[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 1089 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 567
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1089

                          [Report No. 106-300]

  To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the 
           United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 1999

   Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
 Breaux, and Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

                              May 23, 2000

               Reported by Mr. McCain, with an amendment
 [Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in 
                                italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the 
           United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Authorization 
Act of 1999''.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>     TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2000.--Funds are 
authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard 
for fiscal year 2000, as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast 
        Guard, $2,941,039,000, of which $334,000,000 shall be available 
        for defense-related activities and of which $25,000,000 shall 
        be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
        and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore 
        facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
        thereto, $350,326,000, to remain available until expended, of 
        which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
        Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of 
        the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) For research, development, test, and 
        evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors 
        directly relating to improving the performance of the Coast 
        Guard's mission in support of search and rescue, aids to 
        navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, 
        enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic 
        research, and defense readiness, $21,709,000, to remain 
        available until expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived 
        from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) For retired pay (including the payment of 
        obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
        this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
        Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical 
        care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 
        of title 10, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) For environmental compliance and restoration 
        at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment 
        associated with operations and maintenance), $19,500,000, to 
        remain available until expended.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) For alteration or removal of bridges over 
        navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions 
        to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs 
        associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $26,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2001.--Funds are 
authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard 
for fiscal year 2001, as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast 
        Guard, $2,941,039,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived 
        from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
        and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore 
        facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
        thereto, $350,326,000, to remain available until expended, of 
        which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
        Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of 
        the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) For research, development, test, and 
        evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors 
        directly relating to improving the performance of the Coast 
        Guard's mission in support of search and rescue, aids to 
        navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, 
        enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic 
        research, and defense readiness, $21,709,000, to remain 
        available until expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived 
        from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) For retired pay (including the payment of 
        obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
        this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
        Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical 
        care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 
        of title 10, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary, 
        to remain available until expended.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) For environmental compliance and restoration 
        at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment 
        associated with operations and maintenance), $19,500,000, to 
        remain available until expended.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) For alteration or removal of bridges over 
        navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions 
        to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs 
        associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $26,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND 
              TRAINING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) End-of-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2000.--The Coast 
Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel 
of 36,350 as of September 30, 2000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2000.--For 
fiscal year 2000, the Coast Guard is authorized average military 
training student loads as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 
        student years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) For flight training, 100 student 
        years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) For professional training in military and 
        civilian institutions, 300 student years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student 
        years.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) End-of-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2001.--The Coast 
Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel 
of 36,350 as of September 30, 2001.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2001.--For 
fiscal year 2001, the Coast Guard is authorized average military 
training student loads as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 
        student years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) For flight training, 100 student 
        years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) For professional training in military and 
        civilian institutions, 300 student years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student 
        years.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>TITLE II--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. COAST GUARD BAND DIRECTOR RANK.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 336(d) of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``commander'' and inserting ``captain''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 202. COAST GUARD RESERVE SPECIAL PAY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 308d(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``or the Secretary of the Department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating'' after ``Secretary of Defense''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 203. COAST GUARD MEMBERSHIP ON THE USO BOARD OF 
              GOVERNORS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1305(b) of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and inserting 
after paragraph (2) the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) The Secretary of Transportation, or the 
        Secretary's designee, when the Coast Guard is not operating 
        under the Department of the Navy.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 204. COMPENSATORY ABSENCE FOR ISOLATED DUTY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 511 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 511. COMPENSATORY ABSENCE FROM DUTY FOR MILITARY 
              PERSONNEL AT ISOLATED DUTY STATIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``The Secretary may prescribe regulations to grant 
compensatory absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard 
serving at isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard when conditions of 
duty result in confinement because of isolation or in long periods of 
continuous duty.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:</DELETED>

``511. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at 
                            isolated duty stations.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 205. ACCELERATED PROMOTION OF CERTAIN COAST GUARD 
              OFFICERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Title 14, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 259, by adding at the end a new 
        subsection (c) to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) After selecting the officers to be recommended for 
promotion, a selection board may recommend officers of particular 
merit, from among those officers chosen for promotion, to be placed at 
the top of the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under 
section 271(a) of this title. The number of officers that a board may 
recommend to be placed at the top of the list of selectees may not 
exceed the percentages set forth in subsection (b) unless such a 
percentage is a number less than one, in which case the board may 
recommend one officer for such placement. No officer may be recommended 
to be placed at the top of the list of selectees unless he or she 
receives the recommendation of at least a majority of the members of a 
board composed of five members, or at least two-thirds of the members 
of a board composed of more than five members.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 260(a), by inserting ``and the 
        names of those officers recommended to be advanced to the top 
        of the list of selectees established by the Secretary under 
        section 271(a) of this title'' after ``promotion''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 271(a), by inserting at the end 
        thereof the following: ``The names of all officers approved by 
        the President and recommended by the board to be placed at the 
        top of the list of selectees shall be placed at the top of the 
        list of selectees in the order of seniority on the active duty 
        promotion list.''.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>TITLE III--MARINE SAFETY</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF TERRITORIAL SEA FOR VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-
              BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 4(b) of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1203(b)), is amended by striking ``United States inside 
the lines established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of February 19, 
1895 (28 Stat. 672), as amended.'' and inserting ``United States, which 
includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as 
described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 
1988.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 302. REPORT ON ICEBREAKING SERVICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Report.--Not later than 9 months 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, a report on the use of WYTL-class harbor tugs. The report shall 
include an analysis of the use of such vessels to perform icebreaking 
services; the degree to which, if any, the decommissioning of each such 
vessel would result in a degradation of current icebreaking services; 
and in the event that the decommissioning of any such vessel would 
result in a significant degradation of icebreaking services, 
recommendations to remediate such degradation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) 9-Month Waiting Period.--The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall not plan, implement or finalize any regulation or take any 
other action which would result in the decommissioning of any WYTL-
class harbor tugs until 9 months after the date of the submission of 
the report required by subsection (a) of this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 303. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND ANNUAL 
              REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The report regarding the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund required by the Conference Report (House Report 
101-892) accompanying the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, as that requirement was amended by 
section 1122 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 
(26 U.S.C. 9509 note), shall no longer be submitted to 
Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Repeal.--Section 1122 of the Federal Reports 
Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (26 U.S.C. 9509 note) is amended 
by--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) striking subsection (a); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) striking ``(b) Report on Joint Federal and 
        State Motor Fuel Tax Compliance Project.--''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 304. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND; EMERGENCY FUND 
              BORROWING AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2752(b)) is amended after the first sentence by inserting ``To 
the extent that such amount is not adequate for removal of a discharge 
or the mitigation or prevention of a substantial threat of a discharge, 
the Coast Guard may borrow from the Fund such sums as may be necessary, 
up to a maximum of $100,000,000, and within 30 days shall notify 
Congress of the amount borrowed and the facts and circumstances 
necessitating the loan. Amounts borrowed shall be repaid to the Fund 
when, and to the extent that removal costs are recovered by the Coast 
Guard from responsible parties for the discharge or substantial threat 
of discharge.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2000''.

                         TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2000.--Funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 
2000, as follows:
            (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, 
        $2,781,000,000, of which $300,000,000 shall be available for 
        defense-related activities and of which $25,000,000 shall be 
        derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
            (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and 
        improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore 
        facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
        thereto, $389,326,000, to remain available until expended, of 
        which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
        Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of 
        the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
            (3) For research, development, test, and evaluation of 
        technologies, materials, and human factors directly relating to 
        improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in 
        support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine 
        safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws 
        and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and 
        defense readiness, $19,000,000, to remain available until 
        expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
        Spill Liability Trust Fund.
            (4) For retired pay (including the payment of obligations 
        otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this 
        purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
        Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical 
        care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 
        of title 10, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary, 
        to remain available until expended.
            (5) For environmental compliance and restoration at Coast 
        Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment associated 
        with operations and maintenance), $17,000,000, to remain 
        available until expended.
            (6) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable 
        waters of the United States constituting obstructions to 
        navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs 
        associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $15,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended.
    (b) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2001.--Funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 
2001, as follows:
            (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, 
        $3,199,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the 
        Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
            (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and 
        improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore 
        facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
        thereto, $520,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
        which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
        Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of 
        the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and of which $110,000,000 shall 
        be available for the construction and acquisition of a 
        replacement vessel for the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW.
            (3) For research, development, test, and evaluation of 
        technologies, materials, and human factors directly relating to 
        improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in 
        support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine 
        safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws 
        and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and 
        defense readiness, $21,320,000, to remain available until 
        expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
        Spill Liability Trust Fund.
            (4) For retired pay (including the payment of obligations 
        otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this 
        purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
        Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical 
        care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 
        of title 10, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary, 
        to remain available until expended.
            (5) For environmental compliance and restoration at Coast 
        Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment associated 
        with operations and maintenance), $16,700,000, to remain 
        available until expended.
            (6) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable 
        waters of the United States constituting obstructions to 
        navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs 
        associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $15,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended.
    (c) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2002.--Funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 
2002 as such sums as may be necessary, of which $8,000,000 shall be 
available for construction or acquistion of a replacement vessel for 
the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND TRAINING.

    (a) End-of-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2000.--The Coast Guard is 
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 40,000 
as of September 30, 2000.
    (b) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2000.--For each of 
fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the Coast Guard is authorized average 
military training student loads as follows:
            (1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 student years.
            (2) For flight training, 100 student years.
            (3) For professional training in military and civilian 
        institutions, 300 student years.
            (4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student years.
    (c) End-of-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2001.--The Coast Guard is 
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 44,000 
as of September 30, 2001.
    (d) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2001.--For fiscal year 
2001, the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student 
loads as follows:
            (1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 student years.
            (2) For flight training, 125 student years.
            (3) For professional training in military and civilian 
        institutions, 300 student years.
            (4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student years.
    (e) End-of-the-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2002.--The Coast Guard 
is authorized an end-of-year strength of active duty personnel of 
45,500 as of September 30, 2002.
    (f) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2002.--For fiscal year 
2002, the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student 
loads as follows:
            (1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 student years.
            (2) For flight training, 125 student years.
            (3) For professional training in military and civilian 
        institutions, 300 student years.
            (4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student years.

SEC. 103. LORAN-C.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Transportation, in addition to funds authorized for 
the Coast Guard for operation of the LORAN-C system, for capital 
expenses related to LORAN-C navigation infrastructure, $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2001. The Secretary of Transportation may transfer from the 
Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies of the department 
funds appropriated as authorized under this section in order to 
reimburse the Coast Guard for related expenses.
    (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Transportation, in addition to funds authorized for 
the Coast Guard for operation of the LORAN-C system, for capital 
expenses related to LORAN-C navigation infrastructure, $40,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2002. The Secretary of Transportation may transfer from the 
Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies of the department 
funds appropriated as authorized under this section in order to 
reimburse the Coast Guard for related expenses.

SEC. 104. PATROL CRAFT.

    (a) Transfer of Craft From DOD.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may accept, by direct 
transfer without cost, for use by the Coast Guard primarily for 
expanded drug interdiction activities required to meet national supply 
reduction performance goals, up to 7 PC-170 patrol craft from the 
Department of Defense if it offers to transfer such craft.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
apropriated to the Coast Guard, in addition to amounts otherwise 
authorized by this Act, up to $100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the conversion of, operation and maintenance of, 
personnel to operate and support, and shoreside infrastructure 
requirements for, up to 7 patrol craft.

                     TITLE II--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SEC. 201. COAST GUARD BAND DIRECTOR RANK.

    Section 336(d) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``commander'' and inserting ``captain''.

SEC. 202. COAST GUARD MEMBERSHIP ON THE USO BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

    Section 220104(a)(2) of title 36, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) the Secretary of Transportation, or the 
                Secretary's designee, when the Coast Guard is not 
                operating under the Department of the Navy; and''.

SEC. 203. COMPENSATORY ABSENCE FOR ISOLATED DUTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 511 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec.   511. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at 
              isolated duty stations
    ``The Secretary may prescribe regulations to grant compensatory 
absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving at 
isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty 
result in confinement because of isolation or in long periods of 
continuous duty.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 13 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 511 and inserting the following:

``511. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at 
                            isolated duty stations''.

SEC. 204. ACCELERATED PROMOTION OF CERTAIN COAST GUARD OFFICERS.

    Title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 259, by adding at the end a new subsection 
        (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) After selecting the officers to be recommended for promotion, 
a selection board may recommend officers of particular merit, from 
among those officers chosen for promotion, to be placed at the top of 
the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under section 271(a) 
of this title. The number of officers that a board may recommend to be 
placed at the top of the list of selectees may not exceed the 
percentages set forth in subsection (b) unless such a percentage is a 
number less than one, in which case the board may recommend one officer 
for such placement. No officer may be recommended to be placed at the 
top of the list of selectees unless he or she receives the 
recommendation of at least a majority of the members of a board 
composed of five members, or at least two-thirds of the members of a 
board composed of more than five members.'';
            (2) in section 260(a), by inserting ``and the names of 
        those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the 
        list of selectees established by the Secretary under section 
        271(a) of this title'' after ``promotion''; and
            (3) in section 271(a), by inserting at the end thereof the 
        following: ``The names of all officers approved by the 
        President and recommended by the board to be placed at the top 
of the list of selectees shall be placed at the top of the list of 
selectees in the order of seniority on the active duty promotion 
list.''.

SEC. 205. COAST GUARD ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 193 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec.  193. Board of Trustees.
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard may 
establish a Coast Guard Academy Board of Trustees to provide advice to 
the Commandant and the Superintendent on matters relating to the 
operation of the Academy and its programs.
    ``(b) Membership.--The Commandant shall appoint the members of the 
Board of Trustees, which may include persons of distinction in 
education and other fields related to the missions and operation of the 
Academy. The Commandant shall appoint a chairperson from among the 
members of the Board of Trustees.
    ``(c) Expenses.--Members of the Board of Trustees who are not 
Federal employees shall be allowed travel expenses while away from 
their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service 
for the Board of Trustees. Travel expenses include per diem in lieu of 
subsistence in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 
5.
    ``(d) FACA Not To Apply.-- The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. ) shall not apply to the Board of Trustees established 
pursuant to this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 194(a) of title 14, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``Advisory Committee'' and inserting 
        ``Board of Trustees''.
            (2) The chapter analysis for chapter 9 of title 14, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
        section 193, and inserting the following:

``193. Board of Trustees''.

SEC. 206. SPECIAL PAY FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

    Section 302c(d)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``an officer in the Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve 
designated as a physician assistant,'' after ``nurse,''.

SEC. 207. SUSPENSION OF RETIRED PAY OF COAST GUARD MEMBERS WHO ARE 
              ABSENT FROM THE UNITED STATES TO AVOID PROSECUTION.

    Procedures promulgated by the Secretary of Defense under section 
633(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 
(Public Law 104-201) shall apply to the Coast Guard. The Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall be considered a Secretary of a military 
department for purposes of suspending pay under section 633 of that 
Act.

                        TITLE III--MARINE SAFETY

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF TERRITORIAL SEA FOR VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE 
              RADIOTELEPHONE ACT.

    Section 4(b) of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act (33 
U.S.C. 1203(b)), is amended by striking ``United States inside the 
lines established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895 
(28 Stat. 672), as amended.'' and inserting ``United States, which 
includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as 
described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.''.

SEC. 302. REPORT ON ICEBREAKING SERVICES.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 9 months 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, a 
report on the use of WYTL-class harbor tugs. The report shall include 
an analysis of the use of such vessels to perform icebreaking services; 
the degree to which, if any, the decommissioning of each such vessel 
would result in a degradation of current icebreaking services; and in 
the event that the decommissioning of any such vessel would result in a 
significant degradation of icebreaking services, recommendations to 
remediate such degradation.
    (b) 9-Month Waiting Period.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall not plan, implement or finalize any regulation or take any other 
action which would result in the decommissioning of any WYTL-class 
harbor tugs until 9 months after the date of the submission of the 
report required by subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 303. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The report regarding the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund required by the Conference Report (House Report 101-892) 
accompanying the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1991, as that requirement was amended by section 
1122 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (26 
U.S.C. 9509 note), shall no longer be submitted to Congress.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 1122 of the Federal Reports Elimination and 
Sunset Act of 1995 (26 U.S.C. 9509 note) is amended by--
            (1) striking subsection (a); and
            (2) striking ``(b) Report on Joint Federal and State Motor 
        Fuel Tax Compliance Project.--''.

SEC. 304. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND; EMERGENCY FUND BORROWING 
              AUTHORITY.

    Section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2752(b)) is amended after the first sentence by inserting ``To the 
extent that such amount is not adequate for removal of a discharge or 
the mitigation or prevention of a substantial threat of a discharge, 
the Coast Guard may borrow from the Fund such sums as may be necessary, 
up to a maximum of $100,000,000, and within 30 days shall notify 
Congress of the amount borrowed and the facts and circumstances 
necessitating the loan. Amounts borrowed shall be repaid to the Fund 
when, and to the extent that removal costs are recovered by the Coast 
Guard from responsible parties for the discharge or substantial threat 
of discharge.''.

SEC. 305. MERCHANT MARINER DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 8701(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (8);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) a passenger vessel not engaged in a foreign voyage 
        with respect to individuals on board employed as gaming 
        personnel, entertainment personnel, wait staff, or other 
        service personnel, with no duties, including emergency duties, 
        related to the navigation of the vessel or the safety of the 
        vessel, its crew, cargo, or passengers; and''.

                  TITLE IV--RENEWAL OF ADVISORY GROUPS

SEC. 401. COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee.--Section 
4508 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``Safety'' in the heading after 
        ``Vessel'';
            (2) by inserting ``Safety''in subsection (a) after 
        ``Vessel'';
            (3) by striking ``Secretary'' in subsection (a)(1) and 
        inserting ``Secretary, through the Commandant of the Coast 
        Guard,'';
            (4) by striking ``Secretary'' in subsection (a)(4) and 
        inserting ``Commandant'';
            (5) by striking the last sentence in subsection (b)(5);
            (6) by striking ``Committee'' in subsection (c)(1) and 
        inserting ``Committee, through the Commandant,'';
            (7) by striking ``shall'' in subsection (c)(2) and 
        inserting ``shall, through the Commandant,''; and
            (8) by striking ``(5 U.S.C App. 1 et seq.)'' in subsection 
        (e)(1)(I) and inserting ``(5 U.S.C. App.)''; and
            (9) by striking ``of September 30, 2000'' and inserting 
        ``on September 30, 2005''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 4508 and inserting the following:

``4508. Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory Committee''.

SEC. 402. HOUSTON-GALVESTON NAVIGATION SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Section 18 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``operating (hereinafter in this part 
        referred to as the `Secretary')'' in the second sentence of 
        subsection (a)(1) and inserting ``operating, through the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard,'';
            (2) by striking ``Committee'' in the third sentence of 
        subsection (a)(1) and inserting ``Committee, through the 
        Commandant,'';
            (3) by striking ``Secretary,'' in the second sentence of 
        subsection (a)(2) and inserting ``Commandant,''; and
            (4) by striking ``September 30, 2000.'' in subsection (h) 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2005.''.

SEC. 403. LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERWAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Section 19 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 
102-241) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``operating (hereinafter in this part 
        referred to as the `Secretary')'' in the second sentence of 
        subsection (a)(1) and inserting ``operating, through the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard,'';
            (2) by striking ``Committee'' in the third sentence of 
        subsection (a)(1) and inserting ``Committee, through the 
        Commandant,''; and
            (3) by striking ``September 30, 2000'' in subsection (g) 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2005''.

SEC. 404. GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Section 9307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary'' in subsection (a)(1) and 
        inserting ``Secretary, through the Commandant of the Coast 
        Guard,'';
            (2) by striking ``Secretary,'' in subsection (a)(4)(A) and 
        inserting ``Commandant,'';
            (3) by striking the last sentence of subsection (c)(2);
            (4) by striking ``Committee'' in subsection (d)(1) and 
        inserting ``Committee, through the Commandant,'';
            (5) by striking ``Secretary'' in subsection (d)(2) and 
        inserting ``Secretary, through the Commandant,''; and
            (6) by striking ``September 30, 2003.'' in subsection 
        (f)(1) and inserting ``September 30, 2005.''.

SEC. 405. NAVIGATION SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 5 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 
2073) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary'' in the first sentence of 
        subsection (b) and inserting ``Secretary, through the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard,'';
            (2) by striking ``Secretary'' in the third sentence of 
        subsection (b) and inserting ``Commandant''; and
            (3) by striking ``September 30, 2000'' in subsection (d) 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2005''.

SEC. 406. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 13110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``consult'' in subsection (c) and inserting 
        ``consult, through the Commandant of the Coast Guard,''; and
            (2) by striking ``September 30, 2000'' in subsection (e) 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2005''.

SEC. 407. TOWING SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    The Act entitled An Act to Establish a Towing Safety Advisory 
Committee in the Department of Transportation (33 U.S.C. 1231a) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary'' in the second sentence of 
        subsection (b) and inserting ``Secretary, through the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard'';
            (2) by striking ``Secretary'' in the first sentence of 
        subsection (c) and inserting ``Secretary, through the 
        Commandant,'';
            (3) by striking ``Committee'' in the third sentence of 
        subsection (c) and inserting ``Committee, through the 
        Commandant,'';
            (4) by striking ``Secretary,'' in the fourth sentence of 
        subsection (c) and inserting ``Commandant,''; and
            (5) by striking ``September 30, 2000.'' in subsection (e) 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2005.''.

                         TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 501. COAST GUARD REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS.

    The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard shall submit a 
written report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
on what actions the Coast Guard has taken to implement the 
recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board in its 
Report No. MAR-99-01. The report--
            (1) shall describe in detail, by geographic region--
                    (A) what steps the Coast Guard is taking to fill 
                gaps in its communications coverage;
                    (B) what progress the Coast Guard has made in 
                installing direction-finding systems; and
                    (C) what progress the Coast Guard has made toward 
                completing its national distress and response system 
                modernization project; and
            (2) include an assessment of the safety benefits that might 
        reasonably be expected to result from increased or accelerated 
        funding for--
                    (A) measures described in paragraph (1)(A); and
                    (B) the national distress and response system 
                modernization project.

SEC. 502. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN PORTLAND, MAINE.

    (a) Authority To Convey.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration may convey to the Gulf of Maine Aquarium 
        Development Corporation, its successors and assigns, without 
        payment for consideration, all right, title, and interest of 
        the United States of America in and to approximately 4.13 acres 
        of land, including a pier and bulkhead, known as the Naval 
        Reserve Pier property, together with any improvements thereon 
        in their then current condition, located in Portland, Maine. 
        All conditions placed with the deed of title shall be construed 
        as covenants running with the land. Since the Federal agency 
        actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of the Naval 
        Reserve Pier property will further the objectives of the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
        seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 
        U.S.C. 470 et seq.), requirements applicable to agency actions 
        under these and other environmental planning laws are 
        unnecessary and shall not be required. The provisions of the 
        Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et 
        seq.) shall not apply to any building or property at the Naval 
        Reserve Pier property.
            (2) Identification of property.--The Administrator, in 
        consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, may 
        identify, describe, and determine the property to be conveyed 
        under this section. The floating docks associated with or 
        attached to the Naval Reserve Pier property shall remain the 
        personal property of the United States.
    (b) Lease to the United States.--
            (1) The Naval Reserve Pier property shall not be conveyed 
        until the Corporation enters into a lease agreement with the 
        United States, the terms of which are mutually satisfactory to 
        the Commandant and the Corporation, in which the Corporation 
        shall lease a portion of the Naval Reserve Pier property to the 
        United States for a term of 30 years without payment of 
        consideration. The lease agreement shall be executed within 12 
        months after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) The Administrator, in consultation with the Commandant, 
        may identify and describe the Leased Premises and rights of 
        access including, but not limited to, those listed below, in 
        order to allow the United States Coast Guard to operate and 
        perform missions, from and upon the Leased Premises:
                    (A) the right of ingress and egress over the Naval 
                Reserve Pier property, including the pier and bulkhead, 
                at any time, without notice, for purposes of access to 
                United States Coast Guard vessels and performance of 
                United States Coast Guard missions and other mission-
                related activities;
                    (B) the right to berth United States Coast Guard 
                cutters or other vessels as required, in the moorings 
                along the east side of the Naval Reserve Pier property, 
                and the right to attach floating docks which shall be 
                owned and maintained at the United States' sole cost 
                and expense;
                    (C) the right to operate, maintain, remove, 
                relocate, or replace an aid to navigation located upon, 
                or to install any aid to navigation upon, the Naval 
                Reserve Pier property as the Coast Guard, in its sole 
                discretion, may determine is needed for navigational 
                purposes;
                    (D) the right to occupy up to 3,000 gross square 
                feet at the Naval Reserve Pier Property for storage and 
                office space, which will be provided and constructed by 
                the Corporation, at the Corporation's sole cost and 
                expense, and which will be maintained, and utilities 
                and other operating expenses paid for, by the United 
                States at its sole cost and expense;
                     (E) the right to occupy up to 1200 gross square 
                feet of offsite storage in a location other than the 
                Naval Reserve Pier Property, which will be provided by 
                the Corporation at the Corporation's sole cost and 
                expense, and which will be maintained, and utilities 
                and other operating expenses paid for, by the United 
                States at its sole cost and expense; and
                    (F) the right for United States Coast Guard 
                personnel to park up to 60 vehicles, at no expense to 
                the government, in the Corporation's parking spaces on 
                the Naval Reserve Pier property or in parking spaces 
                that the Corporation may secure within 1,000 feet of 
                the Naval Reserve Pier property or within 1,000 feet of 
                the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Portland. Spaces 
                for no less than thirty vehicles shall be located on 
                the Naval Reserve Pier property.
            (3) The lease described in paragraph (1) may be renewed, at 
        the sole option of the United States, for additional lease 
        terms.
            (4) The United States may not sublease the Leased Premises 
        to a third party or use the Leased Premises for purposes other 
        than fulfilling the missions of the United States Coast Guard 
        and for other mission related activities.
            (5) In the event that the United States Coast Guard ceases 
        to use the Leased Premises, the Administrator, in consultation 
        with the Commandant, may terminate the lease with the 
        Corporation.
    (c) Improvement of Leased Premises.--
            (1) The Naval Reserve Pier property shall not be conveyed 
        until the Corporation enters into an agreement with the United 
        States, subject to the Commandant's design specifications, 
        project's schedule, and final project approval, to replace the 
        bulkhead and pier which connects to, and provides access from, 
        the bulkhead to the floating docks, at the Corporation's sole 
        cost and expense, on the east side of the Naval Reserve Pier 
        Property within 30 months from the date of conveyance. The 
        agreement to improve the leased premises shall be executed 
        within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) In addition to the improvements described in paragraph 
        (1), the Commandant is authorized to further improve the Leased 
        Premises during the lease term, at the United States' sole cost 
        and expense.
    (d) Utility Installation and Maintainance Obligations.--
            (1) The Naval Reserve Pier property shall not be conveyed 
        until the Corporation enters into an agreement with the United 
        States to allow the United States to operate and maintain 
        existing utility lines and related equipment, at the United 
        States' sole cost and expense. At such time as the Corporation 
        constructs its proposed public aquarium, the Corporation shall 
        replace existing utility lines and related equipment and 
        provide additional utility lines and equipment capable of 
        supporting a third 110-foot Coast Guard cutter, with 
        comparable, new, code compliant utility lines and equipment at 
        the Corporation's sole cost and expense, maintain such utility 
        lines and related equipment from an agreed upon demarcation 
        point, and make such utility lines and equipment available for 
        use by the United States, provided that the United States pays 
        for its use of utilities at its sole cost and expense. The 
        agreement concerning the operation and maintenance of utility 
        lines and equipment shall be executed within 12 months after 
        the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) The Naval Reserve Pier property shall not be conveyed 
        until the Corporation enters into an agreement with the United 
        States to maintain, at the Corporation's sole cost and expense, 
        the bulkhead and pier on the east side of the Naval Reserve 
        Pier property. The agreement concerning the maintenance of the 
        bulkhead and pier shall be executed within 12 months after the 
        date of enactment of this Act.
            (3) The United States shall be required to maintain, at its 
        sole cost and expense, any Coast Guard active aid to navigation 
        located upon the Naval Reserve Pier Property.
    (e) Additional Rights.--The conveyance of the Naval Reserve Pier 
property shall be made subject to conditions the Administrator or the 
Commandant consider necessary to ensure that--
            (1) the Corporation shall not interfere or allow 
        interference, in any manner, with use of the Leased Premises by 
        the United States; and
            (2) the Corporation shall not interfere or allow 
        interference, in any manner, with any aid to navigation nor 
        hinder activities required for the operation and maintenance of 
        any aid to navigation, without the express written permission 
        of the head of the agency responsible for operating and 
        maintaining the aid to navigation.
    (f) Remedies and Reversionary Interest.--The Naval Reserve Pier 
property, at the option of the Administrator, shall revert to the 
United States and be placed under the administrative control of the 
Administrator, if, and only if, the Corporation fails to abide by any 
of the terms of this section or any agreement entered into under 
subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section.
    (g) Liability of the Parties.--The liability of the United States 
and the Corporation for any injury, death, or damage to or loss of 
property occurring on the leased property shall be determined with 
reference to existing State or Federal law, as appropriate, and any 
such liability may not be modified or enlarged by this Act or any 
agreement of the parties.
    (h) Expiration of Authority To Convey.--The authority to convey the 
Naval Reserve Property under this section shall expire 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (i) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Aid to navigation.--The term ``aid to navigation'' 
        means equipment used for navigational purposed, including but 
        not limited to, a light, antenna, sound signal, electronic 
        navigation equipment, cameras, sensors power source, or other 
        related equipment which are operated or maintained by the 
        United States.
            (2) Corporation.--The term ``Corporation'' means the Gulf 
        of Maine Aquarium Development Corporation, its successors and 
        assigns.

SEC. 503. TRANSFER OF COAST GUARD STATION SCITUATE TO THE NATIONAL 
              OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Authority to Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration (Administrator), in consultation with the 
        Commandant, United States Coast Guard, may transfer, without 
        consideration, administrative jurisdiction, custody and control 
        over the Federal property, known as Coast Guard Station 
        Scituate, to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration (NOAA). Since the Federal agency actions 
        necessary to effectuate the administrative transfer of the 
        property will further the objectives of the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91-190 (42 U.S.C. 
        4321 et seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act of 
        1966, Public Law 89-665 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), procedures 
        applicable to agency actions under these laws are unnecessary 
        and shall not be required. Similarly, the Federal agency 
actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of the property will not 
be subject to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, Public 
Law 100-77 (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
            (2) Identification of property.--The Administrator, in 
        consultation with the Commandant, may identify, describe, and 
        determine the property to be transferred under this subsection.
    (b) Terms of Transfer.--The transfer of the property shall be made 
subject to any conditions and reservations the Administrator and the 
Commandant consider necessary to ensure that--
            (1) the transfer of the property to NOAA is contingent upon 
        the relocation of Coast Guard Station Scituate to a suitable 
        site;
            (2) there is reserved to the Coast Guard the right to 
        remove, relocate, or replace any aid to navigation located 
        upon, or install any aid to navigation upon, the property 
        transferred under this section as may be necessary for 
        navigational purposes; and
            (3) the Coast Guard shall have the right to enter the 
        property transferred under this section at any time, without 
        notice, for purposes of operating, maintaining, and inspecting 
        any aid to navigation. The transfer of the property shall be 
        made subject to the review and acceptance of the property by 
        NOAA.
    (c) Relocation of Station Scituate.--The Coast Guard may lease 
land, including unimproved or vacant land, for a term not to exceed 20 
years, for the purpose of relocating Coast Guard Station Scituate. The 
Coast Guard may improve the land leased under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection.

SEC. 504. HARBOR SAFETY COMMITTEES.

    (a) Study.--The Coast Guard shall study existing harbor safety 
committees in the United States to identify--
            (1) strategies for gaining successful cooperation among the 
        various groups having an interest in the local port or 
        waterway;
            (2) organizational models that can be applied to new or 
        existing harbor safety committees or to prototype harbor safety 
        committees established under subsection (b);
            (3) technological assistance that will help harbor safety 
        committees overcome local impediments to safety, mobility, 
        environmental protection, and port security; and
            (4) recurring resources necessary to ensure the success of 
        harbor safety committees.
    (b) Prototype Committees.--The Coast Guard shall test the 
feasibility of expanding the harbor safety committee concept to small 
and medium-sized ports that are not generally served by a harbor safety 
committee by establishing 1 or more prototype harbor safety committees. 
In selecting a location or locations for the establishment of a 
prototype harbor safety committee, the Coast Guard shall--
            (1) consider the results of the study conducted under 
        subsection (a);
            (2) consider identified safety issues for a particular 
        port;
            (3) compare the potential benefits of establishing such a 
        committee with the burdens the establishment of such a 
        committee would impose on participating agencies and 
        organizations;
            (4) consider the anticipated level of support from 
        interested parties; and
            (5) take into account such other factors as may be 
        appropriate.
    (c) Effect on Existing Programs and State Law.--Nothing in this 
section--
            (1) limits the scope or activities of harbor safety 
        committees in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) precludes the establishment of new harbor safety 
        committees in locations not selected for the establishment of a 
        prototype committee under subsection (b); or
            (3) preempts State law.
    (d) Nonapplication of FACA.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) does not apply to harbor safety committees established 
under this section or any other provision of law.
    (e) Harbor Safety Committee Defined.--In this section, the term 
``harbor safety committee'' means a local coordinating body--
            (1) whose responsibilities include recommending actions to 
        improve the safety of a port or waterway; and
            (2) the membership of which includes representatives of 
        government agencies, maritime labor and industry organizations, 
        environmental groups, and public interest groups.

SEC. 505. EXTENSION OF INTERIM AUTHORITY FOR DRY BULK CARGO RESIDUE 
              DISPOSAL.

    Section 415(b)(2) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 is 
amended by striking ``2002.'' and inserting ``2003.''.

SEC. 506. VESSEL MIST COVE.

    (a) Construction Tonnage of M/V Mist Cove.--The M/V MIST COVE 
(United States official number 1085817) is deemed to be less than 100 
gross tons, as measured by chapter 145 of title 46, United States Code, 
for purposes of applying the optional regulatory measurement under 
section 14305 of that title.
    (b) Limitation on Application.--Subsection (a) shall not apply on 
any date on which the length of the vessel exceeds 157 feet.

SEC. 507. LIGHTHOUSE CONVEYANCE.

    Nothwithstanding any other provision of law, the conveyance 
authorized by section 416(a)(1)(H) of Public Law 105-383 shall take 
place within 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the conveyance shall be subject 
to subsections (a)(2), (a)(3), (b), and (c) of section 416 of Public 
Law 105-383.




                                                       Calendar No. 567

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1089

                          [Report No. 106-300]

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                                 A BILL

  To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the 
           United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

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                              May 23, 2000

                       Reported with an amendment