure of selection for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2119</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">263</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Special selection boards; correction of errors</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2120</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">271</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotions; appointments</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2121</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">272</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Removal of officer from list of selectees for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2122</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">273</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotions; acceptance; oath of office</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2123</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">274</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotions; pay and allowances</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2124</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">275</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Wartime temporary service promotions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2125</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">276</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion of officers not included on active duty promotion list</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2126</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">331</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recall to active duty during war or national emergency</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2127</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">332</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recall to active duty with consent of officer</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2128</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">373</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2129</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">281</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2141</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">282</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2142</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">283</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regular lieutenants; separation for failure of selection for promotion; continuation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2143</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">284</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regular Coast Guard; officers serving under temporary appointments</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2144</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">285</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regular lieutenant commanders and commanders; retirement for failure of selection for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2145</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">286</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Discharge in lieu of retirement; separation pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2146</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">286a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regular warrant officers: separation pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2147</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">287</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2148</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">288</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Regular captains; retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2149</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">289</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Captains; continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2150</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">290</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Rear admirals and rear admirals (lower half); continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2151</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">291</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Voluntary retirement after twenty years' service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2152</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">292</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Voluntary retirement after thirty years' service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2153</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">293</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Compulsory retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2154</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">294</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement for physical disability after selection for promotion; grade in which retired</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2155</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">295</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2156</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">296</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Flag officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2157</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">321</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Review of records of officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2158</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">322</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Boards of inquiry</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2159</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">323</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Boards of review</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2160</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">324</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Composition of boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2161</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">325</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Rights and procedures</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2162</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">326</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2163</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">327</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Officers considered for removal; retirement or discharge; separation benefits</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2164</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">333</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2165</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">335</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Physical fitness of officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2181</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">429</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Multirater assessment of certain personnel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2182</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD85641BA830542159FE43B150D61975B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/21">Chapter 21</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93561EB111224668808BD7112D06AAFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking all subchapter designations and headings in such chapter, except for the subchapter designations and headings added by this subsection;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7252F7B63AD14F399B47E73F0714416A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2101 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HAAC43B7481BB432FADDD9724304CD33B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment and Promotion</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42D6D4E2DBB540638C46497B1844C1AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2115 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H184D0B3CF8734CBB884CBAE3226C032E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Deputy Marshals in Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Commissioned officers may be appointed as United States Deputy Marshals in Alaska.</text></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52CCF9CF04164713A59341265B526AB6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2141 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H24B1EAFE30BB4EA7AF6D4F21E6545171" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discharges; Retirements; Revocation of Commissions; Separation for Cause </header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E50DFFFB72B4E9281E6A60EBE0A6748"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2181 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H8859A4083A404299BFC1DFCD305F44C3" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Provisions</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED8F4DD01DCC424A989BA9E903AFA985" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 23</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80B0596A9C90446BB4D46A47E82F0E24"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/23">Chapter 23</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="HB030D5BB340F4347A1F2BDB6056ED84F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>23</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel; Enlisted</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2301. Recruiting campaigns.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2302. Enlistments; term, grade.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2303. Promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2304. Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2305. Voluntary retirement after thirty years' service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2306. Voluntary retirement after twenty years' service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2307. Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2308. Recall to active duty during war or national emergency.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2309. Recall to active duty with consent of member.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2310. Relief of retired enlisted member promoted while on active duty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2311. Retirement in cases where higher grade or rating has been held.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2312. Extension of enlistments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2313. Retention beyond term of enlistment in case of disability.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2314. Detention beyond term of enlistment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2315. Inclusion of certain conditions in enlistment contract.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2316. Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2317. Aviation cadets; procurement; transfer.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2318. Aviation cadets; benefits.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2319. Critical skill training bonus.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H645E93527B814042A8E0FFB024176434"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72FF63549F744CDCB14BCE28C3447909"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8480DC982BAE45699A97B6CA53EBA8FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5AA0AEEA1BC49B39D0381A638C0EA0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 23 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H944C5AC9760F484F930C833ABC2F89A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">350</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recruiting campaigns</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2301</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">351</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Enlistments; term, grade</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2302</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">352</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2303</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">353</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2304</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">354</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Voluntary retirement after thirty years' service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2305</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">355</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Voluntary retirement after twenty years' service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2306</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">357</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2307</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">359</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recall to active duty during war or national emergency</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2308</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">360</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recall to active duty with consent of member</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2309</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">361</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Relief of retired enlisted member promoted while on active duty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2310</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">362</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement in cases where higher grade or rating has been held</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2311</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">365</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Extension of enlistments</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2312</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">366</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retention beyond term of enlistment in case of disability</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2313</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">367</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Detention beyond term of enlistment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2314</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">369</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Inclusion of certain conditions in enlistment contract</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2315</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">370</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2316</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">371</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aviation cadets; procurement; transfer</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2317</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">372</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aviation cadets; benefits</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2318</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">374</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Critical skill training bonus</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2319</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H968ECE436C124D7B9FA72389D6B37DE2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 25</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD5A6165CDE14D92BCACFFAEFEBF3366"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/25">Chapter 25</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H10A94981277E4805A12F4A1B001B220B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>25</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel; General Provisions</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—General Provisions</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2501. Grade on retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2502. Retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2503. Status of recalled personnel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2504. Computation of retired pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2505. Limitations on retirement and retired pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2506. Suspension of payment of retired pay of members who are absent from the United States to
			 avoid prosecution.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2507. Board for Correction of Military Records deadline.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2508. Emergency leave retention authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2509. Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2510. Sea service letters.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2511. Investigations of flag officers and Senior Executive Service employees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2512. Leave policies for the Coast Guard.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2513. Computation of length of service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Lighthouse Service</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2531. Personnel of former Lighthouse Service.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0E527582D71474CBD18ED5DC3C15875"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA80CC6B83A774D8D81ACEC88924B493D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H638E677412D6419C9D29BC0ED915B2AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EB75AA3B9384E46A9BD8B4DC0B026F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 25 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H825059CD29524B0B829C0DB50C679357"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">334</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Grade on retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2501</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">421</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2502</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">422</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Status of recalled personnel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2503</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">423</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Computation of retired pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2504</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">424</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Limitations on retirement and retired pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2505</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">424a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Suspension of payment of retired pay of members who are absent from the United States to avoid prosecution</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2506</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">425</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Board for Correction of Military Records deadline</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2507</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">426</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Emergency leave retention authority</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2508</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">427</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2509</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">428</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Sea service letters</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2510</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">430</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Investigations of flag officers and Senior Executive Service employees</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2511</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">431</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Leave policies for the Coast Guard</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2512</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">467</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Computation of length of service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2513</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">432</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Personnel of former Lighthouse Service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2531</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF18934725CF4DB8BE8B8CAC20A1EA91"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/25">Chapter 25</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82D3EDDC4EDD4172A5B5EA3015CD88AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2501 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H77B932E0B7D94230A67FD662D0BC3046" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Provisions</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H656D3D91C17A4747B2D1A5F3549C75D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2531 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H265ED4A6CD8E4271B96BD4BACEDA756A" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lighthouse Service</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BCF446C2F804B4CB719E9DDBCA55C32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part III</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part III of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the part designation, the part heading, and the table of chapters at the beginning.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38A732FBBB614098B29A78F8F4F699AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 27</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AA0046982444B169F4DA751796E997F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/27">Chapter 27</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="HCD2AFC6CFA854766A04D31C66C165353" level-type="subsequent"><enum>27</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pay, Allowances, Awards, and Other Rights and Benefits</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Personnel Rights and Benefits</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2701. Procurement of personnel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2702. Training.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2703. Contingent expenses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2704. Equipment to prevent accidents.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2705. Clothing at time of discharge for good of service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2706. Right to wear uniform.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2707. Protection of uniform.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2708. Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2709. Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian employees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2710. Disposition of effects of decedents.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2711. Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2712. Payment for the apprehension of stragglers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Awards</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2731. Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and regulations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2732. Medal of honor.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2733. Medal of honor: duplicate medal.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2734. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2735. Coast Guard cross.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2736. Distinguished service medal.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2737. Silver star medal.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2738. Distinguished flying cross.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2739. Coast Guard medal.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2740. Insignia for additional awards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2741. Time limit on award; report concerning deed.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2742. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2743. Posthumous awards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2744. Life-saving medals.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2745. Replacement of medals.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2746. Award of other medals.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2747. Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2748. Presentation of United States flag upon retirement.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Payments</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2761. Persons discharged as result of court-martial; allowances to.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2762. Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2763. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2764. Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2765. Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2766. Travel card management.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2767. Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain persons residing on islands in
			 the continental United States.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2768. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing permanent change of station.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2769. Remission of indebtedness.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2770. Special instruction at universities.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2771. Attendance at professional meetings.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2772. Education loan repayment program.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2773. Rations or commutation therefor in money.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2774. Sales of ration supplies to messes.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2775. Flight rations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2776. Payments at time of discharge for good of service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2777. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2778. Advancement of public funds to personnel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2779. Transportation to and from certain places of employment.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE49876CFBD34A8BA431BA9C08CF94B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DB33A4BB1D5416C9869CAEBE6004AF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16A4BAD0D2974A89B9029D76AD5AD77E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6673329A0B9D4F61AB3EBA1E21D74FD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 27 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB370673FA8844890900B3F6AF3AE34EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">468</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Procurement of personnel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2701</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">469</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Training</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2702</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">476</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Contingent expenses</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2703</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">477</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Equipment to prevent accidents</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2704</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">482</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Clothing at time of discharge for good of service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2705</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">483</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Right to wear uniform</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2706</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">484</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Protection of uniform</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2707</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">485</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2708</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">487</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian employees</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2709</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">507</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Disposition of effects of decedents</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2710</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">508</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2711</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">644</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Payment for the apprehension of stragglers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2712</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">499</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and regulations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2731</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">491</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Medal of honor</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2732</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">504</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Medal of honor: duplicate medal</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2733</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">505</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2734</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">491a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard cross</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2735</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">492</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Distinguished service medal</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2736</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">492a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Silver star medal</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2737</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">492b</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Distinguished flying cross</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2738</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">493</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard medal</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2739</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">494</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Insignia for additional awards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2740</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">496</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Time limit on award; report concerning deed</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2741</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">497</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Honorable subsequent service as condition to award</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2742</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">498</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Posthumous awards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2743</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">500</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Life-saving medals</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2744</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">501</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Replacement of medals</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2745</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">502</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Award of other medals</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2746</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">503</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2747</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">516</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Presentation of United States flag upon retirement</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2748</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">509</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Persons discharged as result of court-martial; allowances to</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2761</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">510</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2762</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">511</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2763</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">512</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2764</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">513</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2765</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">517</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Travel card management</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2766</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">518</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain persons residing on islands in the continental United States</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2767</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">519</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing permanent change of station</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2768</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">461</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Remission of indebtedness</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2769</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">470</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Special instruction at universities</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2770</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">471</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Attendance at professional meetings</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2771</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">472</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Education loan repayment program</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2772</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">478</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Rations or commutation therefor in money</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2773</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">479</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Sales of ration supplies to messes</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2774</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">480</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Flight rations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2775</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">481</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Payments at time of discharge for good of service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2776</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">486</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2777</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">488</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Advancement of public funds to personnel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2778</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">660</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Transportation to and from certain places of employment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2779</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EA2636B0D3D4F0D9C14E3EBACD63AE2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/27">Chapter 27</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H486089C4146D4BFB8F46A8B3EB5FFF15"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2701 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H90DC2C8CA3C042EB8EC7F65A29BE2E21" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel Rights and Benefits</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFD7F6648BD34CBEB9D0CB8F13577843"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2731 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HAC2125980AD84A078A37B4BF3792F03B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Awards</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78FBE1007A6B4317A328F722D238DDCE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2761 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H93BE47FEE9614B1F86E1014048DE0143" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59FCC728202547A8A53EA1BC0D8A5756" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>117.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 29</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CB913E82A4448E295D4C56C0116CDCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/29">Chapter 29</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the chapter designation, the chapter heading, and the table of sections at the beginning and inserting the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="HBBF721887D6648B5B6550620170B0433" level-type="subsequent"><enum>29</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Family Support, Child Care, and Housing </header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Coast Guard Families</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2901. Work-life policies and programs.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2902. Surveys of Coast Guard families.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2903. Reimbursement for adoption expenses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2904. Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2905. Youth sponsorship initiatives.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2906. Dependent school children.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Coast Guard Child Care </toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2921. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2922. Child development services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2923. Child development center standards and inspections.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2924. Child development center employees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2925. Parent partnerships with child development centers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Housing </toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2941. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2942. General authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2943. Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate housing.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2944. Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2945. Conveyance of real property.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2946. Coast Guard Housing Fund.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2947. Reports.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF0810F40792479BA802D1691B2B274D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93BA87037DAD4B67BD07C9AF88755B23"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F132BD758784FDA8BFE375707B48256"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54F96A1B8119449B82248890EA6989FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 29 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94AE135973F946F581C40ED2A8C476DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">531</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Work-life policies and programs</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2901</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">532</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Surveys of Coast Guard families</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2902</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">541</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Reimbursement for adoption expenses</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2903</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">542</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2904</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">543</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Youth sponsorship initiatives</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2905</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">544</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Dependent school children</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2906</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">551</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Definitions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2921</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">552</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Child development services</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2922</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">553</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Child development center standards and inspections</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2923</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">554</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Child development center employees</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2924</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">555</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Parent partnerships with child development centers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2925</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">680</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Definitions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2941</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">681</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">General authority</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2942</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">475</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate housing</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2943</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">680</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2944</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">685</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Conveyance of real property</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2945</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">687</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard Housing Fund</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2946</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">688</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Reports</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">2947</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7448167F14E34C44B4E0CB5331D7403F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/29">Chapter 29</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B8166DD49804603B3E2F4091F10D489"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2901 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H7DEBE0D604344941A37DCE40DD12687C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Families</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EA4BF9E0B004970849BFAFAE9347C18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2921 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="HCC7746851E7145A9ABFAE3552268C844" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Child Care </header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H615281CD28F94F31877DC16425E66FD5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 2941 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H3B4920375F52451B9CF1C8926D1D425A" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing </header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7FB368748F7421ABA2FF8864EB855F3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>118.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle III and chapter 37</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7DF09EF1F0F42C8AE80863AEC3F495D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding after chapter 29 (as amended by section 117) the following:</text>
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									<subtitle commented="no" id="HE803E6091C694D6A81A3307D25F5EA06" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III<?LEXA-Enum III?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary</header><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="chapter"><toc-enum>Chap.</toc-enum><level-header bold="off" level="chapter"><?xm-replace_text {multi-column-toc-entry}?></level-header><target>Sec.</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>37.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Coast Guard Reserve</level-header><target>3701</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>39.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Coast Guard Auxiliary</level-header><target>3901</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>41.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">General Provisions for Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary</level-header><target>4101</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc>
										<chapter commented="no" id="H5329380B72CC4E34B7CA9ACCA9A3B63F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>1</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Reserve</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Administration</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3701. Organization.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3702. Authorized strength.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3703. Coast Guard Reserve Boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3704. Grades and ratings; military authority.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3705. Benefits.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3706. Temporary members of the Reserve; eligibility and compensation.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3707. Temporary members of the Reserve; disability or death benefits.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3708. Temporary members of the Reserve; certificate of honorable service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3709. Reserve student aviation pilots; Reserve aviation pilots; appointments in commissioned grade.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3710. Reserve student pre-commissioning assistance program.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3711. Appointment or wartime promotion; retention of grade upon release from active duty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3712. Exclusiveness of service.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3713. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3714. Enlistment of members engaged in schooling.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Personnel</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3731. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3732. Applicability of this subchapter.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3733. Suspension of this subchapter in time of war or national emergency.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3734. Effect of this subchapter on retirement and retired pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3735. Authorized number of officers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3736. Precedence.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3737. Running mates.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3738. Constructive credit upon initial appointment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3739. Promotion of Reserve officers on active duty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3740. Promotion; recommendations of selection boards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3741. Selection boards; appointment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3742. Establishment of promotion zones under running mate system.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3743. Eligibility for promotion. </toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3744. Recommendation for promotion of an officer previously removed from an active status.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3745. Qualifications for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3746. Promotion; acceptance; oath of office.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3747. Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement to pay.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3748. Type of promotion; temporary.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3749. Effect of removal by the President or failure of consent of the Senate.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3750. Failure of selection for promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3751. Failure of selection and removal from an active status.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3752. Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3753. Maximum ages for retention in an active status.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3754. Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3755. Appointment of a former Navy or Coast Guard officer.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3756. Grade on entry upon active duty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3757. Recall of a retired officer; grade upon release.</toc-entry></toc></chapter></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDAD3F79D85747D496610045F99FE5CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2640868B91D642E2ADA18E663D9BC1C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC3FBDBE435F4F77B02F95FEB06FD9E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FEA8261FAB34ECCB0C4AA138A3459F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 37 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H222BB0D669AE481DACD1BC43E5C7F43D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">701</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Organization</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3701</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">702</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Authorized strength</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3702</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">703</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Coast Guard Reserve Boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3703</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">704</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Grades and ratings; military authority</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3704</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">705</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Benefits</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3705</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">706</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Temporary members of the Reserve; eligibility and compensation</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3706</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">707</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Temporary members of the Reserve; disability or death benefits</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3707</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">708</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Temporary members of the Reserve; certificate of honorable service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3708</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">709</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Reserve student aviation pilots; Reserve aviation pilots; appointments in commissioned grade</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3709</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">709a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Reserve student pre-commissioning assistance program</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3710</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">710</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Appointment or wartime promotion; retention of grade upon release from active duty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3711</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">711</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Exclusiveness of service</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3712</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">712</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3713</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">713</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Enlistment of members engaged in schooling</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3714</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">720</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Definitions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3731</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">721</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Applicability of this subchapter</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3732</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">722</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Suspension of this subchapter in time of war or national emergency</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3733</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">723</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Effect of this subchapter on retirement and retired pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3734</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">724</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Authorized number of officers</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3735</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">725</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Precedence</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3736</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">726</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Running mates</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3737</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">727</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Constructive credit upon initial appointment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3738</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">728</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion of Reserve officers on active duty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3739</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">729</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion; recommendations of selection boards</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3740</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">730</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Selection boards; appointment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3741</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">731</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Establishment of promotion zones under running mate system</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3742</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">732</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Eligibility for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3743</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">733</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recommendation for promotion of an officer previously removed from an active status</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3744</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">734</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Qualifications for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3745</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">735</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Promotion; acceptance; oath of office</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3746</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">736</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement to pay</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3747</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">737</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Type of promotion; temporary</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3748</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">738</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Effect of removal by the President or failure of consent of the Senate</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3749</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">739</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Failure of selection for promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3750</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">740</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Failure of selection and removal from an active status</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3751</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">741</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3752</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">742</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Maximum ages for retention in an active status</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3753</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">743</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3754</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">744</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Appointment of a former Navy or Coast Guard officer</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3755</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">745</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Grade on entry upon active duty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3756</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">746</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Recall of a retired officer; grade upon release</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3757</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D9C01C200814BC9A0179AFF214E6F31"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/37">Chapter 37</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD6A4539D29349C8A72020AB72EAA594"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 3701 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H15280F622EC2404AAB3FC8228CF8CA5B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 <continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3477842D7B1D48F8B9D8F44490961845"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 3731 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following:</text>
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										<subchapter commented="no" id="H708B3671C35E46BFAFF97C0A36D08977" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18417E7D34334BE4A44E27EE343D8FF3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 39</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9CD60DE717E40E1B6081B31E39063A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding after chapter 37 (as added by section 118) the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H961351C5907E4561A7D8E194E51592B1" level-type="subsequent"><enum>39</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Auxiliary</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3901. Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3902. Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3903. Eligibility; enrollments.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3904. Members of the Auxiliary; status.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3905. Disenrollment.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3906. Membership in other organizations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3907. Use of member's facilities.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3908. Vessel deemed public vessel.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3909. Aircraft deemed public aircraft.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3910. Radio station deemed government station.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3911. Availability of appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3912. Assignment and performance of duties.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3913. Injury or death in line of duty.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA446FBA4432E406391AE9B3D184DAD10"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FE2E7EF6D90429E8E4EADDDCA679EF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H047A7C0C008C4336B6DA12DF437E1D98"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69A4B0B0E95F43F1BA4989954AAED68A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 39 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED0E4794D457413F82C61D158CF8FE7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">821</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3901</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">822</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3902</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">823</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Eligibility; enrollments</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3903</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">823a</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Members of the Auxiliary; status</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3904</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">824</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Disenrollment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3905</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">825</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Membership in other organizations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3906</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">826</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Use of member's facilities</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3907</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">827</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Vessel deemed public vessel</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3908</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">828</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Aircraft deemed public aircraft</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3909</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">829</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Radio station deemed government station</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3910</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">830</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Availability of appropriations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3911</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">831</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Assignment and performance of duties</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3912</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">832</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Injury or death in line of duty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">3913</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47DAB2147F614146B4712FF44087408A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>120.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 41</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9740F9DF6AB94BFEAEDF795FDAAD7ABA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding after chapter 39 (as added by section 119) the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H12D0A41D99CB4D2E8C00665FE1921BD9" level-type="subsequent"><enum>41</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Provisions for Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4101. Flags; pennants; uniforms and insignia.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4102. Penalty.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4103. Limitation on rights of members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4104. Availability of facilities and appropriations.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50F2C111B728454396BE0242A0F84B35"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6700114EB8A4690A2A6774CB6859402"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8649B38D102C408CA935522DD42C4FC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAAE1D0104FB4D61A9AD24867B2962A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 41 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF554BA57E0D342DCBEA601758486700A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">891</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Flags; pennants; uniforms and insignia</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4101</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">892</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Penalty</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4102</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">893</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Limitation on rights of members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4103</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">894</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Availability of facilities and appropriations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4104</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H283177FB0FDB44BAA340A5905279EF91" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle IV and chapter 49</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D30324A46B3467CA122176AAE384796"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding after chapter 41 (as added by section 120) the following:</text>
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									<subtitle commented="no" id="H1AC84CDE9FAD40D697044395B99AB1B5" level-type="subsequent"><enum>IV<?LEXA-Enum IV?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress</header><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="chapter"><toc-enum>Chap.</toc-enum><level-header bold="off" level="chapter"><?xm-replace_text {multi-column-toc-entry}?></level-header><target>Sec.</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>49.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Authorizations</level-header><target>4901</target></multi-column-toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>51.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="chapter">Reports</level-header><target>5101</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc>
										<chapter commented="no" id="H9E4583C0EE6C4C10B50AA4C7742661DF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>49<?LEXA-Enum 49?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4901. Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4902. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4903. Authorization of personnel end strengths.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4904. Authorized levels of military strength and training.</toc-entry></toc></chapter></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5106366E212B48ACB29E0BC2B132B3C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1E93315270B46C9B61950708DEBBDDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H631D4727219241EA96DFDF178DDE4269"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5016E6AC3C1A4521BD1BB6A2D56F4A61"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 49 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H422951610B1E4087811C9F1A85E354B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2701</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4901</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2702</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Authorization of appropriations</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4902</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2703</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Authorization of personnel end strengths</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4903</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2704</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Authorized levels of military strength and training</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">4904</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED06FB6E17D64BD8A96A0C01F0C06EEE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 51</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50FD13C0A8714217A8C8316903743123"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial matter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding after chapter 49 (as added by section 121) the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="H372D0692FE2842F78B3F1A2E820194AA" level-type="subsequent"><enum>51</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5101. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5102. Capital investment plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5103. Major acquisitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5104. Manpower requirements plan.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5105. Inventory of real property.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5106. Annual performance report.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5107. Major acquisition risk assessment.</toc-entry></toc></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23E69773FD2C4BDB90DD7B7F2D8703BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignations and transfers</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01D749784CC84870842E02E4F9578A20"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H426AE6F31D454B2A8C637281CE82B6CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE46BECF35FE347318A25F68637AF9939"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 51 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F25CF3AAF314242ADBB13E67803FC02"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 3 num" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="70pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="rudasmvtcq" colnum="2" colwidth="249pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="3" colwidth="71pts" min-data-value="10"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Title 14 section number before redesignation</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Section heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Title 14 section number after redesignation</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2901</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5101</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2902</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Capital investment plan</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5102</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2903</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Major acquisitions</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5103</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2904</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Manpower requirements plan</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5104</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">679</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Inventory of real property</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5105</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2905</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Annual performance report</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5106</entry></row><row><entry align="right" colname="column2">2906</entry><entry colname="rudasmvtcq">Major acquisition risk assessment</entry><entry align="right" colname="column3">5107</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C12D1C653854062BBB2E983E15143CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6E9A63565694C3099E65255E0136A46"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51B720FDFA17460FBA0323AA7EE6D3BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignated section</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>redesignated section</term> means a section of title 14, United States Code, that is redesignated by this title, as that section is so redesignated.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7189349F935C4AA2AAD6C1567158073E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Source section</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>source section</term> means a section of title 14, United States Code, that is redesignated by this title, as that section was in effect before the redesignation.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE091E232F2C4415AB1B4445F6D943A18"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reference to source section</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FD47905B39845CE93790EA61561F3D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of reference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reference to a source section, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding redesignated section.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E03ECD085B84BAF93642275BE61C458"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In title 14, United States Code, each reference in the text of such title to a source section is amended by striking such reference and inserting a reference to the appropriate, as determined using the tables located in this title, redesignated section.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB22D0065354463E89A6F727BFD7B7B2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other conforming amendments</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB75648E17294E9AAFB9D31818C6D448"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reference to section 182</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1923(c) of title 14, United States Code, as so redesignated by this title, is further amended by striking <quote>section 182</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1922</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB731F86A7EF34193BF2CDF2B88C660E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References to chapter 11</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DCCFD49E71E40D8BB21EBC990D43DD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 2146(d), as so redesignated by this title, by striking <quote>chapter 11 of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>this chapter</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25C4FC4CC8FD4B9BA79E70FCB0718E2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3739, as so redesignated by this title, by striking <quote>chapter 11</quote> each place that it appears and inserting <quote>chapter 21</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB58B75E8A38D48D5A1ACED868C57A950"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reference to chapter 13</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3705(b) of title 14, United States Code, as so redesignated by this title, is further amended by striking <quote>chapter 13</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 27</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C9B8CB395DC47AEB73F1F1B8453D2CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reference to chapter 15</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308(b)(3) of title 14, United States Code, as so redesignated by this title, is further amended by striking <quote>chapter 15</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 11</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA38F22E553940A5BA859295CAB2F194"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References to chapter 19</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is further amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71BBD8D8D81D49979203D5531D3F539D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 4901(4), as so redesignated by this title, by striking <quote>chapter 19</quote> and inserting <quote>section 318</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB3488E75E114D9A8797F80E528E1421"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 4902(4), as so redesignated by this title, by striking <quote>chapter 19</quote> and inserting <quote>section 318</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF56549934C654930B0C774611EB76623"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reference to chapter 23</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 701(a) of title 14, United States Code, as so redesignated by this title, is further amended by striking <quote>chapter 23</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 39</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6483C521CF7402AB300D56C110CB290" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title, including the amendments made by this title, is intended only to reorganize title 14, United States Code, and may not be construed to alter—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4BFC53AF26E4FD9B7F01AC0B57D5992"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of a provision of title 14, United States Code, including any authority or requirement therein;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC60FF7BB47834278A83B14EBEF9C2566"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a department or agency interpretation with respect to title 14, United States Code; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H194AD9E7F0F64D7FA9A36A57971E75A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a judicial interpretation with respect to title 14, United States Code.</text>
							</paragraph></section></title><title commented="no" id="H497CD6EDCD304D7A89E0B36D98B3D7A4" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79A81ACEE4574DA39029D955DE2A6450" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to title 14, United States Code, as amended by title I of this Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision of title 14, United States Code, the reference shall be considered to be made to title 14, United States Code, as amended by title I of this Act.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB99C37FA756C4BCB92EE2161A5C28FB5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations of appropriations</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id183621A299DB4EEDB0C98AEEBD5A8AF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id582D3A536F0B4DABB51026A05FD6FDCC" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE37469DB87FA4CB3B55756493D23ACBB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4902.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations of appropriations</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id888869F2C794471B9FF11BFDAB8987E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fiscal year 2018</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09796929bb3b48fcbc14c6dc392ec136"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for, $7,210,313,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc0a141a6ed4449ebcf70006057a1947"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the acquisition, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and systems, including equipment related thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $2,694,745,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9cc927c510be4a17afef4d59dbf763ce"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including operations and maintenance of the program, personnel and training costs, equipment, and services, $114,875,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2382612803044ea90a22f7dd938fdb9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the environmental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 3 of this title, $13,397,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25973ac9539248399ca2ae5aa906458c"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Commandant for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission with respect to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $29,141,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D7E361864904DB99718DF486C07B96C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fiscal year 2019</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64843589B973439BA21237D22F5F92D1"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id87FC47D1CA394795AB5904D571CFAFAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for, $7,914,195,000 for fiscal year 2019.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6933CCCB6444FBEB67C2E5BD39902D7" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount authorized under subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24E25A49089B455D8C73B0679396F098"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$16,701,000 shall be for environmental compliance and restoration; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AA21FB6C6DC4ED18E445DF64290F254"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$199,360,000 shall be for the Coast Guard's Medicare-eligible retiree health care fund contribution to the Department of Defense.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD11F4355BE3F4C718F4A03DA3FF4C9CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the procurement, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and systems, including equipment related thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $2,694,745,000 for fiscal year 2019.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1ED90BE69614BC2847D4FC14B7B7B5A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the Commandant for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission with respect to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $29,141,000 for fiscal year 2019.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0B97F8DAAD34FC29778EBF130CDFDA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On October 1, 2018—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA709F7DD6D934324A57C27D81FCF2B42"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 4902(a) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall be repealed; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB663178408484DF08060E19109727FA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection 4902(b) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall be amended by striking <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Fiscal year 2019</header-in-text>.—</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA5C4E63251640339705C2C7C5950AD3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized levels of military strength and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4904 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62090699BE8D4755AB83EB3125E29E04"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>for fiscal year 2018 and 44,500 for fiscal year 2019</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB1FEEB81B8C4E63B717F4CF13181338"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 and 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2018 and 2019</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ECB77EF709749668A0891F0AD60956D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of amounts for Fast Response Cutters</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0DBC633D5814126B44A7DA6F8D78FF8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized under section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 up to $167,500,000 is authorized for the acquisition of 3 Fast Response Cutters.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE2B4B0D7FE44669A04E43B40DC874F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of acquired cutters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any cutters acquired pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in addition to the 58 cutters approved under the existing acquisition baseline.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9B93268E3DB4EDC83C30AC693231EFC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of amounts for shoreside infrastructure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized under section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 up to $167,500,000 is authorized for the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to fund the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, or improvement of Coast Guard shoreside infrastructure and facilities necessary to support Coast Guard operations and readiness.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H430132E4E2144F94A938E14D9F17B82B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of amounts for aircraft improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized under section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 up to $3,500,000 is authorized for the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to fund analysis and program development for improvements to or the replacement of rotary-wing aircraft.</text>
						</section></title><title commented="no" id="H74F535BF49C341E280D4822DC70C5A72" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H990C947EAE1543FEADF6547250E7A8B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to title 14, United States Code, as amended by title I of this Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision of title 14, United States Code, the reference shall be considered to be made to title 14, United States Code, as amended by title I of this Act.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AEAAA93A6ED40909EA0403586C4692E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102(7) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H850895DA3E214405BE83D2366DCD0C07" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D7C423AC259492E8B52A18D294F03A4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain a state of readiness to assist in the defense of the United States, including when functioning as a specialized service in the Navy pursuant to section 103.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA79B0392282A4618A70F502A2C5215BE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Coast Guard Museum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 316 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9CA71A603CF48E6A6DFF2E624C72D84" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB578AF78587E435297AC63D770476F83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>316.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Coast Guard Museum</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3d8694b9ac7403fb703361db24bc22d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may establish a National Coast Guard Museum, on lands which will be federally owned and administered by the Coast Guard, and are located in New London, Connecticut, at, or in close proximity to, the Coast Guard Academy.</text>
									</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd7665eb62b5474cb850f5239ea248e6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on expenditures</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B4981A4B9664C6FAC9CEE4126FCA24F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not expend any funds appropriated to the Coast Guard on the construction of any museum established under this section.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46b1b4b9be23475bb58a9c49be6e8052"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall fund the National Coast Guard Museum with nonappropriated and non-Federal funds to the maximum extent practicable. The priority use of Federal funds should be to preserve and protect historic Coast Guard artifacts, including the design, fabrication, and installation of exhibits or displays in which such artifacts are included.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBEBAF14DDCD4F7D8B2CCA9A2C9FDFF2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may expend funds appropriated to the Coast Guard on the engineering and design of a National Coast Guard Museum.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idccff8b65d5134def9c0541044e06bcfa"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the date on which the Commandant establishes a National Coast Guard Museum under subsection (a), the Commandant shall provide 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 plan for constructing, operating, and maintaining such a museum, including—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id139deae2188544de94fd49d4e608fb79"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimated planning, engineering, design, construction, operation, and maintenance costs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05af020ca3b84cb2af25edee502640ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which appropriated, nonappropriated, and non-Federal funds will be used for such purposes, including the extent to which there is any shortfall in funding for engineering, design, or construction; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3569b6c938df4be9a226896d9afbfdd0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification by the Inspector General of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating that the estimates provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) are reasonable and realistic.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc04e38a6a7b3427ebe6c199cda5b99e3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may not establish a National Coast Guard museum except as set forth in this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4DBEB41DBE54573B750821D5D212B21" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unmanned aircraft</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H494EDE39F3114E9AA1F3CAF81A130425"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land-based unmanned aircraft system program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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									<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC164133DD4F64D06928A5AC73AAD8F84" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>319.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land-based unmanned aircraft system program</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DF2808DF7664C34B7B287A0B07F6F04"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall establish a land-based unmanned aircraft system program under the control of the Commandant.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23C957030F22409283AB8A7985AD7F46"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unmanned aircraft system defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>unmanned aircraft system</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40101">49 U.S.C. 40101</external-xref> note).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82D94959FB6E4C8E933DB76D95C82531"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on unmanned aircraft systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">Chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/1155">section 1155</external-xref> the following:</text>
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									<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE45C90FF22554105A64091B0C2B3B333" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1156.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on unmanned aircraft systems</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H214D9D53C5AD4C389D304A96F66EF0D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During any fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the design or construction of an Offshore Patrol Cutter, the Commandant—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F6A339C2B5F41FC9875A942C325A73E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not award a contract for design of an unmanned aircraft system for use by the Coast Guard; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C14B08CB0DE40AFB2B156233F3BA629"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may lease, acquire, or acquire the services of an unmanned aircraft system only if such system—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3911A882004427EB4317E5AB8848DD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been part of a program of record of, procured by, or used by a Federal entity (or funds for research, development, test, and evaluation have been received from a Federal entity with regard to such system) before the date on which the Commandant leases, acquires, or acquires the services of the system; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CA1CF18B13A49B3AF1652397746E084"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is leased, acquired, or utilized by the Commandant through an agreement with a Federal entity, unless such an agreement is not practicable or would be less cost-effective than an independent contract action by the Coast Guard.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60CEEC4BB8214736B602806DEAD89298"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small unmanned aircraft exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(2) does not apply to small unmanned aircraft.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCDD3319AF6B4485837C7DEEE7C8AD19"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the terms <quote>small unmanned aircraft</quote> and <quote>unmanned aircraft system</quote> have the meanings given those terms in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40101">49 U.S.C. 40101</external-xref> note).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H583F39535C8549D4854EE8D00CDDF951"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendments</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CFEF64BDB474D12A20E49B3C991D1FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF926DCE026374AAF9C439B6DC7A9DCDD" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">319. Land-based unmanned aircraft system program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA5E31EB475A4F98809F793E0ED8C922"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 11</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/1155">section 1155</external-xref> the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H834765FE761A48BD8C15E8ADEE93400D" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1156. Limitation on unmanned aircraft systems.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB239BA3DA1B64B389561BBD7BFA44B8B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 1105 of title 14, United States Code, is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC255F2EB0E0F42C59E837D202BFD5B74" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE09657E31FE4C088B0B438D91AFC7E0"><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/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/507">section 507</external-xref> the following:</text>
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									<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H192F411F3E0242B3B84E9CA199849135" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>508.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8884DEBE88AC4F908EB035107506B40E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the licensure of health-care providers, a health-care professional described in subsection (b) may practice the health profession or professions of the health-care professional at any location in any State, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, regardless of where such health-care professional or the patient is located, if the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health-care professional.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H540E8DBBF09745B387CB2E392710E9BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Described individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A health-care professional described in this subsection is an individual—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2CF76ECCAFD482EB3FF1A12B23065AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who is—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA79CD8B5E2A04D5595CB9D6319E1B373"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a member of the Coast Guard;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88DAD06659F742308318A22B64A50C6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a civilian employee of the Coast Guard;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3740CE8391541AF8E56E27B336C0444"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a member of the Public Health Service who is assigned to the Coast Guard; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF468A5539B7940BCA411BC8C5622C040"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other health-care professional credentialed and privileged at a Federal health-care institution or location specially designated by the Secretary; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CF9C6406BC844BB8AA817B23053CAC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DAA4D744AFD433F8205DFEC8048BD67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D01225309774717AF53CCB0A39E5569"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is performing authorized duties for the Coast Guard.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8944956BCD504D8B84D6979360D3338B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the terms <quote>license</quote> and <quote>health-care professional</quote> have the meanings given those terms in section 1094(e) of title 10.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37DF4C2C2A5B4DA4945F676173659C12"><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/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/507">section 507</external-xref> the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDB8ECA14E424B2AAFB5298CFCA530D7" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">508. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB265CC27E3B54FE691EAE47837EA549E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electronic health records</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32FC1B56C8674ECDA722DD8459316454"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to procure for the Coast Guard an electronic health record system that—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BBB94A01C1C48C982B7597C8FE9C365"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been competitively awarded by the Department of Defense; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H357D13153B4541CBA2C672C6258BD072"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures full integration with the Department of Defense electronic health record systems.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EEFD294D28F43FBA6CAB02A24831074"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support services</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H676454BEF5C540A88491204D8C8F3FEB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant is authorized to procure support services for the electronic health record system procured under paragraph (1) necessary to ensure full integration with the Department of Defense electronic health record systems.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE49F75143D94C4591EE0257007A5FF5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support services procured pursuant to this paragraph may include services for the following:</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H931EFC7C06A64E6592807804426364CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">System integration support.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94F8C8125A1443D38FA8E38F70680B57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hosting support.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B99CB7897AC46058F00F03FEDCFFCEC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training, testing, technical, and data migration support.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H507E382ED35C43C59DC82864B23B2C61"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hardware support.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H899212ADEAAA478C86AFE590CB75DC11"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other support the Commandant considers appropriate.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19BC1689FD75486A93A4028F7ACAAE5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized procurement actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant is authorized to procure an electronic health record system under this subsection through the following:</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F02562BEC2041C29F9FEFAEF7552365"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A task order under the Department of Defense electronic health record contract.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE83478A698EA45C082109CC228F1CE7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A sole source contract award.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4030955DCC8A466C9AD25B94F7D6E193"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement made pursuant to sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB79E1B8B6B194CDCB562C3B6718774F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract or other procurement vehicle otherwise authorized.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4669B16AE39641A2BEA96F36AE399C28"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competition in contracting; exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement of an electronic health record system and support services pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from the competition requirements of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16E2CB00EF2444C3BA177C3E2AC38EEC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training; emergency response providers</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BE6FE59E0BF4FD1AFCA64EA97975ECF"><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/14/7">Chapter 7</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8C8D76969234233AA135BB56D76FA0D" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H552232024AB642EEB334E45C661DDC07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training; emergency response providers</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H500F3584B77A4AFA8BA992A3EF2EFDE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may, on a reimbursable or a non-reimbursable basis, make a training available to emergency response providers whenever the Commandant determines that—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9165710870C04CC4AAF0FC7FAE26423E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a member of the Coast Guard, who is scheduled to participate in such training, is unable or unavailable to participate in such training;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H675A5729622F4B5F97ED56C929CC9BAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no other member of the Coast Guard, who is assigned to the unit to which the member of the Coast Guard who is unable or unavailable to participate in such training is assigned, is able or available to participate in such training; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81A3803BB7284F9595B5C896448A9922"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such training, if made available to such emergency response providers, would further the goal of interoperability among Federal agencies, non-Federal governmental agencies, or both.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76C4AD7C5BC849E78EACF1B2D84922DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response providers defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>emergency response providers</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101</external-xref>).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E592BF843D7435C981318F2A3B54C7B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reimbursements for a training that the Coast Guard receives under this section shall be credited to the appropriation used to pay the costs for such training.</text>
										</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFC620B53C5D42349EC6BCFF1F7430E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Status; limitation on liability</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0362301A4F794F868B8A8482A7CD48CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual to whom, as an emergency response provider, training is made available under this section, who is not otherwise a Federal employee, shall not, because of that training, be considered a Federal employee for any purpose (including the purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 5 (relating to compensation for injury) and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28 (relating to tort claims)).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E28C3073F594B58B5DBD6ABC1714ED9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States shall not be liable for actions taken by an individual in the course of training made available under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C86F6A7A7334B5B805F68C56FD54706"><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/14/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H139B9A698E94437A9B6BF5B97AC46CA3" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">718. Training; emergency response providers.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FF91F3F060D4E2E864A99D160B7255E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentive contracts for Coast Guard yard and industrial establishments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 939 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADEB1B12B63145F7B2F57A238F7593FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before <quote>The Secretary may</quote> the following: <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E28E6D48E8E445B827A402A2431DF84"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), as so designated by paragraph (1) of this section, by striking the period at the end of the last sentence and inserting <quote>or in accordance with subsection (b).</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58E83DF0A86940CB9D04252A20E5B462"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE521290E12FF47899B81E77ABF94940B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42D78530B8B748E0955AEAD21EF413AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incentive contracts</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4A258ADA2A2411BB91336240CF2CD21"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The parties to an order for industrial work to be performed by the Coast Guard Yard or a Coast Guard industrial establishment designated under subsection (a) may enter into an order or a cost-plus-incentive-fee order in accordance with this subsection.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H019B4F3805A248A2B67BD5E233B0ED97"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If such parties enter into such an order or a cost-plus-incentive-fee order, an agreed-upon amount of any adjustment described in subsection (a) may be distributed as an incentive to the wage-grade industrial employees who complete the order.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B37E4F6460D4B07BDA12401CC9CE7E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before entering into such an order or cost-plus-incentive-fee order such parties must agree that the wage-grade employees of the Coast Guard Yard or Coast Guard industrial establishment will take action to improve the delivery schedule or technical performance agreed to in the order for industrial work to which such parties initially agreed.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B36CDC25A95493EBAEBC9DD7FE22096"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the industrial workforce of the Coast Guard Yard or Coast Guard industrial establishment satisfies the performance target established in such an order or cost-plus-incentive-fee order—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H702862A28797465AB4153ECA0402E0B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adjustment to be made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be reduced by an agreed-upon amount and distributed to such wage-grade industrial employees; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2BB0826EA7A43A2B7330A54C0E692E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the remainder of the adjustment shall be credited to the appropriation for such order current at that time.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8CEE8A5F5E443F5B3D9B280968DEBBC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Confidential investigative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 944 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$45,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$250,000</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE328C45859BF447390C16418C3919522" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regular captains; retirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2149(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4E3DADD60AD446D8CCF7E190A89B5F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>zone is</quote> and inserting <quote>zone, or from being placed at the top of the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under section 2121(a) of this title, is</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B9584B8108E43DB8CFC44EDF75B0B11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>or placed at the top of the list of selectees, as applicable.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1BB9BA541BF4E9A943A41CEC45C060E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>310.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conversion, alteration, and repair projects</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC66D070B5B44436B7C75CED9CE064FA"><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/14/9">Chapter 9</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 951 the following:</text>
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									<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87DB13ECE58A4A46B6A0DCE7F284C6F7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>952.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction of Coast Guard vessels and assignment of vessel projects</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC412C5A2F8E45908A2F4E3FD0FFE3E4"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assignment of Coast Guard vessel conversion, alteration, and repair projects shall be based on economic and military considerations and may not be restricted by a requirement that certain parts of Coast Guard shipwork be assigned to a particular type of shipyard or geographical area or by a similar requirement.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59A303F94AC34143881CBA59D1411ACB"><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/14/9">chapter 9</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/951">section 951</external-xref> the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97B7762184704AC4885CEA02A4232E79" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">952. Construction of Coast Guard vessels and assignment of vessel projects.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C938306A89C4C1A970470C50F9DC697" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracting for major acquisitions programs</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE954EFABD72346329216AE6C43588BAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General acquisition authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(d) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>aircraft, and systems,</quote> after <quote>vessels,</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86E0D9D924474767BDFE9B1A8B0F8490"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracting authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">Chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 1136 the following:</text>
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									<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F56A7AD053B4634B92C76F8F7EFE708" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1137.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracting for major acquisitions programs</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H610B8679164C429AA9DFCE5D5C35276B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out authorities provided to the Secretary to design, construct, accept, or otherwise acquire assets and systems under section 501(d), the Secretary, acting through the Commandant or the head of an integrated program office established for a major acquisition program, may enter into contracts for a major acquisition program.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H579FDD1B66B6485DBF3C4D3D95FE3AA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized methods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracts entered into under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F4EE319B01C456CA5776387D471E924"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be block buy contracts;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE19E7BE4F2604B518AFA9F6EB3D339BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be incrementally funded;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA50EC6EE85054CD09E38B0CC634DE0A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include combined purchases, also known as economic order quantity purchases, of—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0003451DE87462897ED83468813EC1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">materials and components; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02EC4CB5AAB84BBF8D8EB1E0E24798CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">long lead time materials; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7726693631DA454BB5C045065BF56460"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as provided in section 2306b of title 10, may be multiyear contracts.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1206FB606A0480AAF5FBB6B4F3802E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of amounts specifically provided in advance for that purpose in subsequent appropriations Acts.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4614F562F7D4889898ABBBFE3C90F3F"><enum>(c)</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/14/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1136 the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2608D9248D244C2FA7664E0BD754E347" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1137. Contracting for major acquisitions programs.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF320F2D8DCF4897B041058AD3204700"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions are repealed:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D3DFC9F07D948759F2369405F13D649"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 223 of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/1152">14 U.S.C. 1152</external-xref> note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 2 of such Act.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1125BF0DE802422B932491667BD02DA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(a) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/1133">14 U.S.C. 1133</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72B74896853D48E4AD98118E06687788"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/561">14 U.S.C. 561</external-xref> note).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA557A159D9F94A708423EC8FF6E0DDC9"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Internal regulations and policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish the internal regulations and policies necessary to exercise the authorities provided under this section, including the amendments made in this section.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94AA0A1C8E949F9BC3D6B5F146C405F"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multiyear contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating is authorized to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of a tenth, eleventh, and twelfth National Security Cutter and associated government-furnished equipment.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8B3A985C22F4DE2A1573301D4E7FBAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer promotion zones</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2111(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>six-tenths.</quote> and inserting <quote>one-half.</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAFCAB37B3FF44EC91803A3EC630C845" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cross reference</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2129(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>designated under section 2317</quote> after <quote>cadet</quote>.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E837F20CCA44E6FB0455E1B85236159" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>314.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commissioned service retirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Coast Guard officers who retire in fiscal year 2018 or 2019, the President may reduce the period of active commissioned service required under section 2152 of title 14, United States Code, to a period of not less than 8 years.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E72AD276AEB440AA3B1FAA0E756D7FC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>315.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leave for birth or adoption of child</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8109A8588B34374977EC21EFF864BAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2512 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C38636D389A43ADB3DE1739C0EB19D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Not later than 1 year</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE11497B81DC144D09B20E49CAA22CB2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), not later than 1 year</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0DD31CB4BF34A57968C19C3BD533EDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BA5249F137848348399927B853490C4" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2F3E5CE91C9415988FFB7A636626A6D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leave associated with birth or adoption of child</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), sections 701 and 704 of title 10, or any other provision of law, all officers and enlisted members of the Coast Guard shall be authorized leave associated with the birth or adoption of a child during the 1-year period immediately following such birth or adoption and, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, such officer or enlisted member shall be permitted—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14B2EEDFD88147789B42F6B7DC640F57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to take such leave in increments; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B5A4E0BF4D64A65A75A86FE083FBDA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use flexible work schedules (pursuant to a program established by the Secretary in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title 5).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB32D054E0658487DBD00DE8A07B7C018"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flexible work schedules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall ensure that a flexible work schedule program under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is in place for officers and enlisted members of the Coast Guard.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99E81E8D76464C6A9AC333BDF4C535AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>316.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clothing at time of discharge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2705 of title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 27 of that title, are repealed.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81010A9CCB25424DA7A619E1782C9601" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>317.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unfunded priorities list</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3685C2EC7610410CADE2EB30625A7ABF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5102 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA13693EC34D94A6E8BCFC8E4D3EE5F5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76A3A4641C034A2395AE5895F610D56C" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H973BDA044A69438D9ABDFFC1AA2272E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a capital investment plan for the Coast Guard that identifies for each capital asset for which appropriations are proposed in that budget—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24A1F06CF5AA4E61B3E0373FBCFBAA85"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposed appropriations included in the budget;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4D074E45E474866AEBE085AD1C2BA50"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total estimated cost of completion based on the proposed appropriations included in the budget;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81F959F9FE8A4AECA954D862D43A7CB3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the next 5 fiscal years or until project completion, whichever is earlier;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB685256EC8D0426AB6707C5E7EECB71F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimated completion date based on the proposed appropriations included in the budget;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FC72882AE644E1E9ECBE04C959F3565"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an acquisition program baseline, as applicable; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A9F4089868F4D63A2552F264A437073"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projected commissioning and decommissioning dates for each asset.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB5E8A75601241F68EDE5C6C652E7960"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18DAD7D233A04D25A4F6F5A095C16B9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>new capital asset</quote> means—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC52B1F1F781B4FE6BC25E68842264A02"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an acquisition program that does not have an approved acquisition program baseline; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE935C837C4B49CA8EE21EE62C6C608C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition of a capital asset in excess of the number included in the approved acquisition program baseline.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF2571FEE3084D2AB1191C87C61B8E50"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unfunded priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/51">Chapter 51</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B0849C266654C41BA9E1E19F1A797B7" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BCEB8DCBAFF4AE7A9FFE0BFCB68EF14" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unfunded priorities list</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99F21DB84BEC4BE7AF7FD525ABBCFC01"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a list of each unfunded priority for the Coast Guard.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F9CFB734931423EB484826CE0272AAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prioritization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The list required under subsection (a) shall present the unfunded priorities in order from the highest priority to the lowest, as determined by the Commandant.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F4116FF884D49AA9C28EDBB59EC4C4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unfunded priority defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>unfunded priority</quote> means a program or mission requirement that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ABF9B2F6A154470BEDA574C228E1D3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not been selected for funding in the applicable proposed budget;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7FC3D64DA4B4935A13F269A454C1113"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with an operational need; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF55F802174C46A0AF395C422079AF22"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant would have recommended for inclusion in the applicable proposed budget had additional resources been available or had the requirement emerged before the budget was submitted.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE50B993033ED47968268208295F23662"><enum>(c)</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/14/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE3BECFC377E4C6C9F7D225EB7A88570" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5108. Unfunded priorities list.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C2F8451EA8E41E2B4C7E85868C05C89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF17C2323E7674833B4BD646E3E509B0A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 527 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0B165076AD84368B0E4169DDA1C0456"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">naval vessels</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">vessels of the Armed Forces</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D614FBCCAD24D0B942BB8D1AAC596DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>United States naval vessel</quote> and inserting <quote>vessel of the Armed Forces</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A086E296C494AB797F02AC126F2E2C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H835F5F0D4187480DAF742E45A3A4ECC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>senior naval officer present in command</quote> and inserting <quote>senior officer present in command</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D0D1A8EAF9F4BAC86568D1ABD8307B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>United States naval vessel</quote> and inserting <quote>vessel of the Armed Forces</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B130300FACC420E874A6198B870CF76"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7A3402B625742A3816B082F5DEFD7F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4A978FD3DB74EFD81461858A04622E7"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this title, the term <quote>vessel of the Armed Forces</quote> means—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC87BBFFD96AC4DB3A3EF679C44475D8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any vessel owned or operated by the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, other than a time- or voyage-chartered vessel; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A488093AC2C486F92EB15CBCB7F0E8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any vessel owned and operated by the Department of Transportation that is designated by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating as a vessel equivalent to a vessel described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A5D1164054543DC8ED069FC12306E81"><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/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by striking the item relating to section 527 and inserting the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H360E777CCCA041C7A3953A9FB80C3E64" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">527. Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H873240891B384602ADEB8D1E9BE4671B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2510(a)(1) of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC1E99FF3E3F4E63922CA11BFF88A9EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>armed forces</quote> and inserting <quote>Armed Forces</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D9714C886B0420290E6B3DC3F0C91CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 101(a) of title 10</quote> and inserting <quote>section 527(e)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC736EDBCB8354A1DAC21245BF88E559D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>319.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Air facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 912 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd63dce67cb34efd95db5ae87e05df7c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida74f8db11c11414d91758243a575442c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d62ec48bab94bcd80f8f20283dfe56a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) as redesignated—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id889dd75df9364f5586f1fba942ea1279"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
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										<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84CFD8BD8A344C79B79873C862803719"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public notice and comment</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4E4333940C542AF8E3D073D468D899B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to closing an air facility, the Secretary shall provide opportunities for public comment, including the convening of public meetings in communities in the area of responsibility of the air facility with regard to the proposed closure or cessation of operations at the air facility.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8B9C118AE6E49C1A3788945CF530F88"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to convening a public meeting under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall notify each congressional office representing any portion of the area of responsibility of the air station that is the subject to such public meeting of the schedule and location of such public meeting.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfbc3d16ea624d469532d82c3fb2f47d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DC7CDF19A27474CB9D8B43CC135DA8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2017</quote>; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2b4eb358c214c3d8ba27a55a455d483"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA110CB750CA4789B64E6BCB74A3B565" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA7CD1066B974BDB9CF4E23CE4B1FFD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the Congress a proposal for such closure, cessation, or reduction in operations along with the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31 that includes—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfaa7306de6cc4d099f1cc1333aff0a7b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a discussion of the determination made by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (2); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffa09b1a739343b789aaa3241ff57bb0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a report summarizing the public comments received by the Secretary under paragraph (3)</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6de1924e4e5648fdb661f56974dac463"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60a5d313f29148eaabdaa8cc894618a5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide653873f677c4daa8e2df830924e3b2b"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not close, cease operations, or significantly reduce personnel and use of a Coast Guard air facility for which a written notice is provided under paragraph (4)(A) until a period of 18 months beginning on the date on which such notice is provided has elapsed.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</subparagraph></paragraph></section></title><title commented="no" id="HC2D3ADF21D0E4ED792BC11F38987E148" level-type="subsequent"><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ports and Waterways Safety</header>
						<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C6A128B94104A85834403871DB86C5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Codification of Ports and Waterways Safety Act</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC947A8FBB7EF43C6B1269969ADFBB66D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Codification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle VII of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting before chapter 701 the following:</text>
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									<chapter commented="no" id="HBBB52DBAAE124159875D7921649CBB18" level-type="subsequent"><enum>700</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ports and Waterways Safety</header><toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="HBBB52DBAAE124159875D7921649CBB18" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H2E92E8FB18854BCDB7DBA2482D90368E" level="subchapter">Subchapter A—Vessel Operations</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H8C20D146939B4D5795B10F04F503CDAA" level="section">70001. Vessel traffic services.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H262473DB54B946F38E8C0915AFA6D93A" level="section">70002. Special powers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H90AFE079E6F14436AE75B87DEF67E7C2" level="section">70003. Port access routes.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H5B5F18EB547D452F9CA8F41415C7FCF2" level="section">70004. Considerations by Secretary.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE61CDEF12A3E4C94B63E294CDED939DD" level="section">70005. International agreements.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HF49C2306EBE84209AD71D020443E0C19" level="subchapter">Subchapter B—Ports and Waterways Safety</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H7EEB09CCE6064F4383F661E63EFEF936" level="section">70011. Waterfront safety.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE560020C84444725A0DB3248AE283225" level="section">70012. Navigational hazards.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HB42925B993414EFA92C8F21EE64E1AA7" level="section">70013. Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable waters of the
			 United States.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H78F3D3F3AA294C709F9207D8ABCE55A1" level="subchapter">Subchapter C—Condition for Entry Into Ports in the United States</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H15D461A4DBFB4979AA769CA1A98BBFDC" level="section">70021. Conditions for entry to ports in the united states.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD58593274CFE47D68067D6A85443B32E" level="subchapter">Subchapter D—Definitions, Regulations, Enforcement, Investigatory Powers, Applicability</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H135627C0D7544D1B9AF7D95A7E007F71" level="section">70031. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HDA6120F5B69B4822B79DB9457F637D34" level="section">70032. Saint Lawrence Seaway.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H7FB372F21CCB46B6876C8F344BD56B3E" level="section">70033. Limitation on application to foreign vessels.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HBF5B839147884D01B1BD66A1B134B788" level="section">70034. Regulations.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HAE38B6DC72204283B61B8944DEABD6DF" level="section">70035. Investigatory powers.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H6DE89C7AB0E546F69F28B86BFBB720A3" level="section">70036. Enforcement.</toc-entry></toc>
										<subchapter commented="no" id="H2E92E8FB18854BCDB7DBA2482D90368E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel Operations</header>
											<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C20D146939B4D5795B10F04F503CDAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70001.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel traffic services</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB5F8ECC742A4FE083F2DCC853E3239B"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the requirements of section 70004, the Secretary—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EEC93ACA82346C38EFF60261964FA12"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, in the navigable waters of the United States, or in any area covered by an international agreement negotiated pursuant to section 70005, may construct, operate, maintain, improve, or expand vessel traffic services, that consist of measures for controlling or supervising vessel traffic or for protecting navigation and the marine environment and that may include one or more of reporting and operating requirements, surveillance and communications systems, routing systems, and fairways;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67121B9428F34F0BA7418144E804ED47"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall require appropriate vessels that operate in an area of a vessel traffic service to utilize or comply with that service;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4282D28103584847956FF09D87BFFED1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD58D03CC950B469CB5C32FAD4FFB0B7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may require vessels to install and use specified navigation equipment, communications equipment, electronic relative motion analyzer equipment, or any electronic or other device necessary to comply with a vessel traffic service or that is necessary in the interests of vessel safety.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CA5874209EB49CD8233191D7B5FBC49" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall not require fishing vessels under 300 gross tons as measured under section 14502, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104, or recreational vessels 65 feet or less to possess or use the equipment or devices required by this subsection solely under the authority of this chapter;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11F4D31910274151AE9B6B1505A26F14"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may control vessel traffic in areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States that the Secretary determines to be hazardous, or under conditions of reduced visibility, adverse weather, vessel congestion, or other hazardous circumstances, by—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13473D22F0464F5A90E648236455DE14"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifying times of entry, movement, or departure;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2027DCF2E594501A060650852973287"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing vessel traffic routing schemes;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4DF4DEFDB174111B6976F4CD65E6B06"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing vessel size, speed, or draft limitations and vessel operating conditions; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE574BA43A9644F1691584A2934D81660"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restricting operation, in any hazardous area or under hazardous conditions, to vessels that have particular operating characteristics or capabilities that the Secretary considers necessary for safe operation under the circumstances;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4876972698346D185F8F87111F4A4BF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may require the receipt of prearrival messages from any vessel, destined for a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in sufficient time to permit advance vessel traffic planning before port entry, which shall include any information that is not already a matter of record and that the Secretary determines necessary for the control of the vessel and the safety of the port or the marine environment; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E06122D674440AFAB14E3E5FC7B2ACD"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may prohibit the use on vessels of electronic or other devices that interfere with communication and navigation equipment, except that such authority shall not apply to electronic or other devices certified to transmit in the maritime services by the Federal Communications Commission and used within the frequency bands 157.1875–157.4375 MHz and 161.7875–162.0375 MHz.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA156B79C9F546C3AAC5B2CB253A31E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DA068AB61DC40819B0F91D72B373FB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with public or private agencies, authorities, associations, institutions, corporations, organizations, or other persons to carry out the functions under subsection (a)(1).</text>
													</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C46311B792D4582B008DF6F39DDCADB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E11D66C2093481DAE80440BD2873318"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nongovernmental entity may not under this subsection carry out an inherently governmental function.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA8EF703914E405793BC5940FE0139ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this paragraph, the term <quote>inherently governmental function</quote> means any activity that is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including an activity that requires either the exercise of discretion in applying the authority of the Government or the use of judgment in making a decision for the Government.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BFCB2F0DF3D4BBCBF69A81041414804"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation of liability for coast guard vessel traffic service pilots and non-Federal vessel
			 traffic service operators</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03BFFEE705AF4732990B7162246308C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast guard vessel traffic service pilots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any pilot, acting in the course and scope of his or her duties while at a Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service, who provides information, advice, or communication assistance while under the supervision of a Coast Guard officer, member, or employee shall not be liable for damages caused by or related to such assistance unless the acts or omissions of such pilot constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H355243F3C3524D0E8999C21F19B84942"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-federal vessel traffic service operators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity operating a non-Federal vessel traffic information service or advisory service pursuant to a duly executed written agreement with the Coast Guard, and any pilot acting on behalf of such entity, is not liable for damages caused by or related to information, advice, or communication assistance provided by such entity or pilot while so operating or acting unless the acts or omissions of such entity or pilot constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H262473DB54B946F38E8C0915AFA6D93A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70002.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special powers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may order any vessel, in a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or in the navigable waters of the United States, to operate or anchor in a manner the Secretary directs if—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9E5479EBEAE46CAA48531E2A03EB4D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe such vessel does not comply with any regulation issued under section 70034 or any other applicable law or treaty;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72A1E39B734C4D8D89DF7D49130DFEDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines such vessel does not satisfy the conditions for port entry set forth in section 70021 of this title; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9322A88F330445B965DC66DF5489235"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by reason of weather, visibility, sea conditions, port congestion, other hazardous circumstances, or the condition of such vessel, the Secretary is satisfied such direction is justified in the interest of safety.</text>
												</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90AFE079E6F14436AE75B87DEF67E7C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70003.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Port access routes</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD50F798EFB04C36853CB94A404C0085"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority To designate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to the requirements of subsection (c), in order to provide safe access routes for the movement of vessel traffic proceeding to or from ports or places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, the Secretary shall designate necessary fairways and traffic separation schemes for vessels operating in the territorial sea of the United States and in high seas approaches, outside the territorial sea, to such ports or places. Such a designation shall recognize, within the designated area, the paramount right of navigation over all other uses.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12B57EB8BA2C487399EE902FC129A2BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD4EFC74F9C74611B737B3F31D4EC9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No designation may be made by the Secretary under this section if—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33A95E55F63F435E96AAFC864AC0B00B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines such a designation, as implemented, would deprive any person of the effective exercise of a right granted by a lease or permit executed or issued under other applicable provisions of law; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C6CB3570C204A33B7D2C2B9CA7D0335"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such right has become vested before the time of publication of the notice required by paragraph (1) of subsection (c).</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BFB678123674B869B88FB3CA5C7A313"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make the determination under paragraph (1)(A) after consultation with the head of the agency responsible for executing the lease or issuing the permit.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H403F5F6C87A446F5B556346AC67F8983"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration of other uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before making a designation under subsection (a), and in accordance with the requirements of section 70004, the Secretary shall—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H590A99284F05455FA1F606C3746D4517"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">undertake a study of the potential traffic density and the need for safe access routes for vessels in any area for which fairways or traffic separation schemes are proposed or that may otherwise be considered and publish notice of such undertaking in the Federal Register;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB128B817CAE44FF99EE6051255B68383"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Army, and the Governors of affected States, as their responsibilities may require, take into account all other uses of the area under consideration, including, as appropriate, the exploration for, or exploitation of, oil, gas, or other mineral resources, the construction or operation of deepwater ports or other structures on or above the seabed or subsoil of the submerged lands or the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States, the establishment or operation of marine or estuarine sanctuaries, and activities involving recreational or commercial fishing; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DB1B07C00DD417FA7F32C124229A88D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, reconcile the need for safe access routes with the needs of all other reasonable uses of the area involved.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H482EFAF38D5F4943A460D5489C608EB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Secretary’s responsibilities under subsection (c), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C5078E4B7DC4E288BDF687676AF4EA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proceed expeditiously to complete any study undertaken; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18E2D1B0EC4544829F16FF071F5DD6DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after completion of such a study, promptly—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43CD1F2E58914CF7AA98CD7BFC3EDEB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for the designation contemplated; or</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61AF04CA2D2A407CB359C464C405F36C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish in the Federal Register a notice that no designation is contemplated as a result of the study and the reason for such determination.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE527971B992B4187A98ADCEA050E6849"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In connection with a designation made under this section, the Secretary—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37AC5A34BFFD4875BAC155FC21F0A3C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall issue reasonable rules and regulations governing the use of such designated areas, including rules and regulations regarding the applicability of rules 9 and 10 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, relating to narrow channels and traffic separation schemes, respectively, in waters where such regulations apply;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF759E6B0A94645A9B9BB60D3AAF011FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent that the Secretary finds reasonable and necessary to effectuate the purposes of the designation, make the use of designated fairways and traffic separation schemes mandatory for specific types and sizes of vessels, foreign and domestic, operating in the territorial sea of the United States and for specific types and sizes of vessels of the United States operating on the high seas beyond the territorial sea of the United States;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H888A42A6A3494ACB9A1A3B3E6E53F12C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may, from time to time, as necessary, adjust the location or limits of designated fairways or traffic separation schemes in order to accommodate the needs of other uses that cannot be reasonably accommodated otherwise, except that such an adjustment may not, in the judgment of the Secretary, unacceptably adversely affect the purpose for which the existing designation was made and the need for which continues; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AE29EDF8AC14D85A705773F0F91E361"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, through appropriate channels—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FED02D015674BA78A68141F551415BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify cognizant international organizations of any designation, or adjustment thereof; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE97C259FB2684E47920FAE28F4E14C4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take action to seek the cooperation of foreign States in making it mandatory for vessels under their control to use, to the same extent as required by the Secretary for vessels of the United States, any fairway or traffic separation scheme designated under this section in any area of the high seas.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B5F18EB547D452F9CA8F41415C7FCF2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70004.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations by Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out the duties of the Secretary under sections 70001, 70002, and 70003, the Secretary shall—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA617104CF4A46289D4830B3C0C5F7FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into account all relevant factors concerning navigation and vessel safety, protection of the marine environment, and the safety and security of United States ports and waterways, including—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76EED4B2FACE4BE6A5330C189C8EB8CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the scope and degree of the risk or hazard involved;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD7A413B8C4D4E578BEF7D5B6DE60B2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessel traffic characteristics and trends, including traffic volume, the sizes and types of vessels involved, potential interference with the flow of commercial traffic, the presence of any unusual cargoes, and other similar factors;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC29670E9A3864AFDA4B40DCF4173244E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">port and waterway configurations and variations in local conditions of geography, climate, and other similar factors;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3794A0A2A6B541BFA95C5CB458C27087"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for granting exemptions for the installation and use of equipment or devices for use with vessel traffic services for certain classes of small vessels, such as self-propelled fishing vessels and recreational vessels;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FEB04E0C45C41C5A626340DF2BEE223"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proximity of fishing grounds, oil and gas drilling and production operations, or any other potential or actual conflicting activity;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H834C01A217EB45AFA3D7826AC2D71A95"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental factors;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13DF9CE96FF448C1BBBC2B168D10147F"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic impact and effects;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4FA8B2E6AF64A4DB91AEEC4A3D2C40E"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing vessel traffic services; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC8EB742C1F34A94A9EC6D062BE8A7FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local practices and customs, including voluntary arrangements and agreements within the maritime community; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D10F10C7886432A9E77FDA02E9A3DAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the earliest possible time, consult with and receive and consider the views of representatives of the maritime community, ports and harbor authorities or associations, environmental groups, and other persons who may be affected by the proposed actions.</text>
												</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE61CDEF12A3E4C94B63E294CDED939DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70005.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International agreements</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74620A71DC254B37B4E65974DDD0958C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transmittal of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall transmit, via the Secretary of State, to appropriate international bodies or forums, any regulations issued under this subchapter, for consideration as international standards.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H762BBDD1C4C7422698F44D872D889A23"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized and encouraged to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD54D69C1DDFE4A808111D1783523F793"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into negotiations and conclude and execute agreements with neighboring nations, to establish compatible vessel standards and vessel traffic services, and to establish, operate, and maintain international vessel traffic services, in areas and under circumstances of mutual concern; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H921A918E3BC64C4DBC0E5250806E400B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into negotiations, through appropriate international bodies, and conclude and execute agreements to establish vessel traffic services in appropriate areas of the high seas.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB087F60394D4BE290B6E006111ADFA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, pursuant to any agreement negotiated under subsection (b) that is binding upon the United States in accordance with constitutional requirements, may—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD268AF2BEA24406F973B840FC36AD5B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require vessels operating in an area of a vessel traffic service to utilize or to comply with the vessel traffic service, including the carrying or installation of equipment and devices as necessary for the use of the service; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC2DA0C5FD12444AB997EC5776E36A39"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waive, by order or regulation, the application of any United States law or regulation concerning the design, construction, operation, equipment, personnel qualifications, and manning standards for vessels operating in waters over which the United States exercises jurisdiction if such vessel is not en route to or from a United States port or place, and if vessels en route to or from a United States port or place are accorded equivalent waivers of laws and regulations of the neighboring nation, when operating in waters over which that nation exercises jurisdiction.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91B44951C369499C801A721199FEEE1D"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ship reporting systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the International Maritime Organization, may implement and enforce two mandatory ship reporting systems, consistent with international law, with respect to vessels subject to such reporting systems entering the following areas of the Atlantic Ocean:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF945499889AC438CA2F66CE4FC0882AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts Bay, and Great South Channel (in the area generally bounded by a line starting from a point on Cape Ann, Massachusetts at 42 deg. 39′ N., 70 deg. 37′ W; then northeast to 42 deg. 45′ N., 70 deg. 13′ W; then southeast to 42 deg. 10′ N., 68 deg. 31′ W, then south to 41 deg. 00′ N., 68 deg. 31′ W; then west to 41 deg. 00′ N., 69 deg. 17′ W; then northeast to 42 deg. 05′ N., 70 deg. 02′ W, then west to 42 deg. 04′ N., 70 deg. 10′ W; and then along the Massachusetts shoreline of Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay back to the point on Cape Ann at 42 deg. 39′ N., 70 deg. 37′ W).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AADDC48F33541D7803C682BB3EF98C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the coastal waters of the Southeastern United States within about 25 nm along a 90 nm stretch of the Atlantic seaboard (in an area generally extending from the shoreline east to longitude 80 deg. 51.6′ W with the southern and northern boundary at latitudes 30 deg. 00′ N., 31 deg. 27′ N., respectively).</text>
													</paragraph></subsection></section></subchapter><subchapter commented="no" id="HF49C2306EBE84209AD71D020443E0C19" level-type="subsequent"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ports and Waterways Safety</header>
											<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EEB09CCE6064F4383F661E63EFEF936" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70011.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waterfront safety</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58634F07A1F64CD1864F69697E728596"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may take such action as is necessary to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2379861A96A47AFA5F61069FF793AA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prevent damage to, or the destruction of, any bridge or other structure on or in the navigable waters of the United States, or any land structure or shore area immediately adjacent to such waters; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H653942BD707A4DC0AFB9307DD2F7BFB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">protect the navigable waters and the resources therein from harm resulting from vessel or structure damage, destruction, or loss.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF296AE5990C54646BBCFBC1E670C25E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions authorized by subsection (a) include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32CC8ABF86C14A1797344F1943531406"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing procedures, measures, and standards for the handling, loading, unloading, storage, stowage, and movement on a structure (including the emergency removal, control, and disposition) of explosives or other dangerous articles and substances, including oil or hazardous material as those terms are defined in section 2101;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99E1A7664E944F0DA82D1C27C81492C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prescribing minimum safety equipment requirements for a structure to assure adequate protection from fire, explosion, natural disaster, and other serious accidents or casualties;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A88D45201BC4A3F8D2E0931F5AF9C53"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing water or waterfront safety zones, or other measures, for limited, controlled, or conditional access and activity when necessary for the protection of any vessel, structure, waters, or shore area; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EC528DD73CA4F3FBDE1210FFBF72E38"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing procedures for examination to assure compliance with the requirements prescribed under this section.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E0D67BA632040C29F5136FCFBE74617"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section, with respect to structures, prohibits a State or political subdivision thereof from prescribing higher safety equipment requirements or safety standards than those that may be prescribed by regulations under this section.</text>
												</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE560020C84444725A0DB3248AE283225" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70012.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Navigational hazards</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H139B00E942964F93B832D76D3FA9EFFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program to encourage fishermen and other vessel operators to report potential or existing navigational hazards involving pipelines to the Secretary through Coast Guard field offices.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EB98F24CDDC4842B336EF4DC5CC7948"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary’s response</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF27455FFFD00475FA051D3C48A1BBFE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification by the operator of a pipeline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon notification by the operator of a pipeline of a hazard to navigation with respect to that pipeline, the Secretary shall immediately notify Coast Guard headquarters, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, other affected Federal and State agencies, and vessel owners and operators in the pipeline’s vicinity.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AD6E3D160E74A8C899BD314B1E39E61"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification by other persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon notification by any other person of a hazard or potential hazard to navigation with respect to a pipeline, the Secretary shall promptly determine whether a hazard exists, and if so shall immediately notify Coast Guard headquarters, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, other affected Federal and State agencies, vessel owners and operators in the pipeline’s vicinity, and the owner and operator of the pipeline.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EF53C1E711140F1B71168B54F41E49C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pipeline defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <quote>pipeline</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>pipeline facility</quote> in section 60101(a)(18) of title 49.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB42925B993414EFA92C8F21EE64E1AA7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70013.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable waters of the United States</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E487A576C1E416CA43B268381ADEA34"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as a person has knowledge of any release from a vessel or facility into the navigable waters of the United States of any object that creates an obstruction prohibited under section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899, popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/403">33 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>), such person shall notify the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army of such release.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3711D3954BF74798B7A38FEC1420B150"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction on use of notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any notification provided by an individual in accordance with subsection (a) may not be used against such individual in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury or for giving a false statement.</text>
												</subsection></section></subchapter><subchapter commented="no" id="H78F3D3F3AA294C709F9207D8ABCE55A1" level-type="subsequent"><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Condition for Entry Into Ports in the United States</header>
											<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15D461A4DBFB4979AA769CA1A98BBFDC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70021.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions for entry to ports in the United States</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H206B8F871A3B402199FE66B4A1E05B0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No vessel that is subject to chapter 37 shall operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo or residue in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, if such vessel—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H578A609413B743018FBAC1BDC962C7BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a history of accidents, pollution incidents, or serious repair problems that, as determined by the Secretary, creates reason to believe that such vessel may be unsafe or may create a threat to the marine environment;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A3406EB91C94841A87127C787795C24"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fails to comply with any applicable regulation issued under section 70034, chapter 37, or any other applicable law or treaty;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17B7144723A247998D99440D4634C97E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">discharges oil or hazardous material in violation of any law of the United States or in a manner or quantities inconsistent with any treaty to which the United States is a party;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC607D1D3F5264E0F840FD38DD239DDC3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not comply with any applicable vessel traffic service requirements;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCADF638D1A7C47B681377AF77CD973B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is manned by one or more officers who are licensed by a certificating State that the Secretary has determined, pursuant to section 9101 of title 46, does not have standards for licensing and certification of seafarers that are comparable to or more stringent than United States standards or international standards that are accepted by the United States;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01C3D36048774D269DB0521973B1EFD7"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not manned in compliance with manning levels as determined by the Secretary to be necessary to insure the safe navigation of the vessel; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B3F5D8CC47746A5AE0A46BBBA26A7AA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">while underway, does not have at least one licensed deck officer on the navigation bridge who is capable of clearly understanding English.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDAE04271DBE4FACAC399352BFEAD8FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18647A70412D4A1593DE753E8CB999B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may allow provisional entry of a vessel that is not in compliance with subsection (a), if the owner or operator of such vessel proves, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that such vessel is not unsafe or a threat to the marine environment, and if such entry is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB419F2EF3CB746D8A086021A43866A1A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provisions not applicable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a vessel allowed provisional entry under paragraph (1) if the owner or operator of such vessel proves, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that such vessel is no longer unsafe or a threat to the marine environment, and is no longer in violation of any applicable law, treaty, regulation, or condition, as appropriate.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection></section></subchapter><subchapter commented="no" id="HD58593274CFE47D68067D6A85443B32E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions, Regulations, Enforcement, Investigatory Powers, Applicability</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H135627C0D7544D1B9AF7D95A7E007F71" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70031.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in subchapters A through C and this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B5F68B451484465A5F0863EDD4C0B82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>marine environment</quote> means—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H812C6B29FB3145458CBF053B37799A0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the navigable waters of the United States and the land and resources therein and thereunder;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0E7BF1CED3D4B3D96306B206C759753"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the waters and fishery resources of any area over which the United States asserts exclusive fishery management authority;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0488B3263BAF4380AA18ACA544F7AAC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the seabed and subsoil of the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States, the resources thereof, and the waters superjacent thereto; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFC131B391194403B812E68B34A85652"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recreational, economic, and scenic values of such waters and resources.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF06697B43FA64B868B5CF32B3C8E51F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, except that such term means the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the application of this chapter to the Saint Lawrence Seaway.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08E02651549A43B58655B818364E112E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>navigable waters of the United States</quote> includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.</text>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA6120F5B69B4822B79DB9457F637D34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70032.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saint Lawrence Seaway</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority granted to the Secretary under sections 70001, 70002, 70003, 70004, and 70011 may not be delegated with respect to the Saint Lawrence Seaway to any agency other than the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Any other authority granted the Secretary under subchapters A through C and this subchapter shall be delegated by the Secretary to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the extent the Secretary determines such delegation is necessary for the proper operation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FB372F21CCB46B6876C8F344BD56B3E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70033.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on application to foreign vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except pursuant to international treaty, convention, or agreement, to which the United States is a party, subchapters A through C and this subchapter shall not apply to any foreign vessel that is not destined for, or departing from, a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and that is in—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44C5871BAA194CB7987D37AC9D3E6127"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36313A38ED334D14933AB2A4CCAC5AF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.</text>
												</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF5B839147884D01B1BD66A1B134B788" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70034.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93E9222304154CFBB2A1D2B47E126A2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with section 553 of title 5, the Secretary shall issue, and may from time to time amend or repeal, regulations necessary to implement subchapters A through C and this subchapter.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64A4301CDBD440B4ACBC78F6C81C8FA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the exercise of the regulatory authority under subchapters A through C and this subchapter, the Secretary shall consult with, and receive and consider the views of all interested persons, including—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H731DD05C53484631B3EE9EA306BC164E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interested Federal departments and agencies;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1376D69832B24FE499C0B6D2F9AF3F7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">officials of State and local governments;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BBCF7A7B80749249B49DEA506AF974D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of the maritime community;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H120BD115EFEE41168260639B482326FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of port and harbor authorities or associations;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78D2238FD2864362B17C70E4A7710A21"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of environmental groups;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6B05968EC2B4D83B0FF8612F95B7BDF"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other interested persons who are knowledgeable or experienced in dealing with problems involving vessel safety, port and waterways safety, and protection of the marine environment; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9410F51124D74E619F899BC6AE52BFB5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advisory committees consisting of all interested segments of the public when the establishment of such committees is considered necessary because the issues involved are highly complex or controversial.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE38B6DC72204283B61B8944DEABD6DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70035.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Investigatory powers</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC221CCB271B24ED9AC1B9901FDFCD4FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may investigate any incident, accident, or act involving the loss or destruction of, or damage to, any structure subject to subchapters A through C and this subchapter, or that affects or may affect the safety or environmental quality of the ports, harbors, or navigable waters of the United States.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD717953B4D54250B6384DC277D34433"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Powers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In an investigation under this section, the Secretary may issue subpoenas to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents or other evidence relating to such incident, accident, or act. If any person refuses to obey a subpoena, the Secretary may request the Attorney General to invoke the aid of the appropriate district court of the United States to compel compliance with the subpoena. Any district court of the United States may, in the case of refusal to obey a subpoena, issue an order requiring compliance with the subpoena, and failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as contempt. Witnesses may be paid fees for travel and attendance at rates not exceeding those allowed in a district court of the United States.</text>
												</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DE89C7AB0E546F69F28B86BFBB720A3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70036.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement</header>
												<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B7118BBC4EE4D1C8114DAA91B0C3F99"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil penalty</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H640F784FD78244069A62E8C0FFFB3AA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who is found by the Secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have violated subchapters A through C or this subchapter or a regulation issued under subchapters A through C or this subchapter shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty, not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation. The amount of such civil penalty shall be assessed by the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, by written notice. In determining the amount of such penalty, the Secretary shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the prohibited acts committed and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BBE8039B4E248D6BB52F68E81A3E7FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compromise, modification, or remission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may compromise, modify, or remit, with or without conditions, any civil penalty that is subject to imposition or that has been imposed under this section.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0DB5836BD0E44498940A6900CC50DB0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to pay penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty after it has become final, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General of the United States, for collection in any appropriate district court of the United States.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BACA16AF028498CAEC78694F0759997"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal penalty</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD3A259BA33B4BEDA543E646B31EDAA1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Class D felony</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who willfully and knowingly violates subchapters A through C or this subchapter or any regulation issued thereunder commits a class D felony.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62BDA02C3434454483B62CCD55D4CC59"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Class C felony</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who, in the willful and knowing violation of subchapters A through C or this subchapter or of any regulation issued thereunder, uses a dangerous weapon, or engages in conduct that causes bodily injury or fear of imminent bodily injury to any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of such a subchapter or the regulations issued under such subchapter, commits a class C felony.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCC3DB42844D4AA3B85364871266BE3E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In rem liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any vessel that is used in violation of subchapters A, B, or C or this subchapter, or any regulations issued under such subchapter, shall be liable in rem for any civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsection (a) and may be proceeded against in the United States district court for any district in which such vessel may be found.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A4047DA4A6B4ACBACBD80B97434E627"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Injunction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States district courts shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of subchapter A, B, or C or this subchapter or of regulations issued under such subchapter, for cause shown.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A474E955DA349A9AAA25A995E070B65"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denial of entry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in section 70021, the Secretary may, subject to recognized principles of international law, deny entry by any vessel that is not in compliance with subchapter A, B, or C or this subchapter or the regulations issued under such subchapter—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEA4D0D50A614684B0CC873A96BB9B31"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">into the navigable waters of the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H790FF474AD17487F93A50CDAC59044BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H615A78E159D94266B4D03BD25657CF71"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Withholding of clearance</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CC36ABE10DF4418A155729F23C6602C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any owner, operator, or individual in charge of a vessel is liable for a penalty or fine under this section, or if reasonable cause exists to believe that the owner, operator, or individual in charge may be subject to a penalty or fine under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the request of the Secretary, shall with respect to such vessel refuse or revoke any clearance required by section 60105 of title 46.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB8CB2869F4F44D89123537B11914BB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Granting clearance refused or revoked</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clearance refused or revoked under this subsection may be granted upon filing of a bond or other surety satisfactory to the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subchapter></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03FD0C9A1E894108BC0C4EAF883B7F47"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of such subtitle is amended by inserting before the item relating to chapter 701 the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78B36B78511E47F28A0E02D119A9C1AC" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>700.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Ports and Waterways Safety</level-header><target>70001.</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D0FA9D89779421EA3590DCCC09C8312" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
							<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5B09AC655A04A44BFC94C67F8967E02"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electronic charts</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70EE8F5C76EA4E3A92453FA53D899A47"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4A of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1223a">33 U.S.C. 1223a</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58307BAD30694BBBBBD377396358BDEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is redesignated as section 3105 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear after section 3104 of that title; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEFAAD4F7DBA4250B73665232DBAF19C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H557F746170F543878B1B52EA9506B556" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE922FCBC833546B3931BC4DFAF304A27"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except pursuant to an international treaty, convention, or agreement, to which the United States is a party, this section shall not apply to any foreign vessel that is not destined for, or departing from, a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and that is in—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E77592EC3D04659AA7C89FFF69FE98B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H409A460ED24A4836918C9066872AC8E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transit through the navigable waters of the United States that form a part of an international strait.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F020DD6071D428BA5CCEB15D3ACDFB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of chapter 31 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44D20A7E300E438386950A83E591FC64" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">3105. Electronic charts.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE62CDC773B864ECEAF1A7AFFA337AD4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Port, harbor, and coastal facility security</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7CC463080854C7E82C1EC021F17E8F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">So much of section 7 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1226">33 U.S.C. 1226</external-xref>) as precedes subsection (c) of that section is redesignated as section 70116 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to section 70116 of that title.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55CFF2D1197C4F7A98900AC598EB27A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions, administration, and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70116 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H943BA13EA7394D59AF34D2650125A15C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions, administration, and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall be treated as part of chapter 700 for purposes of sections 70031, 70032, 70034, 70035, and 70036.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE9C94281DE04242BAE121C08C69364E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of chapter 701 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 70116 and inserting the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE2422377C24424B9BF12CDE279C3A0B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">70116. Port, harbor, and coastal facility security.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35548CE61FAD4800A6E7CB24525BCEAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nondisclosure of port security plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 7 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1226">33 U.S.C. 1226</external-xref>), as so designated before the application of subsection (b)(1) of this section—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB946624EA7274BE286C8F10577E4638D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is redesignated as subsection (f) of section 70103 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred so as to appear after subsection (e) of such section; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H878AC4191A3F46518D9D1C66E1A94910"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is amended by striking <quote>this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>this chapter</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA180DBBD4D844F65BF1BFA7DDF4B2306"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2307 of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis at the beginning of chapter 23 of that title, are repealed.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H009EC6C429B64D57AE055F834CB15B08"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1221">33 U.S.C. 1221–1231</external-xref>, 1232–1232b), as amended by this Act, is repealed.</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9120D56E0C9142CDB6A6B21A9263CB09" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transitional and savings provisions</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A41ED05BC0F4C46AF62BF5D897D8921"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H667A24E5B48A416489FCB5245F54E804"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Source provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>source provision</quote> means a provision of law that is replaced by a title 46 provision under this title.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB18696B7FF34418A2B18C60F383F49B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 46 provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>title 46 provision</quote> means a provision of title 46, United States Code, that is enacted by section 402.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78B84CD345244761A64294E526D1EADE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cutoff date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The title 46 provisions replace certain provisions of law enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act. If a law enacted after that date amends or repeals a source provision, that law is deemed to amend or repeal, as the case may be, the corresponding title 46 provision. If a law enacted after that date is otherwise inconsistent with a title 46 provision or a provision of this title, that law supersedes the title 46 provision or provision of this title to the extent of the inconsistency.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFBB7165F53E4C8BAE0E5BDDBBE2187B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Original date of enactment unchanged</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining whether one provision of law supersedes another based on enactment later in time, a title 46 provision is deemed to have been enacted on the date of enactment of the source provision that the title 46 provision replaces.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF35816806DE1456A9457C84BB45CF631"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References to title 46 provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reference to a title 46 provision, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding source provision.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CD8E53059DB499E85486037157138AE"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References to source provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reference to a source provision, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding title 46 provision.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H253FBCFF3B4243A98E98846BEF7FD055"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations, orders, and other administrative actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regulation, order, or other administrative action in effect under a source provision continues in effect under the corresponding title 46 provision.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB028FD36267C4576BD810D5F7AAD11CA"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions taken and offenses committed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An action taken or an offense committed under a source provision is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding title 46 provision.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DD2BC1C5B174A578DCB184B3F108A4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title, including the amendments made by this title, is intended only to transfer provisions of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to title 46, United States Code, and may not be construed to alter—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09617FC1BB5D4F96B3A7F005020ABAE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of a provision of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, including any authority or requirement therein;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A4033C5B7FF42948854B9F82FF47778"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a department or agency interpretation with respect to the Ports and Waterways Safety Act; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B725382051447E3A7202BF7432AE2DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a judicial interpretation with respect to the Ports and Waterways Safety Act.</text>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA915B6ABCE74C6E9964E346704CBC68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory committee: repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/241">Public Law 102–241</external-xref>; 105 Stat. 2213) is repealed.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61A3F06E755D422A80DEF77E2E264F3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regattas and marine parades</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H680D32116A2D4C1BBD3FF25157A84205"><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/46/700">Chapter 700</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as established by section 401 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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									<subchapter commented="no" id="HBFE935F3CCD64E7F88F6CAA6B29656EF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regattas and Marine Parades</header>
										<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0460A3CDCE1C4CC8B1A895611748821D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70041.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regattas and marine parades</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5316D94FD6B495A8BDBD5707005741C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard may issue regulations to promote the safety of life on navigable waters during regattas or marine parades.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E623851E6474EDEBCFCCBC1DB83978B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Detail and use of vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To enforce regulations issued under this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB4A8025A90C4848A6F0174D20D09CC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant may detail any public vessel in the service of the Coast Guard and make use of any private vessel tendered gratuitously for that purpose; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40C3E9B5D87341408A612BCAD87E6C68"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon the request of the Commandant, the head of any other Federal department or agency may enforce the regulations by means of any public vessel of such department and any private vessel tendered gratuitously for that purpose.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H418D820A6F704D8D827E4918D3F0E03E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Commandant under this section may be transferred by the President for any special occasion to the head of another Federal department or agency whenever in the President’s judgment such transfer is desirable.</text>
											</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2ECF9E6BC2144E9B8F26EEF0E5B1B50"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0580359E504D45EF8E63BFE9AFA4B840"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any violation of regulations issued pursuant to this section the following penalties shall be incurred:</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79E715C75A964AEC9F0B34BD3E18F15C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A licensed officer shall be liable to suspension or revocation of license in the manner prescribed by law for incompetency or misconduct.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D1868DEBA634B609D2A9F65ECF2CE2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person in charge of the navigation of a vessel other than a licensed officer shall be liable to a penalty of $5,000.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE4C25A803E54905AA59040E8B5785A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner of a vessel (including any corporate officer of a corporation owning the vessel) actually on board shall be liable to a penalty of $5,000, unless the violation of regulations occurred without the owner’s knowledge.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H621D080C80844A56BB58541E0BBC8191"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other person shall be liable to a penalty of $2,500.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5471651350EC4A2CBE82511F17A93321"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mitigation or remission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may mitigate or remit any penalty provided for in this subsection in the manner prescribed by law for the mitigation or remission of penalties for violation of the navigation laws.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2149DE1C683947F699B18E5B450FC544"><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/46/700">chapter 700</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as established by section 401 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5727E299D73748CF8DD8A9E304CA376E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H5BA22E3CA085439294837464E0AB6869" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HBFE935F3CCD64E7F88F6CAA6B29656EF" level="subchapter">Subchapter E—Regattas and Marine Parades</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H0460A3CDCE1C4CC8B1A895611748821D" level="section">70041. Regattas and marine parades.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6C1A7E449DC4010909D2228F244A27C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act of April 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 69, chapter 151; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1233">33 U.S.C. 1233</external-xref> et seq.), is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H932005E12A6646C8BE0A408F7B099C78" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of vessels in territorial waters of United States</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43E3520B50FF450A9CE68F73A96CA0F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of subchapter f</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/700">Chapter 700</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as established by section 401 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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									<subchapter commented="no" id="HC3C400315B0248BB93CB1CE74A24D43B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of Vessels in Territorial Waters of United States</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB45A08685CB4AAC9787E164A6443D9F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70054.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE97FF1E8CEB945D5945A84FEAF8856E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>United States</quote> includes all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CD968C2E9474F19B9BEA7EF7008B2B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Territorial waters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>territorial waters of the United States</quote> includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.</text></paragraph></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F75B975F54147E8B59754852370221A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of anchorage and movement of vessels during national emergency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1 of title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220, chapter 30; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/191">50 U.S.C. 191</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE154BF29249C40FE828A2996813E1A76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section designation and all that follows before <quote>by proclamation</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3785A382B9754DB19605D2F911EA6E4D" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30D9A486CC504B5493FC0B50E4ED772C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70051.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of anchorage and movement of vessels during national emergency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Whenever the President</text></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80EFB19536914A4791BE1B728FC8A4B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of the Treasury</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF92ACEC2561D4280AF0327FF3A3FB415"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6A0187DFA634FF19377C813A270B909"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>this title</quote> and inserting <quote>this subchapter</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D51F80CC06B43088B9DF2588C75AD99"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the section so that the section appears before section 70054 of title 46, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3578AB5B2F3A4624870849D9CCC36533"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine and imprisonment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220, chapter 30; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/192">50 U.S.C. 192</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7A2D39074C648A8B4A22FAE87F72205"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section designation and all that follows before <quote>agent,</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66FE1F0438574671A06992EEE1FBE89A" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD600BF2B86D4A31B1C627DB98FB8AC9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70052.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine and imprisonment</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FDA0103E8384B86A28CA1029D1E3611"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any owner,</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2B2B04351E54BE1A007302E7DB09DB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>this title</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>this subchapter</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3580B2B03974AFB9BA4515AE758F282"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the section so that the section appears after section 70051 of title 46, United States Code (as transferred by subsection (b) of this section).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E0082843B014642984E02AA860B0A12"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220, chapter 30; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/194">50 U.S.C. 194</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF932CD5E13D24EB0B50E64E3E9CE06D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking all before <quote>may employ</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4E0D1082627407395B4E9C8076FF82F" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14A11B6CA04646F2BA376DE8144E9B23" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70053.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President</text></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA344D86D66C4AE3AF5FAD0828F4F64E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the purpose of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>this subchapter</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6280DDDEE4F48EB9F8EDB01D63A0E58"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring the section so that the section appears after section 70052 of title 46, United States Code (as transferred by subsection (c) of this section).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA97B93C29BF44EDE8553232EFD872142"><enum>(e)</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/46/700">chapter 700</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as established by section 401 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FD093D027124434A2B3984EC1E0E2BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subchapter">SUBCHAPTER F—REGULATION OF VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">70051. Regulation of anchorage and movement of vessels during national emergency.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">70052. Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine and imprisonment. </toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">70053. Enforcement provisions.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">70054. Definitions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D0A84BE93A64A559F95FF81D55053D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Port, harbor, and coastal facility security</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H804B4F585ABD4560BA68D1F19837A30E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">So much of section 7 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1226">33 U.S.C. 1226</external-xref>) as precedes subsection (c) of that section is redesignated as section 70102a of title 46, United States Code, and transferred so as to appear after section 70102 of that title.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56AA477E34414A1B8E34DDAB6AB56E3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions, administration, and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70102a of title 46, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2729DF8C0A8842668F41D5B9DFC02303"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions, administration, and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall be treated as part of chapter 700 for purposes of sections 70031, 70032, 70034, 70035, and 70036.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H266FC4E61678406080C9D01C4A0AC2FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of chapter 701 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 70102 the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D9AE65F2E645D28C4717A873FCDEF7" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">70102a. Port, harbor, and coastal facility security.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1801FFBBCD74D6E9EEC14C1A353D79F"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nondisclosure of port security plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 7 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1226">33 U.S.C. 1226</external-xref>), as so designated before the application of subsection (b)(1) of this section—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB668713F54549A680817577797FAD0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is redesignated as subsection (f) of section 70103 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred so as to appear after subsection (e) of such section; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CB4DEADE9E9475190955E1D40F8C098"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is amended by striking <quote>this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>this chapter</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></title><title commented="no" id="HA56D183BF5AC4E4099160D26AD181D3E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Transportation Safety</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFF0814CB954420D9B393AC8A1CEFACE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistency in marine inspections</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H928A1FFAA2034DE6B7A8A46EAC87072A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC8CAF46060944E393C8CF2DEE75453E"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2BA74B4952C34D7EB462329706DDDCF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall ensure that Officers in Charge, Marine Inspections consistently interpret regulations and standards under this subtitle and chapter 700 to avoid disruption and undue expense to industry.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H175396E555DD4E718E809F4481F0CB0C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA2551753C9424EC9A75A3BE48D6FD41E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), in the event of a disagreement regarding the condition of a vessel or the interpretation of a regulation or standard referred to in subsection (a) between a local Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection conducting an inspection of the vessel and the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection that issued the most recent certificate of inspection for the vessel, such Officers shall seek to resolve such disagreement.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC99A4B653F944493B06EBD5B96A5BF3A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a disagreement described in subparagraph (A) involves vessel design or plan review, the Coast Guard marine safety center shall be included in all efforts to resolve such disagreement.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEE72C33342048F0ABD9B67D6F0B3B04" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a disagreement described in subparagraph (A) or (B) cannot be resolved, the local Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection shall submit to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, through the cognizant Coast Guard district commander, a request for a final agency determination of the matter in disagreement.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2B6D759C15F4AC6877E1F2277EA3AD5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67438EB5DE7644A8BBE1E0B1F7438AE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to each person affected by a decision or action by an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection or by the Coast Guard marine safety center all information necessary for such person to exercise any right to appeal such decision or action; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA32CA1E0A3D04692BED9F08A18C7B2E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such an appeal is filed, process such appeal under parts 1 through 4 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017</short-title>.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91E17C61DB184BE9B9B3E3884526BB60" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection</quote> means any person from the civilian or military branch of the Coast Guard who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B196137C6664038BFBC87B5FC0165F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designated as such by the Commandant; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67F52FAE06DF4EA0AD1E416954CA910D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the superintendence and direction of the cognizant Coast Guard district commander, is in charge of an inspection zone for the performance of duties with respect to the inspections under, and enforcement and administration of, subtitle II, chapter 700, and regulations under such laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96E0AA9F2275402F8288B268C95E4C93"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on marine inspector training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the training, experience, and qualifications required for assignment as a marine inspector under section 312 of title 14, United States Code, including—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEEB7F78E16243C6BFCF100BD3B4B774"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any continuing education requirement, including a specific list of the required courses;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A9DFE6235884D5191B1D962646FEED7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the training, including a specific list of the included courses, offered to a journeyman or an advanced journeyman marine inspector to advance inspection expertise;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1CC3571045849138F5C68C6BD088777"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any training that was offered in the 15-year period before the date of the enactment of this Act, but is no longer required or offered, including a specific list of the included courses, including the senior marine inspector course and any plan review courses;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6052A19A655F4F3F8E2B7D0D53D91143"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a justification for why a course described in paragraph (3) is no longer required or offered; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE06C148462043738879F13AA2376031"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the course content the Commandant considers necessary to promote consistency among marine inspectors in an environment of increasingly complex vessels and vessel systems.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64C804AE11BD48B982D55377D4AE7895" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uninspected passenger vessels in St. Louis County, Minnesota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4105 of title 46, United States Code, amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D292E4CCE1D4F14A32AD4A7E3AF391A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD74F5D28AB84D4EA9DEFF23A93D76D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H232C471563C944909A57A5F9C9EEBD93" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36A6F5A759DB4A239CD1C81687DA92A1"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying this title with respect to an uninspected vessel of less than 25 feet overall in length that carries passengers on Crane Lake or waters contiguous to such lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, the Secretary shall substitute <quote>12 passengers</quote> for <quote>6 passengers</quote> each place it appears in section 2101(51).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61CD9B00AA644FFC96FF879E31B30024" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Engine cut-off switch requirements</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C9802E99CE249DE9217BE882A53EB66"><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/46/43">Chapter 43</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BC7446A1EB5464F818B16519C5BF025" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A490039C35C4D98BC835C994666687E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Engine cut-off switches</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E889B3B33354E80AFF43D53F66BFA7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Installation requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A manufacturer, distributor, or dealer that installs propulsion machinery and associated starting controls on a covered recreational vessel shall equip such vessel with an engine cut-off switch and engine cut-off switch link that meet American Boat and Yacht Council Standard A–33, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017</short-title>.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4251C5E5BA046B1B16C9B8245006574"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education on cut-off switches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard, through the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee established under section 15105, may initiate a boating safety program on the use and benefits of cut-off switches for recreational vessels.</text>
										</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD1ACF3ACE4B40C0BF1209A587E39836"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of Standard for inspection</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H355854B3D1AD463EBAC3CD8419FF2C7D"><enum>(1)</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 section, the Commandant shall transmit American Boat and Yacht Council Standard A–33, as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017</short-title>, to—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADABD82A065C42F4816D8A9EA5FD6919"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AD9DBBFCDC2423ABEC2581C13F4D0A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A4C543E696F4724A3A592547BA9F093"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard Office of Design and Engineering Standards; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C3D729158B42FFB7D6929531CC5484"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Archives and Records Administration.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9316ADC33507455DA2914A2926702C53"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard submitted under paragraph (1) shall be kept on file and available for public inspection at such Coast Guard office and the National Archives and Records Administration.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB997A2A15AEB461B8D6BEEED43616999"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D8BEF1A0EE44B86887688524CF8E253"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered recreational vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>covered recreational vessel</quote> means a recreational vessel that is—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H041449BAD84444279B495685A8658317"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">less than 26 feet overall in length; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ECA946332554C4A883D5A92ACCC327D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capable of developing 115 pounds or more of static thrust.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3756515620045648EFC88467A1E6DB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dealer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>dealer</quote> means any person who is engaged in the sale and distribution of recreational vessels or associated equipment to purchasers whom the seller in good faith believes to be purchasing any such vessel or associated equipment for purposes other than resale.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H422DDBB49F3C470FA228CC78E4DCA01A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distributor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>distributor</quote> means any person engaged in the sale and distribution of recreational vessels and associated equipment for the purposes of resale.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1935FDB08705484ABD05B294B7B680BA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Manufacturer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>equipment manufacturer</quote> means any person engaged in the manufacture, construction, or assembly of recreational vessels or associated equipment, or the importation of recreational vessels into the United States for subsequent sale.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68FBC06A1B924680924B7C486A876B98"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Propulsion machinery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>propulsion machinery</quote> means a self-contained propulsion system, and includes, but is not limited to, inboard engines, outboard motors, and sterndrive engines.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE77B69E0398A4E2E818EA37F4D7B706E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Static thrust</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>static thrust</quote> means the forward or backwards thrust developed by propulsion machinery while stationary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF13937077CF49328465DDE4174B48F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB403E4BCA354C33ACF93A5913664D82" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4312. Engine cut-off switches.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8510383F1C114FD1A6FC9C29159A9AF5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4312 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87DA32FF89474785829EB8FF2810BF9E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception from survival craft requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4502(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8878DEF090E4EE78FA5CC25C9D53B00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>a survival craft</quote> and inserting <quote>subject to paragraph (3), a survival craft</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6961BCE3C7E447E193056BEB7F1A7393"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4125963EF2134FFD9A6D8FB033965034" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C379E174C354E39BC9FC56C61E950D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for a nonapplicable vessel, an auxiliary craft shall satisfy the equipment requirement under paragraph (2)(B) if such craft is—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBE6F1C0341B42E5982B8817ADBD0E06"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary for normal fishing operations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD13E6BE36784BDFB888AFA419120575"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">readily accessible during an emergency; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3589927CF1E745309F82142AF2E397B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capable, in accordance with the Coast Guard capacity rating, when applicable, of safely holding all individuals on board the vessel to which the craft functions as an auxiliary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD79537228E74114B6B2632172C30DD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8EC1D5BD9E74B8AB9828DDA6B6E1288" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FF02432D43A43FBAC87C2EF1260A554"><enum>(k)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section, the term <quote>auxiliary craft</quote> means a vessel that is carried onboard a fishing vessel and is normally used to support fishing operations.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6493D85F12840B1A06F95FC23AE4242" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4502(f) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83D1C11EB579484FA0083ECA9C7568EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall examine at dockside a vessel described in subsection (b) at least once every 5 years, but may require an exam at dockside every 2 years for certain vessels described in subsection (b) if requested by the owner or operator; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6F6EFAB96354D9E94C2CB662430D34F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall issue a certificate of compliance to a vessel meeting the requirements of this chapter and satisfying the requirements in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD95F579F30B45E5ACCC15084CE8C9FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fishing safety grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BA791CDBB5242E9A94522B0D7B221FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (i) and (j), by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Health and Human Services</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDF97087FC9045E087EAC789D11B1BED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)(2), as amended by paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, in consultation with and based on criteria established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard</quote> after <quote>Health and Human Services</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B649C0A3D1748728657C27F357B95BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)(3), by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B83B0FA81704312A2E7F28533034CDB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)(4), by striking <quote>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2019</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H142CD82F8A5D4250B84A1DC2BFE78AD9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)(2), as amended by paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, in consultation with and based on criteria established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard,</quote> after <quote>Health and Human Services</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4C6ABBB02984D728E54C3EFC653DE11"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)(3), by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD87743213EE4F1ABACAE8E88B49CE9F"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)(4), by striking <quote>$3,000,000 for each fiscal years 2015 through 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2019</quote>.</text>
							</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H619F52CFF0654621B991418E949D2300" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>507.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ACD8DE87C994089B13ABB1059B308E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonapplication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4503(c)(2)(A) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>79</quote> and inserting <quote>180</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFA91E3E092849CBBE9FC2434D9221E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determining when keel is laid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4503(f) of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by section 508 of this Act, is further amended to read as follows:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E3E0D6FF5734268BD064EF9D04AC425"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H059B6B7AFC964675B3500A4BB4F106E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section and section 4503a, the term <quote>built</quote> means, with respect to a vessel, that the vessel’s construction has reached any of the following stages:</text>
 <subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9136984CBED44C2981256B68D4D9B24" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The vessel’s keel is laid.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE395574B9914642AB5569E164895706" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction identifiable with the vessel has begun and assembly of that vessel has commenced comprising of at least 50 metric tons or one percent of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC36CA4E87CC415AABFBB07655270645" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a vessel greater than 79 feet overall in length, for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) a keel is deemed to be laid when a marine surveyor affirms that a structure adequate for serving as a keel for such vessel is in place and identified for use in the construction of such vessel.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DE5D2951F27473DB3D4CD1828DF4609" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>508.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for compliance with alternate safety compliance program</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBCE78FB9F354CE18EC3C62C8C0035A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4503(d) of title 46, United States Code, is redesignated as section 4503a and transferred to appear after section 4503 of such title.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFB63C0BD07B418587DCBD347ED707EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD8656062ECD400D9DEE2E768FA4DD76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H568974B6B1B5401DBF334682987483C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4503a</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0030741F54124E409E60CAEB15E04CBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(I), by striking <quote>subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EC1E4F4DFA5442C8A47E31149547DF7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(II), by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H627CB256619841B6BEC73C97B9CF8CAC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking <quote>subsection (e)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H546DEF65E20E4F0A9D9A97375566A517"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(2), as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking <quote>subsection (e)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>;</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA000E41D43F9490789E6E4F1D3E4AAC2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternate safety compliance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4503a of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated and transferred by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70368E2EEB8E4DF3B2EB64306D35E042"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) as subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59039CF5C0B849518FDAAAC77B5A9FE2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before subsection (a), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF44303AFA5F849ECA43997773594406E" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1953C787353247358C26AB4974164113" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4503a.<?LEXA-Enum 4503a.?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternate safety compliance program</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAA6DC7A8C5647AD846930BB13A8D24C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking <quote>After January 1, 2020,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Secretary, if</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subsection (c), beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date that the Secretary prescribes an alternate safety compliance program, a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies shall comply with such an alternate safety compliance program, if</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9472D27AA6844BFDB11E174D2E5202F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H764A84E319F84D0DADAAE849A2D8D61E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>establishes standards for an alternate safety compliance program, shall comply with such an alternative safety compliance program that is developed in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry and prescribed by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>prescribes an alternate safety compliance program under subsection (a), shall comply with such an alternate safety compliance program</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45D69532AD074C8A96C806D81C1FFE49"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (c), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20C85BE43DE54EFB93BD1CFCA11FB304" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3847496229314021ABAB35F3EF42FC4C"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a), a separate alternate safety compliance program may be developed for a specific region or specific fishery.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82668111EB664B0698B95CC908900F16"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8274836251948889AC8E30F3A629800"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C29984CBFC2482D9D6EA28D4242828A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that paragraph</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>that subsection</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5E5542816944518B30061FFEF8A4634"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2948C783E4C841059A89C9DA4F1931B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inserting <quote>is not eligible to participate in an alternative safety compliance program prescribed under subsection (a) and</quote> after <quote>July 1, 2012</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF4ECFD7875344DE8E3B9DC6840A4813"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1123925B64F64799A419AEDBB8C45837"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFE236D4E64D416EAB5205CC3C5B13AE"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section, the term <quote>built</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 4503(f).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21769EBB13774CF3BAC6B25E31370365"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of chapter 45 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4503 the following</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE613D829DE42451E8193613125C7A90B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4503a. Alternate safety compliance program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD96D2AB4FAB84CD29786A0FBE7E195C8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 4503(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4503(d)</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D875F0767104FDE8DD358393082786F"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue a final rule implementing the requirements enumerated in section 4503(d) of title 46, as amended by subsection (b)(1) of this section.</text>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5491602006FE47FA92D97B32A53E8880"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternate safety compliance program status report</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EC8945A35E64BF69B0F0947FD092922"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1, 2020, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the status of the development of the alternate safety compliance program directed by section 4503a of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (c).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02459B9B5C4C48F4857095BA971336F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under paragraph (1) shall include discussion of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2819AC3F406441A08FC06AAB2F462ED8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">steps taken in the rulemaking process to establish the alternate safety compliance program;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF31399D7DD964E5994A975AF450B07E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communication and collaboration between the Coast Guard, the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and the commercial fishing vessel industry regarding the development of the alternate safety compliance program;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77E3F211B13B45B3B0FB6BB9D7BE9DE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consideration given to developing alternate safety compliance programs for specific regions and fisheries, as authorized in section 4503a(c) of such title, as redesignated by subsection (c);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H720740349AB6473FA9D1E072242B0A92"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any identified legislative changes necessary to implement an effective alternate safety compliance program; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAE6A0235F5F48D8AD5657E46C043DEA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the timeline and planned actions that will be taken to implement regulations necessary to fully establish an alternate safety compliance program before January 1, 2020.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4649228155C84C23B234317CE3924974" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of unsafe operations; technical correction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4505(2) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H277573E4D7344EB6AF5F6290BFCA886E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>4503(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>4503(a)(2)</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E095B87E4DE42A191D49ED63FF18E7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, except that this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a vessel to which section 4503a applies</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE462DCADD50D49B8A7AB4F47212CEB02" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>510.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical corrections: Licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H943724D37C214824AAA3E10326A7AE04"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 7106(b), by striking <quote>merchant mariner’s document,</quote> and inserting <quote>license,</quote>;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEABCC3821F8401882CDC5BE1FF8EC00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 7107(b), by striking <quote>merchant mariner’s document,</quote> and inserting <quote>certificate of registry,</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D8D3695F9BC4D439C728FB331C4EFBD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 7507(b)(1), by striking <quote>licenses or certificates of registry</quote> and inserting <quote>merchant mariner documents</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7F09AEA7D3D4C61861FDCE74C22EBBA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 7507(b)(2) by striking <quote>merchant mariner’s document.</quote> and inserting <quote>license or certificate of registry.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF46F7A04164D4158B0B90E3024CC875E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of logbook entries</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H000F333761204208B3107E3247646F21"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11304 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DB164D76A6149C3916D0CDF936486E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>an official logbook, which</quote> and inserting <quote>a logbook, which may be in any form, including electronic, and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6FFF7EAEA7F4C81A487DE83E2601521"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
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 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF3D41B214FD4253B70F81983CA84D85"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each illness of, and injury to, a seaman of the vessel, the nature of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment provided for the injury or illness.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53E308EEFF194614A6BD4A5D9A68FD42"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11304(b) is amended by striking <quote>log book</quote> and inserting <quote>logbook</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88CC8B01672F42E3BD4A55EB0B800617" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>512.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certificates of documentation for recreational vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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								<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE528C5C8A63345DEA5C3EA9A244C5700"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective Period</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1851EA6669D4D20A8C98A74CEEFA5BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), a certificate of documentation issued under this part is valid for a 1-year period and may be renewed for additional 1-year periods.</text>
									</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12434B9AF9ED4E7C875538A4A817F642"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recreational vessels</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98C20CE269994FCCA7AB145374602CEE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certificate of documentation for a recreational vessel and the renewal of such a certificate shall be effective for a 5-year period.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC75A52E8C7CB49D2A83863D8A647AB7A"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase-in period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2021, the owner or operator of a recreational vessel may choose a period of effectiveness of between 1 and 5 years for such a certificate of documentation for such vessel or the renewal thereof.</text>
										</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58EDF8A97CDC4B4BB7CA858451A2BC6F"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B907E1758924428B3DEFCC779BA5F5C"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall assess and collect a fee—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1B0A4277F11438CAA14CC2477A5983C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the issuance of a certificate of documentation for a recreational vessel that is equivalent to the fee established for the issuance of a certificate of documentation under section 2110; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4305B54FB421468F8868C2FE1416E88C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the renewal of a certificate of documentation for a recreational vessel that is equivalent to the number of years of effectiveness of the certificate of documentation multiplied by the fee established for the renewal of a certificate of documentation under section 2110.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H879B2C412AB14C9E8A6C490E20C487A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees collected under this subsection—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC98555DC637444B596667BF426681580"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be credited to the account from which the costs of such issuance or renewal were paid; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16B3F61FA4194DCB9701F54A01D01D78"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may remain available until expended.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE747D6F5B5141E0B9270D35A6C43C1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of change in information</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90E114B0B3D64C2AA2DE7D0CBAF3268C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner of a vessel shall notify the Coast Guard of each change in the information on which the issuance of the certificate of documentation for the vessel is based that occurs before the expiration of the certificate under this subsection, by not later than 30 days after such change.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB98BE99B1CF04A26ADFBE4BB946C40F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of certificate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The certificate of documentation for a vessel shall terminate upon the expiration of such 30-day period if the owner has not notified the Coast Guard of such change before the end of such period.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04DAF80A68CC4A5BBB4E50BC008DD2A3"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local authority to remove abandoned and derelict vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of a State or local authority from taking action to remove an abandoned or derelict vessel.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C8809E429A5473E9D002DA5661B0802" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>513.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Numbering for undocumented barges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12301(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H389AACBB2FD042CF833F9A4A7A909F0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>may</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA67C99E2FC7A45BC8CE8C5127876FA23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>of</quote> after <quote>barge</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89e563a8d5524c5a84cacf66865f7ba1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>514.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Backup national timing system</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1BE69AD36E84DFC90B4B16DC07B300E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e94c5c42eaf474cbb783d970b475750"><enum>(b)</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/49/30">Chapter 30</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45826a24fdda415884d18462e27233b4" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9cb37e75ba9414aa95a6a3b7f3de1be" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative timing system</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id063d00795b0444b28a1eff0bc641047c"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Transportation shall provide for the establishment, sustainment, and operation of a land-based, resilient, and reliable alternative timing system—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb9e594cde43448aa57104688bd11ec1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce critical dependencies and provide a complement to and backup for the timing component of the Global Positioning System (referred to in this section as <quote>GPS</quote>); and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55357c898e6c4c138df6b8d0c6912202"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure the availability of uncorrupted and non-degraded timing signals for military and civilian users in the event that GPS timing signals are corrupted, degraded, unreliable, or otherwise unavailable.</text>
											</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id470e6cee7c864212bf45168bfc0326f3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of requirements</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id045007bcea554c05902d1ffac3e2d928"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish requirements for the procurement of the system required by subsection (a) as a complement to and backup for the timing component of GPS in accordance with the timing requirements study required by section 1618 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 2595).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae1d8368ac584f5fad934dff536631b6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the system established under subsection (a) will—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb757f0ed2e1441289828d47742a143c3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be wireless;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61d9453aadeb45baa81a2389ba51ea9a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be terrestrial;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7004698f346400ea3333488d447d366"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide wide-area coverage;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9ffe63c01ce4d2bb80d11eb317d719d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be synchronized with coordinated universal time;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id217dbe9cb8bd4651a3a6f889abfc17f8"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be resilient and extremely difficult to disrupt or degrade;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id804bb06b6fb04581ae2835df52364f05"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be able to penetrate underground and inside buildings;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62f7fded56094de99879101f2f1ab0df"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be capable of deployment to remote locations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d9b5a3cf03247c6ac76cf7d2193196d"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be developed, constructed, and operated incorporating applicable private sector expertise;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a61267ca32044a09a8a43a8251c5527"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work in concert with and complement any other similar positioning, navigation, and timing systems, including enhanced long-range navigation systems and Nationwide Differential GPS systems;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d0867e1c28b49f1bf12e57cc247ed52"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be available for use by Federal and non-Federal government agencies for public purposes at no net cost to the Federal Government within 10 years of initiation of operation;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id696e8bff0068451c9e93bf4fc72c6380"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be capable of adaptation and expansion to provide position and navigation capabilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71fca9e6132f49a0a66f991f1469d012"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate the recommendations from any GPS back-up demonstration program initiated and completed by the Secretary, in coordination with other Federal agencies, before the date specified in subsection (c)(1); and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id598df8000ebb402fb2cf28c14f2932bd"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate such other elements as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52ffc75e1f0c482d9d19dd9fdec3fce9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation plan</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a30a736a7ff42429d7f0def82eeda89"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation 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 setting forth the following:</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17b965e503664d198c0cd07b6c684ea8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan to develop, construct, and operate the system required by subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id004ba089499248d99c61dd68f1f596aa"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description and assessment of the advantages of a system to provide a follow-on complementary and backup positioning and navigation capability to the timing component of GPS.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id700e4a2e06594a6bb961cacfc305bff7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for commencement of operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The system required by subsection (a) shall be in operation by not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018</short-title>.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida92b2cb931b748eca17f89c263f67733"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum duration of operational capability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The system required by subsection (a) shall be designed to be fully operational for not less than 20 years.</text>
											</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5732cc50e2441a9a393837b4fb202a0"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">LORAN facilities</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedc744e4aa9641a4b564d6ce2adaac9a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Transportation determines that any LORAN infrastructure, including the underlying real property and any spectrum associated with LORAN, in the possession of the Coast Guard is required by the Department of Transportation for the purpose of establishing the system required by subsection (a), the Commandant shall transfer such property, spectrum, and equipment to the Secretary.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1eeec4d1f35e4ffa9081c7bb318b2728"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CERCLA not affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall not be construed to limit the application of or otherwise affect section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9620">42 U.S.C. 9620(h)</external-xref>) with respect to the Federal Government facilities described in paragraph (1).</text>
											</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b84dfea27db4cc6b6bd37f56667dfc1"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreement</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7356749ba5bd48518371e847e1debce1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation may enter into a cooperative agreement (as that term is described in section 6305 of title 31) with an entity upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Transportation determines will fulfill the purpose and requirements of this section and be in the public interest.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDDEF9929D794A9CBF3833717958C33D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cooperative agreement under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, require the Secretary of Transportation to—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3364becc5a8849f2b2ffe84f18ad51af"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize the entity to sell timing and other services to commercial and non-commercial third parties, subject to any national security requirements determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bb18d0da46c403793bec2a938082565"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the entity to develop, construct, and operate at private expense the backup timing system in accordance with this section;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c966bad3f5c4db5b25b58057147088e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the entity to make any investments in technologies necessary over the life of such agreement to meet future requirements for advanced timing resilience and technologies;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd46dec94e09c40119aa116151010192e"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the entity to share 25 percent of the gross proceeds received by the entity from the sale of timing services to third parties with the Secretary for at least 10 years after the date upon which the Secretary enters into the cooperative agreement;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1af505db6a8041dd9d441e3870d6a00f"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the entity—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfab8765283854ac094e794fb3f955024"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assume all financial risk for the completion and operational capability of the system, after the Secretary provides any LORAN facilities necessary for the system under subsection (d), if required for the alternative timing system; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18a2e7364a824407857d9aad534a871a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to furnish performance and payment bonds in connection with the system in a reasonable amount as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99b6856f34e24c009d00268011fa01af"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the entity to make any investments in technologies necessary over the life of the agreement to meet future requirements for advanced timing resiliency.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cd3391b65f14dbcb5f841f3ce678013"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competition required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use competitive procedures similar to those authorized under section 2667 of title 10 in selecting an entity to enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to this subsection.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32d97e6c21cd4854b2a7b1b467e8e9fd"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization to purchase services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not purchase timing system services from the entity for use by the Department of Transportation or for provision to other Federal and non-Federal governmental agencies until the system achieves operational status, and then only if the necessary funds for such purchases are provided for in subsequent yearly appropriations acts made available to the Secretary for each and every year in which such purchases are made.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb742f039aab4ad7af8754c671a0b037"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not enter into a cooperative agreement under this subsection unless the Secretary determines that the cooperative agreement is in the best financial interest of the Federal Government. The Secretary shall notify the Committee on <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> of such determination not later than 30 days after the date of the determination.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id836b795566e34a679c6367c9815492ab"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection the term <term>entity</term> means a non-Federal entity with the demonstrated technical expertise and requisite administrative and financial resources to meet any terms and conditions established by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id037df3dc025741128165790f8331f544"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9897E4DDBAB643B4A992E864165537EA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">312. Alternative timing system.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03AF67BBC40D416EBDC0C743D8131AC1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>515.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scientific personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2101(41) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79AD88F234CE4D08A6F8E446B28D64E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(A) Subject to subparagraph (B),</quote> before the text; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90F14CD7F1D64A76B3D849D7C342FCE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0EF5177767940D8B8347FAE1BB71B0C" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE811FE79B77448D898CA8A1EFD1D3FE0" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0365DCA87488402985686DAD25CEC6A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such term includes an individual who is on board an oceanographic research vessel only to—</text>
 <subclause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2698C8A541F748C286D890764CE5E0C5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engage in scientific research;</text> </subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DB43B02B815479E924E870C6DBE2014" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">instruct in oceanography or limnology; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H281F0B342DED4579BD33A34E82A0D0E5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive instruction in oceanography or limnology.</text> </subclause></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF870B7D5C11E43D28FF2DC7641304E44" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of clause (i), the age of an individual may not be considered in determining whether the individual is described in such clause.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bf8ae10b9994aee9cfd872c0a6d6951" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>516.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3de308d01635495dba311fc61367e4e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall publish any letter of determination issued by the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center after the date of the enactment of this Act on the National Vessel Documentation Center website not later than 30 days after the date of issuance of such letter of determination.</text>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf9089f9ee97478fa3edcb56cd1991fc"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audit</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0caee695335482c910fb406620bf0b9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit, the results of which shall be made publicly available, of—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c0560f917814f87ba0ab9f0e895ad00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the method or process by which the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center develops policy for and documents compliance with the requirements of section 67.97 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, for the purpose of issuing endorsements under section 12112 and 12113 of title 46, United States Code;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id827dcd5ee2324db280cf440ba342879b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination between the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to the enforcement of such requirements; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d272a81a992473a9301d0da44788905"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and the Secretary of Transportation, through the Maritime Administration, have published and disseminated information to promote compliance with applicable vessel construction requirements.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49e6c18807794018ad8e0bfe8d6cea7b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the audit under paragraph (1) is complete, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 regarding the results of and recommendations made pursuant to such audit.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id733048ed5ea243998e80dcbfad92ea1f"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the submission of the Comptroller General of the United States report required under subsection (b), the Commandant of the Coast Guard 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> an outline of plans—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbff3415da5554954b2b80063fe971c0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enhance the transparency of the documentation process, and communications with the maritime industry regarding such process over the next 5 years; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3066dd38263454399258903092bc091"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement the recommendations made by the Comptroller General of the United States in the report required under subsection (b)(2).</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section></title><title commented="no" id="H6D02D967DC224D9B871E0683E73ABFDB" level-type="subsequent"><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory Committees</header>
						<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46A22B1BD9234EEC8F3BC1D6AE71C59C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National maritime transportation advisory committees</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5389D415832442D6B781D9C85B23A74C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A7229E64C5C4DA58B76699D4926E1E8" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <part commented="no" id="H8F5953A542BD4F4DB3C40B4D70B517ED" level-type="subsequent"><enum>K<?LEXA-Enum K?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Maritime Transportation Advisory Committees</header> <chapter commented="no" id="HA71031033E354996871A14DBA25C6842" level-type="subsequent"><enum>151</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Maritime Transportation Advisory Committees</header><toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="HA71031033E354996871A14DBA25C6842" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HEA0A0F61A1E74783AC4DA24FB4D99675" level="section">15101. National Chemical Transportation Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H01585D4F2F6A4AC2803D3C2172DBC526" level="section">15102. National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HE3EF91F2156C4C09AED63D30D87A49C7" level="section">15103. National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H51CA51C829FA4D26989C63DC64524C7E" level="section">15104. National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H1C85E9AD665641A0A43A055134A363DB" level="section">15105. National Boating Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD75CF44CA55F4018BCC4D0C92612F09B" level="section">15106. National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HACA95C21995445569854246911C24314" level="section">15107. National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="HD0F1613F24304E6CBE0CC13F30CB1C27" level="section">15108. National Towing Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="H1EE2312EFAC34F80A861A0F3F9859813" level="section">15109. Administration.</toc-entry></toc> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA0A0F61A1E74783AC4DA24FB4D99675" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Chemical Transportation Safety Advisory Committee</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0ADE2A2C386946DA976330B2D2CF5628"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Chemical Transportation Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E1F42BA72E846538528181DD2E3E0B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to the safe and secure marine transportation of hazardous materials.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9E10E0DC4374E1ABF2ED9A5D3102A04"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9E45CD7BA7A42D4A82C86A4DC7326E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of not more than 25 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE41F4F1BB8C40E7BCB7E74ADDA9D1BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H987443CD29394618B45DC1382CCD7ED0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall represent 1 of the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC56707AF11324DEEAA61FC61817BA747"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chemical manufacturing entities.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EF9EA468EFA463AAEA7BC355B197D6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entities related to marine handling or transportation of chemicals.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62861D37C49F43E88D9FB70D6AC1561A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel design and construction entities.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EFEA23A1E4B4A9FA776D3C6027A831A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marine safety or security entities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B1EFC2025C34B13950BBF951D39E9C8"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marine environmental protection entities.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFD636F4B7FD413B9D379A9F2DF329E1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, based on the needs of the Coast Guard, determine the number of members of the Committee who represent each entity specified in paragraph (3). Neither this paragraph nor any other provision of law shall be construed to require an equal distribution of members representing each entity specified in paragraph (3).</text>
													</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01585D4F2F6A4AC2803D3C2172DBC526" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A23A14E61F5497CB460260C3AFA8EAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H792A4C2AF3BA4A0C8DC8B8FA92DF1D49"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F87E17D698A42259DAAF203815E28F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the Secretary on matters relating to the safe operation of vessels to which chapter 45 of this title applies, including the matters of—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H485D7D52B3E646E5AEBEC49D62EFA2C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">navigation safety;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D4E813BDFF0440B8784B8AEC8B916AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">safety equipment and procedures;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C63132D76C040908CA231898A744703"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">marine insurance;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12C99274AFF84D7FA69E706AE8EE2E36"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessel design, construction, maintenance, and operation; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB676D4E7296E448BA548B73E466EEA31"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">personnel qualifications and training; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6D0B12542EC492FA83EE0B1DB0A0B59"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review regulations proposed under chapter 45 of this title (during preparation of the regulations).</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B2D3F2407754EA9AFD598A59277A22D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F07215E8B10478F8D023CB177CF55F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of 18 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H725E9A8ECBB842999C3E2A3774B5EBA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA201F4A169564956BB2AB27B6AF9EFE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA34CF84EF80450BBDBF6988AF8BFC51"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 members shall represent the commercial fishing industry and—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H186932BC59A74B5A8AC520AB678C9997"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a group, shall together reflect a regional and representational balance; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77535795547947B4B4267FFAE0378B00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as individuals, shall each have experience—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H092808063C1B4ED48441FB51859E012C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the operation of vessels to which chapter 45 of this title applies; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB71903E14AD44C379235B9A454608E4F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a crew member or processing line worker on a fish processing vessel.</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E8725C4EDFE4D6DB9A0E105F15E56B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent naval architects and marine engineers.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B191D57AF724ED08DE802AAF18AECD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent manufacturers of equipment for vessels to which chapter 45 of this title applies.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36DFF132CA7643B783FD67661A1668F7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent education and training professionals related to fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, and fish tender vessel safety and personnel qualifications.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DF3C00CF76F4C39B561804155FCA910"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent underwriters that insure vessels to which chapter 45 of this title applies.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C88DD250A424666B3E3F49B9D8F9582"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent owners of vessels to which chapter 45 of this title applies.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3D6DCC7FAA64E1CA31D1DD1D508BD38"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 members shall represent the general public and, to the extent possible, shall include—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7E38A50A4FC4FDB80E9C71876C26F3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an independent expert or consultant in maritime safety;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67F04B6075934B029C441A18662195E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a marine surveyor who provides services to vessels to which chapter 45 of this title applies; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87D0241AC90643F68D9D739A1E3E5961"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a person familiar with issues affecting fishing communities and the families of fishermen.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3EF91F2156C4C09AED63D30D87A49C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99C15E0812BE4BBAA14917F9B268B0B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE10A8AE277943DCBBB2E8A6E3FF3E05"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to personnel in the United States merchant marine, including the training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9084CF0A76A4651A82284B896124C66"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01EB05CB3ED64F598B72DA247E025EF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of 19 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3D38D50ECFE4A3BB641184907038778"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65F39E3AD8314735B019E8D32F1D2D37"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BB7666AEE0C46869BBF52A0194B811D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">9 members shall represent mariners and, of the 9—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5D7794A6D9443CAB2D9AACED1C4DF5F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each shall—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BEBF024F2BE415782E5FAF7AC7E176F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a citizen of the United States; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9DB4EF2748446B8AD1C00C3F3923313"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold an active license or certificate issued under chapter 71 of this title or a merchant mariner document issued under chapter 73 of this title;</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB5F7830995740AB95FB4DEEEE8D70C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 shall be deck officers who represent merchant marine deck officers and, of the 3—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H814D0EEAAE514114AD4A55A2F49F5898"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be licensed for oceans any gross tons;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H980ED1E4DF3047E6B53FF987C7514505"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be licensed for inland river route with a limited or unlimited tonnage;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94D070E577C4507BBC053D691F53449"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall have a master’s license or a master of towing vessels license;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H942F6CA390E945DBA12D5BDB01C8743F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall have significant tanker experience; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11287A42406B42A18A1963115A11E36F"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDACA8CCD423448AC8B881525CC692121"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent labor; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95AD8B4518B74070A7E7528DE615F3FE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent management;</text>
 </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FD42BC5D895491F84AB7DF419573CE0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 shall be engineering officers who represent merchant marine engineering officers and, of the 3—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC1AA5AB12B34B52941BC0E1EB306D0A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be licensed as chief engineer any horsepower;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACE90766312E433C9EEE0E6A5DD66D87"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be licensed as either a limited chief engineer or a designated duty engineer; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37784AE8D81B4699AC6FF262A4962F47"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA551D9C13CB647468CA28B0F531820B6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent labor; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC9F7C5ECE3846A8B6F3155B610DD20B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent management;</text>
 </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D984601851E4163B8F04324212A76CC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be unlicensed seamen who represent merchant marine unlicensed seaman and, of the 2—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AD4ED48DD9F4E6B8D9FE50A79292C99"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent able-bodied seamen; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC406B859DE5F40CDAC656F4CF9D5670D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent qualified members of the engine department; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73A6B80190F348F2BFF8E53ECDD85A17"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be a pilot who represents merchant marine pilots.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E302C33EA7549589C075B7E67399948"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">6 members shall represent marine educators and, of the 6—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE43EA0EEBE74754A19443B2092DA6AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 shall be marine educators who represent maritime academies and, of the 3—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H477F726AA7E249C4B4717CAA86EC337F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall represent State maritime academies (and are jointly recommended by such academies); and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF8F48FE77FA48A7932844A95A90C39B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall represent either State maritime academies or the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DD7E848D5484068B070E5A2A154D034"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 shall be marine educators who represent other maritime training institutions and, of the 3, 1 shall represent the small vessel industry.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18D91E21602641B2B4599379A714E636"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent shipping companies employed in ship operation management.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EDDC5B3687A42DE88C771B638B638C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent the general public.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51CA51C829FA4D26989C63DC64524C7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H947DD45F330141178FE2DE6BEAF2A0E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF619B8EDB95B4B4BBF1E0779EF66FB10"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H318FAAF8038048E3A3EBD217D1D3C103"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">medical certification determinations for the issuance of licenses, certification of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents with respect to merchant mariners;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5D767E34921460B98CF32FB947EF91A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50A247E186EC4445A783A29149B5B7C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">medical examiner education; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0227A8E58B0945188F893B40A0BF2F41"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">medical research.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94D007E3D34D40D1B2EDBE7E456301DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE11C471C50C0450F84616547C1C05747"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of 14 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03ECCF18D8104570ABB0F33DA20F2B74"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3BC1F4BFEAF4FE29AD86FBDCEEABD3F"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H955BD57959FF4B3D8282C7A776BD74F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">9 shall represent health-care professionals and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding the medical examinations of merchant mariners or occupational medicine.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10568AC9CAC34FAAB1DCA8A58B4A2983"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 shall represent professional mariners and have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in occupational requirements for mariners.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C85E9AD665641A0A43A055134A363DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Boating Safety Advisory Committee</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB98E4A9EE504B6690DC8A5946F87635"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Boating Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8842AE3F72AD47FE957FDD0ABF1D0F3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to national boating safety.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H482D19354F454586B4BCC7CD70DC4578"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D191A5D3005450EA0830A3EE1F7B03E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of 21 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6953182FB49C4A23A78F07A7D3D9B0EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CFE4FAC69BC476E92AB42C9BDF6BED4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3B5667C0D0A4C49AF254E9EE164DE68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">7 members shall represent State officials responsible for State boating safety programs.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFA72AD432D6407283CCFF3E491D9D64"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">7 members shall represent recreational vessel and associated equipment manufacturers.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07F38F050422470BB4056CE9550BDC3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">7 members shall represent the general public or national recreational boating organizations and, of the 7, at least 5 shall represent national recreational boating organizations.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD75CF44CA55F4018BCC4D0C92612F09B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BFA2960633C42F38A5DA064C83A7124"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D33B699DF4846F6B1266F2974BCFC58"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to activities directly involved with, or in support of, the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources, to the extent that such matters are within the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F37994113414BA58057F51582754044"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B62413E82D8436094EC91363264A13C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8B8C397D4744FD4BF40C5C15864D316"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H061D121FBF6A4FB4915B31A170AD47D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AA4FB349E1144AB8037BA1E8442A923"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent entities engaged in the production of petroleum.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82E2DCECB6EE4BC9A701C9097EF446E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent entities engaged in offshore drilling.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82A7814B76F74489AB2093FB67342229"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent entities engaged in the support, by offshore supply vessels or other vessels, of offshore mineral and oil operations, including geophysical services.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BCAF7D62F1C47A49EBF6BBB90352E91"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent entities engaged in the construction of offshore exploration and recovery facilities.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC46C017CDBB4882B6471C96DDC504A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent entities engaged in diving services related to offshore construction, inspection, and maintenance.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA649B6AF34B45CCBB6E2C935723C1C0"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent entities engaged in safety and training services related to offshore exploration and construction.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AD90ECBFB6943FEA364C5FD8BD94143"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent entities engaged in pipelaying services related to offshore construction.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80449D74680B4046809578B1A4AF064D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent individuals employed in offshore operations and, of the 2, 1 shall have recent practical experience on a vessel or offshore unit involved in the offshore mineral and energy industry.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD685525758764C5E84C943AA852A7881"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent national environmental entities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DA0551C4B894F39B6DD0D9B5C4F6AB9"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent deepwater ports.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC3CF7B785394B0A8A0F757B314D9529"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent the general public (but not a specific environmental group).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACA95C21995445569854246911C24314" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC657B6E31F4444D79078432CCF61BF5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFCB8941616141C9BBE70E5D51B6A383"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to maritime collisions, rammings, and groundings, Inland Rules of the Road, International Rules of the Road, navigation regulations and equipment, routing measures, marine information, and aids to navigation systems.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H882E66952AC14DC589F6CC66C3ACB196"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21A0980FCCD94B57AAE66A1B73823CA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of not more than 21 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26DA53247AFE40509D9C411BCE10B606"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14C4BC79B63B42A086EF91B125BDDFCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall represent 1 of the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AF26FC6792C424CB625412891C52982"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial vessel owners or operators.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C35169BCCB44BA5A3A1B3E948A807A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Professional mariners.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACA5F9E480044E519A7484C2A3F14E11"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recreational boaters.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9F68837908143F3B2C0A8137DAA8408"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recreational boating industry.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF5337EE56BA48F7B62035CCC2343E41"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agencies responsible for vessel or port safety.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H645B525E5A5441C2A356F003D34D0B5A"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Law Association.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4ADB279FA12409F996711A9C229F2FC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, based on the needs of the Coast Guard, determine the number of members of the Committee who represent each entity specified in paragraph (3). Neither this paragraph nor any other provision of law shall be construed to require an equal distribution of members representing each entity specified in paragraph (3).</text>
													</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0F1613F24304E6CBE0CC13F30CB1C27" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Towing Safety Advisory Committee</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1E73E3568EB4D229BFFDD1CC3B2F22E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Towing Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23A99D80F4DA40159A869CAA183993F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal waterway navigation, and towing safety.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C9ED39F06F44DE799AFF326CDABA130"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F7674635A7D4AC992C7336A40522D7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of 18 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B2403D6D96F48DE862761A40160CB68"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80724F16F6D54117AE2AD89C1A739A7D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AC25CA271EF46BC9971A5618B981395"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">7 members shall represent the barge and towing industry, reflecting a regional geographic balance.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC35483CFE6F749DDB547D61A1A16CF06"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent the offshore mineral and oil supply vessel industry.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0A89914C8FC461D8E11DC825DDD8522"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent masters and pilots of towing vessels who hold active licenses and have experience on the Western Rivers and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H884C1734F05945B1AA52BF9368475C0A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent masters of towing vessels in offshore service who hold active licenses.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C4FD06C4F7449B99B7A2496663677C4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent masters of active ship-docking or harbor towing vessels.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA37B236E5284A6C81251B336EAC51DC"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 member shall represent licensed and unlicensed towing vessel engineers with formal training and experience.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A97960691BD4604BD1D31130CF6A461"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent port districts, authorities, or terminal operators.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CCC311FE5DC47B89B2DD4D44448EFD2"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent shippers and, of the 2, 1 shall be engaged in the shipment of oil or hazardous materials by barge.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B1BBD90DF7E4C39895836C1CEC45D79"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 members shall represent the general public.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EE2312EFAC34F80A861A0F3F9859813" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>15109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H650DD0B15EC4402689AC701E6AF7AD43"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this chapter shall, at least once each year, meet at the call of the Secretary or a majority of the members of the committee.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H091E26031535475FAC18050BC11A8577"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employee status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of a committee established under this chapter shall not be considered an employee of the Federal Government by reason of service on such committee, except for the purposes of the following:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3CA9FD934064602B6C4C1A15C4796C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/81">Chapter 81</external-xref> of title 5.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H007F387C206B4FC49F02DBCD4BCA4BA6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">Chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28 and any other Federal law relating to tort liability.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60145108E50847BF81F876C881BB4BD3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (b), a member of a committee established under this chapter, when actually engaged in the performance of the duties of such committee, may—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC269BE1DA28C40A795C1CA126EA507F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive compensation at a rate established by the Secretary, not to exceed the maximum daily rate payable under section 5376 of title 5; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5615A96FE49F40089BC721D203168D6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if not compensated in accordance with paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1E415AE3F5147E0A46EF70BA5E91784"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such duties; or</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H214A219D9D72465392DCE75458095902"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H798B404726DA4782902AB84E88432A04"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of volunteer services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of a committee established under this chapter may serve on such committee on a voluntary basis without pay without regard to section 1342 of title 31 or any other law.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A3D2CB91B654BD2B4E4EBFC9A816808"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Status of members</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD922ED814294C5D9B17973A3B5FD432"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), with respect to a member of a committee established under this chapter whom the Secretary appoints to represent an entity or group—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD5CBED757FF4A49BB2D890D969DBE8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the member is authorized to represent the interests of the applicable entity or group; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H561921B2F3B34F5BB53D92B368EDC2A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requirements under Federal law that would interfere with such representation and that apply to a special Government employee (as defined in section 202(a) of title 18), including requirements relating to employee conduct, political activities, ethics, conflicts of interest, and corruption, do not apply to the member.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEE3C4F6290D4183A78BE2B732CCCDBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (b), a member of a committee established under this chapter shall be treated as a special Government employee for purposes of the committee service of the member if—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C14D52FF05C4BE0983893C065CAA1B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary appointed the member to represent the general public; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AAB39626A1145068F8A9106F9349179"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the member, without regard to service on the committee, is a special Government employee.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB7F140E69614C6B92DE00C769B57D1D"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Service on Committee</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50DFF60338424A459DE600A0D1C987C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solicitation of nominations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before appointing an individual as a member of a committee established under this chapter, the Secretary shall publish, in the Federal Register, a timely notice soliciting nominations for membership on such committee.</text>
													</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11C21CECD6064A7484E4E592554A9AD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointments</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CFEED1CE8C64A17AF9E7FDFC1D0A78F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After considering nominations received pursuant to a notice published under paragraph (1), the Secretary may, as necessary, appoint a member to the applicable committee established under this chapter.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H944D27E37971459CADF11D34BF9FCFAD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not seek, consider, or otherwise use information concerning the political affiliation of a nominee in making an appointment to any committee established under this chapter.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFA281D8C8F34B32BEFAF1026062C1AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Service at pleasure of the Secretary</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CE1012CC28E42FD9EAE6117DB2ACE69"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of a committee established under this chapter shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H427A059C7B4B4EC68B996957CAE33110"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a member of the committee established under section 15102 may only be removed prior to the end of the term of that member for just cause.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H561F8217F8B0461CBE34E5D56632E641"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security background examinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require an individual to have passed an appropriate security background examination before appointment to a committee established under this chapter.</text>
													</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17CAE79637DE4440BD40F90657EAEFBC"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H329289723504468AA4EC08DDFA59B34B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a Federal employee may not be appointed as a member of a committee established under this chapter.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H216BCB91F0B042988CEC4B6233663341"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule for National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may appoint a Federal employee to serve as a member of the National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee to represent the interests of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and, notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), may do so without soliciting, receiving, or considering nominations for such appointment.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD38F16B3EE249B1BA1532478274ABB6"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FB40FA496F6453E8DB3A9CDD6836E53"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term of each member of a committee established under this chapter shall expire on December 31 of the third full year after the effective date of the appointment.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD2E5ECAF8B043518ECBCC89A23CCB2F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continued service after term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When the term of a member of a committee established under this chapter ends, the member, for a period not to exceed 1 year, may continue to serve as a member until a successor is appointed.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB0A1CA8A4424E7BADA37E0EC598F8E9"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy on a committee established under this chapter shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0143C8C67E17420BB397AFFF9A7D34C2"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule for reappointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary may reappoint a member of a committee established under this chapter for any term, other than the first term of the member, without soliciting, receiving, or considering nominations for such appointment.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C038EB68F034CDEB406DAE9530FC7C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staff services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall furnish to each committee established under this chapter any staff and services considered by the Secretary to be necessary for the conduct of the committee’s functions.</text>
												</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8761C88466B2434FBFCF64B6DF557EA5"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairman; Vice Chairman</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DF50C2BCAD447F18BA3CE21AA242046"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this chapter shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among the committee’s members.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9F34E10B13141BCA35C1BE4A0209740"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vice Chairman acting as Chairman</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity of, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of, the Chairman.</text>
													</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C1908A7D9ED411E8A8FC8E4325419FC"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subcommittees and working groups</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D5765A6B6D249848FFFE1ED4E85AC8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of a committee established under this chapter may establish and disestablish subcommittees and working groups for any purpose consistent with the function of the committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0CE21FDE8204F018D73B6EA04F73AA8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to conditions imposed by the Chairman, members of a committee established under this chapter and additional persons drawn from entities or groups designated by this chapter to be represented on the committee or the general public may be assigned to subcommittees and working groups established under paragraph (1).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0052E2BFC4E0440FB8DC26825C5142DC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chair</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only committee members may chair subcommittees and working groups established under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88BE0FCB661D445E884189592E20FF53"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation, advice, reports, and recommendations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57F56461FA1D4B7094C0CDD1FC502306"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B80E10D991F42848DABA9688205BCD6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before taking any significant action, the Secretary shall consult with, and consider the information, advice, and recommendations of, a committee established under this chapter if the function of the committee is to advise the Secretary on matters related to the significant action.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6DC4857D40446958C102915F438BBD5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, regulations proposed under chapter 45 of this title are significant actions.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2231882C09D84B1FA4A4F21B17CAFDFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advice, reports, and recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this chapter shall submit, in writing, to the Secretary its advice, reports, and recommendations, in a form and at a frequency determined appropriate by the committee.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0A9D6A3EA52479FAEF30DD348E5170F"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Explanation of actions taken</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives recommendations from a committee under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8A57C87FA52491E8C3AE990250BA91B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish the recommendations on a website accessible at no charge to the public;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3548D12B3D634EAB9D66E83019240BC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the recommendations are from the committee established under section 15102, establish a mechanism for the submission of public comments on the recommendations; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97EE43F18E2440DBBDAEAE136FB2E9C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">respond, in writing, to the committee regarding the recommendations, including by providing an explanation of actions taken regarding the recommendations.</text>
														</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3524FAB7B964CC593518EB83BE668BA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to Congress</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBCD62325B5A41089FBAFD1387B0A20A"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the advice, reports, and recommendations received from committees under paragraph (2).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8053814A9934AA7B65FAA41379CDF06"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a committee established under section 70112 and to which this section applies, the Secretary shall submit the advice, reports, and recommendations received from the committee under paragraph (2) to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives in addition to the committees specified in subparagraph (A).</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H235327DDDEA441928B4B160BF649DDAA"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Observers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Federal agency with matters under such agency’s administrative jurisdiction related to the function of a committee established under this chapter may designate a representative to—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA6D725E97C24B9A8461B956541E6BB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attend any meeting of such committee; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AAF80F8B3B14CBDA49C5177D58F1ADC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate as an observer at meetings of such committee that relate to such a matter.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5A5EAD14010440C801F3F73E3BD0AA0"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this chapter shall terminate on September 30, 2027.</text></subsection></section></chapter></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H390F441802024BB0A302206741D9DB29"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 147 the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2584F5A7FB7424CBA95B5D56C84EE35" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="subtitle">Part K–National Maritime Transportation Advisory Committees</toc-entry><multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>151.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">National Maritime Transportation Advisory Committees</level-header><target>15101</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H592E6418FBF444989021845875762C9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFE6151FEF834119B65957701BC6CC52"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4508 of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 45 of that title, are repealed.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F4087A73C384CD8A7363B894F59ABA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7115 of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 71 of that title, are repealed.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98547C76FAA2469482A7CFFCD5F9B01A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C0B2BFB9162425E8E8674600BB94D48"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8108 of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 81 of that title, are repealed.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD43A7D8CBEC434F8AF737775AABEEAC"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7510(c)(1)(C) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Merchant Marine</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7AFDBF5D586421F8499EC8F817AE1CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Boating Safety Advisory Council</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB679BBE964634F73962758AD4CFC9E5F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13110 of title 46, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 131 of that title, are repealed.</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5EF8673AEBF4E29A2A9012157041DB1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1139119F39A405D842242BBEC562C27"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4302(c)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Council established under section 13110 of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee established under section 15105 of this title</quote>.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA5E79E605784F9B909B9A4EEE8AADC7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repair and replacement of defects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4310(f) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Advisory Council</quote> and inserting <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40FAB9934A204FC58F6F849AE5DDA285"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Navigation Safety Advisory Council</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2073">33 U.S.C. 2073</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78F7964FE7C7403E9251B605100E9FA7"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Towing Safety Advisory Committee</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D17928953B64835805C387908287054"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 96–380 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1231a">33 U.S.C. 1231a</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E3E798A4F1C46AF840196529E62589A"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99865980D1FF4893AF4AB0670472EA7E"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction of oil spills from single hull non-self-propelled tank vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3719 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Towing Safety</quote>.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H123C9FC48A8F41C19741DEA2EF468753"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Safety equipment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4102(f)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>National</quote> before <quote>Towing Safety</quote>.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74D9C4850DA94958867E4F5C80C15CC7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of existing councils and committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FAB20DD4B1B4909AB2BE0B81EE75C4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an advisory council or committee substantially similar to an advisory committee established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/151">chapter 151</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as added by this Act, and that was in force or in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section, including a council or committee the authority for which was repealed under subsection (c), may remain in force or in effect for a period of 2 years from the date of enactment of this section, including that the charter, membership, and other aspects of the council or committee may remain in force or in effect; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89D412089E8340BD87DE490AC5FCB072"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the 2-year period referenced in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H927AC812BBEC427F9D37326045B57540"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requirements relating to the applicable advisory committee established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/151">chapter 151</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, shall be treated as satisfied by the substantially similar advisory council or committee; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5248CED8FFE4017980B4F48ED94BE56"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enactment of this section, including the amendments made in this section, shall not be the basis—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29AEE1C961B448DAAFF0DD4F55E41200"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to deem, find, or declare such council or committee, including the charter, membership, and other aspects thereof, void, not in force, or not in effect;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3A35DBE3DB441FC839B7EEF23AF9FA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to suspend the activities of such council or committee; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H480C7A58CC2147D5B84BB17E43FED52A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to bar the members of such council or committee from meeting.</text>
										</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED46C4CD639242DD821B9B438C900D10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Security Advisory Committees</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E30E310D1EE45819144DAAA391A012D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70112 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBBAB75B0DAB4317B2D4089C8FF9B1F6" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22B98E29C7344945A794E76E00992C61" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>70112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Security Advisory Committees</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA69F033F60C4ACA92FEF9A6C9E812EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Maritime Security Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H785E59AA3365485CB5FFAB5F339E5518"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Committee’).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9FD6E65670D46A2BB35D1819851497E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to national maritime security, including on enhancing the sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks that may cause a transportation security incident, between relevant Federal agencies and—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id234742A493A1481C9C375FE9B31DC561"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State, local, and tribal governments;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18A8BD87D1CC41579D9D980C01321E17"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant public safety and emergency response agencies;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD933412DB364273B22C9CC2A010C7FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant law enforcement and security organizations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB614D7A2D2CD4B20A01E588CE6BB942E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maritime industry;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF59FB8B6E3924DEBB1F6172523086C08"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">port owners and operators; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DBDB675B7944EC096A50FCD059D6314"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminal owners and operators.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F2CB8A3E7644E72A9A1A7E0613CCEB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF31D318664D645A688BA02624FC93D8B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall consist of at least 8 members, but not more than 21 members, appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection and section 15109 of this title.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEB59733131242A78927762F94618668"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7512F8A6546549A98402A8FEEEFA9AAC"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the following shall be represented by at least 1 member of the Committee:</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H134022A9D8584019B64D6833F389F55F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Port authorities.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44475E4633D84071B68E3594AC0EB784"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilities owners and operators.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEACEC96591484DBCA21A896638130A57"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terminal owners and operators.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33AD1D74491C4EE6981A8A83C9F4F294"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel owners and operators.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8745087E66C3493D9F9A79057854BCE6"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime labor organizations.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFFD32A7D823478C8FBCDBBADEF26BF7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The academic community.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF39585A6AB3349B0847EA6383592D769"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and local governments.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A89E8C49C1A4CD28D1A36F0BC7C5DCB"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maritime industry.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43AE73D1CB48401E9C2EECF326C5837F"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Committee consists of at least 8 members who, together, satisfy the minimum representation requirements of subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall, based on the needs of the Coast Guard, determine the number of additional members of the Committee who represent each entity specified in that subparagraph. Neither this subparagraph nor any other provision of law shall be construed to require an equal distribution of members representing each entity specified in subparagraph (C).</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF70C10A8A4244BB5994674A70681034E"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section 15109 of this title, the Committee shall be treated as a committee established under chapter 151 of such title.</text>
											</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1ABDAF8DCCAA43EEBB28A335F0EC6B5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Area Maritime Security Advisory Committees</header>
											<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84019E310A43493D90698E3C97AF2D32"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB950D8CE0E634EF4BE4A58F6016218FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H253423F341CC4C37ADD78881E4FD2490"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish an Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee for any port area of the United States; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC98B777C3E3747A5952B6B186FFA7F6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request such a committee to review the proposed Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan developed under section 70103(b) and make recommendations to the Secretary that the committee considers appropriate.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10911E5EE2A14049A3613720C3A39132"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional functions and meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A committee established under this subsection for an area—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2ED92BAA0E74CA5BE74D7DE53FCDFF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters relating to maritime security in that area;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H620797290A584E3FA770E6FED76B5209"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may make available to the Congress recommendations that the committee makes to the Secretary; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H337C81CFB8C541559C1C162D30F34563"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall meet at the call of—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B3705505D8F4EC4B22CE88EB1AEC30C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary, who shall call such a meeting at least once during each calendar year; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88E97F34917F46508B82E92E2B5D3E44"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a majority of the committee.</text>
														</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BD4CFBC70DA4C6B889DEE9779A32042"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB73D24BDCFF8443E896953792E3DE53D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this subsection shall consist of at least 7 members appointed by the Secretary, each of whom has at least 5 years practical experience in maritime security operations.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE3C698CA51A4C0A9B5AC3A4CA4633E2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term of each member of a committee established under this subsection shall be for a period of not more than 5 years, specified by the Secretary.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DC320A456B04728A4322F9A19F0C532"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before appointing an individual to a position on a committee established under this subsection, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for membership on the committee.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BFB129B78024E46858F612204945813"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Background examinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require an individual to have passed an appropriate security background examination before appointment to a committee established under this subsection.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F7416F3F6964513A8A8AEE309285A26"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this subsection shall be composed of individuals who represent the interests of the port industry, terminal operators, port labor organizations, and other users of the port areas.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB95C435C0D52438EBD0C685B1FAEA039"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson and Vice Chairperson</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD79B463B47E4649BA7911058CD448C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each committee established under this subsection shall elect 1 of the committee’s members as the Chairperson and 1 of the committee’s members as the Vice Chairperson.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A6F5348A9AE4E92809AC825C114CF9B"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vice Chairperson acting as Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Vice Chairperson shall act as Chairperson in the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Chairperson.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF61C374E98F649D6AA94DFDD6E636BBC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Observers</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7AE30C722854D4E9BF95FCE3003F23D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, and the head of any other interested Federal agency may, designate a representative to participate as an observer with a committee established under this subsection.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFEE8556B7024111A80AC0A0A095786E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Role</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary's designated representative to a committee established under this subsection shall act as the executive secretary of the committee and shall perform the duties set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Federal Advisory Committee Act /10">section 10(c)</external-xref> of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98CAAEC19136446E88DC715A46C1456D"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration of Views</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consider the information, advice, and recommendations of each committee established under this subsection in formulating policy regarding matters affecting maritime security.</text>
											</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6482CCD5FFA4644A7663CFEC37C080F"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation and Expenses</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98ABAE49DB444438B66C300A41B65619"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of a committee established under this subsection, when attending meetings of the committee or when otherwise engaged in the business of the committee, is entitled to receive—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD85890F844EB4E1283286AEB2714D0F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compensation at a rate fixed by the Secretary, not exceeding the daily equivalent of the current rate of basic pay in effect for GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 including travel time; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC19B40F66C645CDA58A1CD1DA3AA49C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">travel or transportation expenses under section 5703 of title 5.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32A4F5D8A8A74B978800CB66D3351A53"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of a committee established under this subsection shall not be considered to be an officer or employee of the United States for any purpose based on the receipt of any payment under this paragraph.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEFDA0AF70F049B0843ACA9E70A6C373"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FACA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not apply to a committee established under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H972E42C7C37B468FAB136AC5F32FBD30"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of existing committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF57A43007314FA8A24B8BAE69F55048"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an advisory committee substantially similar to the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee established under section 70112(a) of title 46, United States Code, as amended by this section, and that was in force or in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section, may remain in force or in effect for a period of 2 years from the date of enactment of this section, including that the charter, membership, and other aspects of the committee may remain in force or in effect; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0079A61949B04A4CBA8D24A1601A6E0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the 2-year period referenced in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D8DE11D3E794642A172AE19658427FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requirements relating to the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee established under section 70112(a) of title 46, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall be treated as satisfied by the substantially similar advisory committee; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A4192A365714867BF508D65A7294553"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enactment of this section, including the amendments made in this section, shall not be the basis—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H410E1618C7B543C4BA14058B0D66B37D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to deem, find, or declare such committee, including the charter, membership, and other aspects thereof, void, not in force, or not in effect;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0CE2EA8A05F4B68A43148171A754509"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to suspend the activities of such committee; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25A3E2B9A3C841348E99346D7D127FF5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to bar the members of such committee from meeting.</text>
										</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></title><title commented="no" id="ida1195900b435444abe2f3b784cc13515" level-type="subsequent"><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Maritime Commission</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15909335a9384d099a64044c2c7ca045" 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>Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc310ab9e87d4eb1b7e10a4627afce75" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 308 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$24,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>$28,012,310 for fiscal year 2018 and $28,544,543 for fiscal year 2019</quote>.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe3eadbdc86a457cb8a3a6fe7002020a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting on impact of alliances on competition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id589755D1F5474251858DC08F22678CFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD7CF72D74A94117B9F09EF787A67D09"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9F5F8B35168472C84FD34E29D3A8D7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B91176AAF084B6B87C54511D172BD66"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id544afce0dbb0443a817b72d64f966a67" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64990dec7dd84bbc972272a28917ef3b"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the impacts on competition for the purchase of certain covered services by alliances of ocean common carriers acting pursuant to an agreement under this part between or among ocean common carriers, including a summary of actions, including corrective actions, taken by the Commission to promote such competition.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1F738BA41A74E3EA6B3665F000FAA9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7C88FD586844F1C9E7D5454A8200630" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32CF508705CB4DC1B1E44BFD9327D0C6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of certain covered services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>certain covered services</term> has the meaning given the term in section 40102.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50453A0EFF6A4381A7B0D394597E0C4A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of certain covered services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40102 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5DB9B47911648BF8034B0120B129D05"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (25) as paragraphs (6) through (26), respectively; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2BDEC7BB5C843D59F9BFFEFE8131F50"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4), the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8164F3A1F94849D38CC8F402B5AD50F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2CF1B3C7CC040F2A1095967EE868368"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain covered services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of sections 41105 and 41307, the term <term>certain covered services</term> means, with respect to a vessel—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id766DC8F867244D9D94BB686A96B02D57"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the berthing or bunkering of the vessel;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7912837B07FA4769AEBB8AEDEA887C3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the loading or unloading of cargo to or from the vessel to or from a point on a wharf or terminal;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE3B749E469A40FA914322D873D41668"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the positioning, removal, or replacement of buoys related to the movement of the vessel; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F12D2CD9BF94B0A8FAB91BBDBD3BBB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to injunctive relief under section 41307, towing vessel services provided to such a vessel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD53311A11194129B894AF695997F779" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports filed with the Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40104(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54DB677DA18D4B7C96A7CBC28E15FED4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C5B111EDBC74A5C8242AFC4E240B84D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E7A58EFB1C049BA89316270F215DA6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Maritime Commission may require a common carrier or marine terminal operator, or an officer, receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or employee of the common carrier or marine terminal operator to file with the Commission a periodical or special report, an account, record, rate, or charge, or a memorandum of facts and transactions related to the business of the common carrier or marine terminal operator, as applicable.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD861226B826643EA9C5ED86DA8108F06"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any report, account, record, rate, charge, or memorandum required to be filed under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id347C7C9E917440F7B19E7FD158DE5EF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be made under oath if the Commission requires; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7587CC8ABDC4C6F9B470E5298823322"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be filed in the form and within the time prescribed by the Commission.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD142756491BC4FDC9CB60981EA41A437"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA027A0DFED843A5897041AA174E0C1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit the scope of any filing ordered under this section to fulfill the objective of the order; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AE60846B459487D9AFB3EB2D9D1574A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a reasonable period of time for respondents to respond based upon their capabilities and the scope of the order.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA09A9583D5FA4B179B24E1BF1749576F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public participation</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA86518F3119C441AB84D6C8324E6B1FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of filing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40304(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB0860B18F644E07B853892B96D90F2A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A5AF166BDF14111B61E07939FD4A9D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of filing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 7 days after the date an agreement is filed, the Federal Maritime Commission shall—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47B2DFACA48D4F819095C70580575164"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transmit a notice of the filing to the Federal Register for publication; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1E704FD7EDB43799D3843D52CEC8F8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request interested persons to submit relevant information and documents.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A4B01CA89174C34A9425980416530ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Request for information and documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40304(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section</quote> and inserting <quote>part</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB39B45873A3A4254B61B6C2F0B4A87FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saving clause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section, or the amendments made by this section, may be construed—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC1701C24B0648CCAA999CF62E79E0CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prevent the Federal Maritime Commission from requesting from a person, at any time, any additional information or documents the Commission considers necessary to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/403">chapter 403</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802702BD912146C59FDE0C1A3263AF74"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prescribe a specific deadline for the submission of relevant information and documents in response to a request under section 40304(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA15B3ABBF9DA4650ACE3645F4CD4ED49"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit the authority of the Commission to request information under section 40304(d) of title 46, United States Code.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63276a343b6a49dc9d2a9e9166296ca5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ocean transportation intermediaries</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3276f474c1544abda67e4b5c4b269586"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">License requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40901(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>advertise, hold oneself out, or</quote> after <quote>may not</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0F6D54F22A54AE1B3C76A7098A1E34F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40901 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53A042E5E0344340B3DE1B842E06FEFF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88A2307A27634EF4B4AFF47EB4D77847"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) and section 40902 do not apply to a person that performs ocean transportation intermediary services on behalf of an ocean transportation intermediary for which it is a disclosed agent.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id739a2796d97b4465bb58c95264f83791"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40902(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>advertise, hold oneself out, or</quote> after <quote>may not</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86a7da784a73448e92981205897d091b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common carriers</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b5ecf781f4644658628eb0f138e1431"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc77f2d913cd5431abf99be07ade051a1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>A common carrier</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC043B6DFD8234D93A77CCCB0CB69570F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), as designated—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83e7f2309f89488c9456f95b1109f366"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (11) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69c8a34a7ec2472b98b7e61cc36aeb14" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida35a983077224c0ab936122869ec4224"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly and willfully accept cargo from or transport cargo for the account of a non-vessel-operating common carrier that does not have a tariff as required by section 40501 of this title, or an ocean transportation intermediary that does not have a bond, insurance, or other surety as required by section 40902 of this title;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc38320ef9f1c42859301e85e0f5b338a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id196b59b782f24f05a932c8b6abdf0eaa"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
										<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E7DF6F1C9BA4030A3769D00AD5B694A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8d9e29fb7ed4d7da8205777e6ccad83"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to participate simultaneously in a rate discussion agreement and an agreement to share vessels, in the same trade, if the interplay of the authorities exercised by the specified agreements is likely, by a reduction in competition, to produce an unreasonable reduction in transportation service or an unreasonable increase in transportation cost.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE06E79CFF6984A53BF74483DF6D0779D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id595775AAEB4144718FAF88DF7D9F0234" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd53d3487aea2467bbba49541fc9cebb2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is no private right of action to enforce the prohibition under subsection (a)(13).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F68E69608DF4133B5FCF2056FC5C7C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement violation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participants in an agreement found by the Commission to violate subsection (a)(13) shall have 90 days from the date of such Commission finding to withdraw from the agreement as necessary to comply with that subsection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B1661D89192422EBBD14BD47B46CD43"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41104(a)(13) of title 46, United States Code, as amended, shall apply to any agreement filed or with an effective date before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C89816D00E34A6397E493AADC3E31A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Negotiations</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4289B49E6A6044CD8A94DB7530AD0CDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concerted action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H969DD462F50F4AF2BAFE4F5102A25767"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C8C2781946048C2BA88306BE12D5D29"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61861F567F3E4988BB0ADFEC68AD57AA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H123BDB4700A74D28A6CD0C133A54F425"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">negotiate with a tug or towing vessel service provider on any matter relating to rates or services provided within the United States by those tugs or towing vessels;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC5296247F4D4644A98B860EB602377B"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a vessel operated by an ocean common carrier within the United States, negotiate for the purchase of certain covered services, unless the negotiations and any resulting agreements are not in violation of the antitrust laws and are consistent with the purposes of this part, except that this paragraph does not prohibit the setting and publishing of a joint through rate by a conference, joint venture, or association of ocean common carriers;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A6AA0A7A54A42AA8BEC266909B0DE4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/411">Chapter 411</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1728DF62F5574B519AD4E386DEF0C6AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 41105 the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12E1E6F8864D4441960EFB28DB6632A4" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAC9329C440948178B4A608AC8B58E86" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>41105A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in section 41105, as amended by the <short-title>Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017</short-title>, shall be construed to limit the authority of the Department of Justice regarding antitrust matters.</text></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2F3896DD09B439F97415415B8D8CF5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the analysis at the beginning of chapter 411, by inserting after the item relating to section 41105 the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4235316B3FFE4326A73DA97C799EB808" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">41105A. Authority.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BEF2431C3294CBCB426346FB1B6F0D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40307(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>tug operators,</quote> after <quote>motor carriers,</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8EDCC3DF4154C04B6C2B2131D979B2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Injunctive relief sought by the Commission</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A902CE4998242B7B6B3964906DEEA79"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41307(b) of title 46, United States Code is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3abbedc10c143b69cdcd8c50fed129d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>or to substantially lessen competition in the purchasing of certain covered services</quote> after <quote>transportation cost</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc7e9bd3bf1446df8420d1e13e6020a3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id757EE447E9D14BACA653C43D8C47F646" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15c028e1b79b401ba6d811ea7aafe2a0"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competition factors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a determination under this subsection regarding whether an agreement is likely to substantially lessen competition in the purchasing of certain covered services, the Commission may consider any relevant competition factors in affected markets, including, without limitation, the competitive effect of agreements other than the agreement under review.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5139678b52f94583b7a3d1dd1a845a72"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41307(b) of title 46, United States Code, as amended, shall apply to any agreement filed or with an effective date before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id216F85AC1CEF40E48A690299130DFC9C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discussions</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEEFFDFEA59C46D3ABA4555295CEE0B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CB5074E382E41278C314C83738551F1" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DF341EBD7084806865A1E65952585D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD67D04342D844CFBAE3B234D20C27ACC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Maritime Commission shall be deemed to be an agency for purposes of section 552b of title 5.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id669D456D104F47A5917913730A2DC583"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission, through its secretary, shall keep a record of its meetings and the votes taken on any action, order, contract, or financial transaction of the Commission.</text>
										</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00115182CCCD4586847212877EA1E2C3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonpublic collaborative discussions</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id346df90e882b45c89930d794ed390e15"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 552b of title 5, a majority of the Commissioners may hold a meeting that is not open to public observation to discuss official agency business if—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4a91b1e74a54e289bd88d8b0b16a242"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no formal or informal vote or other official agency action is taken at the meeting;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76cb2b8eda9f476d94bee7daf0699973"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each individual present at the meeting is a Commissioner or an employee of the Commission;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE198BBC948DD47A7AD472C87A44F4DE5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 1 Commissioner from each political party is present at the meeting, if applicable; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c42d60018a54aa282d03292a0a5cd92"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the General Counsel of the Commission is present at the meeting.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id996979c2054142e08381802b4e578c3c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of nonpublic collaborative discussions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided under paragraph (3), not later than 2 business days after the conclusion of a meeting under paragraph (1), the Commission shall make available to the public, in a place easily accessible to the public—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf354a38470324115ad0436139620bbb9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the individuals present at the meeting; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6650e354863e440ea9063056bc20ae8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the matters discussed at the meeting, except for any matters the Commission properly determines may be withheld from the public under section 552b(c) of title 5.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd37a615c6f774796a1de43a8aa3fb0f1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission properly determines matters may be withheld from the public under section 555b(c) of title 5, the Commission shall provide a summary with as much general information as possible on those matters withheld from the public.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d0408176d8043d4927e147d2eec1b76"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ongoing proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a meeting under paragraph (1) directly relates to an ongoing proceeding before the Commission, the Commission shall make the disclosure under paragraph (2) on the date of the final Commission decision.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cf8d705b9e748049dd7a8b86340ead7"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preservation of open meetings requirements for agency action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit the applicability of section 552b of title 5 with respect to a meeting of the Commissioners other than that described in this subsection.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18193830219340199b1a64a6e2f0944a"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statutory construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection may be construed—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68e02487597f4a52aed251fb602a91cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit the applicability of section 552b of title 5 with respect to any information which is proposed to be withheld from the public under paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection; or</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5e7cbc5ce4542dc9cbaac139812e71e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to authorize the Commission to withhold from any individual any record that is accessible to that individual under section 552a of title 5.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B4368D317AC425298A3F43EC9737C1D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis at the beginning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section 303 to read as follows:</text>
								<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4971CFD10DE24A969AE915D0E17BBC67" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">303. Meetings.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3478454B16934B50AE79C6E8975E5E34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89FFC724A89B43EBA16EE75AB1B42EF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Maritime Commission 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> biannual reports that describe the Commission's progress toward addressing the issues raised in each unfinished regulatory proceeding, regardless of whether the proceeding is subject to a statutory or regulatory deadline.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7ABCBCB32AC4CC497B186A19C8F5355"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Format of reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under subsection (a) shall, among other things, clearly identify for each unfinished regulatory proceeding—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78F6467577A24E9D95DAB7E7F59C48D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the popular title;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBD6B9E8690044D981723F6343C6C56A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current stage of the proceeding;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E33A97377724561A55149F63EFD916B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an abstract of the proceeding;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5892E50E535E4041BAB19B71B4663F59"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">what prompted the action in question;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BA00E137D9B4E0E8A5CD052D6AA0495"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any applicable statutory, regulatory, or judicial deadline;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE164B97E976F476DB54D3DB8382D3D51"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the associated docket number;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id222CBFDF313843C7A92061DCBEEA7D80"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date the rulemaking was initiated;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92B1680070E54E08A5CF03986E470FC7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a date for the next action; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83BB3E06C7024C49935491FE480AC3AB"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if a date for next action identified in the previous report is not met, the reason for the delay.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id694208f86b09415a8651e2ad91d3968d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of bankruptcy preparation and response</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9bb72763f29c47f99f5c06bb1b3182b6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that examines the immediate aftermath of a major ocean carrier bankruptcy and its impact through the supply chain. The study shall consider any financial mechanisms that could be used to mitigate the impact of any future bankruptcy events on the supply chain.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3eb5b630462a459ab23becc2f4a4be64"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations, if any, from the study required under subsection (a).</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4327ead228984e7cb64e06006aae2718" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements unaffected</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act may be construed—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8B38E726E3C4FE6AF2FFC3DF9D477AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit or amend the definition of <quote>agreement</quote> in section 40102(1) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to the exclusion of maritime labor agreements; or</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF46A8E53B3B434AADC828BD1604B20B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to apply to a maritime labor agreement (as defined in section 40102(15) of that title).</text> </paragraph></section></title><title commented="no" id="HFB2A644E3B2A4A34BEC832ADC5E8C0AC" level-type="subsequent"><enum>VIII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07BF0D7B055B4009B87DCBD9D774ADAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of obsolete reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (h) of section 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/468">6 U.S.C. 468</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55250ABCFA724A99AB7086DE4355358D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corrections to provisions enacted by Coast Guard Authorization Acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(b) of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/281">Public Law 113–281</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 3061) is amended by inserting <quote>and fishery endorsement</quote> after <quote>endorsement</quote>.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C28F7E4AD8F45CCB79B05E89D5A8C0A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer evaluation report</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85D21406E8D144B0911142EDC27238F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall reduce lieutenant junior grade evaluation reports to the same length as an ensign or place lieutenant junior grade evaluations on an annual schedule.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32E19E3FF0DB4D9AB98399F583223F77"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Surveys</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct surveys of—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77DF0232BC8B4752820C357F4AB554CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outgoing promotion board members and assignment officers to determine, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A087080476347DBA5DD00E09B03C54D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which sections of the officer evaluation report were most useful;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45C18E2D27774ECFBD7D9931B3A29601"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which sections of the officer evaluation report were least useful;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4FD2B3CF39E42BF8B5A0D16A10F5CBF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how to better reflect high performers; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD581F4F9A523412F8A4DEE6D4CAA1515"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations for improving the officer evaluation report; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61E74C4BC3E84AC4968B2E1BD9D794B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 10 percent of the officers from each grade of officers from O1 to O6 to determine how much time each member of the rating chain spends on that member’s portion of the officer evaluation report.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC59E2B96B294725A520C990DDD52742"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revisions</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2E619CEA3EB414FABC9F112BA5A3CD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of the completion of the surveys required by subsection (b), the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall revise the officer evaluation report, and provide corresponding directions, taking into account the requirements under paragraph (2).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16718F9DABD14E7BAE81B9866EAF8D6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In revising the officer evaluation report under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H083F536040DF40E286AF3248F092B064"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the findings of the surveys under subsection (b);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2735EF3FFDD34E519C703BEDA7712795"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve administrative efficiency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E60B161765B4380A2BFAF5DBFBB1BD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce and streamline performance dimensions and narrative text;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE70D70C54BE54C679FEC33EDC097777F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminate redundancy with the officer specialty management system and any other record information systems that are used during the officer assignment or promotion process;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC36245C0CFCF4449A7FAF9408F1EF52F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for fairness and equity for Coast Guard officers with regard to promotion boards, selection panels, and the assignment process; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E44391B1C03424D93C43F674BC24ABF"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure officer evaluation responsibilities can be accomplished within normal working hours—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBAF855675D247448AC513DBA6A0D536"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to minimize any impact to officer duties; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC50240D19375413A931D0939BCBC3DB2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to eliminate any need for an officer to take liberty or leave for administrative purposes.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4D2F202DF8144AE81BFDB34A599CF6D"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8CF39C29D7B4FCEAD9E55EEA072D0F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 545 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the surveys under subsection (b).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CC0363F488E40618635634A09D3609C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under paragraph (1) shall be formatted by each rank, type of board, and position, as applicable.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD87B33E9B65A4F66904A669BABDE38F7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>804.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/281">Public Law 111–281</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 2950) is amended—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC20597F4AD0546EEB4992C59B59F2FC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the text preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>sections 3304, 5333, and 5753</quote> and inserting <quote>section 3304</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81F5C6827EEE42718C9A8FF629BC9AE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b), and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text>
 </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6457AC2D140D4EE4A061D65380B6A3CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>805.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard ROTC program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the costs and benefits of creating a Coast Guard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program based on the other Armed Forces programs.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27338FD7AA9946C0AC4FD077C901A672" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Currency detection canine team program</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6179173DEF104DC18F36B0F0E927918B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H323CD2F78DF74D96B80604A449DB7E83"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Canine currency detection team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>canine currency detection team</quote> means a canine and a canine handler that are trained to detect currency.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE34802A94469455EA24730FD6D936656"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45792ACF19D244D48537A7277F95D656"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to allow the use of canine currency detection teams for purposes of Coast Guard maritime law enforcement, including underway vessel boardings.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H146C79135D344C179A9189C53A641BDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may cooperate with, or enter into an agreement with, the head of another Federal agency to meet the requirements under subsection (b).</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H910CC05E8EF94716A08FD27D2CCCE7BD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59A786AFD39C4B248AAEFC7C308F8EDC"><enum>(a)</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, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish a Center of Expertise for Great Lakes Oil Spill Preparedness and Response (referred to in this section as the <quote>Center of Expertise</quote>) in accordance with section 313 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE21ACDBF81B4F1EBE3D818D3269A95C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Location</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center of Expertise shall be located in close proximity to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72BBBCE0ECD34CB187F8B7D0540810B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">critical crude oil transportation infrastructure on and connecting the Great Lakes, such as submerged pipelines and high-traffic navigation locks; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14AEDDE20C9E44AE85357D1211FD6040"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education with adequate aquatic research laboratory facilities and capabilities and expertise in Great Lakes aquatic ecology, environmental chemistry, fish and wildlife, and water resources.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C0A8AA659A6450786EE3B57AB49A8FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center of Expertise shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61620F3BA7224E19A2FA646FC21254E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor and assess, on an ongoing basis, the current state of knowledge regarding freshwater oil spill response technologies and the behavior and effects of oil spills in the Great Lakes;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H141DBC6E226249C497999B18F22394E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify any significant gaps in Great Lakes oil spill research, including an assessment of major scientific or technological deficiencies in responses to past spills in the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies, and seek to fill those gaps;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14731E282C4F4770BC1E027B24CE35B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation for freshwater oil spill response equipment, technologies, and techniques to mitigate and respond to oil spills in the Great Lakes;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F1DF14E20584235887D189F4BC82321"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">educate and train Federal, State, and local first responders located in Coast Guard District 9 in—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H903FE95A37114CC5BF0E501814F64A44"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the incident command system structure;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D1B7D4689CA4B94B574A27DFCD427EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes oil spill response techniques and strategies; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7808653662FE4BE4BBC9FE0F88A0C9A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public affairs; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D490EB26CC645F19DD9E2DB43BFBBEE"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work with academic and private sector response training centers to develop and standardize maritime oil spill response training and techniques for use on the Great Lakes.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H068E704E86E84A5AB6C925570CF2CBD2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Great Lakes</quote> means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD417675D94A84B3BB37EDCEE2FE64207" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>808.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public safety answering points and maritime search and rescue coordination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7113D015D0024A079A75BF119A986F2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall review Coast Guard policies and procedures for public safety answering points and search-and-rescue coordination with State and local law enforcement entities in order to—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB055D4FA872C41EF910C8639417A34F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">further minimize the possibility of maritime 911 calls being improperly routed; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4947B5FB7F5C4A479D01108B01A2448D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assure the Coast Guard is able to effectively carry out the Coast Guard’s maritime search and rescue mission; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A1BE5CDCFA4D84877CA5C4127EA8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H102B2BF24C6E4E688739A15E56332342"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">formulate a national maritime public safety answering points policy; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCD8DF79360B42F197D5FB42A4E57CA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a report to the Congress on such assessment and policy, which shall include an update to the report submitted in accordance with section 233 of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA484F9740E30425BAB20B1972C649E9E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>809.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ship shoal lighthouse transfer: repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective January 1, 2021, section 27 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/241">Public Law 102–241</external-xref>; 105 Stat. 2218) is repealed.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CE48EAD55A44DA3922C643B86D6FC14" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>810.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land exchange, Ayakulik Island, Alaska</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E823729C144472EA794ACFC599ABC01"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land exchange; Ayakulik Island, Alaska</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the owner of Ayakulik Island, Alaska, offers to exchange the Island for the Tract—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A4C1A9BCE574F2AA2FF194F13C7E479"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within 10 days after receiving such offer, the Secretary shall provide notice of the offer to the Commandant;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7795556D38E44C8C8B1CB8B641CAEFAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within 90 days after receiving the notice under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall develop and transmit to the Secretary proposed operational restrictions on commercial activity conducted on the Tract, including the right of the Commandant to—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C21BE4A4C0E4B5CB112AE2A0F10139F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">order the immediate termination, for a period of up to 72 hours, of any activity occurring on or from the Tract that violates or threatens to violate one or more of such restrictions; or</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H463B5396C5914DE6BD3846196A5F82BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commence a civil action for appropriate relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction enjoining the activity that violates or threatens to violate such restrictions;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4F0ED89E52940329973A91600E301A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within 90 days after receiving the proposed operational restrictions from the Commandant, the Secretary shall transmit such restrictions to the owner of Ayakulik Island; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62E8113AABAE4820908912C7D9249CE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within 30 days after transmitting the proposed operational restrictions to the owner of Ayakulik Island, and if the owner agrees to such restrictions, the Secretary shall convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Tract to the owner, subject to an easement granted to the Commandant to enforce such restrictions, in exchange for all right, title, and interest of such owner in and to Ayakulik Island.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FCCBE0220E94D328D4473D01A207A1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Boundary revisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make technical and conforming revisions to the boundaries of the Tract before the date of the exchange.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D6FEB1D2BA14F4ABC73C344789D7AB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public land order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date of an exchange under subsection (a), Public Land Order 5550 shall have no force or effect with respect to submerged lands that are part of the Tract.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57B9107F7584466ABA491C4CEA3EF0B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to timely respond to notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commandant does not transmit proposed operational restrictions to the Secretary within 30 days after receiving the notice under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall, by not later than 60 days after transmitting such notice, convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Tract to the owner of Ayakulik Island in exchange for all right, title, and interest of such owner in and to Ayakulik Island.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28B8E40C98924B5CB5AC1D06C9811383"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CERCLA not affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and an exchange under this section shall not be construed to limit the application of or otherwise affect section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9620">42 U.S.C. 9620(h)</external-xref>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E380D6F873B49349EF92FED807E03A3"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDC45CFB4AB4429CBE21A9BD1F38EFEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commandant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Commandant</quote> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFD87A9944BE43888A7A0F730793EF53"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EDAC4DC2ADC40B789B20AC5F8B5579E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Tract</quote> means the land (including submerged land) depicted as <quote>PROPOSED PROPERTY EXCHANGE AREA</quote> on the survey titled <quote>PROPOSED PROPERTY EXCHANGE PARCEL</quote> and dated 3/22/17.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8C17E0E42E24104AEBB8D9BC1DEA7C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>811.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Tract 43</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 524(e)(2) of the Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>), as amended by section 3533 of the Pribilof Island Transition Completion Amendments Act of 2016 (subtitle B of title XXXV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>), is amended by—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA7459BE1877455F966DC46799A83EF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">striking <quote>each month</quote> and inserting <quote>each April and October</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DE5F5E251A342E0A838DB432D86050D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">striking <quote>previous month</quote> and inserting <quote>previous six months</quote>.</text>
							</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1477880845A745CD8E925A0F5903405C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>812.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard maritime domain awareness</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H080E43E1C0E24D0F90C8A39B09777D86"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act under which the Academy shall prepare an assessment of available unmanned, autonomous, or remotely controlled maritime domain awareness technologies for use by the Coast Guard.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC89B00ED7F484B33805C9AAE975C87A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48A94E968EDC49A4A62A26C83804805C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the potential limitations of current and emerging unmanned technologies used in the maritime domain for—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C9275384E3E43D8829FCE21508071B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ocean observation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B63DB5875304E7C91355531AD6D4EF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessel monitoring and identification;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD34FC7AB20C14FA6B35EBE8CCDABE59A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">weather observation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95858E38FE0941FB89BE220A997A328C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable for consideration by the Academy, intelligence gathering, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA7CBA1E4FDA495C9121082D43DDE76D"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communications;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H678D6C8C6FBA43489CBDDC081A43045A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine how technologies described in paragraph (1) can help prioritize Federal investment by examining;</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53759E9DA5FB45C9B354648C912FD5CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">affordability, including acquisition, operations, and maintenance;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF434E82326E4071BB036AB3C1E6724F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reliability;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94B1F365109B4F56A44F892F27007FCD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">versatility;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8C21AAA3F9F4C71BF399B78EA57DE98"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efficiency; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82F262A77EB749CC9C46B312070879BB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimated service life and persistence of effort; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC6BE1D8A2FF49D8BE2485836028C69C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze whether the use of new and emerging maritime domain awareness technologies can be used to—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC34BAA15270948F6818017F204B0D316"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out Coast Guard missions at lower costs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA5FE86C681F4CD1A4951C5089C78282"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand the scope and range of Coast Guard maritime domain awareness;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45BAEA9D49784DB1BA1B406974D42134"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the Coast Guard to more efficiently and effectively allocate Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and personnel; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8D733D6C4A740D7B0F2F0858E64DC72"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify adjustments that would be necessary in Coast Guard policies, procedures, and protocols to incorporate unmanned technologies to enhance efficiency.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1919E238B9241BEAA82D2BA4C76E023"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after entering into an arrangement with the Secretary under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit the assessment prepared under this section to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8319C81C59FA428C8335AC44439FF3ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In formulating costs pursuant to subsection (b), the National Academy of Sciences may utilize information from other Coast Guard reports, assessments, or analyses regarding existing Coast Guard manpower requirements or other reports, assessments, or analyses for the acquisition of unmanned, autonomous, or remotely controlled technologies by the Federal Government.</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H436510BE95724AF3B667195A424AF238" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>813.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Monitoring</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC421201CE40249F69C9D52DC1CF21842"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall conduct a 1-year pilot program to determine the impact of persistent use of different types of surveillance systems on illegal maritime activities, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, in the Western Pacific region.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2A385436BC44071A4D8422B72272834"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pilot program shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EC747508AB3481593F60E0E157E4788"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the use of light aircraft-based detection systems that can identify potential illegal activity from high altitudes and produce enforcement-quality evidence at low altitudes; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD087FADB591464AA2375156D3B1E33D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be directed at detecting and deterring illegal maritime activities, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and enhancing maritime domain awareness.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93853042E3B64CAF821EA6925B00D97E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>814.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursements for non-Federal construction costs of certain aids to navigation</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16263799A1044F4C801A8C8D1C878F03"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of amounts specifically provided in advance in subsequent appropriations Acts and in accordance with this section, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may reimburse a non-Federal entity for costs incurred by the entity for a covered project.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE618DAE2B784F25B3FB03E047437388"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may not provide reimbursement under subsection (a) with respect to a covered project unless—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CE4BB3709C34DA781C5E6A2BC1115FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for the project is a result of the completion of construction with respect to a federally authorized navigation channel;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H920661010CB74C88B8CBEB75A8A7738F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant determines, through an appropriate navigation safety analysis, that the project is necessary to ensure safe marine transportation;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3204D4565C754DB79E0C5E4A1619DDE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant approves the design of the project to ensure that it meets all applicable Coast Guard aids-to-navigation standards and requirements;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H613A43C97EA145C786E6C7472D2A983E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the non-Federal entity agrees to transfer the project upon completion to the Coast Guard for operation and maintenance by the Coast Guard as a Federal aid to navigation;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52A05D335EC345398707F840C70CAA84"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the non-Federal entity carries out the project in accordance with the same laws and regulations that would apply to the Coast Guard if the Coast Guard carried out the project, including obtaining all permits required for the project under Federal and State law; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H935472845B2C40F98EB9404C7FC21D8D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant determines that the project satisfies such additional requirements as may be established by the Commandant.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF83D210C13B4C2FACCA1580980BEE05"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursements under subsection (a) may not exceed the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CEBB86780674BC6880C4FB852D76576"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a single covered project, $5,000,000.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2D87A5D9C0D4F249220CBD92BE63146"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For all covered projects in a single fiscal year, $5,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63A95DD0BE9C426497A862EC48FDA2DF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expiration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority granted under this section shall expire on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this section.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BDB4CAB23FD4E31890FCF09AF4BAB8C"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered project defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>covered project</quote> means a project carried out—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF74278563044FDB842BC951A93FFB8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by a non-Federal entity to construct and establish an aid to navigation that facilitates safe and efficient marine transportation on a Federal navigation project authorized by title I of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>); and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73E07C124A9142C6A7D9A2211CE18B9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an area that was affected by Hurricane Harvey.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69F40FBA97F44AC79D99006CF34DC555" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>815.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Towing safety management system fees</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE47E62FC7184EF0A24A0EEF40BCDDD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED3A27C6504D43828A8E88F6FD78ABF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and compare the costs to the Government of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F59E9A7980845E0BBADD374EB3B1099"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">towing vessel inspections performed by the Coast Guard; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4307EC13C44C454AAB7D68D14889F660"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such inspections performed by a third party; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCB00E03262143BE8602A9975E7496CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on such review and comparison, determine whether the costs to the Government of such inspections performed by a third party are different than the costs to the Government of such inspections performed by the Coast Guard.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91350AD1A07145F3BF59D1BB80AB04BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revision of fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commandant determines under subsection (a) that the costs to the Government of such inspections performed by a third party are different than the costs to the Government of such inspections performed by the Coast Guard, then the Commandant shall revise the fee assessed by the Coast Guard for such inspections as necessary to conform to the requirements under section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, that such fee be based on the cost to the Government of such inspections and accurately reflect such costs.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC673FD5F53F4949BAE1E4AF274FFF71" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>816.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oil spill disbursements auditing and report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1012 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2712">33 U.S.C. 2712</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H441753E5D229400C969AE1B0B2D8B3FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by repealing subsection (g);</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8D5D7577ECF40BB94B66F3353DA76BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l)(1), by striking <quote>Within one year after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, and annually thereafter,</quote> and inserting <quote>Each year, on the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD41B0D615E2544539A64E6420061EFE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (l)(2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD077910CD05C4446B79F4ADCE8E2A227" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A9BB6BB230E4275B5DF10BF411BFE95"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H307A9EBBBF674994A1C366C3827D01F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of each incident that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B08BBDC08A14DE5BF170580B45C0C16"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">occurred in the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB67FEED8E5F844F2B22E42807A08AA0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resulted in disbursements from the Fund, for removal costs and damages, totaling $500,000 or more;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4DC14AEBA7948148B6779FC3ACBD821"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of each incident that—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D24837649714892818ABFAE4EBD7AD6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">occurred in the fiscal year preceding the preceding fiscal year; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB7724116F0747759B947A86FC1A51FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resulted in disbursements from the Fund, for removal costs and damages, totaling $500,000 or more; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A66B5CD6DFA4482901667B686D8CBE4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an accounting of any amounts reimbursed to the Fund in the preceding fiscal year that were recovered from a responsible party for an incident that resulted in disbursements from the Fund, for removal costs and damages, totaling $500,000 or more.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
							</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EFC4A3466E846739C9E383CD4C45E5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>817.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fleet requirements assessment and strategy</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36A668059D4B4A779FDB3A8D9C79E3DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with interested Federal and non-Federal stakeholders, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report including—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H202E6CA42E3C424BB425D8D550E2CB0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of Coast Guard at-sea operational fleet requirements to support its statutory missions established in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ADB7DEFDE864B2C9921A635CA437ACA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategic plan for meeting the requirements identified under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC8D897B1A9A4210B58B74E92819EAEA"><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="H5F54846F8D1E4E6B862FF9CB907A6539"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6588CA6A5D6491C80D706BB0BCCA58D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the Coast Guard at-sea operational fleet requirements referred to in subsection (a)(1) are currently being met;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82F315DB194F4BC6874EA2C62AABA5AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard’s current fleet, its operational lifespan, and how the anticipated changes in the age and distribution of vessels in the fleet will impact the ability to meet at-sea operational requirements;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1642E0FBD497494F8A5CC2EF497714C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fleet operations and recommended improvements to minimize costs and extend operational vessel life spans; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8B9124118C24DACB93A6D22A130FF3F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of Fast Response Cutters, Offshore Patrol Cutters, and National Security Cutters needed to meet at-sea operational requirements as compared to planned acquisitions under the current programs of record;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H106300496D1F41649377113905146AE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FF7B68BC8A04E3290DB0335EAAD4C0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the Coast Guard at-sea operational fleet requirements are currently met, including the use of the Coast Guard’s current cutter fleet, agreements with partners, chartered vessels, and unmanned vehicle technology; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C45FEDE8A3A43858403E63510BA24E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether existing and planned cutter programs of record (including the Fast Response Cutter, Offshore Patrol Cutter, and National Security Cutter) will enable the Coast Guard to meet at-sea operational requirements; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35A348C54A8A4CA19EA9002D4ADEB166"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E056D62AA814CB9B5CF35C2CA7D1B0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planned manned and unmanned vessel acquisition; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA74623CABF7470D9A58201BB77C7BFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how such acquisitions will change the extent to which the Coast Guard at-sea operational requirements are met.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B0C5948D5F14128BE780D6E6B72E50F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation and transparency</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H643E435416BE4A259F15F8BF6AF6F6C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consulting with the Federal and non-Federal stakeholders under subsection (a), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05557CDC27C844C79A8B35F6D7456D52"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the stakeholders with opportunities for input—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H609DFD1411AA476490D7ADB22FD444BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prior to initially drafting the report, including the assessment and strategic plan; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DD7B7490467496EBDDC5932E1790C91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 3 months prior to finalizing the report, including the assessment and strategic plan, for submission; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0028389721DF4023A0A8B46FC744A85F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">document the input and its disposition in the report.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BC7682FD4D84941BB4163BA85D8E16B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All input provided under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5283A2D716C34D7588A9ED262CE3BAF2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring maritime coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to meet Coast Guard mission requirements for search and rescue, ports, waterways, and coastal security, and maritime environmental response during recapitalization of Coast Guard vessels, the Coast Guard shall ensure continuity of the coverage, to the maximum extent practicable, in the locations that may lose assets.</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7B0EFC1A3344201AC387578D6800249" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>818.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Security Cutter</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03325301415241238EC050F7FAE3A5A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standard method for tracking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard may not certify an eighth National Security Cutter as Ready for Operations before the date on which the Commandant provides to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA80F9F552049433B93994ABB7824B500"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notification of a new standard method for tracking operational employment of Coast Guard major cutters that does not include time during which such a cutter is away from its homeport for maintenance or repair; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF676EA161484B5486B0662DB963DF3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a report analyzing cost and performance for different approaches to achieving varied levels of operational employment using the standard method required by paragraph (1) that, at a minimum—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABC5789561B84EEFBFA53B86EA7ED047"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compares over a 30-year period the average annualized baseline cost and performances for a certified National Security Cutter that operated for 185 days away from homeport or an equivalent alternative measure of operational tempo—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2276CAD332814C8D85236E1724F1F5DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">against the cost of a 15 percent increase in days away from homeport or an equivalent alternative measure of operational tempo for a National Security Cutter; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A8AE71DF48F40AAA7F18A2B2049587A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">against the cost of the acquisition and operation of an additional National Security Cutter; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H942D138FC3964A55ADC48553D0640F17"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examines the optimal level of operational employment of National Security Cutters to balance National Security Cutter cost and mission performance.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79643FBA69ED477DA9F3A4FEB39CCAFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7067CA8783FF404F9C582A591F1AB071"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(b) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (126 Stat. 1560) is repealed.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B98DD9F3B8A416A959F123762778D67"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(c)(1) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 35) is repealed.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEDB52CA70E54A578541F196E919E6D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>819.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition plan for inland waterway and river tenders and bay-class icebreakers</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA19A9473E92548F08A016ED3E8EB1C8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a plan to replace or extend the life of the Coast Guard fleet of inland waterway and river tenders, and the Bay-class icebreakers.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC846AE3C0AFA401FAC622F5CD97CF0ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F6858455B46403DB77FA6526CF32806"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the work required to extend the life of vessels described in subsection (a);</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E891838C91441068C32CFEDE3206589"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for which, if any, such vessels it is cost effective to undertake a ship-life extension or enhanced maintenance program;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEA353D15A99478FB28A1F57BE4594E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the aids to navigation program to determine if advances in navigation technology may reduce the needs for physical aids to navigation;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B65A901D22348DCAA10A1A13DD5569F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for changes to physical aids to navigation and the distribution of such aids that reduce the need for the acquisition of vessels to replace the vessels described in subsection (a);</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBCC43C1934A46FB9AA7FC5B4044F979"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a schedule for the acquisition of vessels to replace the vessels described in subsection (a), including the date on which the first vessel will be delivered;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD24460EDBF448E6BE90C2F7DFD5FF53"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date such acquisition will be complete;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26165159BDFD444389F43BEC9ED2D3B3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the order and location of replacement vessels;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87FE3FB6B35547B38EA9F0D869D0C554"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the cost per vessel and of the total cost of the acquisition program of record; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43B3C8D3703D4D3C83F0757F2A14747E"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of whether existing vessels can be used.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BCA81E8724F4FE9B192B76506E735A1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>820.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes icebreaker acquisition</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53F3DA23F66640ECB7DDBE7302992072"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Icebreaking on the Great Lakes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may use funds made available pursuant to section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, for the construction of an icebreaker that is at least as capable as the Coast Guard Cutter <italic>Mackinaw</italic> to enhance icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A1AC06610EA47B5B602F4D6F184B562"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit a plan to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives for acquiring an icebreaker described in subsections (a) and (b). Such plan shall include—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7265860EC336416A883DEF1D92998B09"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the details and schedule of the acquisition activities to be completed; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0076446E9AA4237A0167B809F2E9824"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the funding for Coast Guard acquisition, construction, and improvements that was appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</external-xref>) will be allocated to support the acquisition activities referred to in paragraph (1).</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f33a308fe4543f69dfc1a7cfb61abc9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>821.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Polar icebreakers</header>
							<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43e8efb3b81245f794272c63bdd6414c"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced maintenance program for the <italic>Polar Star</italic></header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id948485640d874dcd81f32c5594b0ee93"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct an enhanced maintenance program on Coast Guard Cutter <italic>Polar Star</italic> (WAGB–10) to extend the service life of such vessel until at least December 31, 2025.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b5607e53cf34f98a899b48115802ff6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement for report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017</short-title>, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with Naval Sea Systems Command, shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the </committee-name><committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a detailed report describing a plan to extend the service life of the Coast Guard Cutter <italic>Polar Star</italic> (WAGB–10) until at least December 31, 2025, through an enhanced maintenance program.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01ddc58e374a4a01b52cb88f9cd3fdb6"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by paragraph (2) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49f1e9d4d5114ec5b03d5ae509e65094"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment and discussion of the enhanced maintenance program recommended by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Polar Icebreaker Cost Assessment in the letter report <quote>Acquisition and Operation of Polar Icebreakers: Fulfilling the Nation’s Needs</quote>.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e096575b3134e61bc3ca60cf84262ce"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment and discussion of the Government Accountability Office’s concerns and recommendations regarding service life extension work on Coast Guard Cutter <italic>Polar Star</italic> (WAGB–10) in the report <quote>Status of the Coast Guard’s Polar Icebreaking Fleet Capability and Recapitalization Plan</quote>.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id261edc2608364c488a104f9e48f638a9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based upon a materiel condition assessment of the Coast Guard Cutter <italic>Polar Star</italic> (WAGB–10)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81820e3fda3c4be19305d9789d65b359"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the service life extension needs of the vessel;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcaded54066ee49019c84a4120400d3fc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailed information regarding planned shipyard work for each fiscal year to meet such needs; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea9007ff97484c20b8f15cf7e6c7f62b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the amount needed to be appropriated to complete the enhanced maintenance program.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb85e733da864402f83c7f65eeba587e3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan to ensure the vessel will maintain seasonally operational status during the enhanced maintenance program.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id008e23c89965436daeae668bcd795565"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard may use funds made available pursuant to section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 202 of this Act, for the enhanced maintenance program described in the report required by subsection (a).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CBDF9C076824C5DBB1243AE3602DA7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012; amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 222 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/213">Public Law 112–213</external-xref>), as amended, is further amended as follows:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf56594a7570e4d0b82a1c1e93e8d8851"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (a) through (d);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6077632289024850B0010F307C23C415"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (e) through (g) as subsections (a) through (c), respectively;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id971c273118eb4274b77a471d73343a7b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), as redesignated—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefb53ebcbef64d68879742816ac9fb09"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (c), the Commandant</quote> and inserting <quote>The Commandant</quote>;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id941b86f2aa7b43f78df592ca071b8b59"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>Polar Sea or</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id153c9e136dc54becb62635a3a0fa3a88"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>either of the vessels</quote> and inserting <quote>the Polar Star or the Polar Sea</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37ab3d1f98a5431bb0af9457df697b0d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>either of the vessels</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the Polar Star</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ED5EED212344092AF2C0945FFB0371C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>822.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic assets in the Arctic</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87A16CD3728046B9ADE950FE2B3438EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of arctic</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Arctic</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4111">15 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1118F28B9ED7458E83C8B8B601A5482C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18EA8AA36516464998B6D470AC8664A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arctic continues to grow in significance to both the national security interests and the economic prosperity of the United States; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF58982A1DB664D5497538E0066DA84ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard must ensure it is positioned to respond to any accident, incident, or threat with appropriate assets.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2318AB0068C540E7AA3CE10E8D12CCEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and taking into consideration the Department of Defense 2016 Arctic Strategy, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the progress toward implementing the strategic objectives described in the United States Coast Guard Arctic Strategy dated May 2013.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB77353A9EAF244EA8DBB2F191BBEB492"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under subsection (c) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF211A9758DD540C99A5FEB980D4C66DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the Coast Guard’s progress toward each strategic objective identified in the United States Coast Guard Arctic Strategy dated May 2013;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0B870D1C4484D108D3D235DB06DB516"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the assets and infrastructure necessary to meet the strategic objectives identified in the United States Coast Guard Arctic Strategy dated May 2013 based on factors such as—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED42CC1A92BA4E1F9855E895AE9D68D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">response time;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB65C4B583DF74647B9A894CD786BEFB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coverage area;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60B88DE867794FD394B76E178F3FEC4F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">endurance on scene;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CCC5040EAD3489ABA20ABBFCAAECA80"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">presence; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9977A8456B124E1BB0D5407301E47F6E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deterrence;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC6620B9C6AE40C8AC58BCAAB580B307"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the sufficiency of the distribution of National Security Cutters, Offshore Patrol Cutters, and Fast Response Cutters both stationed in various Alaskan ports and in other locations to meet the strategic objectives identified in the United States Coast Guard Arctic Strategy, dated May 2013;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB42F90782F074F17BA785F95119FC31C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans to provide communications throughout the entire Coastal Western Alaska Captain of the Port zone to improve waterway safety and mitigate close calls, collisions, and other dangerous interactions between the shipping industry and subsistence hunters;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FD6DC48DCBE4E55950692127FD1440B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans to prevent marine casualties, when possible, by ensuring vessels avoid environmentally sensitive areas and permanent security zones;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6511708443D14ADEAFD2B704C253A631"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H311A2B826BED4620995CE8B46350331D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether it is feasible to establish a vessel traffic service, using existing resources or otherwise; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61000EAF9929432592A98FAA316FDBD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether an Arctic Response Center of Expertise is necessary to address the gaps in experience, skills, equipment, resources, training, and doctrine to prepare, respond to, and recover spilled oil in the Arctic; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD03E5AC1457411F9C1F34CB8A66C7E2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of whether sufficient agreements are in place to ensure the Coast Guard is receiving the information it needs to carry out its responsibilities.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H324B5A2D9BC34221A4132E3F9391405A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>823.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arctic planning criteria</header>
							<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF86CD717C47B48FD9F38B194D003D978"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alternative planning criteria</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC214F7DBB40E4FD483228E8EA51C1351"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2701">33 U.S.C. 2701</external-xref> et seq.), the Commandant of the Coast Guard may approve a vessel response plan under section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321</external-xref>) for a vessel operating in any area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone (as established by the Commandant) that includes the Arctic, if the Commandant verifies that—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21170F3117754BD4BF2E6B19C95E7328"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">equipment required to be available for response under the plan has been tested and proven capable of operating in the environmental conditions expected in the area in which it is intended to be operated; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H232D466DA3464C88867573D2ACF00976"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the operators of such equipment have conducted training on the equipment within the area covered by such Captain of the Port Zone.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79A30C1F25674629A40D1B63C19291DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post-approval requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving a vessel response plan under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H034DC576882B4F4C8D52518A145C3ED0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that the oil spill removal organization identified in the vessel response plan conduct regular exercises and drills using the response resources identified in the plan in the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone that includes the Arctic; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9C94B4B775A4FD5820422F9829F8615"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow such oil spill removal organization to take credit for a response to an actual spill or release in the area covered by such Captain of the Port Zone, instead of conducting an exercise or drill required under subparagraph (A), if the oil spill removal organization—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCEBEE33A1F2418EBBDEA6A263412A02"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documents which exercise or drill requirements were met during the response; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AA508F96D6F4CB5BCC515C47D6F647A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submits a request for credit to, and receives approval from, the Commandant.</text>
										</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CEB0D2DD2EC4E298043D5D33D97191A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27E566EAB7B44FF5ACFEFDADCF110188"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the oil spill prevention and response capabilities for the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone (as established by the Commandant) that includes the Arctic.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24CCA2D96D0B4FECA32B7F3488501412"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2251039DC81F4BEBB5ECFF4AE22B5283"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of equipment and assets available for response under the vessel response plans approved for vessels operating in the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone, including details on any providers of such equipment and assets.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1843D31CC05547FAA1CD954452796908"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the location of such equipment and assets, including an estimate of the time to deploy the equipment and assets.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00C090D8AB374C61A433C3863B635314"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination of how effectively such equipment and assets are distributed throughout the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A76F13338254B74A20873F5DBD939AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement regarding whether the ability to maintain and deploy such equipment and assets is taken into account when measuring the equipment and assets available throughout the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA612DB1EF8274BC38813D2A65CA0E80A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A validation of the port assessment visit process and response resource inventory for response under the vessel response plans approved for vessels operating in the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCB5271B94874BF49A53B0F4AE348583"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination of the compliance rate with Federal vessel response plan regulations in the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone during the previous 3 years.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD319FDCE63C84DE0BBF2EB048A9B4708"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the resources needed throughout the area covered by the Captain of the Port Zone to conduct port assessments, exercises, response plan reviews, and spill responses.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF331B8502884D149A343C85FD7DA1C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Arctic</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Arctic</term> has the meaning given the term under section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4111">15 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>).</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65e8a988bcdf40e3bd630ff2b182c2b9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>824.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel response plan audit</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68a467bdbe304dbab2c5b240fd23a8f5"><enum>(a)</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, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete and 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 comprehensive review of the processes and resources used by the Coast Guard to implement vessel response plan requirements under section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321</external-xref>).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id862020e253324627a646e4ed1b4afe81"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required elements of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The review required under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09afcde920614faba63c3eaa046b1ec8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a study, or an audit if appropriate, of the processes the Coast Guard uses—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9adb4534d99f450dada62594cc1cdc0b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to approve the vessel response plans referred to in subsection (a);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee98f2dd456c42429bfcbcf7310b3b87"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to approve alternate planning criteria used in lieu of National Planning Criteria in approving such plans;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb564b4a278de4439b22609aaf669fd5d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to verify compliance with such plans; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda5a5a03dce144adb9e9711574fa5bd5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to act in the event of a failure to comply with the requirements of such plans;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cfd71fe84284e00add2c6d48e34fefb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an examination of all Federal and State agency resources used by the Coast Guard in carrying out the processes identified under paragraph (1), including—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56d8c68807eb49e495e814810d497ad6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current staffing model and organization;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id667148bd808f4c8b8f8b3735c275709a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data, software, simulators, systems, or other technology, including those pertaining to weather, oil spill trajectory modeling, and risk management;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef5ebf89d258463eae068c66a65edeee"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of time per fiscal year expended by Coast Guard personnel to approve and verify compliance with vessel response plans; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf232a40c04ac4bdc8295486254eafb32"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average amount of time expended by the Coast Guard for approval of, and verification of compliance with, a single vessel response plan;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1948ac2a0d148919c331cabc78c8032"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of how, including by what means or methods, the processes identified under paragraph (1)—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599e00abdfe844a8b83480c659c50114"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure compliance with applicable law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd09e30de801140d89ab166ce9f5fe2b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are implemented by the Coast Guard, including at the district and sector levels;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f36f895f58843b288e9123fa004e09f"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are informed by public comment and engagement with States, Indian Tribes, and other regional stakeholders;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide017507586e84dc283f2dfaf291c7e26"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure availability and adequate operational capability and capacity of required assets and equipment, including in cases in which contractual obligations may limit the availability of such assets and equipment for response;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb51c6b688cd545db93af4a85769c9e9f"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for adequate asset and equipment mobilization time requirements, particularly with respect to—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b00c5833f944d0694d25d1082e297b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calculation and establishment of such requirements;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73f7eb1846574b64911e3d977900611d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">verifying compliance with such requirements; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e9141acdda343fbaf39bf899bc0f11e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">factoring in weather, including specific regional adverse weather as defined in section 155.1020 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, in calculating, establishing, and verifying compliance with such requirements;</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id365c1e06c8fd44bbbed36d13ae80481c"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure response plan updates and vessel compliance when changes occur in response planning criteria, asset and equipment mobilization times, or regional response needs, such as trends in transportation of high gravity oils or changes in vessel traffic volume; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62051b2914084d5ca3f46f461a604f97"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enable effective action by the Coast Guard in the event of a failure to comply with response plan requirements;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d9b9d533e8b40f493957b3744467ed0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a determination regarding whether asset and equipment mobilization time requirements under approved vessel response plans can be met by the vessels to which they apply; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56ba3d1ed16f4dcda5e39c8676939140"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for improving the processes identified under paragraph (1), including recommendations regarding the sufficiency of Coast Guard resources dedicated to those processes.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H811A85A457FE49C2921E78AD6423995B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>825.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waters deemed not navigable waters of the United States for certain purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of the application of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, to the <italic>Volunteer</italic> (Hull Number CCA4108), the Illinois and Michigan Canal is deemed to not be navigable waters of the United States.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF8403051E54479DB6DDC73DDD36293A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>826.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Documentation of recreational vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Coast Guard personnel performing nonrecreational vessel documentation functions under subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/121">chapter 121</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, may perform recreational vessel documentation under section 12114 of such title in any fiscal year in which—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80703AF2A37E4714BEA04C53F857B517"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funds available for Coast Guard operating expenses may not be used for expenses incurred for recreational vessel documentation;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BFCA918887048EC9EFBBB7C2AD43CDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fees collected from owners of yachts and credited to such use are insufficient to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H191A4D5269514059BF710E27B42FBDA7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is a backlog of applications for recreational vessel documentation.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBBBE8D0DCFA43D8A144BED6D1E430DE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>827.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equipment requirements; exemption from throwable personal flotation devices requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B34D15896C24544BAF8A10F49A6CBD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prescribe regulations in part 160 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, that treat a marine throw bag, as that term is commonly used in the commercial whitewater rafting industry, as a type of lifesaving equipment; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B2EB1672D804A41B2C0C51766FC3245"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revise section 175.17 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, to exempt rafts that are 16 feet or more overall in length from the requirement to carry an additional throwable personal flotation device when such a marine throw bag is onboard and accessible.</text>
							</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41DFF90370804BF3A35CEA1015FF0BC7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>828.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visual distress signals and alternative use</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B12D7CAB37A432C85F5E87986C55B61"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall develop a performance standard for the alternative use and possession of visual distress alerting and locating signals as mandated by carriage requirements for recreational boats in subpart C of part 175 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9A48EE9712C4E5D9FCE16EE70655D06"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the performance standard for alternative use and possession of visual distress alerting and locating signals is finalized, the Secretary shall revise part 175 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, to allow for carriage of such alternative signal devices.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEAF81AC36C9435E9042ED71A314AE97" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>829.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Radar refresher training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prescribe a final rule eliminating the requirement that a mariner actively using the mariner’s credential complete an approved refresher or recertification course to maintain a radar observer endorsement. This rulemaking shall be exempt from chapters 5 and 6 of title 5, United States Code, and Executive Orders 12866 and 13563.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D114B347A6F4B598D6C011DF7BF363D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>830.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial fishing vessel safety national communications plan</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9DC31DE6FA84F90A96CEB3E2B85AB8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement for plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall develop and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a national communications plan for the purposes of—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F7A58F16210438287317E4395406A96"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminating information to the commercial fishing vessel industry;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE263F46A4694DD0A40000FF74F7B39A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting outreach with the commercial fishing vessel industry;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6E880B42AA941AB911CADD08D186B2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitating interaction with the commercial fishing vessel industry; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EAE53FD0491495E849C3167625D5942"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">releasing information collected under section 15102 of title 46, United States Code, as added by this Act, to the commercial fishing vessel industry.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5722EA22948E4680832EF29417E20D73"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan required by subsection (a), and each annual update, shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF23BD0170C1B46E2AA25BA40784AEDB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify staff, resources, and systems available to the Secretary to ensure the widest dissemination of information to the commercial fishing vessel industry;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62674E5CAF324D91A5FEDFC7C7CDE4EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a means to document all communication and outreach conducted with the commercial fishing vessel industry; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H930F5CA3B99E425D9F8AEFCF7E35DA5A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a mechanism to measure effectiveness of such plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92657FB33B184A2793D4774D607E4099"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after submission of the initial plan, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall implement the plan and shall at a minimum—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFE677B9B39B4F628822254A8C7CBB08"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leverage Coast Guard staff, resources, and systems available;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H017AA8B9CB1347C29733A53CDDB49F02"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor implementation nationwide to ensure adherence to plan contents;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E6D19F8022243D1B724F2869B3F7C51"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow each Captain of the Port to adopt the most effective strategy and means to communicate with commercial fishing vessel industry in that Captain of the Port Zone;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4AEBE07EE1241498EDC53B1D8862335"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">document communication and outreach; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H022706A09802482B9095C4085DA1F2B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit feedback from the commercial fishing vessel industry.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B7667318CDD48F99AA4BD37F68B76A9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report and updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H722B26E994D84603ABA88A36E46E0847"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the effectiveness of the plan to date and any updates to ensure maximum impact of the plan one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5525A223ABD64EBEB018ACE5C1741DB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include in such report input from individual Captains of the Port and any feedback received from the commercial fishing vessel industry.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4881E56FF5EC4207959D6A853124B033" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>831.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Atlantic Coast port access route study recommendations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of action taken to carry out the recommendations contained in the final report issued by the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study (ACPARS) workgroup for which notice of availability was published March 14, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 13307).</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H708717F50D0A4D188DF5B4E7BE54785C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>832.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drawbridges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes</quote>, approved August 18, 1894 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/499">33 U.S.C. 499</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEE008F800E440EAAA117F7008E49C7B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary changes to drawbridge operating schedules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, United States Code, whenever a temporary change to the operating schedule of a drawbridge, lasting 180 days or less—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H726DB97E35D848A5A1916AD8F26C53F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is approved—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23D47A7940BE45EB96D52BA430DAEBEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D2A745151464EC895E7CF0FFEBD28FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a deviation approval letter to the bridge owner; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5940B03CD64448A4A7CB5E54FF1613D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">announce the temporary change in—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38E57EB5C517468395AAD4BB8FE3EBC5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Local Notice to Mariners;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H820185F23E6C4BD5BDE659BAE9405854"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a broadcast notice to mariners and through radio stations; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4C02E1E62A841EFB4EEEFC943DC4907"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other local media as the Secretary considers appropriate; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7248AFB36B346C0A7BFA0F29262DE7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bridge owner, except a railroad bridge owner, shall notify—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE790A2E5DFE24834AD267BA8DCDD251E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public by publishing notice of the temporary change in a newspaper of general circulation published in the place where the bridge is located;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAE5D61079884A53A264DF3ABE6BE7BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the department, agency, or office of transportation with jurisdiction over the roadway that abuts the approaches to the bridge; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H732F2E2A008F40E9949A71890F0E5948"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the law enforcement organization with jurisdiction over the roadway that abuts the approaches to the bridge; or</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8766194FFF642329121AEB4F667A9F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is denied, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7F23569DD024BF8A5DECAA84E51B0FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 10 days after the date of receipt of the request, provide the bridge owner in writing the reasons for the denial, including any supporting data and evidence used to make the determination; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2770443C949A41859726792DC33F1E97"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the bridge owner a reasonable opportunity to address each reason for the denial and resubmit the request.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0BD293BC58C40B6ABBA8FA79AA5B332"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drawbridge movements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34B9A687EF4F49FF949F4BCB0919092D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall require a drawbridge operator to record each movement of the drawbridge in a logbook;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CB5F14862C548848362DB3B4A713BB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may inspect the logbook to ensure drawbridge movement is in accordance with the posted operating schedule;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H300E0801DD4C4A898BC671E4A718CED9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall review whether deviations from the posted operating schedule are impairing vehicular and pedestrian traffic; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F4F9113C302457AABB810D0F76BFBA2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may determine if the operating schedule should be adjusted for efficiency of maritime or vehicular and pedestrian traffic.</text>
									</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0B767255FE144D0843C145F644BF51D"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC48FF6B42E2141AEA3B3700C90D59E44"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Logbooks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An operator of a drawbridge built across a navigable river or other water of the United States—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6371ACEDC3E14985A6FA398425857D32"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that opens the draw of such bridge for the passage of a vessel, shall record in a logbook—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19670F9D79CB4FEC87E4FB43824E56C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bridge identification and date of each opening;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47B68F60120149C99DC13002A6A5CB32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bridge tender or operator for each opening;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29785F9837034F8AAB8AC9616B45CBB6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each time it is opened for navigation;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5122BBDB5FA9486DA45B14EED2C79378"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each time it is closed for navigation;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1F7A3A3195F402C9EF320513C33DF33"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and direction of vessels passing through during each opening;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC5092EB87334E8998DAB0C3AB6AD305"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the types of vessels passing through during each opening;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7ED84A8D63D427FAD5F30B761AF4BB4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimated or known size (height, length, and beam) of the largest vessel passing through during each opening;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H492F4A0C8DD4486DB2C3AAC716B48675"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each vessel, the vessel name and registration number if easily observable; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB5B5A22C6F747918D0BAF0DEF627C17"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all maintenance openings, malfunctions, or other comments; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A8ACDBCD7114E0F997D86E7D0284F69"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that remains open to navigation but closes to allow for trains to cross, shall record in a logbook—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F218BE5E017430385D0E7972446F90C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bridge identification and date of each opening and closing;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD342AA10B9D741EFB2DC899E97924F7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bridge tender or operator;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4DEC38D4D3B43D09D2914685F617083"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each time it is opened to navigation;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3614529449864197B4A2D8AE773B502F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each time it is closed to navigation; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4A5BE1FCCE24110B4BA4050FF29AD95"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all maintenance openings, closings, malfunctions, or other comments.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65531BCF56FD4F47ADB32C9EB463B106"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintenance of logbooks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A drawbridge operator shall maintain logbooks required under paragraph (1) for not less than 5 years.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06034DC5FAFE476E9A3AD18419F76646"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of logbooks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, a drawbridge operator shall submit to the Secretary the logbook required under paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this section.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3133AB0DD8044D997C64EEB69477905"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements under paragraph (1) shall be exempt from sections 3501 to 3521 of title 44, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7333B834D6E4DBF889D2A8BC8AF41C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>833.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8902 of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to the chain ferry DIANE (United States official number CG002692) when such vessel is operating on the Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck, Michigan.</text>
 </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB602AF7B38CC495D8E90F2A96F389AAB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>834.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire-retardant materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8602daef2b55495e9232e360b9992471" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6973fe8dc0e84deba98079339ffe48e5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fire-retardant materials</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54896d5f6bdc46fab104b9a45d0e2728"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5423FFB2556149BEBBCF5F43FAA554A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A passenger vessel of the United States having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers shall be granted a certificate of inspection only if—</text>
 <subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8b85dcbf7754c31b88ba96d0fb689cb" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel is constructed of fire-retardant materials; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6743a09537f45b7a5f53f4138a5fffa" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id364d6e1e0dde46e9b6da21b6db3e4249"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is operating engines, boilers, main electrical distribution panels, fuel tanks, oil tanks, and generators that meet current Coast Guard regulations; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22c56e6cbcde4c14bd48c40fc907bb17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is operating boilers and main electrical generators that are contained within noncombustible enclosures equipped with fire suppression systems.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8464162dc3f42f7a2d639055cd87786" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before December 1, 2028, this subsection does not apply to any vessel in operation before January 1, 1968, and operating only within the Boundary Line.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b1c01d13b754f6fa791b23033e26d40"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA0F65431DF324A7CB44E6C8E829C9E57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or managing operator of an exempted vessel described in subsection (a)(2) shall—</text> <subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide78c52dd0f0c4ede91dfe5e6713f9c9f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify in writing prospective passengers, prior to purchase, and each crew member that the vessel does not comply with applicable fire safety standards due primarily to the wooden construction of passenger berthing areas;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c7924ef6d914dc4bf973917d0be5642" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">display in clearly legible font prominently throughout the vessel, including in each state room the following: <quote>THIS VESSEL FAILS TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD.</quote>;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23375f7bb3234933b418e514a5832b9a" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire prior to the vessel entering service, and maintain, liability insurance in an amount to be prescribed by the Federal Maritime Commission;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideeca87c148124ccab068d2815b3343b8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make annual structural alteration to not less than 10 percent of the areas of the vessel that are not constructed of fire retardant materials;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc731b8491ac34c0c86096464a467933e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize alterations in galleys, engineering areas of the vessel, including all spaces and compartments containing, or adjacent to spaces and compartments containing, engines, boilers, main electrical distribution panels, fuel tanks, oil tanks, and generators;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e5b6d1a464046fdb75493f417cbe3ff" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the combustible fire-load has been reduced pursuant to subparagraph (D) during each annual inspection for certification;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd08e5048494d4c9cb8ad91c983151f34" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the vessel has multiple forms of egress off the vessel's bow and stern;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cbadb50c3c8442488de8ea4a7a131e1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide advance notice to the Coast Guard regarding the structural alterations made pursuant to subparagraph (D) and comply with any noncombustible material requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73f1d5fd38eb41ffb5d7703a094372a6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annually notify all ports of call and State emergency management offices of jurisdiction that the vessel does not comply with the requirement under subsection (a)(1);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a11848fabd244fca216ea5adeda4f23" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide crewmembers manning such vessel shipboard training that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b7e99fc13404437bc00a2062a55fbff"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is specialized for exempted vessels;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ebf1e00a400414291e956547d7e2da1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceeds requirements related to standards for firefighting training under chapter I of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on October 1, 2017; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id060f40940974467f8a65a0f41049c731"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is approved by the Coast Guard; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75799d41a9544742ba66ac039738ab7c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, take all steps to retain previously trained crew knowledgeable of such vessel or to hire crew trained in operations aboard exempted vessels.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8883d5b444e400f99dc01753b5d5452" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or managing operator of an exempted vessel described in subsection (a)(2) may not disclaim liability to a passenger or crew member of such vessel for death, injury, or any other loss caused by fire due to the negligence of the owner or managing operator.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55012ce9c1724907a33595a54db8bfb3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id844b4479957e4327bfa41f3f3ff37baf"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an annual audit and inspection of each exempted vessel described in subsection (a)(2);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf04fe47ba3764670ae01f4fd4c006767"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in implementing subparagraph (b)(1)(F), consider, to the extent practicable, the goal of preservation of the historic integrity of such vessel in areas carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to the public; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0ba646c82504d8291aae5c7c78fd902"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including to prescribe the manner in which prospective passengers are to be notified under paragraph (1)(A).</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7a28069b6b143bfbb1afc8e48aae3c2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The penalties provided in section 3504(c) of this title shall apply to a violation of this subsection.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71d754f6a8a84f24a50d339df58e0901"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to otherwise applicable penalties, the Secretary may immediately withdraw a certificate of inspection for an exempted vessel described in subsection (a)(2) that does not comply with any requirement under subsection (b).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3f5b5c4d9f9426ab20355b677bbd7ff" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>835.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel waiver</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f88470b79f44162b0b3add2e3ee3f84"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the date of enactment of this Act and notwithstanding sections 12112(a)(2)(A) and 12113(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary shall issue a certificate of documentation with coastwise and fishery endorsements to the certificated vessel.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf61f8f0a0d4149c096d0a8d204188111"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Replacement vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The certificated vessel shall qualify as a replacement vessel for the vessel <quote>AMERICA NO.1</quote> (United States official number 610654) and not be precluded from operating as an Amendment 80 replacement vessel under the provisions of part 679 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
							</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6380ccc55a51469b92b3fc7b66a39ef5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coast guard review and determination</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceef36dd4e3948209288b5aa99db0ef7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the use of certain foreign fabricated steel components in the hull or superstructure of the certificated vessel.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id668a04c0ad5c4f52861b006620cd2781"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the review conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether the shipyard that constructed the certificated vessel or the purchaser of the certificated vessel knew before such components were procured or installed that the use of such components would violate requirements under sections 12112(a)(2)(A) and 12113(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id488b70cd2c64441280516aa4f0b8b728"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines under paragraph (2) that the shipyard that constructed the certificated vessel or the purchaser of the certificated vessel knew before such components were procured or installed that the use of such components would violate requirements under sections 12112(a)(2)(A) and 12113(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary shall immediately revoke the certificate of documentation issued under subsection (a).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb2bbf107b6145baba8d5d99ebfbdecd"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the review required under paragraph (1), the Secretary may request and review any information, correspondence, or documents related to the construction of the certificated vessel, including from the shipyard that constructed the certificated vessel and the purchaser of the certificated vessel.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id401ed2903e064d86bfaeb81027999391"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the contract for purchase of the certificated vessel that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act is terminated, the purchasing party to that contract shall be prohibited from entering into a subsequent contract or agreement for purchase of such vessel.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31fb6624a6e947f2b34fe1396f9bca67"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58A5AD886C1542CCA30376B5871931F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certificated vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>certificated vessel</term> means the vessel America’s Finest (United States official number 1276760).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id987101347b1e4811a57ebc2c2c9ce888"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d798f25661a4604abdfb7bb167350e3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>836.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary limitations</header>
							<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3bf41918be04af5bb8169a12afd5948"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida54d43016c6846bfa636fbf72f941355"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the Coast Guard issuing a certificate of documentation with coastwise and fishery endorsements for the vessel <quote>AMERICA'S FINEST</quote> (United States official number 1276760) and during any period such certificate is in effect, and subject to subsection (b), the total amount of groundfish harvested with respect to subparagraph (A) or the total amount of deliveries processed from other vessels with respect to subparagraph (B) by the vessels described in paragraph (2) shall not collectively exceed—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0466d8ddb2404793a7766900b527f651"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of the harvest available in any Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries (other than fisheries subject to a limited access privilege program created by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council) that is equivalent to the total harvest by the vessels described in paragraph (2) in those fisheries in the calendar years that a vessel described in paragraph (2) had harvest from 2012 through 2017 relative to the total allowable catch available to such vessels in the calendar years 2012 through 2017; or</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a172c6ea0bb4c7fb15f8331c10e1d2a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of processing of deliveries from other vessels in any Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries (including fisheries subject to a limited access privilege program created by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, or community development quotas as described in section 305(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855(i)</external-xref>)) that is equivalent to the total processing of such deliveries by the vessels described in paragraph (2) in those fisheries in the calendar years 2012 through 2017 relative to the total allowable catch available in the calendar years 2012 through 2017.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5886af05e62b42e2af9c93e0319cdcd9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitations described in paragraph (1) shall apply, in the aggregate, to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ab27695cce3461499f0699ec0fb385a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel AMERICA’S FINEST (United States official number 1276760);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id499d664258944365acdbce2da402c1cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel US INTREPID (United States official number 604439);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd23681f9b904aebb0502f52305e3dda"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel AMERICAN NO. 1 (United States official number 610654);</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06b84766db934c789ee0fb2e2f0d3f96"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any replacement of a vessel described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3175feb3dd3e4766a8708b36c9901c94"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any vessel assigned license number LLG3217 under the license limitation program under part 679 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ac7a8cc83bb4b649c6c3f16d3460ff8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expiration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitations described in subsection (a) shall apply to a groundfish species in Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska only until the earlier of—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fa37298b9c04a319ec0f064254f265d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb50232351d14487c9f22ace07ce3f45e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the Secretary of Commerce issues a final rule, based on recommendations developed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.), that limits processing deliveries of that groundfish species from other vessels in any Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries that are not subject to conservation and management measures under section 206 of the American Fisheries Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1851">16 U.S.C. 1851</external-xref> note).</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB522CCA29D494329975980377ED9B574"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for the measures required by this section, nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council or the Secretary of Commerce under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0762ceda7dc44db3b9282b7941045346" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>837.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of Coast Guard property in Jupiter Island, Florida, for inclusion in Hobe Sound National
			 Wildlife Refuge</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id990dc26a52c94ba09daac4ced3015a86"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative jurisdiction over the property described in subsection (b) is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id017c970d51df409bbe236720c39896dc"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Property described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The property described in this subsection is real property administered by the Coast Guard in the Town of Jupiter Island, Florida, comprising Parcel #35–38–42–004–000–02590–6 (Bon Air Beach lots 259 and 260 located at 83 North Beach Road) and Parcel #35–38–42–004–000–02610–2 (Bon Air Beach lots 261 to 267), including any improvements thereon that are not authorized or required by another provision of law to be conveyed to another person.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida280c9f2bc07450992c7fe6abe5c0eb8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The property described in subsection (b) is included in Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text>
 </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id954F10020F784E4A82A420AB562B211F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>838.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall request the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee to examine whether there are unnecessary regulatory barriers to the use of small passenger vessels, crewboats, and offshore supply vessels in disaster response and provide recommendations, as appropriate, to reduce such barriers.</text>
						</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5F85DBA14CD4797A15EF4675FB17C2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>839.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drawbridges consultation</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cabf3ec718d4d19ac442b0daed2cd87"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition and subsequent to any rulemaking conducted under section 117.8 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, related to permanent changes to drawbridge openings that result from Amtrak service between New Orleans, Louisiana and Orlando, Florida, the Commandant shall consult with owners or operators of rail lines used for Amtrak passenger service between New Orleans, Louisiana and Orlando, Florida and affected waterway users on changes to drawbridge operating schedules necessary to facilitate the On Time Performance of passenger trains. These changes to schedules shall not impact Coast Guard response times to operational missions.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id823f8e4680c844a59e411d0a34aa74d7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation in subsection (a) shall occur after commencement of Amtrak passenger service on the rail lines between New Orleans, Louisiana and Orlando, Florida at the following intervals:</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28d5c46eadcf403eb7e79300c2b018cb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 3 months following the commencement of Amtrak passenger service.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb3e177d6e1a4db7bf987d7bc5f8b463"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 6 months following the commencement of Amtrak passenger service.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb5edae02633461f966db2b24bf151c5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If after conducting the consultations required by subsection (b)(2), the Commandant finds that permanent changes to drawbridge operations are necessary to mitigate delays in the movement of trains described in subsection (a) and that those changes do not unreasonably obstruct the navigability of the affected waterways, then the Commandant shall submit those findings 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>
							</subsection></section></title><title commented="no" id="id1664D3DE31754C04AE954D1F80810D5C" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>IX</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel Incidental Discharge Act</header>
 <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeb77a0aae914787a8dc98169f0ffd68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</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>Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1344a2ea7164411cb6a0a117fdcf5bed" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>902.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes; findings</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id602fa81bbcaf456ab41f9f9259f658ce"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaef88401a9554d06a40686378596f5a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide for the establishment of uniform, environmentally sound standards and requirements for the management of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20236170145544d4b7cd4507c2bb93e7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to charge the Environmental Protection Agency with primary responsibility for establishing standards relating to the discharge of pollutants from vessels;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68c3eb032e9143f0989ffc5fcf7aae33"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to charge the Coast Guard with primary responsibility for prescribing, administering, and enforcing regulations, consistent with the discharge standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency, for the design, construction, installation, and operation of the equipment and management practices required onboard vessels; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd302ef55683478f95dc2128c081d8e4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to preserve the flexibility of States, political subdivisions, and certain regions with respect to the administration and enforcement of standards relating to the discharge of pollutants from vessels engaged in maritime commerce and transportation.</text>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id547afa24a60d4451948f136463d6f641"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70b6721a8caa4038b0122d574454cfb5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Environmental Protection Agency is the principal Federal authority charged under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> et seq.) with regulating through the issuance of permits for the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters of the United States;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id405e8fa928df4d5989fa4247885e8f24"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Coast Guard is the principal Federal authority charged with administering, enforcing, and prescribing regulations relating to the discharge of pollutants from vessels; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf45fefd444b645b495f94407f22abe28"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the period of 1973 to 2010—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fc20c9236574061bafaa80e4e51544a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated regulations exempting certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels from otherwise applicable permitting requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4aec97ca6a44076b284e33b04457593"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress enacted laws on numerous occasions governing the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels, including—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c112132808e4c9d94b31194d9861402"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1901">33 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c1b7f2d0ed04eaa91ad06668172b13c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4701">16 U.S.C. 4701</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id884f4b98f4b347769ad6bb1f2bd474d3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Invasive Species Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4701">16 U.S.C. 4701</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/332">Public Law 104–332</external-xref>);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3673a6fecdf744ac9e05307c6d177bcf"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 415 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/383">Public Law 105–383</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 3434) and section 623 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1901">33 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/293">Public Law 108–293</external-xref>), which established interim and permanent requirements, respectively, for the regulation of vessel discharges of certain bulk cargo residue;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43da350216f74ee1a78bfc230b10d3a9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title XIV of division B of Appendix D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/554">Public Law 106–554</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2763A–315), which prohibited or limited certain vessel discharges in certain areas of Alaska;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4230abd298747dc8d5abdc938c5bb25"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 204 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1902a">33 U.S.C. 1902a</external-xref>), which established requirements for the regulation of vessel discharges of agricultural cargo residue material in the form of hold washings; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc970b11b1354e88be2a2863eedf16e6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title X of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3801">33 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> et seq.), which provided for the implementation of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001.</text>
										</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb92ef8f69344417f8791494d882cd458" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>903.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standards for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels</header>
							<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9f4dabb0b8e452786747f7e24a777a6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uniform national standards</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57752b3d23724ca7869c6cda342ea14a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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										<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4bb86a70cf74d5686286b1996597d88"><enum>(p)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uniform national standards for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd069c4346fe4fe98d3efbc48e020bd8"><enum>(1)</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="idfa4100dafc314682b485f8ee6a90c117"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aquatic nuisance species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>aquatic nuisance species</term> means a nonindigenous species that threatens—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0fade45583a48738c84d84a3f06cac2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the diversity or abundance of a native species;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1dc44dbd9d374822bfc358139a544e87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ecological stability of—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida71fe5c5a92742e2b481e2100910bda6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waters of the United States; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442ec3c68c4f46f8b1af9fd74933b219"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waters of the contiguous zone; or</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72c60a9b3c7842b7802f95b803970dc2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commercial, agricultural, aquacultural, or recreational activity that is dependent on—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2911f8faabb46d19b4cc9b69e75c11b"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waters of the United States; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id126cf7de6dd34f6fb9afa38ebab45478"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waters of the contiguous zone.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0da0653e978d4d5fa24ef1bc707d6e7a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast water</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2a21d1d6e1b433795e2b1396b2c33bf"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ballast water</term> means any water, suspended matter, and other materials taken onboard a vessel—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6bb4e7f2e3a04ca9b88afe4079bb7263"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to control or maintain trim, draught, stability, or stresses of the vessel, regardless of the means by which any such water or suspended matter is carried; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42109853409748f794a5b162ca3b8983"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the cleaning, maintenance, or other operation of a ballast tank or ballast water management system of the vessel.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25cf226022bf4543b3597f6725c2057b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ballast water</term> does not include any substance that is added to the water described in clause (i) that is directly related to the operation of a properly functioning ballast water management system.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d8f88e32b4d46b08e276da580a9b4bc"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast water discharge standard</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ballast water discharge standard</term> means—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb0ab4a494e14848bdc586e57e8893bf"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the numerical ballast water discharge standard established by section 151.1511 or 151.2030 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6b8582a80534c3287e2b71b85203461"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if a standard referred to in clause (i) is superseded by a numerical standard of performance under this subsection, that superseding standard.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c390a9d6c4c47d3801a3a7e30e9553c"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast water exchange</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ballast water exchange</term> means the replacement of water in a ballast water tank using 1 of the following methods:</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbdaa65e76cf4457b36983cf0bc71577"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flow-through exchange, in which ballast water is flushed out by pumping in midocean water at the bottom of the tank if practicable, and continuously overflowing the tank from the top, until 3 full volumes of water have been changed to minimize the number of original organisms remaining in the tank.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida844c5fe305a453fa8f915f384588fbe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Empty and refill exchange, in which ballast water taken on in ports, estuarine waters, or territorial waters is pumped out until the pump loses suction, after which the ballast tank is refilled with midocean water.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64f23ed62698440393547c781a0df8e3"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast water management system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ballast water management system</term> means any marine pollution control device (including all ballast water treatment equipment, ballast tanks, pipes, pumps, and all associated control and monitoring equipment) that processes ballast water—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id146a2c2a8f3642ee9f57900a3ee9b024"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to kill, render nonviable, or remove organisms; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa44a9a2bbf54700802a7bf4eb4c91f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to avoid the uptake or discharge of organisms.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida10728afb2134d8db5e278d93129acdc"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best available technology economically achievable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>best available technology economically achievable</term> means—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a00047a138743369b5b02574a8df95a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best available technology economically achievable (within the meaning of section 301(b)(2)(A));</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80cefba8a6e04b198986e3366b55b3d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best available technology (within the meaning of section 304(b)(2)(B)); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id963b5f3ac56a4ac6bfe1a93fe60bca8a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best available technology, as determined in accordance with section 125.3(d)(3) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5017b56702a431e9a197b6d4a858e56"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best conventional pollutant control technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>best conventional pollutant control technology</term> means—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida99c6d3b4b2043b593a6620c9286e262"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best conventional pollutant control technology (within the meaning of section 301(b)(2)(E));</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2ddc03ef17d4be895fe227b9ff3a060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best conventional pollutant control technology (within the meaning of section 304(b)(4)); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81625e4df2d84035b383bfc6e12153bf"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best conventional pollutant control technology, as determined in accordance with section 125.3(d)(2) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
													</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0dca96923cf4bfab77fed51a2b85113"><enum>(H)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best management practice</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b78f1ada02d4bb5a82af1124149bdab"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>best management practice</term> means a schedule of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id767b972ebe1c4239be6f1905d2e27858"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the waters of the United States; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8868776817c24c87b1d719be5a390aa1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the waters of the contiguous zone.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida82077b1d50949a08abcf99356b358a3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>best management practice</term> includes any treatment requirement, operating procedure, or practice to control—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide85ef323773345d7ae29c111be3a4f7f"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessel runoff;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbecd4451fc9249f4b0bbf7c934e8d3ed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">spillage or leaks;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef82524299514cbfa1a2d062bdc29cb0"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sludge or waste disposal; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5eec0ed4f6e54940a1b91aed419aaa3c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">drainage from raw material storage.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc796378019d74b1091e5375fd4f7904c"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best practicable control technology currently available</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>best practicable control technology currently available</term> means—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42a081b1cf7b4d0195641001f71ad563"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best practicable control technology currently available (within the meaning of section 301(b)(1)(A));</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32a7213f0c034f7fb304e80583b6dcd4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best practicable control technology currently available (within the meaning of section 304(b)(1)); and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41fbb2fc63d2471584d280ccd26f9430"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best practicable control technology currently available, as determined in accordance with section 125.3(d)(1) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83fe465430074de9997d3d7481627580"><enum>(J)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Captain of the Port Zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Captain of the Port Zone</term> means a Captain of the Port Zone established by the Secretary pursuant to sections 92, 93, and 633 of title 14, United States Code.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71a6d586dd9a4241be616c85d612b15d"><enum>(K)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Empty ballast tank</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>empty ballast tank</term> means a tank that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7226f58cee9141fd8929991803a2dc63"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has previously held ballast water that has been drained to the limit of the functional or operational capabilities of the tank (such as loss of suction);</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id218c6c5376844327a8327ad9928ccace"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is recorded as empty on a vessel log; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id097f4b4d37ec44609ea89b7822343f8d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains unpumpable residual ballast water and sediment.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75060b12f20d41509cf6c74099331ea3"><enum>(L)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Great Lakes Commission</term> means the Great Lakes Commission established by article IV A of the Great Lakes Compact to which Congress granted consent in the Act of July 24, 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/419">Public Law 90–419</external-xref>; 82 Stat. 414).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5cc9a1b5c53407e9dd5aed3481a9304"><enum>(M)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Great Lakes State</term> means any of the States of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfbb8bb5d3334921984f3074f2995e0c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Illinois;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56d9ca3de8394bdba2e61ac2a9a250a0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indiana;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25b57a8d300f4d57829342a62d90fc0e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Michigan;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd28ff4d466f0478091329f8ce8da028a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minnesota;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb97983beadfc4412bc0a5773a619b427"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New York;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f1df9092bfd4dfbaf6e53671e87c136"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ohio;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8256ce3b01264a538e6c237b61e3b282"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pennsylvania; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0d2410f07044ac093c0b415ab3311eb"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wisconsin.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id264cdb25a2874dc1a95a169686184a5b"><enum>(N)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Great Lakes System</term> has the meaning given the term in section 118(a)(3).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3877d38b328f4ad4bc74418f19e4e23f"><enum>(O)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Internal waters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>internal waters</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2.24 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc796065db302463ea5cfa1fd3b87c487"><enum>(P)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marine pollution control device</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>marine pollution control device</term> means any equipment or management practice (or combination of equipment and a management practice), for installation or use onboard a vessel, that is—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id811719edd2f149ca8d0493b0178c8887"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designed to receive, retain, treat, control, or discharge a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b9dc9972d084f09933fe0d49749feaa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined by the Administrator and the Secretary to be the most effective equipment or management practice (or combination of equipment and a management practice) to reduce the environmental impacts of the discharge, consistent with the factors for consideration described in paragraphs (4) and (5).</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc431661494a646db924283fc0cf96ab4"><enum>(Q)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonindigenous species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>nonindigenous species</term> means an organism of a species that enters an ecosystem beyond the historic range of the species.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe4e495dc35a459c81d6d125c213c932"><enum>(R)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>organism</term> includes—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id067729815544411686332c238464442d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an animal, including fish and fish eggs and larvae;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc00095f18fe4275aca1ae372b677a0d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plant;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3d5b6874bff4279b1d2e0e0c5b4956b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a pathogen;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id007c227f966047839d1531562d686db1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a microbe;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafa03378082146a99bac84d8f3476cde"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a virus;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d8e7dea114a4b478be31236046d24aa"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a prokaryote (including any archean or bacterium);</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4fa724e43a74629b78ffbf1e9adef1f"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fungus; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d5aa2c2d0784f4b87037f9a720c17ca"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a protist.</text>
													</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b8ee26b8bb14d20baa707d0e52919eb"><enum>(S)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pacific Region</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbee425c05154b769d584993e0d84a1f"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Pacific Region</term> means any Federal or State water—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ceae5eccd91409581e3ec00e90cbb96"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjacent to the State of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, or Washington; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id828563852d714e4ab711ca7da0fee78b"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extending from shore.</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f3a338fecfd440fabdae46695db2726"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Pacific Region</term> includes the entire exclusive economic zone (as defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2701">33 U.S.C. 2701</external-xref>)) adjacent to each State described in clause (i)(I).</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24e86c21b1b24a9b947457ddaf0c8c9b"><enum>(T)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Port or place of destination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>port or place of destination</term> means a port or place to which a vessel is bound to anchor or moor.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6956854eaaaa4175a3c33571ccca5123"><enum>(U)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Render nonviable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>render nonviable</term>, with respect to an organism in ballast water, means the action of a ballast water management system that renders the organism permanently incapable of reproduction following treatment.</text>
												</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a7e42c5255341c7b2fb4d369a132bd4"><enum>(V)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saltwater flush</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd31353bfbfc448a1a41cf3563e17bde0"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>saltwater flush</term> means—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83c04297ca834e0b8321a8d86721a0c4"><enum>(I)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC8A95F0A996E42058D7FC05EC8E81FEE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the addition of as much midocean water into each empty ballast tank of a vessel as is safe for the vessel and crew; and</text>
 </item><item changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38c6c68c3ed14f09a77ecca121b92e9d" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the mixing of the flushwater with residual ballast water and sediment through the motion of the vessel; and</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25a6678dae224157a58b8fb0a786beea"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the discharge of that mixed water, such that the resultant residual water remaining in the tank—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7180c6fe49542beb7ea7612c4d9a2ed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has the highest salinity possible; and</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1717dff1e19d40b9aa7e2edd5447d22a"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is at least 30 parts per thousand.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63c47c7b59914fb0857daa1a34524daa"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multiple sequences</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of clause (i), a saltwater flush may require more than 1 fill-mix-empty sequence, particularly if only small quantities of water can be safely taken onboard a vessel at 1 time.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05a5c5f1f4224895ba5bfb837b1cb2e9"><enum>(W)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4eeafa09ccd549b1b099dd92392c360e"><enum>(X)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small Vessel General Permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Small Vessel General Permit</term> means the permit that is the subject of the notice of final permit issuance entitled <quote>Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Small Vessel General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels Less Than 79 Feet</quote> (79 Fed. Reg. 53702 (September 10, 2014)).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf08b041873ff449b8c1038a07703840b"><enum>(Y)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small vessel or fishing vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>small vessel or fishing vessel</term> means a vessel that is—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49deddb15fa94cf7841a808057369e11"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">less than 79 feet in length; or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27b40b6ec7134363bab450d1b0dc9e12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel (as those terms are defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code), regardless of the length of the vessel.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71b967358d334a5aa23f07874870142a"><enum>(Z)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel General Permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Vessel General Permit</term> means the permit that is the subject of the notice of final permit issuance entitled <quote>Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Vessel</quote> (78 Fed. Reg. 21938 (April 12, 2013)).</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fde501e32b84fd398688a969134eac9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79ec8bf573a94205b5a350e286e86369"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection applies to—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c6e557f1f6743299ae4fa7bff17dcda"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f6b7ae79d0e47f7a0dbbf18bcfefcda"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel (such as most graywater) that is commingled with sewage, subject to the conditions that—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id204460602a1049b685934f47fae325ee"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nothing in this subsection prevents a State from regulating sewage discharges; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc95316aeb1fd458293da8a9f1d6506ca"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any such commingled discharge shall comply with all applicable requirements of—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87b5ca1d96614064a57fb74e2c9afc7b"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this subsection; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fb89e6a197e4ab1bb7617f9450e7b53"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any law applicable to discharges of sewage.</text>
 </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbb70c30242d41e7a357cad8d5e173a7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection does not apply to any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb9fe1760a5c47e0a5ac1127d155320e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16619c63e7c045c59a4731f5a04ebe01"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a vessel of the Armed Forces subject to subsection (n);</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf38fbb96285d4c358b0acdfd0b9c5780"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a recreational vessel subject to subsection (o);</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9589527f2aba4a448deda3d18fd34eb0"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a small vessel or fishing vessel, except that this subsection shall apply to any discharge of ballast water from a small vessel or fishing vessel; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3afbb1aeda94bec9d1eee334e6ea477"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a floating craft that is permanently moored to a pier, including a <quote>floating</quote> casino, hotel, restaurant, or bar;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3cf99cf7360e49dc9a8770e9b1256faa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of ballast water from a vessel—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c1855fb4e694cefb02326e0f755890d"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that continuously takes on and discharges ballast water in a flow-through system, if the Administrator determines that system cannot materially contribute to the spread or introduction of an aquatic nuisance species into waters of the United States;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a36efa7215b4f3bbb3eb81233cf6c73"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled for disposal, if the vessel does not have an operable ballast water management system;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96fbebbf1f704a048a605258f24584ba"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that discharges ballast water consisting solely of water taken onboard from a public or commercial source that, at the time the water is taken onboard, meets the applicable requirements or permit requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16b8b5f0170a4ac0a5f00170510a697c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that carries all permanent ballast water in sealed tanks that are not subject to discharge; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id336944964f56463da8cbb61e16dbf453"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that only discharges ballast water into a reception facility; or</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46942f266fab4b68936aefd79868cc2e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that results from, or contains material derived from, an activity other than the normal operation of the vessel, such as material resulting from an industrial or manufacturing process onboard the vessel.</text>
													</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7e2370f96274f54ab396dccb837748a"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation in effect of existing requirements</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6d9f08a0d414583b2cacff6eaecd130"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel General Permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the expiration date of the Vessel General Permit or any other provision of law, all provisions of the Vessel General Permit shall remain in force and effect, and shall not be modified, until the applicable date described in subparagraph (C).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc347231628243f38824ceae12681328"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 903(a)(2)(A) of the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018, all regulations promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to section 1101 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4711">16 U.S.C. 4711</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this subsection), including the regulations contained in subparts C and D of part 151 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, and subpart 162.060 of part 162 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before that date of enactment), shall remain in force and effect until the applicable date described in subparagraph (C).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5da0e0176ff1402d8748f8cb5c016dac"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal on existence of final, effective, and enforceable requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning on the date on which the requirements promulgated by the Secretary under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (5) with respect to every discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that is subject to regulation under this subsection are final, effective, and enforceable, the requirements of the Vessel General Permit and the regulations described in subparagraph (B) shall have no force or effect.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2cc7b135aea465083781f858ab4d0bb"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National standards of performance for marine pollution control devices and water quality orders</header>
												<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a5053a698bd438ea875d974f4affbf1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a9894942a5c401bbf488616842b098d"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in concurrence with the Secretary (subject to clause (ii)), and in consultation with interested Governors (subject to clause (iii)), shall promulgate Federal standards of performance for marine pollution control devices for each type of discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that is subject to regulation under this subsection.</text>
													</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55833ca0ae9a47cf96bd2fa46fe4591d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrence with Secretary</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94553910fb164a5a99137c471d00b6a3"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall submit to the Secretary a request for written concurrence with respect to a proposed standard of performance under clause (i).</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b56845de9cd4e0384355db307d8c9c8"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of failure to concur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A failure by the Secretary to concur with the Administrator under clause (i) by the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Administrator submits a request for concurrence under subclause (I) shall not prevent the Administrator from promulgating the relevant standard of performance in accordance with the deadline under clause (i), subject to the condition that the Administrator shall include in the administrative record of the promulgation—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34b51580d0304e2187ebec4a5bc51a81"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation of the request submitted under subclause (I); and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa1a1c96f5ed448c8cf4af5322758c68"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the response of the Administrator to any written objections received from the Secretary relating to the proposed standard of performance during the 60-day period beginning on the date of submission of the request.</text>
															</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D5DDC3828BD41DD94FF01FE32457F25"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation with Governors</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84032B5116054E52AD18CCBF04A8AD00"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in promulgating a standard of performance under clause (i), shall develop the standard of performance—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D49DE0C77D540C89CB0F31BD112848E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with interested Governors; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id321D0FD1342D414E953962AB9A026DB2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with the deadlines under that clause.</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF2E2184E5D46698AE0192C114BD6C0"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall develop a process for soliciting input from interested Governors, including information sharing relevant to such process, to allow interested Governors to inform the development of standards of performance under clause (i).</text>
														</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93EA10FAE32449BDB3086D55DA5FA811"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Objection by Governors</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4353107F09FC4EB88873989B2A199424"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An interested Governor that objects to a proposed standard of performance under clause (i) may submit to the Administrator in writing a detailed objection to the proposed standard of performance, describing the scientific, technical, or operational factors that form the basis of the objection.</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id176A0351672B4D1DB20B1277458948C6"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Response</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before finalizing a standard of performance under clause (i) that is subject to an objection under item (aa) from 1 or more interested Governors, the Administrator shall provide a written response to each interested Governor that submitted an objection under that item that details the scientific, technical, or operational factors that form the basis for that standard of performance.</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD18EFC0B51145FC9802EC34647415AA"><enum>(cc)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A response of the Administrator under item (bb) shall not be subject to judicial review.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a980bb8a4a04ce5a3ec4bce54cc08d6"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall promulgate the standards of performance under this subparagraph in accordance with—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cedf03f136e493b8fba0c48b7fd8d2b"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this paragraph; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d6309a924374df6a2dd37801edbb2f1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
														</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9d393df5cb4478b89bb6e8dc016ba09"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stringency</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf1deac3251648f8a8953e0cb3e55521"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (iii), the standards of performance promulgated under this paragraph shall require—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38f026d0a9374c5da12ba497cff278b7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to conventional pollutants, toxic pollutants, and nonconventional pollutants (including aquatic nuisance species), the application of the best practicable control technology currently available;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43716d8ea6a543bdb8b9aecab2a73daf"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to conventional pollutants, the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf7d8334b3564816a8e2c54277d0b488"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to toxic pollutants and nonconventional pollutants (including aquatic nuisance species), the application of the best available technology economically achievable for categories and classes of vessels, which shall result in reasonable progress toward the national goal of eliminating discharges of all pollutants.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37e7f0c0811f437b8157a4405045a47f"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best management practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall require the use of best management practices to control or abate any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel if—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd1ef5a959404ac897fa9c89306be8ad"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">numeric standards of performance are infeasible under clause (i); or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida69acdb5f2444aa2af510bca584cfa2f"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the best management practices are reasonably necessary—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97632c3f9b574262a833db66667396bd"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to achieve the standards of performance; or</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2d7756845de4b19b5137bf15cb944af"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out the purpose and intent of this subsection.</text>
 </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd86d68c99d844eb8b26312cbd713a08"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), the combination of any equipment or best management practice comprising a marine pollution control device shall not be less stringent than the following provisions of the Vessel General Permit:</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21d823472149445a876a11c29d0170de"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All requirements contained in parts 2.1 and 2.2 (relating to effluent limits and related requirements), including with respect to waters subject to Federal protection, in whole or in part, for conservation purposes.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f6ff620ef3b41488f2fbd53374d56ea"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All requirements contained in part 5 (relating to vessel class-specific requirements) that concern effluent limits and authorized discharges (within the meaning of that part), including with respect to waters subject to Federal protection, in whole or in part, for conservation purposes.</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3d4fa01beb942afa9b3f1c0a540c419"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Classes, types, and sizes of vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standards promulgated under this paragraph may distinguish—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2043e69f211d4ccc81c306e3172743f4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">among classes, types, and sizes of vessels; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5155f79645b5432f828e892422e59a3f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between new vessels and existing vessels.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4180236f6ced4985b5532fd07c04452d"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review and revision</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd62419558b9d4328906c14638a061254"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb3aee4dcd6d456fb831c274c9a129ca"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the standards of performance in effect under this paragraph; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d3e073d4f7f48cfaae231cdbc239017"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if appropriate, revise those standards of performance—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3022eb750d742688767601a23bd431f"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with subparagraphs (A) through (C); and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c652b869fc34176954733bcbe221935"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as necessary to establish requirements for any discharge that is subject to regulation under this subsection.</text>
															</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64139d939633429a8a5524e91143124c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintaining protectiveness</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d760db4a37f46fbac60631da9127338"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subclause (II), the Administrator shall not revise a standard of performance under this subsection to be less stringent than an applicable existing requirement.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedc55268cbd74ae78e65484a7a22b283"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may revise a standard of performance to be less stringent than an applicable existing requirement—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13f5af43ee0c4b2093fcd60d7517b287"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if information becomes available that—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fee01005d9f44bb880c7a35a58626b7"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not reasonably available when the Administrator promulgated the initial standard of performance or comparable requirement of the Vessel General Permit, as applicable (including the subsequent scarcity or unavailability of materials used to control the relevant discharge); and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id216a35c3538a4b8a8fcf4bf01df28165"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would have justified the application of a less-stringent standard of performance at the time of promulgation; or</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddccb0db6a3154b9a8445eb495f8ed884"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Administrator determines that a material technical mistake or misinterpretation of law occurred when promulgating the existing standard of performance or comparable requirement of the Vessel General Permit, as applicable.</text>
															</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e1e7ccad6074995a1d5dd0b2eef5516"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best management practices for aquatic nuisance species emergencies and further protection of water
			 quality</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16996b458175432e86f847e650200168"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Administrator, in concurrence with the Secretary (subject to clause (ii)), and in consultation with States, may require, by order, the use of an emergency best management practice for any region or category of vessels in any case in which the Administrator determines that such a best management practice—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9bc043dad29480598afe54530e5b601"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is necessary to reduce the reasonably foreseeable risk of introduction or establishment of an aquatic nuisance species; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda90bde2adc24968bb0762cb5d14b8e0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will mitigate the adverse effects of a discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality requirement under section 303, other than a requirement based on the presence of an aquatic nuisance species.</text>
														</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bf2c568ef1d4597b2cd06c9b8f573af"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrence with Secretary</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6fa01c8eea746588628f34de2331414"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall submit to the Secretary a request for written concurrence with respect to an order under clause (i).</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdbc4eaf07db41f3b7b7c01e54ea2a44"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of failure to concur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A failure by the Secretary to concur with the Administrator under clause (i) by the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Administrator submits a request for concurrence under subclause (I) shall not prevent the Administrator from issuing the relevant order, subject to the condition that the Administrator shall include in the administrative record of the issuance—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D26312D2EBB4DC290058D67930D56DB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation of the request submitted under subclause (I); and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B7C851817AB4928AD58B02F0C9BD42F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the response of the Administrator to any written objections received from the Secretary relating to the proposed order during the 60-day period beginning on the date of submission of the request.</text>
 </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id098c45c5aa6c4dc8acd376b85efca4d6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An order issued by the Administrator under clause (i) shall expire not later than the date that is 4 years after the date of issuance.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d89ad3becf14fe6ab72eb0d41a173cb"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extensions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may reissue an order under clause (i) for such subsequent periods of not longer than 4 years as the Administrator determines to be appropriate.</text>
													</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0761728efbad451cb0454a2e64403843"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation, compliance, and enforcement requirements</header>
												<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id473f1f3cedc14d72943a1d220f31dc4a"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4822bf904ed4fa4bfd10e550676bb6e"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years, after the date on which the Administrator promulgates any new or revised standard of performance under paragraph (4) with respect to a discharge, the Secretary, in consultation with States, shall promulgate the regulations required under this paragraph with respect to that discharge.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49ffca750c894f2c8ff3e285e74cc327"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), the regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall not be less stringent with respect to ensuring, monitoring, and enforcing compliance than—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4edfc48a50e8467fb5b1135478fe103a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements contained in part 3 of the Vessel General Permit (relating to corrective actions);</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc0f0bfa16754986919b95dcd8f8853e"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements contained in part 4 of the Vessel General Permit (relating to inspections, monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping), including with respect to waters subject to Federal protection, in whole or in part, for conservation purposes;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id399522691d964224844831f478de41c3"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements contained in part 5 of the Vessel General Permit (relating to vessel class-specific requirements) regarding monitoring, inspection, and educational and training requirements (within the meaning of that part), including with respect to waters subject to Federal protection, in whole or in part, for conservation purposes; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a3b2a86cf6e4e16846a4a606a2c6365"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any comparable, existing requirements promulgated under the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4701">16 U.S.C. 4701</external-xref> et seq.) (including section 1101 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4711">16 U.S.C. 4711</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this subsection)) applicable to that discharge.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5864482adf0496c93b739ae1e35024a"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination with States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with the Governors of the States, shall develop, publish, and periodically update inspection, monitoring, data management, and enforcement procedures for the enforcement by States of Federal standards and requirements under this subsection.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9120de97e65d407ba90c70ef742bbc31"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the effective date of a regulation promulgated under this paragraph, the Secretary shall take into consideration the period of time necessary—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabb5f145e5e34f6eacf942c7d1035eee"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to communicate to affected persons the applicability of the regulation; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida29f3f68bf32486da969f33141f1d021"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for affected persons reasonably to comply with the regulation.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda33519fb261445081ed542637f9448b"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate the regulations under this subparagraph in accordance with—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc172f0e098334298b178be5583bf17ed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this paragraph; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id789c00fbe7e141e0b5ebee93c437a365"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12c631feffb44b82a474a68751d3094d"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation regulations for marine pollution control devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations governing the design, construction, testing, approval, installation, and use of marine pollution control devices as are necessary to ensure compliance with the standards of performance promulgated under paragraph (4).</text>
												</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f6e3a9e7f93498ab53a190b32b3189a"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance assurance</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5444acbb5da4f019c6b23c97d842935"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate requirements (including requirements for vessel owners and operators with respect to inspections, monitoring, reporting, sampling, and recordkeeping) to ensure, monitor, and enforce compliance with—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5b9c468f7894750acaa1369c9d3f2d3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the standards of performance promulgated by the Administrator under paragraph (4); and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea0794e86da345f898fad070f0baad2e"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation regulations promulgated by the Secretary under subparagraph (B).</text>
														</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99730626add347c98baf7dd2abe2b5cb"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintaining protectiveness</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8bf55a00833470e8a984aced9af62f4"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall not revise a requirement under this subparagraph or subparagraph (B) to be less stringent with respect to ensuring, monitoring, or enforcing compliance than an applicable existing requirement.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc989377564034e6aa43ad11bffda9d4a"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may revise a requirement under this subparagraph or subparagraph (B) to be less stringent than an applicable existing requirement—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb237b7153b65412dbabb8b2d33e455bf"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with this subparagraph or subparagraph (B), as applicable;</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideebfcbd267234b75af563ea8abef61c1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if information becomes available that—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fa89586526f45ae877fd19b0a2be968"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator determines was not reasonably available when the Administrator promulgated the existing requirement of the Vessel General Permit, or that the Secretary determines was not reasonably available when the Secretary promulgated the existing requirement under the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4701">16 U.S.C. 4701</external-xref> et seq.) or the applicable existing requirement under this subparagraph, as applicable (including subsequent scarcity or unavailability of materials used to control the relevant discharge); and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e66de21e61446acbdb9998d331a444d"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would have justified the application of a less-stringent requirement at the time of promulgation; or</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id692ac2581f7543c0812e83a6696ba0cc"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Administrator determines that a material technical mistake or misinterpretation of law occurred when promulgating an existing requirement of the Vessel General Permit, or if the Secretary determines that a material mistake or misinterpretation of law occurred when promulgating an existing requirement under the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4701">16 U.S.C. 4701</external-xref> et seq.) or this subsection.</text>
 </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3a10cbb3fd34982a64e1953205b8180"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to the Governor of a State, on request by the Governor, access to Automated Identification System arrival data for inbound vessels to specific ports or places of destination in the State.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802071c6b0a34a29936765578be1e7b8"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional provisions regarding ballast water</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6188db9225a24e91b1ce141049f45188"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the other applicable requirements of this subsection, the requirements of this paragraph shall apply with respect to any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that is a discharge of ballast water.</text>
												</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee8367f5ca3546bfaa4e2e29ce1fadd1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Empty ballast tanks</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c0b1c60cb3f4b2dac9d98f6546f29c4"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), the owner or operator of a vessel with empty ballast tanks bound for a port or place of destination subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall, prior to arriving at that port or place of destination, conduct a ballast water exchange or saltwater flush—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda620799f7034a5d9731cee72ee9113b"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 200 nautical miles from any shore for a voyage originating outside the United States or Canadian exclusive economic zone; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cfb418d840447158f1ff6aba9ace74c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 50 nautical miles from any shore for a voyage originating within the United States or Canadian exclusive economic zone.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44920fb37ca64da69e039b8292e0f5f2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadf1946537834f33bf3bfdcc66896e17"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the unpumpable residual waters and sediments of an empty ballast tank were subject to treatment, in compliance with applicable requirements, through a type-approved ballast water management system approved by the Secretary;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ce160238a46496ab3ebfb72dc5dbdcc"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as otherwise required under this subsection, if the unpumpable residual waters and sediments of an empty ballast tank were sourced within—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91d18a8bc6244f54a9c905abf574bccb"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the same port or place of destination; or</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2c6ac9779304274b1ecd31cd39cf730"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contiguous portions of a single Captain of the Port Zone;</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C2FE6B5C3D340BD88FD44768D58DA0C"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if complying with an applicable requirement of clause (i)—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id078310BE47DF4DF5B851F495E93C9D7B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would compromise the safety of the vessel; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F8449B63A64425BB6D287A77BD19688"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise prohibited by any Federal, Canadian, or international law (including regulations) pertaining to vessel safety;</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id114d776b972b4976b31d551f9026c807"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if design limitations of the vessel prevent a ballast water exchange or saltwater flush from being conducted in accordance with clause (i); or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd1e043911ad401e9759aa2186cbaa6d"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the vessel is operating exclusively within the internal waters of the United States or Canada.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb217b7bbe9f42c29109030daf090e25"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period of use of installed ballast water management systems</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide11bd53552644ab29ba9ea601fa2515c"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), a vessel shall be deemed to be in compliance with a standard of performance for a marine pollution control device that is a ballast water management system if the ballast water management system—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf97f6a08b8e8458791bd236ea69d816c"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is maintained in proper working condition, as determined by the Secretary;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id999dbee7d5ce43d7ada2d1a81e822dec"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is maintained and used in accordance with manufacturer specifications;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0ab18e713d44abc9a155b2a10922d0c"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continues to meet the ballast water discharge standard applicable to the vessel at the time of installation, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ed441112695411e9481ef2fec06f785"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has in effect a valid type-approval certificate issued by the Secretary.</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id558c71ab7f584d818bfcabbdb4509676"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall cease to apply with respect to any vessel on, as applicable—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3de77e380d0741799c5dbb43ca2d6bd7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expiration of the service life, as determined by the Secretary, of—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38589683ca544d05b3acd2f7dabe67f7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ballast water management system; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf01dfd3584af46c98df6781697c0a838"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel;</text> </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id946e4573c2da42ef8338bffc562f4325"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the completion of a major conversion (as defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) of the vessel; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd21b85c87760485980e67b1bfb0262c9"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a determination by the Secretary that there are other type-approved systems for the vessel or category of vessels, with respect to the use of which the environmental, health, and economic benefits would exceed the costs.</text>
														</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd616b1ab169a419ca8f66c24433392c7"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of ballast water management system type-approval testing methods</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd2347505e6c41dda41daac53a1833a2"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of live; living</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), for purposes of section 151.1511 of title 33, and part 162 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), the terms <term>live</term> and <term>living</term> shall not—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cbb9a5d02784b1dab94032df8d7863b"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an organism that has been rendered nonviable; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc25a076751884182b48127a6b7c9040c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preclude the consideration of any method of measuring the concentration of organisms in ballast water that are capable of reproduction.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbc0190ae360487aadfa61dd50453f1d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Draft policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator, shall publish a draft policy letter, based on the best available science, describing type-approval testing methods and protocols for ballast water management systems, if any, that—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id288fdbcebaeb4551b6ed071b0daf8978"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">render nonviable organisms in ballast water; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bc57ee7baa442a9972bf2a11202d405"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be used in addition to the methods established under subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35b131470862495cbe1f531a01853f45"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to measure the concentration of organisms in ballast water that are capable of reproduction;</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d924323bacf4e83ae568e1130b14f93"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to certify the performance of each ballast water management system under this subsection; and</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2361b53e9a5a4936af334bb546754e15"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to certify laboratories to evaluate applicable treatment technologies.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06fe22beff3048dd8770667494532701"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public comment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide a period of not more than 60 days for public comment regarding the draft policy letter published under clause (ii).</text>
													</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a24fbff944b40cfbcd9aa914d8b22c6"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final policy</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc244251037f4f79ba7bd7cf28f0ba3d"><enum>(I)</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 subsection, the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator, shall publish a final policy letter describing type-approval testing methods, if any, for ballast water management systems that render nonviable organisms in ballast water.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb66161debff343cba083ceaa54696645"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Method of evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ballast water management systems under subclause (I) shall be evaluated by measuring the concentration of organisms in ballast water that are capable of reproduction based on the best available science that may be used in addition to the methods established under subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffc3cdcfd4c94834a92fe52e95e8ace7"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall revise the final policy letter under subclause (I) in any case in which the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator, determines that additional testing methods are capable of measuring the concentration of organisms in ballast water that have not been rendered nonviable.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee4f64f06fc64f52a2824dfa711d78cc"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Factors for consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing a policy letter under this subparagraph, the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5a15a9c8d3a49c992cffe0f4424330f"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall take into consideration a testing method that uses organism grow-out and most probable number statistical analysis to determine the concentration of organisms in ballast water that are capable of reproduction; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1551542f85c7435abc09ef49f4cd606b"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not take into consideration a testing method that relies on a staining method that measures the concentration of—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5381faece53b470db5377df66103d03e"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">organisms greater than or equal to 10 micrometers; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c4d415e94cb4c91be47970e955c0d81"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">organisms less than or equal to 50 micrometers.</text>
															</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id139ccd8e256b465c93a5a61d0fb40f6e"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intergovernmental response framework</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef07f63bb2a8443087db1f59a4020f0c"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator and acting in coordination with, or through, the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force established by section 1201(a) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4721">16 U.S.C. 4721(a)</external-xref>), shall establish a framework for Federal and intergovernmental response to aquatic nuisance species risks from discharges from vessels subject to ballast water and incidental discharge compliance requirements under this subsection, including the introduction, spread, and establishment of aquatic nuisance species populations.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id485dc3e2896e4a7d983fac843cc33460"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast discharge risk response</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary and taking into consideration information from the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse developed under section 1102(f) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4712">16 U.S.C. 4712(f)</external-xref>), shall establish a risk assessment and response framework using ballast water discharge data and aquatic nuisance species monitoring data for the purposes of—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceaa8c3ec5cb4e51999bf9b2acc39814"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying and tracking populations of aquatic invasive species;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0788d55b698b4b17998ca9ff1722543a"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluating the risk of any aquatic nuisance species population tracked under subclause (I) establishing and spreading in waters of the United States or waters of the contiguous zone; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c5d23877a664bd3b6836092be44eefe"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing emergency best management practices that may be deployed rapidly, in a local or regional manner, to respond to emerging aquatic nuisance species threats.</text>
														</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a0557118ec94d6cadd716cf95a4aa76"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Petitions by Governors for review</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida86bbb3caa4649478a747e699f110019"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of a State (or a designee) may submit to the Administrator or the Secretary a petition—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e191522a0d5401a8787657a4fd67ef4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to issue an order under paragraph (4)(E); or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef7b9ffda33044ec9df4a0a694342e48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to review any standard of performance, regulation, or policy promulgated under paragraph (4), (5), or (6), respectively, if there exists new information that could reasonably result in a change to—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ef709187ab94f82b08acc360c8e2641"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the standard of performance, regulation, or policy; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53e9a359578346ef8787fdecb89e42fd"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a determination on which the standard of performance, regulation, or policy was based.</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c49fced66d54dc8be6ce3da23237246"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A petition under subparagraph (A) shall include a description of any applicable scientific or technical information that forms the basis of the petition.</text>
												</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee7e6c0c6bd541dfaadd18f5c08b7ffa"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9a8ee69b4d649cebb42f688ce857c14"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, shall grant or deny—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4eef085cc8d54e53bec36d9468724192"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a petition under subparagraph (A)(i) by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date on which the petition is submitted; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67f3918d9a884bbb9148c4f054e91c1c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a petition under subparagraph (A)(ii) by not later than the date that is 1 year after the date on which the petition is submitted.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id361e748a8b384e81bc81f0f6a1e6854d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator or the Secretary determines under clause (i) to grant a petition—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ca8b64861eb491885b382efd0c7e6d8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a petition under subparagraph (A)(i), the Administrator shall immediately issue the relevant order under paragraph (4)(E); or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91b42438e53e438bb1e5d78fa869858b"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a petition under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Administrator or Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, by not later than 30 days after the date of that determination, a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the relevant standard, requirement, regulation, or policy under paragraph (4), (5), or (6), as applicable.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7a535f8860740879b1bcc3db09347de"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator or the Secretary determines under clause (i) to deny a petition, the Administrator or Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, by not later than 30 days after the date of that determination, a detailed explanation of the scientific, technical, or operational factors that form the basis of the determination.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfeac0810d1a44a2ab3cd0943b6b1f803"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination by the Administrator or the Secretary under clause (i) to deny a petition shall be—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ad6638327cf47a388ee03606f11d67a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">considered to be a final agency action; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71d2fabb70274c109754abbc8510fd66"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to judicial review in accordance with section 509, subject to clause (v).</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8207036b8af8490e8c7a59059f962aa5"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7b68ce3058d4da29ea2f1fae4d47e0f"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 509(b), a petition for review of a determination by the Administrator or the Secretary under clause (i) to deny a petition submitted by the Governor of a State under subparagraph (A) may be filed in any United States district court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5cae87b90d8436b944947357337ee84"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for filing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 509(b), a petition for review of a determination by the Administrator or the Secretary under clause (i) shall be filed by not later than 180 days after the date on which the justification for the determination is published in the Federal Register under clause (iii).</text>
														</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id404702b700864da5960011f76aca0304"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida95d8236a9fb45d0b6a9ab576b1931b9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for any person to violate—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9011bd067a5b4a69bbb2ebe2583c980b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a provision of the Vessel General Permit in force and effect under paragraph (3)(A);</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1963b74300d74ebbace03cd40861592a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a regulation promulgated pursuant to section 1101 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4711">16 U.S.C. 4711</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this subsection) in force and effect under paragraph (3)(B); or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58f61b467b1f4d45a42a7952982606ac"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an applicable requirement or regulation under this subsection.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7994e485e5d94d1e83ed600b65b29f0a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning on the effective date of a regulation promulgated under paragraph (4), (5), (6), or (10), as applicable, it shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of a vessel subject to the regulation—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id805a580b7d6d4785ad3491354caf74b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to discharge any discharge incidental to the normal operation of the vessel into waters of the United States or waters of the contiguous zone, except in compliance with the regulation; or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida44ced31f4294223b9ae2786868c9d6d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to operate in waters of the United States or waters of the contiguous zone, if the vessel is not equipped with a required marine pollution control device that complies with the requirements established under this subsection, unless—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9eb26b28fff8418596f31d197f69efd2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the owner or operator of the vessel denotes in an entry in the official logbook of the vessel that the equipment was not operational; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea59e97ce8e640858c1c3c78633914bd"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">either—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bb242d3beb54478a23a9ff7fd2f8597"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicable discharge was avoided; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98218b66c5b04627936d1830fc09d26c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an alternate compliance option approved by the Secretary as meeting the applicable standard was employed.</text>
 </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d9b418154964b1f91478b618a8bfb95"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Affirmative defense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person shall be found to be in violation of this paragraph if—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8026d48d0648447692e851cc5081cfde"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the violation was in the interest of ensuring the safety of life at sea, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb38b1e4a7d14e5cb42aa8603c1d2055"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicable emergency circumstance was not the result of negligence or malfeasance on the part of—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3beb93f205d74b0985f3f0425b37ecf5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the owner or operator of the vessel;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74829e7682324a3690dbe90432ee0c2c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the master of the vessel; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68ab19bd6b13448a8acce93dd6194b61"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the person in charge of the vessel.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7a7fc6262d7499db3e19224899ce708"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each day of continuing violation of an applicable requirement of this subsection shall constitute a separate offense.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f672256ef4f4c5a88998569efadf03e"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In rem liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vessel operated in violation of this subsection is liable in rem for any civil penalty assessed for the violation.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8aa8e5e3212542b985549bd5f0b2b223"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation of clearance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall withhold or revoke the clearance of a vessel required under section 60105 of title 46, United States Code, if the owner or operator of the vessel is in violation of this subsection.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fcfc7d89baf428188d960d43b36448c"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on other laws</header>
												<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id478123d0dd394bb7a7a1bcec6e16105c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State authority</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id920b9e0df5f74f43816fc94320dd7236"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clauses (ii) through (v) and paragraph (10), effective beginning on the date on which the requirements promulgated by the Secretary under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (5) with respect to every discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that is subject to regulation under this subsection are final, effective, and enforceable, no State, political subdivision of a State, or interstate agency may adopt or enforce any law, regulation, or other requirement of the State, political subdivision, or interstate agency with respect to any such discharge.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1a00434ec964922805d9d39d3541c29"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identical or lesser State laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply to any law, regulation, or other requirement of a State, political subdivision of a State, or interstate agency in effect on or after the date of enactment of this subsection—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6acb4c6d1e549daba350b64762b68a3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is identical to a Federal requirement under this subsection applicable to the relevant discharge; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38902a0c25154b29975cab21978c3061"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliance with which would be achieved concurrently in achieving compliance with a Federal requirement under this subsection applicable to the relevant discharge.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68aec9d194bf455aa206dcb380e44224"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State enforcement of Federal requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may enforce any standard of performance or other Federal requirement of this subsection in accordance with subsection (k) or other applicable Federal authority.</text>
													</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fb3a704b7d949ff91fac097c0f22868"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception for certain fees</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b52d5113a7440c09c4804822fe5b934"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subclauses (II) and (III), a State that assesses any fee pursuant to any State or Federal law relating to the regulation of a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel before the date of enactment of this subsection may assess or retain a fee to cover the costs of administration, inspection, monitoring, and enforcement activities by the State to achieve compliance with the applicable requirements of this subsection.</text>
														</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc61a6250ce3040a5994ca8cd35c2582f"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum amount</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id812d07b0139344fc8a03fe7ff396c56a"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in item (bb), a State may assess a fee for activities under this clause equal to not more than $1,000 against the owner or operator of a vessel that—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e3c4852ed864716bef6bcf06aef07e6"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has operated outside of that State; and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bf91c95ee964a608345eeb45feba850"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arrives at a port or place of destination in the State (excluding movement entirely within a single port or place of destination).</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18b664502ce344f2a8de4fdfc2e1cb09"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessels engaged in coastwise trade</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may assess against the owner or operator of a vessel registered in accordance with applicable Federal law and lawfully engaged in the coastwise trade not more than $5,000 in fees under this clause per vessel during a calendar year.</text>
															</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14a51816bcb9489ca17db9ce8c009257"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment for inflation</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9125e02c1cac4b038db9570c825a8bec"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may adjust the amount of a fee authorized under this clause not more frequently than once every 5 years to reflect the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor for the month of October immediately preceding the date of adjustment exceeds the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor for the month of October that immediately precedes the date that is 5 years before the date of adjustment.</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef4d8ab7b68e4bafb9d4b3ed454887e2"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of subclause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subclause prevents a State from adjusting a fee in effect before the date of enactment of this subsection to the applicable maximum amount under subclause (II).</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03434097b4d44005b72224dd6053fa64"><enum>(cc)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subclause applies only to increases in fees to amounts greater than the applicable maximum amount under subclause (II).</text>
 </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57f7354c6a9f416990a6852e3fdf5cf9"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska graywater</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any discharge of graywater (as defined in section 1414 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/554">Public Law 106–554</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2763A–323)) from a passenger vessel (as defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) in the State of Alaska (including all waters in the Alexander Archipelago) carrying 50 or more passengers.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b584f592e764604a90cb131b7f51344"><enum>(vi)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preservation of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection preempts any State law, public initiative, referendum, regulation, requirement, or other State action, except as expressly provided in this subsection.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA08DC213E6514E7592A794694551099E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Established regimes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as expressly provided in this subsection, nothing in this subsection affects the applicability to a vessel of any other provision of Federal law, including—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf3bb54f3e044f5fba6b7a7c4c10f998"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this section;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a2c106a5ef9483d9cdf8e45dcee4bc1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 311;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7c4cfc8669f4d779bc33049700cfaae"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1901">33 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e5761171b0e4b769859933f4c20d2da"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title X of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3801">33 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26e8c1cd0a71420994cb82f91d468f65"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permitting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf333f1da347b4c25be1fb78638b9e2dc"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Small Vessel General Permit is repealed; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2e0cfffec2b48bba7209c1c87c3ca85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator, or a State in the case of a permit program approved under section 402, shall not require, or in any way modify, a permit under that section for—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id319e61a62ca648789e5fe8b2500ed6b9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discharge that is subject to regulation under this subsection;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide55ea66ae51043caa88a21e87d3a98e2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel from a small vessel or fishing vessel, regardless of whether that discharge is subject to regulation under this subsection; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ABDBA122D47487381488E16AECCD744"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discharge described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d724e58eb4f4176ba5329e844a92034"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No effect on civil or criminal actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection, or any standard, regulation, or requirement established under this subsection, modifies or otherwise affects, preempts, or displaces—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93c11b4c235a45b9be6248b9aff424ed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any cause of action; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ec9e74ff82b4fcea2d5247938f13320"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any provision of Federal or State law establishing a remedy for civil relief or criminal penalty.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddef4f9acffe645d299caf7405129dbb3"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No effect on certain secretarial authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection affects the authority of the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior to administer any land or waters under the administrative control of the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, respectively.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e1799681eae481c8d2387d312dd75af"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No limitation on State inspection authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection limits the authority of a State to inspect a vessel pursuant to paragraph (5)(A)(iii) in order to monitor compliance with an applicable requirement of this section.</text>
												</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA5D29DB00964B659A8DD6053782ED8B"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional regional requirements</header>
												<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id305ea2b41dfa42158215c8c4cfbb26fc"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum Great Lakes System requirements</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id118f1e08dcd74505a9b5442ed1e0c247"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), the owner or operator of a vessel entering the St. Lawrence Seaway through the mouth of the St. Lawrence River shall conduct a complete ballast water exchange or saltwater flush—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id427a34412db04e53b51b011d8896bfb3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 200 nautical miles from any shore for a voyage originating outside the United States or Canadian exclusive economic zone; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b4cfc9952134d7d87ceddeef22a3912"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 50 nautical miles from any shore for a voyage originating within the United States or Canadian exclusive economic zone.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ad95c2f30304b87a0ead4476f206728"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply to a vessel if—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45a3eabdb4114dda892d20f5da394cc2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complying with an applicable requirement of clause (i)—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F3E30364E584CB18781CEC96404F218"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would compromise the safety of the vessel; or</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B185996719C44D292344BE70A76FD00"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise prohibited by any Federal, Canadian, or international law (including regulations) pertaining to vessel safety;</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf14a71d54a1f43059e111122b766631c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">design limitations of the vessel prevent a ballast water exchange from being conducted in accordance with an applicable requirement of clause (i);</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87ffc587504047c3872e2db9b132556c"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vessel—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf776db251ca646cba65926007e7efca5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is certified by the Secretary as having no residual ballast water or sediments onboard; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ba1c610bdc5438489bcfc85b6c235a4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retains all ballast water while in waters subject to the requirement; or</text> </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb23f231f056450296d6c9a0bdccb7f8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">empty ballast tanks on the vessel are sealed and certified by the Secretary in a manner that ensures that—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb01a7617cf494f969a830f1e4804e96c"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no discharge or uptake occurs; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8badceca2ffe4e8baa72d0f4d553551c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any subsequent discharge of ballast water is subject to the requirement.</text>
															</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8986b6b5eb545fd92bc68d03abf9c45"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced Great Lakes System requirements</header>
													<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id201571c71b934d339c52f84dc0b5f660"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Petitions by Governors for proposed enhanced standards and requirements</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fb31fba83014660a2e8440b39b7b812"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of a Great Lakes State (or a State employee designee) may submit a petition in accordance with subclause (II) to propose that other Governors of Great Lakes States endorse an enhanced standard of performance or other requirement with respect to any discharge that—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id734b1bed04044962aa449e3781a1864d"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is subject to regulation under this subsection; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafffb9c20c8048169eba2696d8630d05"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">occurs within the Great Lakes System.</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f6d59cb30604b6e9e1bb85f323480b7"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Governor shall submit a petition under subclause (I), in writing, to—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ae279bbc74747ecb03eeccfcd7080eb"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Commission, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Great Lakes Commission;</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57d14aea04404940bfd701e0343928d8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Governor of each other Great Lakes State; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10bf9817a80049ce80abf376050795d7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the Great Lakes National Program Office established by section 118(b).</text>
															</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99a0b597f71f4198b7af49bace2bdf24"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preliminary assessment by Great Lakes Commission</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe982c9053b64f17b35926df1a409f76"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date of receipt of a petition under subclause (II)(aa), the Great Lakes Commission (acting through the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species, to the maximum extent practicable) may develop a preliminary assessment regarding each enhanced standard of performance or other requirement described in the petition.</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id448dd8da2e274d509728de26b76619c1"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The preliminary assessment developed by the Great Lakes Commission under item (aa)—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51ba83cd283b40deb056dcfd5d72de0b"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be developed in consultation with relevant experts and stakeholders;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d18dcf403eb4487966495393464f888"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be narrative in nature;</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2459bb1e93a74c119807794a9a4fc2bb"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include the preliminary views, if any, of the Great Lakes Commission on the propriety of the proposed enhanced standard of performance or other requirement;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4bfc9f4b0a9417d85e62cf745303cf4"><enum>(DD)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be submitted, in writing, to the Governor of each Great Lakes State and the Director of the Great Lakes National Program Office and published on the internet website of the Great Lakes National Program Office; and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id085d7ee8ae3f48578ca518e5cb90426c"><enum>(EE)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in clause (iii), shall not be taken into consideration, or provide a basis for review, by the Administrator or the Secretary for purposes of that clause.</text>
																</subitem></item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29d3a4787cdd44358f7f4abdc40ae80e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proposed enhanced standards and requirements</header>
														<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7787147456304d30bc5a3ea8d18f96fa"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication in Federal Register</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fde7e24696c41538e608e529d76f58f"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Request by Governor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not earlier than the date that is 90 days after the date on which the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Commission receives from a Governor of a Great Lakes State a petition under clause (i)(II)(aa), the Governor may request the Director of the Great Lakes National Program Office to publish, for a period requested by the Governor of not less than 30 days, and the Director shall so publish, in the Federal Register for public comment—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf20bec90f32a41a0a330c2e77cba00e4"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the petition; and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ea32c440abf4fa9972691d4fd8da27a"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if applicable as of the date of publication, any preliminary assessment of the Great Lakes Commission developed under clause (i)(III) relating to the petition.</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a83ec3096f9460192ef8f7c592ab849"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of public comments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On receipt of a written request of a Governor of a Great Lakes State, the Director of the Great Lakes National Program Office shall make available all public comments received in response to the notice under item (aa).</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9eb22824152473ea32bf6d47f949a55"><enum>(cc)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No response required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Governor of a Great Lakes State or the Director of the Great Lakes National Program Office shall not be required to provide a response to any comment received in response to the publication of a petition or preliminary assessment under item (aa).</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a76989ab2784d03b3e116a9d8726746"><enum>(dd)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any public comments received in response to the publication of a petition or preliminary assessment under item (aa) shall be used solely for the purpose of providing information and feedback to the Governor of each Great Lakes State regarding the decision to endorse the proposed standard or requirement.</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3afcefb36434923ab178b07c21798dd"><enum>(ee)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of petition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A proposed standard or requirement developed under subclause (II) may differ from the proposed standard or requirement described in a petition published under item (aa).</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fdcc3d9a79445a9b9398e1d33d2a902"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination to develop proposed standard or requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the expiration of the public comment period for the petition under subclause (I), any interested Governor of a Great Lakes State may work in coordination with the Great Lakes Commission to develop a proposed standard of performance or other requirement applicable to a discharge referred to in the petition.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided977e066c6b42c39e865facc79fb646"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A proposed standard of performance or other requirement under subclause (II)—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id097deea452264221821e7c94bd7ceea0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be developed—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d50ac0489b6473cb5f2025b9aa0a82a"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with representatives from the Federal and provincial governments of Canada;</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcf2edef43ae4baf912e2ff6ba0c9a48"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after notice and opportunity for public comment on the petition published under subclause (I); and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fc60ddff7b34407a90f3447a63ee5a6"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">taking into consideration the preliminary assessment, if any, of the Great Lakes Commission under clause (i)(III);</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7c2f47c66b64723b7b68f5c2131c742"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be specifically endorsed in writing by—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18e23805d78c43e5af71b4b8221ed268"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Governor of each Great Lakes State, if the proposed standard or requirement would impose any additional equipment requirement on a vessel; or</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b94c9c670e24322876f60d0a7f7629b"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not fewer than 5 Governors of Great Lakes States, if the proposed standard or requirement would not impose any additional equipment requirement on a vessel; and</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc43de24853bf493dad452a539ac0f94f"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a proposed requirement to prohibit 1 or more types of discharge regulated under this subsection, whether treated or not treated, into waters within the Great Lakes System, shall not apply outside the waters of the Great Lakes States of the Governors endorsing the proposed requirement under item (bb).</text>
															</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id232e4aa31b114e7d8d5000e87538b329"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promulgation by Administrator and Secretary</header>
														<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafdf4ad2e1a040d4879639c424120eb5"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida70d042519584e8682ec1c991eb97b23"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governors endorsing a proposed standard or requirement under clause (ii)(III)(bb) may jointly submit to the Administrator and the Secretary for approval each proposed standard of performance or other requirement developed and endorsed pursuant to clause (ii).</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74b5c7ac8fb14326b34e898ff7b07d9a"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each submission under item (aa) shall include an explanation regarding why the applicable standard of performance or other requirement is—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc46a88fd4dc244258d55232eaf36fa5f"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least as stringent as a comparable standard of performance or other requirement under this subsection;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3b5ad99f25f46eb8c0a0735029f100b"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with maritime safety; and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74a7cfcfba6b4f6bb7cf0e43a9ca8744"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with applicable maritime and navigation laws and regulations.</text>
																</subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57db3fa45a6b495387314feae7f5c71a"><enum>(cc)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Withdrawal</header>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba6390e8eb7448d1b47945efd0cbb25f"><enum>(AA)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of any Great Lakes State that endorses a proposed standard or requirement under clause (ii)(III)(bb) may withdraw the endorsement by not later than the date that is 90 days after the date on which the Administrator and the Secretary receive the proposed standard or requirement.</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd66f6238b9ab468cb39eff41b25ec09a"><enum>(BB)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on Federal review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, after the withdrawal of an endorsement under subitem (AA), the proposed standard or requirement does not have the applicable number of endorsements under clause (ii)(III)(bb), the Administrator and the Secretary shall terminate the review under this clause.</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb91a3737c3e343bcad15747cb9a21e26"><enum>(dd)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissenting opinions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of a Great Lakes State that does not endorse a proposed standard or requirement under clause (ii)(III)(bb) may submit to the Administrator and the Secretary any dissenting opinions of the Governor.</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9f7f1eed6564b7b8989ab1602be5c17"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On receipt of a proposed standard of performance or other requirement under subclause (I), the Administrator and the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a joint notice that, at minimum—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81f821cbcc4f49f383739cd8c30451b2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">states that the proposed standard or requirement is publicly available; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf060d90108d24b3ab9f313b76b7af5ae"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides an opportunity for public comment regarding the proposed standard or requirement during the 90-day period beginning on the date of receipt by the Administrator and the Secretary of the proposed standard or requirement.</text>
															</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id648d64693a83470c88a18ab369f82899"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9fdd3c1ac184d2c9ec84595c164d1cc"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of publication of a joint notice under subclause (II)—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11795e355b324cf0ab7bb0d38a4e65a4"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall commence a review of each proposed standard of performance or other requirement covered by the notice to determine whether that standard or requirement is at least as stringent as comparable standards and requirements under this subsection; and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida355804b79214d949a072a3353ea1421"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall commence a review of each proposed standard of performance or other requirement covered by the notice to determine whether that standard or requirement is in accordance with maritime safety and applicable maritime and navigation laws and regulations.</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3bbed3ffe124191b8f16e86bcd7b486"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out item (aa), the Administrator and the Secretary—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32bc42b0e4dc49df8dc72c11525c1b1d"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall consult with the Governor of each Great Lakes State and representatives from the Federal and provincial governments of Canada;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98f5d3326ccd4154b35d169f5230f54b"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall take into consideration any relevant data or public comments received under subclause (II)(bb); and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4050663f008547f5a41944f5d5cb1506"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not take into consideration any preliminary assessment by the Great Lakes Commission under clause (i)(III), or any dissenting opinion under subclause (I)(dd), except to the extent that such an assessment or opinion is relevant to the criteria for the applicable determination under item (aa).</text>
 </subitem></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide15abb6f0c354c9a9d9cb338cc006440"><enum>(IV)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval or disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of each proposed standard of performance or other requirement under subclause (I), the Administrator and the Secretary shall—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id230b758a29ef442cbaecf9f5456c3444"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine, as applicable, whether each proposed standard or other requirement satisfies the criteria under subclause (III)(aa);</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2afefa53c83043e4918b6c620ba7dbc1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve each proposed standard or other requirement, unless the Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, determines under item (aa) that the proposed standard or other requirement does not satisfy the criteria under subclause (III)(aa); and</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2b8447d1e9e4a708983094fa7a26adb"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the Governor of each Great Lakes State, and publish in the Federal Register, a notice of the determination under item (aa).</text>
															</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f80f06b367b4056bd6ac042601c910c"><enum>(V)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action on disapproval</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78a27290d9be47f4a751689263eb655b"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rationale and recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator and the Secretary disapprove a proposed standard of performance or other requirement under subclause (IV)(bb), the notices under subclause (IV)(cc) shall include—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e26cd5403244a63972ee7ca6ab86c55"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the reasons why the standard or requirement is, as applicable, less stringent than a comparable standard or requirement under this subsection, inconsistent with maritime safety, or inconsistent with applicable maritime and navigation laws and regulations; and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3727455a5e3b4978a1776847e1095c1a"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations regarding changes the Governors of the Great Lakes States could make to conform the disapproved portion of the standard or requirement to the requirements of this subparagraph.</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id537bd4fd7dfb470baf4350c7bf83df90"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disapproval of a proposed standard or requirement by the Administrator and the Secretary under this subparagraph shall be considered to be a final agency action subject to judicial review under section 509.</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2288460b82204b2c9060fe3af90a24bc"><enum>(VI)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action on approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On approval by the Administrator and the Secretary of a proposed standard of performance or other requirement under subclause (IV)(bb)—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cc6225d7c4e4c16947c75c0fac0e761"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall establish, by regulation, the proposed standard or requirement within the Great Lakes System in lieu of any comparable standard or other requirement promulgated under paragraph (4); and</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86afd102d5fa47be9ccbf2ba06f19503"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall establish, by regulation, any requirements necessary to implement, ensure compliance with, and enforce the standard or requirement under item (aa), or to apply the proposed requirement, within the Great Lakes System in lieu of any comparable requirement promulgated under paragraph (5).</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida92a7173f592439baf0f1da7e456452d"><enum>(VII)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No judicial review for certain actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An action or inaction of a Governor of a Great Lakes State or the Great Lakes Commission under this subparagraph shall not be subject to judicial review.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9837dbb330664e968a878a1229b739ab"><enum>(VIII)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes Compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection limits, alters, or amends the Great Lakes Compact to which Congress granted consent in the Act of July 24, 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/419">Public Law 90–419</external-xref>; 82 Stat. 414).</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id355d55e5d0d74bfda297d9d098bf940a"><enum>(IX)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Great Lakes Commission $5,000,000, to be available until expended.</text>
														</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc3c4ba3d400436094eddd6cce044117"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum Pacific Region requirements</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cfb3ff2fe3e4078b9259bea9ea0e69e"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of commercial vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subparagraph, the term <term>commercial vessel</term> means a vessel operating between—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17a594beae5140dea25b3dd4ceaa9f1d"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 ports or places of destination within the Pacific Region; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43998d78500d42f697a72e5e8dd8393c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a port or place of destination within the Pacific Region and a port or place of destination on the Pacific Coast of Canada or Mexico north of parallel 20 degrees north latitude, inclusive of the Gulf of California.</text>
														</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c08248c45d64d949466ea5d9722f4f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast water exchange</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf2a816423364e71aca129af3e52fb14"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subclause (II) and clause (iv), the owner or operator of a commercial vessel shall conduct a complete ballast water exchange in waters more than 50 nautical miles from shore.</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61c1fe6659214be5849c4e70bc469ed4"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subclause (I) shall not apply to a commercial vessel—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida34246e7895f4242b36307cc6f51caa4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using, in compliance with applicable requirements, a type-approved ballast water management system approved by the Secretary; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id388fdddb2f544de495ca5a9bc37fdeca"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">voyaging—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaedd9eb752154e78860ec477d8f1ca6d"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between or to a port or place of destination in the State of Washington, if the ballast water to be discharged from the commercial vessel originated solely from waters located between the parallel 46 degrees north latitude, including the internal waters of the Columbia River, and the internal waters of Canada south of parallel 50 degrees north latitude, including the waters of the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1d954cc96314a58a2a1c6ff56f332e3"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between ports or places of destination in the State of Oregon, if the ballast water to be discharged from the commercial vessel originated solely from waters located between the parallel 40 degrees north latitude and the parallel 50 degrees north latitude;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0625c0c825ef459ab45e031acfa2a1fb"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between ports or places of destination in the State of California within the San Francisco Bay area east of the Golden Gate Bridge, including the Port of Stockton and the Port of Sacramento, if the ballast water to be discharged from the commercial vessel originated solely from ports or places within that area;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf847cc6baeb4dee9ba345a03b693fb6"><enum>(DD)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, and the El Segundo offshore marine oil terminal, if the ballast water to be discharged from the commercial vessel originated solely from the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, or the El Segundo offshore marine oil terminal;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1607e2dadb6541b0959d17fb80375921"><enum>(EE)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between a port or place of destination in the State of Alaska within a single Captain of the Port Zone;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56efd98126634e6e81c610d03df99be7"><enum>(FF)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between ports or places of destination in different counties of the State of Hawaii, if the vessel may conduct a complete ballast water exchange in waters that are more than 10 nautical miles from shore and at least 200 meters deep; or</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5febed0716b496c9243afe85f4620ae"><enum>(GG)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between ports or places of destination within the same county of the State of Hawaii, if the vessel does not transit outside State marine waters during the voyage.</text>
																</subitem></item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a797ce604084b9884ac13811ac60e27"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-salinity ballast water</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c97aa8bc70842bcad10e1729e768ef4"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subclause (II) and clause (iv), the owner or operator of a commercial vessel that transports ballast water sourced from waters with a measured salinity of less than 18 parts per thousand and voyages to a Pacific Region port or place of destination with a measured salinity of less than 18 parts per thousand shall conduct a complete ballast water exchange—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec6aa0492a9343f08cb72b15a95681ec"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 50 nautical miles from shore, if the ballast water was sourced from a Pacific Region port or place of destination; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd9a20dba2bd4e9ba17da08a611257a2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">more than 200 nautical miles from shore, if the ballast water was not sourced from a Pacific Region port or place of destination.</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc590001a51774311be9a08a33f98ae3e"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subclause (I) shall not apply to a commercial vessel voyaging to a port or place of destination in the Pacific Region that is using, in compliance with applicable requirements, a type-approved ballast water management system approved by the Secretary to achieve standards of performance of—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a6f7bca6dc4725bc5856543be4ff08"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">less than 1 organism per 10 cubic meters, if that organism—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf76cf17f16d74b2c89adaf48152297d1"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is living, or has not been rendered nonviable; and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5810b5111e341d78224ebc37a9d1b45"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is 50 or more micrometers in minimum dimension;</text> </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9000dc808df44c58a55bb0a73e1de45"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">less than 1 organism per 10 milliliters, if that organism—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b46226927a6458c9d276f29446f2509"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is living, or has not been rendered nonviable; and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf02382823af543b9be6c5e1ff965d17a"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is more than 10, but less than 50, micrometers in minimum dimension;</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67b7b860822d4f68a90840ac46418682"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concentrations of indicator microbes that are less than—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6511590a0042499cb3d25bda9235015e"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 colony-forming unit of toxicogenic Vibrio cholera (serotypes O1 and O139) per 100 milliliters or less than 1 colony-forming unit of that microbe per gram of wet weight of zoological samples;</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c625c88a58a491cab77d58897d96231"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">126 colony-forming units of escherichia coli per 100 milliliters; and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceee22ee61de4c4e9856bc223412595c"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">33 colony-forming units of intestinal enterococci per 100 milliliters; and</text>
 </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31a974f437384560a9206a7262661af9"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concentrations of such additional indicator microbes and viruses as may be specified in the standards of performance established by the Administrator under paragraph (4).</text>
 </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa9e94c8096449c4a00a596359d18510"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not apply to a commercial vessel if—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51940a6551a047b191582d17c4cbfde0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complying with the requirement would compromise the safety of the commercial vessel;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5bf4e94053d4937832f1b5208d5e234"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">design limitations of the commercial vessel prevent a ballast water exchange from being conducted in accordance with clause (ii) or (iii), as applicable;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc167bb5d84b8435683e0924242db3cc8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the commercial vessel—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id657e8932366a46d39fae7adb23dc0f8f"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is certified by the Secretary as having no residual ballast water or sediments onboard; or</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb859110963044bac8c0d03a9bf48fc7c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retains all ballast water while in waters subject to those requirements; or</text> </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5d6a535335e4533a1f42ae7e3213201"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">empty ballast tanks on the commercial vessel are sealed and certified by the Secretary in a manner that ensures that—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b0b2698779b4c2bb07fd03ac7c08cec"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no discharge or uptake occurs; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a6e9e038f834572a1cff0f730a297a5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any subsequent discharge of ballast water is subject to those requirements.</text>
															</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e04b030966447759c78e4cab6342db9"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of State no-discharge zones</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46c85c8ec76b48849566294dce2c0fab"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (ii), after the effective date of regulations promulgated by the Secretary under paragraph (5), if any State determines that the protection and enhancement of the quality of some or all of the waters within the State require greater environmental protection, the State may prohibit 1 or more types of discharge regulated under this subsection, whether treated or not treated, into such waters.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idccc07f4b0bf6409c82ac0820144c17af"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A prohibition by a State under clause (i) shall not apply until the date on which the Administrator makes the applicable determinations described in clause (iii).</text>
													</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide74fa954b04240e1a14dad3c8bd90e14"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition by Administrator</header>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d9c302d5b5b4d8e9a0f56ef185cb852"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On application of a State, the Administrator, in concurrence with the Secretary (subject to subclause (II)), shall, by regulation, prohibit the discharge from a vessel of 1 or more discharges subject to regulation under this subsection, whether treated or not treated, into the waters covered by the application if the Administrator determines that—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fbeff631c194b5b941aef11ae790872"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibition of the discharge would protect and enhance the quality of the specified waters within the State;</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab1f20b2cba0421590b9f30ecd4ed1c2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of the discharge are reasonably available for the water and all vessels to which the prohibition would apply;</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc31db66134b246a78d027f21eab6af54"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the discharge can be safely collected and stored until a vessel reaches a discharge facility or other location; and</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id688c3c62966a444ea3dc8d8d19a915ec"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an application for the prohibition of discharges of ballast water in a port (or in any other location where cargo, passengers, or fuel are loaded and unloaded)—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd56e3ab37ffd48a2b2dde2e14646448e"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adequate facilities described in item (bb) are reasonably available for commercial vessels, after considering, at a minimum, water depth, dock size, pumpout facility capacity and flow rate, availability of year-round operations, proximity to navigation routes, and the ratio of pumpout facilities to the population and discharge capacity of commercial vessels operating in those waters; and</text>
 </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88b4f0c15f1347658417b8275132911c"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prohibition will not unreasonably interfere with the safe loading and unloading of cargo, passengers, or fuel.</text>
																</subitem></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide478de0c5f1349f19aee1e9251f8f0ae"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrence with Secretary</header>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20f9250ce3d54285bc379e4295d09590"><enum>(aa)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall submit to the Secretary a request for written concurrence with respect to a prohibition under subclause (I).</text>
 </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5358ef3c11e4e288b869e6076a54666"><enum>(bb)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of failure to concur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A failure by the Secretary to concur with the Administrator under subclause (I) by the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Administrator submits a request for concurrence under item (aa) shall not prevent the Administrator from prohibiting the relevant discharge in accordance with subclause (III), subject to the condition that the Administrator shall include in the administrative record of the promulgation—</text>
 <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40b34f7ffc124bc8ba5904d52156d467"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation of the request submitted under item (aa); and</text> </subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c6bb28dc7364cf882142617e0b9b4af"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the response of the Administrator to any written objections received from the Secretary relating to the proposed standard of performance during the 60-day period beginning on the date of submission of the request.</text>
 </subitem></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c336bfb62b649a49891860ae4b0e920"><enum>(III)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall approve or disapprove an application submitted under subclause (I) by not later than 90 days after the date on which the application is submitted to the Administrator.</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b647bca64634ffab88113efde275da9"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintenance in effect of more-stringent standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which a requirement established under this paragraph is more stringent or environmentally protective than a comparable requirement established under paragraph (4), (5), or (6), the more-stringent or more-protective requirement shall control.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
								</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48e0634c929749d7a28eef148b9f5ece"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeals</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34f1b81b366340c885dad20b16a291a1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the following provisions of law are repealed:</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0518c1825d53480396063071dc520312"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1101 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4711">16 U.S.C. 4711</external-xref>).</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf15a0ffddd424f79bcfc5974a48305fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 110–299 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref> note).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bf003dda0b94d2c8fcdc2accc87d68b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1102 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4712">16 U.S.C. 4712</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd084a20f87b248c7904155b370a3ccae"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1), by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018)</quote> after <quote>section 1101(b)</quote>; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaec67cba93f64132b134a78c750d4d90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018)</quote> after <quote>section 1101(c)</quote>.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb5492fe84f84c789498dd64fb2c6c38"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations for use of marine pollution control devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87d5edf3d92a4198acde91c8da625057"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>For the purpose of</quote> in subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
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										<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c9f57670a2e44fdafa9ec92dd1cf968" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marine sanitation devices; discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cf831c2f31d46c1a76511537062edbc"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb055be348e54e438097adf0a8019d00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b966c22896447269715e221cb6fa307"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>devices or of vessels</quote> and inserting <quote>devices, marine pollution control device equipment, or vessels</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad1151bf17c142559b1c3812d0c154b6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (13), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, except as provided in subsection (p),</quote> after <quote>means</quote>;</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e8ecc18b39743e8ac4f22e7222f8ec2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9c0fc3dcd4d476dbdfc2263f8485e4b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or marine pollution control device equipment</quote> after <quote>marine sanitation device</quote> each place it appears;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12997c6dc75242fa9d77ab4ffd8301a7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a33e3df67494658bb813b6f5674a7eb"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or equipment</quote> after <quote>such device</quote>; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ddcb59833e447319f8cfea21982dc41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or equipment</quote> after <quote>test device</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b9e7631d7094e098e743c98c84a5c6d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16916d35ca4e4214bf4ca4a16de5ab67"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or equipment</quote> after <quote>the device</quote> each place it appears; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8812dc50c2d946a6adb91a68fc6324be"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence, by inserting <quote>or equipment</quote> after <quote>device</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d448f72a1eb40d7bc40e7e418d02d05"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7cb3b9aaf8549728fade2bd432e9bdf"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and marine pollution control device equipment</quote> after <quote>marine sanitation device</quote>;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d4bd144a9d64e0c99512804cebfc8c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or any certified marine pollution control device equipment or element of design of such equipment</quote> after <quote>such device</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3519b12ead2849e58c301d3988eb1d36"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida67f1e0aa76f4821a873aeab5d16c169"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(h) After</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a4d611deea64d2984983c82c8c8a5bd" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62a35977a2a64fa899d6b33d5e6134a9"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sale and resale of properly equipped vessels; operability of certified marine sanitation devices</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5cd3f8f7fa84905a3f0bbd1da1e515d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), after</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10d81c9bfd1e4e05b328e9c81127d5e4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05986d6a3d9649b5b9f7c97860e59bc6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c835cfbd45e45fe99821053b5b1c057"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of subsection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection requires certification of a marine pollution control device for use on any vessel of the Armed Forces.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id752f3f77f177415a82f42fb34c6bb32b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement authority</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb7a664a202e42ca82e02776dc96fd49"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312(k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322(k)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id382fe6a7932e4a8284a3e5ec19c92813"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second sentence and inserting the following:</text>
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											<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id262396c0c47c4a418ed9103d9c1d8726"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">States</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb66f1463ec7444f5b4fabc6752f14d93"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be enforced by a State or political subdivision of a State (including the attorney general of a State), including by filing a civil action in an appropriate Federal district court to enforce any violation of subsection (p).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d59f00343914989a73dae5c87a25934"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriate Federal district court shall have jurisdiction with respect to a civil action filed pursuant to subparagraph (A), without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb7096a95838419ca003f258351710ff"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enforce the requirements of this section; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id443d2bc846cb4c758ecb64ec454a43fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to apply appropriate civil penalties under this section or section 309(d), as appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id610b532b3bcc46f4970c93678f170011"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(k) The provisions of this</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41a2880390fc46178a16134fa2b19f78" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf311c7e2974a4a819158c837d5259035"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement authority</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id839f4cfc168e41c1bc819e21e4342c41"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall be enforced by the Administrator, to the extent provided in section 309.</text>
												</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb703bdf7562547a78f14ba194b6a75f8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc21040505a6f46d899e04cfa543869bf"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd5ab282efde47a0b05dbc1199f6a1f1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) (as so designated)—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb90fa115c3884ffc9b569052aae0e2b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>operating and he may utilize by agreement</quote> and inserting <quote>operating, who may use, by agreement</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idccd3c78505244fa1bc122ec686826206"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c96202ffd814a31a71b67f57ca6e167"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of ensuring compliance with this section, the Secretary—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id936cc3ce45ec4055b78c68cef75d4413"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may carry out an inspection (including the taking of ballast water samples) of any vessel at any time; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id480defeef9b84219b9d70fec152e54b2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcea40fce94ea4adca244b76670de31fe"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish procedures for—</text>
 <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id501c699f7a1f47599a1a64b0a149f73a"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reporting violations of this section; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id655fa18ab18e4336b64e194b9255880c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accumulating evidence regarding those violations; and</text>
 </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6654a0946b947d9a6ff5de3aa525c1a"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use appropriate and practicable measures of detection and environmental monitoring of vessels.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08a717c42583493eb455e717d1c3a0c5"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Detention</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may detain a vessel if the Secretary—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b7349fe16b2497eb1edff948acd880c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has reasonable cause to believe that the vessel—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f397da90340411eb117f9ef3c6a08dc"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has failed to comply with an applicable requirement of this section; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2615c97c02b4566b47c3009999acd30"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is being operated in violation of such a requirement; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd79f153bcc4f4c7e938d820de7c5339b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary provides to the owner or operator of the vessel a notice of the intent to detain.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id198bb7d343d64b1e99b80cdad8f1530f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preservation of Federal enforcement authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 309 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1319">33 U.S.C. 1319</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id443c3e7e752549ae93fc41995c465f96"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>318</quote> and inserting <quote>312(p), 318</quote>;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c365ca962bf49d39bf10c553c4f5292"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>318</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>312(p), 318</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c5b3daa0ae64c6e8c522aabf8612c63"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), in the first sentence—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48a0261990ee473c96059ce4df95b044"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>318</quote> and inserting <quote>312(p), 318,</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce388392cfd44db28a00ada46e8ce3fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>State,,</quote> and inserting <quote>State,</quote>; and</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6dbee9be4a7e42fdb1d9cdd855666f9d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking <quote>318</quote> and inserting <quote>312(p), 318</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7232ba669f04417866484d77a3a2d93"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preservation of public enforcement authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 505(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1365">33 U.S.C. 1365(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(5) certification</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>(5) a standard of performance or requirement under section 312(p); (6) a certification under section 401; (7) a permit or condition of a permit issued under section 402 that is in effect under this Act (including a requirement applicable by reason of section 313); or (8) a regulation under section 405(d).</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd650252c6194ed0b01b11caea2702bc"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 509(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1369">33 U.S.C. 1369(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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										<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a28ed7a126248538619ec7d2f12946d"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12d6049e72204b9c8aef7fb887328517"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any interested person may file a petition for review of a final agency action under section 312(p) of the Administrator or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating in accordance with the requirements of this subsection.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc47aec6ff63d4d8fa62b860efb23f44a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venue exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to section 312(p)(7)(C)(v), a petition for review of a final agency action under section 312(p) of the Administrator or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may be filed only in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda15a5436aae4ae09a893395d519a470"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Logbook requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11301(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22e268d52be0412b89a7a34df2c4e8e4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6630290f5bf24322bcaa991f5310fab7"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when a vessel fails to carry out ballast water management requirements as applicable and pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretary, including when the vessel fails to carry out ballast water management requirements due to an allowed safety exemption, a statement regarding the failure to comply and the circumstances under which the failure occurred, made immediately after the failure, when practicable to do so.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16a64511aba246deaece7d7e958f1316"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quagga mussel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>of the quagga mussel of the species Dreissena rostriformis or Dreissena bugensis;</quote> after <quote>Dreissena polymorpha;</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a6c3c9ec7e740ac851b151fdcf3d9da"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coastal aquatic invasive species mitigation grant program and mitigation fund</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98f5f8d3ae51486d9940e2d9b3e4ff50"><enum>(1)</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="idda6f5329d7b7464390d08fa3e3f5bef6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coastal zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>coastal zone</term> has the meaning given the term in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1453">16 U.S.C. 1453</external-xref>).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc65db40941304f7cabfead6fc060e29c"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id605785f140b444a487428b9d71d130a9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65b3b20a6da8409fa252d43dbfa711a2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a unit of local government;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b495ea35f624ab28a9cacb5f10524c5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian Tribe;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida97d43d25cec4e5fa56482e2574cd0a1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nongovernmental organization; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa9e8d76d2f14e09a25dbed4dbefb089"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d6815e4d6f34dcea4aafb1f95287f7e"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusive economic zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Exclusive Economic Zone</term> means the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States, as established by Presidential Proclamation 5030, dated March 10, 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1453">16 U.S.C. 1453</external-xref> note).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf32de05fc1d4006ac832345b66ccf62"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foundation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Foundation</term> means the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation established by section 2(a) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3701">16 U.S.C. 3701(a)</external-xref>).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9710c44fac6f4721ad93703d634ab466"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Fund</term> means the Coastal Aquatic Invasive Species Mitigation Fund established by paragraph (3)(A).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8587799e8c8640ffb934c34be26b360c"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Program</term> means the Coastal Aquatic Invasive Species Mitigation Grant Program established under paragraph (2)(A).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14811c58a0574bcd818e13948d7c5f84"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id901d2a3fb48d4795b4af61cab0e39085"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d91718877f24ad982e0e03b1c43691d"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Foundation shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>Coastal Aquatic Invasive Species Mitigation Grant Program</quote>, under which the Secretary and the Foundation shall award grants to eligible entities in accordance with this paragraph.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81c33d7368f948f89c2b88a22f4255ab"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Program are—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc92a271ceb9745739a1bd7281503c05b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the understanding, prevention, and mitigation of, and response to, aquatic invasive species in—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b96bdcce3a940ea83b5ab2fac691baf"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coastal zone; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52b3fd96ab6a4d3cb389aa22c24a4e5a"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Exclusive Economic Zone;</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida65600ca49f64681b2df66f9ec381cb9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support the prevention and mitigation of impacts from aquatic invasive species in the coastal zone; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc90bf1a532b34a398307f665144f5620"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support the restoration of Pacific Island habitats, marine, estuarine, and Great Lakes environments in the coastal zone and the Exclusive Economic Zone that are impacted by aquatic invasive species.</text>
										</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6ba260eafb144e79d521146f16374ae"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of grants</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id165d538096934984944c855c2223132e"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under the Program shall be used for an activity to carry out the purposes of the Program, including an activity—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id057180c77d614c55afa5b1eedd0b536c"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop and implement procedures and programs, including permissible State ballast water inspection programs, to prevent, detect, control, mitigate, and rapidly or progressively eradicate aquatic invasive species in the coastal zone or the Exclusive Economic Zone, particularly in areas with high numbers of established aquatic invasive species;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbde53ed14583499aac936a6c794d3b47"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to restore habitat impacted by an aquatic invasive species;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cf1024e0ae048c89ddea3586882cda2"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop new shipboard and land-based ballast water treatment system technologies and performance standards to prevent the introduction of aquatic invasive species;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1955881e9294f1480e7785d7d749a52"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop mitigation measures to protect natural and cultural living resources, including shellfish, from the impacts of aquatic invasive species; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e4d18471f4041198af464063c2e3996"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop mitigation measures to protect infrastructure, such as hydroelectric infrastructure, from aquatic invasive species.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c2c97a0ae114eeca3bee627448f673c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on funding litigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under the Program may not be used to fund litigation in any matter.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7953db92b1c649e8b928fb5f0e33347a"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Foundation, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish the following:</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba5764a5596646dfb3046ab8dbc85734"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application and review procedures for awarding grants under the Program.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4621093d743a458094d6e8da26c0a38a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval procedures for awarding grants under the Program, including a requirement for consultation with—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c5d351963054a0d83128dd7fcbd2d90"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d45e6bd1946462694a22095fc993f8f"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator.</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id150af76cf1f84bfbbd8e7100e5f9cd2b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance accountability and monitoring measures for activities funded by a grant awarded under the Program.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae3d1fd4508a4395b9ff795d67b30ec0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedures and methods to ensure accurate accounting and appropriate administration of grants awarded under the Program, including standards of recordkeeping.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0caa37bf7be74ea291e3cf9f6b388d3a"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity that receives a grant under the Program shall provide, in cash or through in-kind contributions from non-Federal sources, matching funds to carry out the activities funded by the grant in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the cost of the activities.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf18250116acf4908b7c4490834e72ee2"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Foundation are authorized to use the amounts available in the Fund to award grants under the Program.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id917d75a54f4340308b07749d4a8f7aa8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mitigation fund</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc03c144054834dc8a194ddbcba9e16a8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the <quote>Coastal Aquatic Invasive Species Mitigation Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as are appropriated or credited to the Fund in accordance with this paragraph or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9602">section 9602</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida987c7998f594d7997a4665ff8b3d389"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfers to Fund</header>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ee984d54a0649f7bfaaf2d39092a087"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated from the Treasury to the Fund, for each fiscal year, an amount equal to the amount of penalties assessed for violations of subsection (p) of section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>) during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf46f1584547740519b16f7c84224f6c3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amounts transferred to the Fund under clause (i), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf3035083bb74eb09c69c840c5eb7bd4"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to appropriations, the amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary and the Foundation to award grants under the Program.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id987b053d36be4980862344eb44ae957a"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes and Lake Champlain invasive species program</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c54db9ad8cc47dfaf086f796a621c37"><enum>(1)</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="id56aed465119e467ab4d03ae663cb1b10"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39c6045750c9489f8fc509aa67de3c2d"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aquatic nuisance species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>aquatic nuisance species</term> has the meaning given that term in subsection (p)(1) of section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f92903898354757ac51171f656aa9c8"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Great Lakes National Program Office established by section 118(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(b)</external-xref>).</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcbab9fa11a348159de84fed2f5a1060"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems</term> includes—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id202557e8cf764f2caa8098179f9a4565"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lake Champlain; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5ea74bb020242c9978ea72f1a8d39f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all bodies of water (including wetlands) within—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id379ca7551aab42ac8048619457208767"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Great Lakes System (as defined in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)</external-xref>)); or</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef8646e4cbe645e1b546b3b332c85b78"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Lake Champlain drainage basin (as defined in section 120(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1270">33 U.S.C. 1270(g)</external-xref>)).</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41865791316a43c695710ae674f25b39"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Program</term> means the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Program established under paragraph (2)(A).</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0a29d89dac8454f986594e9d268ed72"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Program</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7e118c8d72e46c7960ca38cee8f1c38"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish within the Great Lakes National Program Office a program, to be known as the <quote>Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Program</quote>—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id122555e96542416db63a2d4fca868c7d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in collaboration with—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id846465d602c841dbb5d3509bc2801ebb"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7654ad2447414d87a6ad27be1867a580"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0e5b649a7bb454786f9e56cff29a0d5"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the United States Geological Survey; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided97b64ee4e74cd5b320cd63582b947c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id418d3d5e13e04fef9634f2cb72df697e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with—</text>
 <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide10d7f9551254404a9d123df170189a1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the head of Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff3a52b30b854839aef20438b6abbd0c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the head of Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25fa9286cac745c691cf61215fbe0e82"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Program shall be—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id224d7d7cd4bd4f5186f8978483e63f5a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to monitor for the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into or within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca1d7974c40c44c5b172bafbc5aee667"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to detect newly introduced aquatic nuisance species prior to the establishment of the aquatic nuisance species in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39e33f2cf084491686b603969db08b47"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to inform, and assist with, management and response actions to prevent or stop the establishment or spread of an aquatic nuisance species;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09a4a19912074b4da7a4cc34dc30cee4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a watch list of candidate aquatic nuisance species that may be introduced or spread, and that may survive and establish, within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90a263f3b0e4433b80d6a7246d424b4c"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to monitor vectors likely to be contributing to the introduction or spread of aquatic nuisance species, including ballast water operations;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43db6981276545d2ba1fd08daf23babe"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to work collaboratively with the Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies to develop criteria for prioritizing and distributing monitoring efforts;</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4b31f992c1341edb12f619741b93b22"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop, achieve type approval for, and pilot shipboard or land-based ballast water management systems installed on, or available for use by, commercial vessels operating solely within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species populations within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cfa664a79c440dcac08c9d22614e021"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to facilitate meaningful Federal and State implementation of the regulatory framework in this subsection, including monitoring, shipboard education, inspection, and compliance conducted by States.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3f71cf7b0b9469f882329713e5dadfe"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Methodology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Program shall seek—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36981d5dce884447ae50d5d3f520fa85"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to build on—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef3c1ac61bd84ca48018b20233bdc241"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing aquatic nuisance species monitoring efforts; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ed72fe403774edda18480827a7a1909"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to develop criteria for prioritizing and distributing monitoring efforts, geographically and among taxa, in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bdf34bd6f0747728ec68ea18fd57b5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to advance early detection and monitoring, and capacity to control the establishment and spread, of aquatic nuisance species within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf5ce47c92e24027a42c5a4df4612917"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify opportunities to interdict the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species through sound science and technological advancements;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73085f9330154133875293e061d57a7f"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess the risk of aquatic nuisance species introduction and spread via the range of vectors active within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1904053adf6b45d2a02e1d0b5d0d05f1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to advance the development of type-approved ballast water management system (as defined in subsection (p)(1) of section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>) equipment for commercial, non-seagoing vessels that operate solely within the Great Lakes System (as defined in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)</external-xref>));</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01744e8de1f84a3bb5a45789738866e6"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to immediately make available to the public information regarding—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7de1a6a492a742619d8e3d84ec9db9cd"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the detection of new aquatic nuisance species within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems; or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85229450b1ed4cb7ab15147a02814de8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spread of aquatic nuisance species within the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8949a7d688747e6a7e0bba124e33ca3"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to annually submit to appropriate individuals and entities in each affected region a report describing the findings and activities of the Program;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef673af7a6374cf68a6b8a76cc58e579"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify roles and responsibilities of Federal agencies in aquatic nuisance species monitoring and response; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbad6b1fb122b42fd92edabcec8edfd7a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide resource assistance to States implementing State-level programs to enter into partnerships with Federal agencies in enforcing the requirements under subsection (p) of section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>).</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1597cec4a264aceaa8ba4ccbe04a82f"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaboration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out and developing the Program, the Director shall collaborate with—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf05092bb1aa0443f93d7eca3ab4a4b6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applicable Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cc633905f7e4dfd939939dc80cf46e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other research entities or stakeholders as the Director determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1652c7623d3491fbfcae160b521e40c"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a83cb03292443da85fc470eb42a736d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the data collected under the Program available on a publicly accessible internet website, including in an annual summary report; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id493542ebc2cf4d568333ee680eb85414"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with the entities identified under paragraph (4), develop communication and notification protocols for the purpose of communicating the range of aquatic nuisance species and any identification of a new aquatic nuisance species introduced to the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Systems.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd80f7121c2424f749fd5bbecf1f79626"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48f42f953961461ea190402cd676f0e7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2019, the Director shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the outcomes of activities carried out under the Program.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide60d671ab0b349ac8bd30e592712a028"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78368b81a3354410a3fd3d0284a6a6aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of activities carried out under the Program, including an explanation of how those activities help to achieve the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B);</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd76ea3dc30eb48bc80b1a54686caf277"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of Federal, State, and local efforts to enhance multidisciplinary approaches to achieve the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B);</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bc6edced327452ea54d797d395f5fee"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations relating to activities that would contribute to achievement of the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B); and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide10a1dd3363a4754b768fdd567e6cba0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Program.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad3516bfdcda40318b8ffaa9046bf4ff"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida14029b36ab346c483f32a1b1b2411c0"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming amendments</header>
 <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c82bb91ff494a2882ec69d5a9820c46"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1102(f) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4712">16 U.S.C. 4712(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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										<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef6b7db7a4c74a6b86ed673d558d1e63"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ballast water reporting requirements</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc2c4ec22454405581dfe928d98e39c7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or operator of a vessel subject to this title shall submit to the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse, by not later than 6 hours after the arrival of the vessel at a United States port or place of destination, the ballast water management report form approved by the Office of Management and Budget numbered OMB 1625–0069 (or a successor form), unless the vessel is operating exclusively on a voyage between ports or places within contiguous portions of a single Captain of the Port Zone.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id941aa2571b0a49ab9810a4eeb5ef25ea"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multiple discharges</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or operator of a vessel subject to this title may submit a single report under subparagraph (A) for multiple ballast water discharges within a single port or place of destination during the same voyage.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0040bbc7bbb462e9150d5a43d1d07c5"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advance report to States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may require the owner or operator of a vessel subject to this title to submit directly to the State, or to an appropriate regional forum, a ballast water management report form—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id274b79494cbd4321b81c0d4c1617dad6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 24 hours prior to arrival at a United States port or place of destination in the State, if the voyage of the vessel is anticipated to exceed 24 hours; or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id040ec8ee1b98491182e2ffd30223deda"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">before departing the port or place of departure, if the voyage of the vessel to the United States port or place of destination is not anticipated to exceed 24 hours.</text>
												</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11a1c7f6a1ee48d9baea71442b823b9e"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vessel reporting data</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a9da61bfc4947918469e8c96354d23e"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissemination to States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On receipt of a ballast water management report under paragraph (2), the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse shall—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2e637ff29fb4730896a120cc8f0b686"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a form submitted electronically, immediately disseminate the report to interested States; or</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdd48ddc3cc64d15949e3c426d8e7d66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a form submitted by means other than electronically, disseminate the report to interested States as soon as practicable.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6fbe3e6e9d84c02839f694faf885e88"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability to public</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of a ballast water management report under paragraph (2), the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse shall make the data in the report fully and readily available to the public in a searchable and fully retrievable electronic format.</text>
											</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9406e8485fc4cd499dbaa4909d3e849"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id502a13ade9b540bc86339ae634acfa2b"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report in accordance with this paragraph.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5f6aaa3e100471ba2e79bb72acfeed0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under this paragraph shall synthesize and analyze the data described in paragraph (1) for the preceding 2-year period to evaluate nationwide status and trends relating to—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd219b43fd9574413a11fec1ebaaf8e89"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ballast water delivery and management; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd83c2f91003e4c4aa5814708f3b57c46"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">invasions of aquatic nuisance species resulting from ballast water.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b61a98877fd484087f424224761a0ba"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prepare each report under this paragraph in consultation and cooperation with—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c45bb3da07446be8da30714c400097c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Task Force; and</text>
 </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id061f1afc183341e5a80dfd46162809ab"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Smithsonian Institution (acting through the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73c32b400fa043e2b81e1c6a3129b704"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
 <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id830a54e4320a4d599a62dbb0b53d4cea"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit each report under this paragraph to—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b591356038248e7b0326d0a2cadacb5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Task Force;</text>
 </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57fe8952f28842579d7fba9b19ffaeee"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00ab569fe18546b5b54f352b8cbc4fd8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and</text>
 </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ee808e73ebc4563bad4a213ca583509"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make each report available to the public.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9293e28eec4481392e65cf5249c28d0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish a working group, including members from the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse and States with ballast water management programs, to establish a process for compiling and readily sharing Federal and State commercial vessel reporting and enforcement data regarding compliance with this Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb651e33dbbf7485d8e95783f61a89b39"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1205 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4725">16 U.S.C. 4725</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bf462b10e884ada81f7f811412a82d4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by striking <quote>Compliance</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c4db982ed98462a86a637ee3356a793" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id763ca9b98c564da0891d7f0972924254"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9597136e77d944c38c24b8bf57b318f4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Nothing</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ed16280ec054feeafd8b9fd96666b9a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd1315005c8441f59bba2ccd14eb9c55"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of title</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c7a6bcb43044faca668b2fa387aced9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), nothing</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a202d40d02d497c8887a6cce6fc2364"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>All actions</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7c5b49e1f564c68ac7bc56231d4f197" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcece75f8ae1c4e7784981b813d17ba87"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistency with environmental laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All actions</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d20540864e8446a8533cc42fe36da30"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b) (as so designated), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6952dbe300244096bf0c8eed50e91ae9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacf282301d6c45249a3e781d1031a62b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including any discharge of ballast water (as those terms are defined in subsections (a) and (p)(1) of section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322</external-xref>)), shall be regulated in accordance with that section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></title><title commented="no" id="id50e47b21-ea1d-4b23-88ce-c3b48c109192" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>X</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hydrographic services and other matters</header>
						<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14050fef-73ea-405b-a785-06048c671b9f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</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="id28bcaa4b-c9d0-4f80-a527-ad7f222395a8"><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="id277da4bb-6423-4f3b-b3fc-756b4fde958a"><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 changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide97b94c9-3e54-4fb9-9559-1267fc2bb87f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71ff9dff-bdb5-44e6-9b28-192594457d87"><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="id0fd7829c-53be-4d5e-b160-6686d692a0ad"><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="idca40874f-32ee-4c03-a073-10ffc467f46a"><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 2019 through 2023.</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff2033cc-7bf1-47d2-a62e-c5e78bcb28ac"><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 2019 through 2023.</quote>;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id060c0918-ae56-470b-bc3b-40bdc38accda"><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 2019 through 2023.</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cb9968b-eac9-4f99-a159-86a133f78863"><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 2019 through 2023.</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31a68963-305e-4ce7-af70-4d7114cdff16"><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 2019 through 2023.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id528cae37-414f-4182-8545-f267e7693fc0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
									<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c36d9b0-8baa-4d01-85c2-d2e8bca7ed13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3021fd2f-cdea-4589-bc5c-1113c9468959"><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="id720051e3-24bd-4e82-b7e2-587e1d64f504"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 is authorized for use in the Arctic—</text>
 <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc00f04e8-998d-477c-9413-07e3d9a677a0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to acquire hydrographic data;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f40fc04-2b93-4764-8bb5-7a4d31b9fd8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide hydrographic services;</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62fa6f02-e1cd-46bc-a185-e09195643ed0"><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="id8dc44a3e-f2ea-4868-a034-c24917dec3ab"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the management of coastal change; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee41fbf0-83a0-4f1e-8ef7-499806ede33f"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce risks of harm to subsistence and coastal communities associated with increased international maritime traffic; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf85d0130-3d5b-4946-8eeb-514536e97b0a"><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="id68c0d25a-8b99-4764-91d5-d7ec9b488aab"><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 changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81457c5c-c12f-4602-a784-45f84a8d2455" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd657995e-c2ee-4ab3-84a9-870838a19642"><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><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51542D88985547EA93560B1CEFFE4BDD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">System for tracking and reporting all-inclusive cost of hydrographic surveys</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0614eb1e11249d690bace28816d235e"><enum>(a)</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 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd16e807cfceb429d92448074c55bc381"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and implement a system to track and report the full cost to the Department of Commerce of hydrographic data collection, including costs relating to vessel acquisition, vessel repair, and administration of contracts to procure data;</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9724e019a58549debf8bc0634cc16457"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate measures for comparing cost per unit effort in addition to measures of cost per nautical square mile; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03f1b27796e9482f829e6c0e8da1ac34"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report on which additional measures for comparing cost per unit effort the Secretary intends to use and the rationale for such use.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5cf6eb5e52548c3b5fde017919a15a7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of strategy for increased contracting with nongovernmental entities for hydrographic
 data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary completes the activities required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop a strategy for how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will increase contracting with nongovernmental entities for hydrographic data collection in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3501">33 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
							</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6DD44456E4F43D1939B58352058EE95" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1003.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Homeport of certain research vessels</header>
 <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id463149264A8E4122B5F8F11475E2E782"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of funds authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce may accept non-Federal funds for the purpose of the construction of a new port facility, including obtaining such cost estimates, designs, and permits as may be necessary to facilitate the homeporting of the R/V FAIRWEATHER in accordance with title II of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/77">Public Law 107–77</external-xref>; 115 Stat. 775) at a location that during such homeporting shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83FA843F0BE148D9BFBCC97C4FCD8002"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and 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 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a strategic plan for implementing subsection (a).</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a999e88ba51426b8026912bf8a46e29"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of funds authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may accept non-Federal funds for the purpose of the construction of a new port facility, including obtaining such cost estimates, designs, and permits as may be necessary to facilitate the homeporting of a new, existing, or reactivated research vessel in the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, at a location that during such homeporting shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35f3d5adc94749a794539e6f5af60cc9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to Congress a strategic plan for construction or acquisition of the facilities needed to allow for an oceanographic research vessel to be homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida. The strategic plan shall include an estimate of funding needed to construct such facilities.</text></subsection></section></title></legis-body></amendment-block></amendment></engrossed-amendment-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestor></attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation><endorsement></endorsement></amendment-doc>


