109 HR 5681 : MARPOL Annex VI Implementation
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-11-13
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2006
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Authorization
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and
training.
Title II—Coast Guard
Sec. 201. Appointment of civilian Coast Guard
judges.
Sec. 202. Industrial activities.
Sec. 203. Reimbursement for medical-related travel
expenses.
Sec. 204. Commissioned officers.
Sec. 205. Coast Guard participation in the Armed Forces
Retirement Home (AFRH) system.
Sec. 206. Grants to international maritime
organizations.
Sec. 207. Emergency leave retention authority.
Sec. 208. Enforcement authority.
Sec. 209. Notification.
Sec. 210. Repeal.
Sec. 211. Maritime safety for nuclear power facilities located
adjacent to navigable waters.
Title III—Shipping and Navigation
Sec. 301. Vessel size limits.
Sec. 302. Goods and services.
Sec. 303. Maritime activities.
Sec. 304. Seaward extension of anchorage grounds
jurisdiction.
Sec. 305. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act amendment-simple
possession.
Sec. 306. Technical amendments to tonnage measurement
law.
Sec. 307. Seamen’s shoreside access.
Sec. 308. Limitation on maritime liens on fishing
permits.
Sec. 309. Extension of exemption.
Sec. 310. Documentation of certain fishing vessels.
Title IV—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 401. Secure communications program.
Sec. 402. Certificate of documentation for GALLANT
LADY.
Sec. 403. Waiver.
Sec. 404. Data.
Sec. 405. Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute.
Sec. 406. Inspection and certification of permanently moored
vessels.
Sec. 407. Competitive contracting for patrol boat
replacement.
Sec. 408. Patrol boat report.
Sec. 409. Actions to address sexual harassment and violence at
Coast Guard Academy.
Sec. 410. Cruise ship demonstration project.
Sec. 411. Crew wages on passenger vessels.
Sec. 412. Technical corrections.
Title V—MARPOL Annex VI implementation
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. References.
Sec. 503. Definitions.
Sec. 504. Applicability.
Sec. 505. Administration and enforcement.
Sec. 506. Certificates.
Sec. 507. Reception facilities.
Sec. 508. Inspections.
Sec. 509. Amendments to the protocol.
Sec. 510. Effect on other laws.
Sec. 511. MARPOL technical corrections.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<section id="H7AE4054DE99B4947971D50CAC335DAA8"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for necessary expenses of
the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H1A159B11742045EC886DB4D1F1D000BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation
and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $5,680,000,000, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08884EDD2AAA414EADC18FC6E2BD064F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$24,255,000 is
authorized to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out
the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(33 U.S.C.
2712(a)(5));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCB61F6130D747918CAB1500CC05D8F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$629,000,000 shall
be available only for paying for search and rescue programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01002888278E4C6089354ECF402CF6F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$502,000,000 shall
be available only for paying for marine safety programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76DEDE0514284D19A2F81E4C96509FB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the acquisition, construction,
rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto,
$2,095,861,000, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF85DA4AF1D824668A500005EF66E87CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$19,800,000 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, to remain available until
expended;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61204AD9ABC849E20000DC0AE5042FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,419,223,000 is authorized for
acquisition and construction of shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, and other activities that
constitute the Integrated Deepwater System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EE1D18A0ABA4AB8BFA4E0CBCFC1474F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$316,638,000 is authorized for conversion
and sustainment of legacy vessels and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, and other activities that constitute the Integrated Deepwater
Systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA2C61F303B7048B8A72887B51CA5B5E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To the Commandant
of the Coast Guard 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 search and rescue, aids to
navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws
and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness,
$24,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H973785296B644D36BA269E606C5EDFF6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For retired pay
(including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed
appropriations for this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman’s
Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical care of
retired personnel and their dependents under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/55">chapter 55</external-xref> of title 10,
United States Code, $1,063,323,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FF28B6FD0FC449AA7423129E63BCCF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For alteration or
removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting
obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs
associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $17,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA43A0DC45254731BDB630333EDC6200"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For environmental
compliance and restoration at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and
equipment associated with operation and maintenance), $12,000,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DAE9B00C5C545FB88F4B005CEFFC00"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Coast Guard
Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and
services, $124,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H46E69838B00F45BF89734840E9C57C9B"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized
levels of military strength and training</header>
<subsection id="H3E6CF2BA201E45EBAD05806DE941A985"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty
strength</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength
for active duty personnel of 45,500 for the fiscal year ending on September 30,
2007.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0451B9A4EC0342998035DD014BAA8641"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military
training student loads</header><text>For fiscal year 2007, the Coast Guard is
authorized average military training student loads as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HB0327EFC69E5486CBD00D925F1EAC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For
recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBED07D5052874574AEDC3600363C36C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight
training, 125 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H544CC0409B144CF89471001EAD80C477"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional
training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE5596DE83EA40FEAE09B23B98E87E70"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer
acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Coast
Guard</header>
<section id="HAC9D473E282243C195B74FD2C3BC80B3"><enum>201.</enum><header>Appointment of
civilian Coast Guard judges</header>
<subsection id="H1D4BB53AF80A43D4BB153CE947245014"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><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 id="HA5C7EABE2A0B42E583C45F79D1F4A3F8" style="USC">
<section id="H6C9C22EAF53748D584152E068F3BEE8F"><enum>153.</enum><header>Appointment of
judges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may
appoint civilian employees of the Department in which the Coast Guard is
operating as appellate military judges, available for assignment to the Coast
Guard Court of Criminal Appeals as provided for in
section
866(a) of title
10.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD707D5C6526443F98F9CA6BB7EF4AE68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFEF92B38D7445DE82C29D4436A24393" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">153. Appointment of
judges.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HEF21BC32055E44588894DE7843331269"><enum>202.</enum><header>Industrial
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 151 of title
14, United States Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4C0CFF6AC0B645A9B0D626E6AA168B50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general.—</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>All orders</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2F9D562D86DF4759A5F17938F5C8E81B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1619231B1D2845B196FCC88260760FB" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HC9EF71E764D5499DAFA4522DA9F8E4AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Orders and
agreements for industrial activities</header><text>Under this section, the
Coast Guard industrial activities may accept orders and enter into reimbursable
agreements with establishments, agencies, and departments of the Department of
Defense.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H91EF2C1E9F164B92A4307D304BA8C28F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Reimbursement
for medical-related travel expenses</header>
<subsection id="H5F5ABDF3C6D54A73BC500000EDB0565D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text><?xm-replace_text "?>Chapter 13 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB27E2C24227C482FB8368609DF00B1BF" style="USC">
<section id="HF621DD148AD743D2908EC5C111882C56"><enum>518.</enum><header>Reimbursement
for medical-related travel expenses for certain persons residing on islands in
the continental United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In any case in which a covered beneficiary
(as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1072">section 1072(5)</external-xref> of title 10)
resides on an island that is located in the 48 contiguous States and the
District of Columbia and that lacks public access roads to the mainland and is
referred by a primary care physician to a specialty care provider (as defined
in section
1074i(b) of title 10) on the mainland who provides services
less than 100 miles from the location where the beneficiary resides, the
Secretary shall reimburse the reasonable travel expenses of the covered
beneficiary and, when accompaniment by an adult is necessary, for a parent or
guardian of the covered beneficiary or another member of the covered
beneficiary’s family who is at least 21 years of
age.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F1E745F446749CA85BB33B36574BFE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28C4FD95FD4748FBA6F3A84D607DAE66" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">518. Reimbursement for medical-related
travel expenses for certain persons residing on islands in the continental
United
States.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H333D7E386BE34DBCB65BBE9CA5B5D0C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Commissioned
officers</header>
<subsection id="H01C7CF46447546F6AB685FECD6002B9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty
promotion list</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/42">Section 42</external-xref> of title 14, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F27975F9D33443BB23D753162A4AC7F" style="USC">
<section id="H402222F228AF4C3B8C52BA5FF9DD1AF"><enum>42.</enum><header>Number and
distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion list</header>
<subsection id="H42B50DBE057C4718A14B00DB5FD4ECA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum total
number</header><text>The total number of Coast Guard commissioned officers on
the active duty promotion list, excluding warrant officers, shall not exceed
6,700; except that the Commandant may temporarily increase such number by up to
2 percent for no more than 60 days following the date of the commissioning of a
Coast Guard Academy class.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDCA224EDDE8341E7850000AC148BD5E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution
percentages by grade</header>
<paragraph id="H05723B9CE07B4672A9E676CCA0AEFF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required</header><text>The
total number of commissioned officers authorized by this section shall be
distributed in grade in the following percentages: 0.375 percent for rear
admiral; 0.375 percent for rear admiral (lower half); 6.0 percent for captain;
15.0 percent for commander; and 22.0 percent for lieutenant commander.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H341AAF1F504648AD007F78F86ECA38F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary</header><text>The
Secretary shall prescribe the percentages applicable to the grades of
lieutenant, lieutenant (junior grade), and ensign.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E73D86CC1DA466FB6952B719E093954"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of
secretary to reduce percentage</header><text>The Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2768B23D1404AF2824D56E1C89BEF08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may reduce, as the
needs of the Coast Guard require, any of the percentages set forth in paragraph
(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF34082F3EA774E2C87D70220F3F9BFFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall apply that
total percentage reduction to any other lower grade or combination of lower
grades.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE38C85E3E8CF420080BA8A31026F9AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Computations</header>
<paragraph id="H16BBB7DE0CED46C300F417FEF4FA6D45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall compute, at least once each year, the
total number of commissioned officers authorized to serve in each grade by
applying the grade distribution percentages established by or under this
section to the total number of commissioned officers listed on the current
active duty promotion list.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H803F9B461B7D47550034B6C11CA59F8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rounding
fractions</header><text>Subject to subsection (a), in making the computations
under paragraph (1), any fraction shall be rounded to the nearest whole
number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5629DACCE1A84F4DAA00FAE05FB18CAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
officers serving outside coast guard</header><text>The number of commissioned
officers on the active duty promotion list serving with other Federal
departments or agencies on a reimbursable basis or excluded under
section
324(d) of title 49 shall not be counted against the total
number of commissioned officers authorized to serve in each grade.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7F615840C2745CD844800E684668900"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of numbers;
temporary increases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
numbers resulting from computations under subsection (c) shall be, for all
purposes, the authorized number in each grade; except that the authorized
number for a grade is temporarily increased during the period between one
computation and the next by the number of officers originally appointed in that
grade during that period and the number of officers of that grade for whom
vacancies exist in the next higher grade but whose promotion has been delayed
for any reason.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF43C666BF3D440ACA7341401E395AE51"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Officers serving
coast guard academy and reserve</header><text>The number of officers authorized
to be serving on active duty in each grade of the permanent commissioned
teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy and of the Reserve serving in
connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training
the reserve components shall be prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F972F0AEF2D4497A1EEFAB1EB707558"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 3 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 42 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43FA5A84658741C4B17FF5E37CE19132" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">42. Number and distribution of
commissioned officers on active duty promotion
list.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE967ECF47CE149F385CAF7E51C88B62E"><enum>205.</enum><header>Coast Guard
participation in the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) system</header>
<subsection id="HBD8F4D676B2C4D639E1D738676008D22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1502 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of
1991 (24 U.S.C.
401) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7A72D6C0C4C542E8A0F8AB1728A967C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62DF648D3EB049A18E696C64312B6023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA825F9B933504D4CBC8DF9CD372E6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H173A7BA089B54FBAAA3400CCD0ABE6A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6718313C7E140D8BA000022FCB6959E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H345BC00347624F8EB9CA5E279CC8F60" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H81456CC5D9BE413EAB5421A99234C0FB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Assistant
Commandant of the Coast Guard for Human
Resources.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF33F8CC2C60D4BE181B40EA131C5100"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end of paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0EE82A9EAAB04A4ABC52DA6609405337" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDC9F13978A9044458E7B94BF365B5477"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Master Chief
Petty Officer of the Coast
Guard.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B8E0CC7A6824A6BB94DB0C072FC30EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1C33C24A770C4D76B0EBFD419C07492B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2772 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08D0D5B659C7465384FEE7E9BC3D0014" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by inserting
<quote>or, in the case of the Coast Guard, the Commandant</quote> after
<quote>concerned</quote> ; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01B2B0E2890A42EF9C980191004B8BED" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE7860D810104F699EA553E71973929" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/37/1007">Section 1007(i)</external-xref> of title 37, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H959FB692027348F9A5EFB0E32066B638"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by inserting
<quote>or, in the case of the Coast Guard, the Commandant</quote> after
<quote>Secretary of Defense</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38EDAABE630640CFBCC4A0FEBA1290B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DEF4F8885A84C948F7BC7BDCAE4C97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as
paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE41EA850CF274361AEF19FC2BB404A3"><enum>206.</enum><header>Grants to
international maritime organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 149 of title
14, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0A459A94D21C463897E6C12CDC028187"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general.—</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>The President</quote> ;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE598488F1054C70AA9E40F5DF40E86C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEC8B8ADABF19449DA6B024C9CBC2A864" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA78F5A7CE6BD4B4A98E0817366A670A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants to
international maritime organizations</header><text>After consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Commandant may make grants to, or enter into
cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with, international
maritime organizations for the purpose of acquiring information or data about
merchant vessel inspections, security, safety, classification, and port state
or flag state law enforcement or
oversight.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD804FA44FEBD44F5AB8BA2E07BA88385" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>Emergency leave
retention authority</header>
<subsection id="H95D51E01BCCB46B89807E11BCCBCE1AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">Chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after
section
425 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20705AA005A94C6C002D0331E6955761" style="USC">
<section id="HB37449D318354B888BA5F763736C4719"><enum>426.</enum><header>Emergency leave
retention authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">With
regard to a member of the Coast Guard who serves on active duty, a duty
assignment in support of a declaration of a major disaster or emergency by the
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.) shall be treated, for the purpose of
section
701(f)(2) of title 10, a duty assignment in support of a
contingency
operation.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H54175813C90640D8BA40B4DF00A06E4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 425 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H209650283B5240D495917FEA9562A25" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">426. Emergency leave retention
authority.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B71FA8E855D447EA0C956E398A3B37C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Enforcement
authority</header>
<subsection id="HF89BA4066D1B46FAB38659C220BDDB00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC0F59522FF849E7A58336507448EF51" style="USC">
<section id="HD59760263DC04EF5874300F79216453E"><enum>99.</enum><header>Enforcement
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to
guidelines approved by the Secretary, members of the Coast Guard, in the
performance of official duties, may—</text>
<paragraph id="H579139DB30CF4A35A13564028B02F6D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carry a firearm;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H623A296FD9DD4D918CB1823DFC2FF5D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>while at a
facility (as defined in
section
70101 of title 46)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C18F5EC19C74404966C68C6859B67AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make an arrest
without warrant for any offense against the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H207F395E12054B93A7E907D232F23D24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seize property as
otherwise provided by
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6DE53BC2129F4276A569E796093F5400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Repeal</header><text>The first section added to title 46, United States Code,
by the amendment made by subsection (a) of section 801 of the Coast Guard and
Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 1078), and the item relating to
such first section enacted by the amendment made by subsection (b) of such
section 801, are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC3DFA77C5C648DCBCE4FDCD5E423BFB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E821FFFDEE541DAAB30BDC21E818EB" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">99. Enforcement
authority.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7401880752494EA89B26586B24CE26A6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating may not transfer the permanent headquarters of the
United States Coast Guard Band until at least 180 days after the date on which
a plan for such transfer is submitted to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</section><section id="H5FBDA630E8624200ADA4066C7BBC2608"><enum>210.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 216 of title
14, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis
for chapter 11 of such title, are repealed.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H705A47C0200E4217B85200D227978CF7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Maritime safety for
nuclear power facilities located adjacent to navigable waters</header>
<subsection id="HE3C554CC26F249BC00A7965FEABCA744"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/2">Section 2</external-xref> of title 14, United States
Code, is amended by inserting before <quote>and shall maintain a state of
readiness</quote> the following: <quote>shall administer laws and promulgate
and enforce regulations to assure the maritime safety of nuclear power
facilities located adjacent to navigable waters of the United States not
specifically delegated by law to some other executive
department;</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF39AD03F9FA4F998D982200BB795438"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation with
NRC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 7 of such title
is amended by inserting after section 147a the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H020DA890EBAC49A6B31BD27CEBD6D263" style="USC">
<section id="HD4E337DD142647CCBD5EA3ECBBEB4F8C"><enum>147b.</enum><header>Nuclear
regulatory commission</header>
<subsection id="HAFD7C42D723B43E9A0B4A5920629F21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may
enter into an agreement with the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
to enhance the maritime safety of the navigable waters of the United States
that are located adjacent to a nuclear power plant. Such agreement shall
provide for—</text>
<paragraph id="H6ACC08BC242D4519BE7BB09252AF911"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the exchange of certain information with
the Chairman relating to the maritime safety of a nuclear power plant located
adjacent to the navigable waters of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4DB88BA0C65480DA4DF1698B21457C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the assignment of
officers of the Coast Guard to serve as liaisons to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE99D36ED0B514BDCB83F375E1D15D678"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the provisions of
equipment and support to, or accept the same from, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC9998B7C1C2A42AF81C5B41559A8FC37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment or
reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With regard to
any agreement entered into under subsection (a), the Commandant may prescribe
conditions, including advance payment or reimbursement, under which such
resources may be
provided.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCDD5EE3CE7E54FD2A92E1C00E64EB9FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 7 of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83B58CA9F28146289EA203F0CE5965E5" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">147b. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Shipping and
Navigation</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01DD58625F4447F48597F6129148FDE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Vessel size
limits</header>
<subsection id="HC860D7B936D045468189BB53D7B1F3CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Length, tonnage,
and horsepower</header><text>Section 12102 (c)(5) of title 46, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC27B065FA65E4756B6D8C63230267F62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph
(A)(i);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB5BD3FA3153444B88D317DBFA782B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A)(ii);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA44788B5E9745B78889A3D59D59F2B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (A)(iii);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE87DB5D0484404853BC9C50082E102"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H377E3BEB197B4CFA83CF5BDC2C257EDF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCB58DFAC90684D0100E3AA889CAE3000" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4CAB263796814622927EF68D52003C1E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the vessel is
either a rebuilt vessel or a replacement vessel under section 208(g) of the
American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of
Public Law
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–627) and is eligible for a fishery
endorsement under section 12108 of this
title.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1941B0847709469C87385B58DB43913"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H15741BF261874407AB9F37085838E236"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Vessel
rebuilding and replacement</header><text>Section 208(g) of the American
Fisheries Act (title II of division C of
Public Law
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–627) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F5B46B2C97944E395C0AD54189C3B05" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H33790166D63340A880E68D004E3BE881"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Vessel
rebuilding and replacement</header>
<paragraph id="H2A29D2EBEF36407597FBBD1CC7A0CB00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="HB207D4F1C03B45EAA116A50004CEF8E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rebuild or
replace</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
limitation to the contrary on replacing, rebuilding, or lengthening vessels or
transferring permits or licenses to a replacement vessel contained in sections
679.2
and 679.4 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 2006 and except as provided in paragraph (4), the owner of
a vessel eligible under subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) (other than
paragraph (21)), in order to improve vessel safety and operational efficiencies
(including fuel efficiency), may rebuild or replace that vessel (including fuel
efficiency) with a vessel documented with a fishery endorsement under
section
12108 of title 46, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02FD07E1129641A48779220100302B60"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Same
requirements</header><text>The rebuilt or replacement vessel shall be eligible
in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions and limitations under
such subsection as the vessel being rebuilt or replaced.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H253637CB35374970863CB618F2895855"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Transfer of
permits and licenses</header><text>Each fishing permit and license held by the
owner of a vessel or vessels to be rebuilt or replaced under subparagraph (A)
shall be transferred to the rebuilt or replacement vessel.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE810E6D672494167B93DC2439574602C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations
of north pacific council</header><text>The North Pacific Council may recommend
for approval by the Secretary such conservation and management measures,
including size limits and measures to control fishing capacity, in accordance
with the Magnuson-Stevens Act as it considers necessary to ensure that this
subsection does not diminish the effectiveness of fishery management plans of
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area or the Gulf of
Alaska.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0731A410AC8C446F92D2B22796B9D5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule for
replacement of certain vessels</header>
<subparagraph id="HB594E02B8DB645DB89D20000972183EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3) of section
12102(c) of title 46, United States Code, a vessel that is
eligible under subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) (other than paragraph
(21)) and that qualifies to be documented with a fishery endorsement pursuant
to section 203(g) or 213(g) may be replaced with a replacement vessel under
paragraph (1) if the vessel that is replaced is validly documented with a
fishery endorsement pursuant to section 203(g) or 213(g) before the replacement
vessel is documented with a fishery endorsement under
section
12108 of title 46, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50C3A529E76E4FE8824000D354BC9DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>A
replacement vessel under subparagraph (A) and its owner and mortgagee are
subject to the same limitations under section 203(g) or 213(g) that are
applicable to the vessel that has been replaced and its owner and
mortgagee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C86A7DAAC8D40C9A0C8562D007E6C94"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rules
for certain catcher vessels</header>
<subparagraph id="H57114ABB4A03420DA400D84E6E027303"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A replacement for a covered vessel described in
subparagraph (B) is prohibited from harvesting fish in any fishery (except for
the Pacific whiting fishery) managed under the authority of any regional
fishery management council (other than the North Pacific Council) established
under section 302(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF1AD2ADEAED41E2B9EC305428DA67DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered
vessels</header><text>A covered vessel referred to in subparagraph (A)
is—</text>
<clause id="HF83A5102AB5A49D2A0979D45AF09377F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a vessel eligible under subsection (a),
(b), or (c) that is replaced under paragraph (1); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE99E39EAEFA64A9789B9C3BF5B8CB401"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a vessel eligible under subsection (a),
(b), or (c) that is rebuilt to increase its registered length, gross tonnage,
or shaft horsepower.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4B25082A2116498D9BA8AAB43FCBBC73"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on
fishery endorsements</header><text>Any vessel that is replaced under this
subsection shall thereafter not be eligible for a fishery endorsement under
section
12108 of title 46, United States Code, unless that vessel is
also a replacement vessel described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F6F11E8EB0346A6B9DAC3F600BC27D1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Gulf of Alaska
limitation</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
prohibit from participation in the groundfish fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska
any vessel that is rebuilt or replaced under this subsection and that exceeds
the maximum length overall specified on the license that authorizes fishing for
groundfish pursuant to the license limitation program under part 679 of title
50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2006.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DB9A8379FA0440AA9802B1D6392DACA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authority of
Pacific Council</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
diminish or otherwise affect the authority of the Pacific Council to recommend
to the Secretary conservation and management measures to protect fisheries
under its jurisdiction (including the Pacific whiting fishery) and participants
in such fisheries from adverse impacts caused by this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H291FCAB706C2468C9EE5ED8B6FF8F9B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption of
certain vessels</header><text>Section 203(g) of the American Fisheries Act
(title II of division C of
Public Law
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681-620) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD438A4C220844D5B80A679286300C065"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after <quote>(United States official number
651041)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CE1A7A3CDE14BEE86D806683F42B9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, NORTHERN TRAVELER (United States official number 635986), and NORTHERN
VOYAGER (United States official number 637398) (or a replacement vessel for the
NORTHERN VOYAGER that complies with paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) of section
208(g) of this Act)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9A7A92D6632472F9792F8D6639DD042"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, in the case of the NORTHERN</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>PHOENIX,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E657772BBD04D74936218DDB8EEE984"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fishery
cooperative exit provisions</header><text>Section 210(b) of the American
Fisheries Act (title II of division C of
Public Law
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681-629) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0287368D188348249C666C828DF289BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by moving the
matter beginning with <quote>the Secretary shall</quote> in paragraph (1) 2 ems
to the right;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H672E8461C24541C69E4C19DA54914800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H96A2B59E73E04D76AAC3A9FADAE60225" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDCF8AE43431A4BADBB98002662A6A800"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fishery
cooperative exit provisions</header>
<subparagraph id="HDD88C174FA8C411DA36B6CEBD159B50"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fishing allowance
determination</header><text>For purposes of determining the aggregate
percentage of directed fishing allowances under paragraph (1), when a catcher
vessel is removed from the directed pollock fishery, the fishery allowance for
pollock for the vessel being removed—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H49EA9BC2E3EA497D9171E5E56F7E39AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be based on the catch history
determination for the vessel made pursuant to
section
679.62 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect
on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 2006; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AC4F3DE770144D6B404AF74D4CC1100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be
assigned, for all purposes under this title, in the manner specified by the
owner of the vessel being removed to any other catcher vessel or among other
catcher vessels participating in the fishery cooperative if such vessel or
vessels remain in the fishery cooperative for at least one year after the date
on which the vessel being removed leaves the directed pollock fishery.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00108991611F41A2A85E1DE2F8C35B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility for
fishery endorsement</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), a
vessel that is removed pursuant to this paragraph shall be permanently
ineligible for a fishery endorsement, and any claim (including relating to
catch history) associated with such vessel that could qualify any owner of such
vessel for any permit to participate in any fishery within the exclusive
economic zone of the United States shall be extinguished, unless such removed
vessel is thereafter designated to replace a vessel to be removed pursuant to
this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H227BD6AAF41C40D0991ECDC55C8FF055"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitations on
statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed—</text>
<clause id="H6AC3E13C8C8240F38FBEBDC91AD74C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
make the vessels AJ (United States official number 905625), DONA MARTITA
(United States official number 651751), NORDIC EXPLORER (United States official
number 678234), and PROVIDIAN (United States official number 1062183)
ineligible for a fishery endorsement or any permit necessary to participate in
any fishery under the authority of the New England Fishery Management Council
or the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council established, respectively, under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 302(a)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H62B3CDB56CB84CF795B37C94A127B400"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to allow the vessels referred to in clause
(i) to participate in any fishery under the authority of the Councils referred
to in clause (i) in any manner that is not consistent with the fishery
management plan for the fishery developed by the Councils under section 303 of
the Magnuson-Stevens
Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DA4E66D9806490A9441E6DF735D769F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vessel safety
standards</header>
<paragraph id="H3AE0C2794DC548B8832F86B1B312933D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Loadlines</header><text>Section 5102(b)(3)
of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>a fishing
vessel.</quote> and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H661529DC0F7A46D8AC666C28C6F623A5" style="OLC">
<text>a fishing vessel
unless the vessel is—</text><subparagraph id="HFAF9C799C19248F1A6C802C6941758D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a rebuilt vessel
under section 208(g) of the American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of
Public Law
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–627); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA35F4391151249A48399E6C89B995C1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a replacement
vessel under such section and the replacement vessel did not harvest fish under
section 208(a), 208(b), 208(c), or 208(e) of that Act before June 1,
2006.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11C6ADF337B44E999809E640A9C89B6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classing</header><text>Section 4503 of
title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H574118E34EB54A420072F5E5D91C900"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by inserting after <quote>A</quote> the following: <quote>fishing
or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44EABEF7910F4B38B44B12F991DAFD10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5437236B209457987BE8EFC6EF7CFE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H14DD27ABD393422186C4BEEE6447F133"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability to
fishing vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section
applies to a fishing vessel to which this chapter applies that is—</text>
<paragraph id="H96F5D3E2D4DB48AE8DC98CDC25665097"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a rebuilt vessel
under section 208(g) of the American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of
Public Law
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681-627); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF7A9CF196ED4F32A4CB2582E13EF59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a replacement
vessel under such section and the replacement vessel did not harvest fish under
section 208(a), 208(b), 208(c), or 208(e) of that Act before June 1,
2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE41B0181DBE4DB088C53FEDFEE77FE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the heading for
such section by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Fish</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Fishing and fish</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86AD2E6E56C64E7BAC518203B6F73F6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conversion to
catcher/processor shares</header>
<paragraph id="H21AD723DDB654D6589FCCFF7594EE53D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="H82657688BDF7465EAEBCACD6B5AA1187"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment of
plan</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall amend the fishery management plan for
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (in this section referred to
as the <quote>Plan</quote>) for the Northern Region (as that term is used in
the Plan) to authorize entities affiliated through common ownership to elect on
an annual basis to work together to combine any of their catcher vessel owner
quota shares for the Northern Region with any of their processor quota shares
and to exchange them for newly created catcher/processor owner quota shares for
the Northern Region.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1E02EBB24EC4A179247E200147DF9A2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exchange
rate</header><text>The entities referred to in subparagraph (A) shall receive
under the amendment one unit of newly created catcher/processor owner quota
shares in exchange for one unit of catcher vessel owner quota shares and 0.9
units of processor quota shares.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA26B3B9BFF7046A5A5DE27108701A6A1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Area of
validity</header><text>Each unit of newly created catcher/processor owner quota
shares under this paragraph shall only be valid for the Northern Region.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0A67545A2774CD190355EE86F98FB66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fees</header>
<subparagraph id="H77825763406C4EC498918DCA3D39E533"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Local
fees</header><text>The holder of the newly created catcher/processor owner
quota shares under paragraph (1) shall pay a fee of 5.0 percent of the
ex-vessel value of the crab harvested pursuant to those shares to any local
governmental entities in the Northern Region, that would otherwise have
received tax revenues from local raw fish taxes had the exchange authorized by
paragraph (1) not occurred.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08B5041605564639B1646706C419A2CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
fee</header><text>The State of Alaska may collect from the holder of the newly
created catcher/processor owner quota shares under paragraph (1) a fee of 1.0
percent of the ex-vessel value of the crab harvested pursuant to those
shares.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CCC3653FE24F52A5C8562F67ABC007"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Landing
requirement</header><text>Crab harvested pursuant to catcher/processor owner
quota shares created under this subsection shall be landed in those communities
receiving the local governmental entities fee revenue set forth in paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63CE3FF7EF304982B5D8CB8934A48F21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Periodic Council
review</header><text>As part of its periodic review of the Plan referred to in
paragraph (1), the North Pacific Fishery Management Council may review the
effect, if any, of this subsection upon communities in the Northern Region. If
the Council determines that this section adversely affects the communities, the
Council may recommend to the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary may
approve, such changes to the Plan as are necessary to mitigate those adverse
effects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B41F4BA1F034A4BB983FF77051C341D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on
applications</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall apply only with respect to
entities that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H188E2E107F3340F8B434F957A1BF2C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>were initially
awarded catcher/processor owner quota shares under the Plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H037387162A004C3AB688954C1333C2E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>either were
initially awarded processor quota shares under the Plan or received such shares
under section 417(a) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006
(Public Law
109–241; 120 Stat. 546).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAECD9CEB76704B0A8BEDE7CC7C18678E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Goods and
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the
Act of July 5, 1884, commonly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act
of 1884 (33 U.S.C.
5(b)), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EC10FDCD1EA478883085DD72419175C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4BE130ECE2D4978AA30538481BED0F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DBCEF632D1140A9994EBFCC2CEB40DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H42520FF7D7D24ED3A41DE035BF5415DD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA7DF4D7B4829485B8CCB4734E09C11FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>sales taxes on
goods and services provided to or by vessels or watercraft (other than vessels
or watercraft primarily engaged in foreign
commerce).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8E1D409352DF40E3AC6CFB86F35D242"><enum>303.</enum><header>Maritime
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard
shall prepare and 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 use of funds provided to the
Alaska Sealife Center from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9740A2E86FEE43B0B4E9E37329B1C9D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Seaward extension of
anchorage grounds jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Rivers and Harbors
Appropriations Act of 1915 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/471">33 U.S.C. 471</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D280C1526E14F8DA5CEDA1600A9C308"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
before <quote>The</quote> the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A507E87972E4ABFA97217DAFC72B4EA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2D3E98D0C5364BC394CF006FA307B33F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4CFF2E86343463A923DF5F96849FA45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as designated by paragraph (1)) by striking <quote>$100; and the</quote> and
inserting <quote>up to $10,000. Each day during which a violation continues
shall constitute a separate violation. The</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6E78F25E383401BBC1356EB868699AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FD8B5EC972A4C8B90BBD356A87D44D3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7D51BEA641BF471D856C47F01F6F1038"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>As
used in this section <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>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEB958F5F228B4C5BB29C49A893B3DF47"><enum>305.</enum><header>Maritime Drug
Law Enforcement Act amendment-simple possession</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46
U.S.C. App. 1901-1904) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7A8FDDE5254F4676B36053B45E9B4EA8" style="OLC">
<section id="HE587B83E27BA40B9B76F50FF14F0F1DF"><enum>1905.</enum><header>Simple
possession</header>
<subsection id="H157345F41A0D44D9B2689C9866D61D05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual at a
facility (as defined under
section
70101 of title 46, United States Code) or on a vessel subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States who is found by the Secretary, after
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have knowingly or intentionally
possessed a controlled substance within the meaning of the Controlled
Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 812) shall be liable to the United States for a civil
penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. The Secretary shall notify
the individual in writing of the amount of the civil penalty.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB750158AA9854B27966DE17C016E17AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of
amount</header><text>In determining the amount of the penalty, the Secretary
shall consider 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 other matters that justice
requires.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8C4818564EC24F278E80D374D26281AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of
civil penalty assessment</header><text>Assessment of a civil penalty under this
section shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of State or Federal
law but may be considered proof of possession if such a determination is
relevant.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE67529CBB6354523BB2FDC56A114CEAD"><enum>306.</enum><header>Technical
amendments to tonnage measurement law</header>
<subsection id="HCF7F9FBEAFDB4F33B544042C01504E7E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/14301">Section 14301(b)(3)</external-xref> of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>of United States or Canadian
registry</quote> after <quote>vessel</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFD10EBE036D8453F8BB9AE701FA4AEDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Measurement</header><text>Section
14302(b) of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6905961881254461B8F6E66CABBA43B3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H702EB399E8AD49F1A5666DC148D4D98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Measurement</header><text>A
vessel measured under this chapter may not be required to be measured under any
other
law.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E26279E4F114F94AE3F64D43E2503D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reciprocity for
foreign vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II
of chapter 145 of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD84A1ED28B842788EA97FEB4CA0F9A7" style="USC">
<section id="H11FADD110CFE44F0B506324C9EBEFB1B"><enum>14514.</enum><header>Reciprocity
for foreign vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For a
foreign vessel not measured under chapter 143, if the Secretary finds that the
laws and regulations of a foreign country related to measurement of vessels are
substantially similar to those of this chapter and the regulations prescribed
under this chapter, the Secretary may accept the measurement and certificate of
a vessel of that foreign country as complying with this chapter and the
regulations prescribed under this
chapter.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD4F2EEAD219B407796D357C01E48E8FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Dual tonnage
measurement</header><text>Section 14513(c) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7679CF727C60485CA3B19E3D19126CE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E6621D0979E4D7F8E3E42EBBED4260"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>vessel’s tonnage mark is below the uppermost part of the load line
marks,</quote> and inserting <quote>vessel is assigned 2 sets of gross and net
tonnages under this section,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H906BDA48AD644659A3CC034EAAE47E36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the mark</quote> and inserting <quote>the vessel’s tonnage mark</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD565BB5B3664176AE341036A21BD29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>as
assigned under this section.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H257A94827C0A4A25B361724FB0192605"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter II of chapter 145 of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAABE07B278B34260AF0026DB09003FC0" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">14514. Reciprocity for foreign
vessels.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07AA06A5DC9E42019175B248CC4CC6CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Seamen’s shoreside
access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each facility security
plan approved under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46,
United States Code, shall provide a system for seamen assigned to a vessel at
that facility, pilots, and representatives of seamen’s welfare and labor
organizations to board and depart the vessel through the facility in a timely
manner at no cost to the individual.</text>
</section><section id="H2170ED30E10D4B35AB976F004F796037"><enum>308.</enum><header>Limitation on
maritime liens on fishing permits</header>
<subsection id="H7407C19F749740E9B06B794418CF87B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter I of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/313">chapter 313</external-xref> of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A772EE7487C44EF88D48FD4EC967C93" style="USC">
<section id="H93D1C04979404ED691425BD036E0148E"><enum>31310.</enum><header>Limitation on
maritime liens on fishing permits</header>
<subsection id="HF3454D5454054E949191FF8CC1B6A1B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A maritime lien shall
not attach to a permit that—</text>
<paragraph id="H15955B4524B24EB69F74AB69F02CA0CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorizes use of
a vessel to engage in fishing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB2E9F1C36C74FCDA93817EF096600C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is issued under
State or Federal law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD115017072CC422E875D005FFEFFFFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
enforcement</header><text>No civil action may be brought to enforce a maritime
lien on a permit described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0AF060FCCCA342C7A787B384182287FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) shall
be construed as imposing any limitation upon the authority of the Secretary of
Commerce to modify, suspend, revoke, or sanction any Federal fishery permit
issued by the Secretary of Commerce or to bring a civil action to enforce such
modification, suspension, revocation, or
sanction.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC3054422F83847649F1457FF67804104"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 31309 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBFFF2F31E2DA4552B87037926BA27310" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">31310. Limitation on maritime liens on
fishing
permits.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4089A2A9ADF74FDC8B44BA125836BC2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header> Extension of
exemption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3503(a) of
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2008</quote> and
inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H044171068C9A409E98D5C556A46C31B1"><enum>310.</enum><header>Documentation
of certain fishing vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
12102(c)(5) of title 46, United States Code, as amended by
section 301(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDCA7A71129604C818FBDF5C84004CA4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF2C5C36CDA834FF69BBEA5D18CBAC2C" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the vessel has been issued a permit
pursuant to part 648.6(a)(2) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, and the
owner of the vessel—</text>
<clause id="HF584A27DDABA46658D2DAAFA36C25A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>demonstrates to the Secretary the
recommendation and approval referred to in subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="H4623C0689C5D4E24AAFFFFC9F507C8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is required under the endorsement
to land all harvested fish and processed fish products at a United States port;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H156ED6F7AED94B2996CEB31320D08C84"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>demonstrates to the Secretary
that the vessel is in compliance with—</text>
<subclause id="H9F2A3B46CFCA46BFBBB7F3799BBC3EF1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>requirements that otherwise apply under
section 403 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(16 U.S.C.
1881b) that the vessel carry one or more Federal observers;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9A66023838114CFE80C4FDB98CDF6958"><enum>(II)</enum><text>recordkeeping and reporting requirements
that otherwise apply under part 648.7 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Miscellaneous
Provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H504CA7BDBAB34F01B7FBF779BBB1753F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Secure
communications program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There
is authorized to be appropriated to the Commandant of the Coast Guard
$3,000,000 to improve boarding team communications through the use of a
cryptographic mesh overlay protocol.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C0DC54446AE4BE38D10DB09394BD929" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Certificate of
documentation for GALLANT LADY</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1120(c) of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3977) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE314F47669B47259317000080F10235"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55C4FA1EC54B4EF6B7DE984AFF2AB33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F6E91336BDD4956837900CEC3EF419F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA3E2E244BDDA419198D9E24E00CA7B69" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H22BD682C3CC442F2B7EDA91C1DF42A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the vessel GALLANT
LADY (Feadship hull number 672, approximately 168 feet in
length).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74D0C7D432D84BC9ACE7DC44CE7312C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3) and (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD75AD183DEB74E51BF86C48EE7196CE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
(as so redesignated) by striking all after <quote>shall expire</quote> and
inserting <quote>on the date of the sale of the vessel by the
owner.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC20D58B578EF416892E8CEC7BBB82590" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/46/883">46 U.S.C. App. 883</external-xref>),
section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/46/289">46 U.S.C. App. 289</external-xref>; 24
Stat. 81), and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/12106">section 12106</external-xref> of title 46, United
States Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating may issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement
for the OCEAN VERITAS (IMO Number 7366805).</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F360B1E68DF499A871439EB26FEADF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008, there
is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration $7,000,000 to acquire through the use of
unmanned aerial vehicles data to improve the management of natural disasters,
and the safety of marine and aviation transportation.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE10EEAA37084A96AF33D4D5CC4B8C7B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header>Great Lakes Maritime
Research Institute</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 605
of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 1052) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H68759771F7A84269A9844418C5C4ADE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD4C237804DF44A2EB3F19F3BF0D702C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study that</quote> and
inserting <quote>The Institute shall conduct maritime transportation studies of
the Great Lakes region, including studies that</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFD42075061F40B5A2256DDBC74DCAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraphs
(A), (B), (C), (E), (F), (H), (I), and (J) by striking <quote>evaluates</quote>
and inserting <quote>evaluate</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H296E9B0BFE71445A8005270005AC7671"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraphs
(D) and (G) by striking <quote>analyzes</quote> and inserting
<quote>analyze</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCB0B6FFEC46438391204CC82E3F69EA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (I);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D4BB08B137A4558ABC3075933F0CA8E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4C0CFE9C6A04B44A800B139F5DCEDF3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H58E5E5690A1448AE933621CEFDE8B4C3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB0FD8F175E694FD3A9C5A2B08CF284EB"><enum>(K)</enum><text>identify ways to
improve the integration of the Great Lakes marine transportation system into
the national transportation system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25222502CDC240B2AA7E233E50332BCE"><enum>(L)</enum><text>examine the
potential of expanded operations on the Great Lakes marine transportation
system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1979495418C54C18A3933C18F8480055"><enum>(M)</enum><text>identify ways to
include intelligent transportation applications into the Great Lakes marine
transportation system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEB07D848DA8480E9000D3DBAF7B56C2"><enum>(N)</enum><text>analyze the
effects and impacts of aging infrastructure and port corrosion on the Great
Lakes marine transportation system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7795B51834B4CC2B1FEFFDE248343B2"><enum>(O)</enum><text>establish and
maintain a model Great Lakes marine transportation system database; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCA0E7482EB342DAA2C7E1B0197B066"><enum>(P)</enum><text>identify market
opportunities for, and impediments to, the use of United States-flag vessels in
trade with Canada on the Great Lakes.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H48E47A06203F49D5BE305DE3653B90D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b)(4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2C69FD0342084AF1AD481BECB15D2FAA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF3CC80069E9F4A43BDDD48E7BAEBEAAA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0365278E63B6441A8FD914E7A43D6B8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$2,100,000 for
fiscal year 2007;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D42C5D0DEA444EB8B094100D670DF57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$2,200,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC2D1ECB331043010076989300ADE9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$2,300,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75F201C9B70445D38D163400B8D308C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$2,400,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC30911E42FA746E491C77F82BD146F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$2,500,000 for
fiscal year
2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76AE0F577E624974AFEC9616C188009C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header>Inspection and
certification of permanently moored vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any vessel which has a valid certificate of
inspection in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and which is
subsequently classified by the Coast Guard as a permanently moored vessel shall
remain eligible for a certificate of inspection for an additional 5 years from
the expiration date of the certificate of inspection in effect on the date of
the reclassification.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FEF6D6A3EDB462F9730F104C089D718" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header>Competitive
contracting for patrol boat replacement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Coast Guard may only buy or operate a
patrol boat replacement (fast response cutter) if the contract to build the
cutter is awarded using a competitive contracting procedure among shipyards in
the United States and the management of the competitive contracting procedure
is done by the Coast Guard or the primary contractor for the Deepwater Program
of the Coast Guard.</text>
</section><section id="H1B06982E6D6747C78F8FF2C6285C00AE"><enum>408.</enum><header>Patrol boat
report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report how the Coast Guard
plans to manage the annual readiness gap of lost time for 110-foot patrol boats
from fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2013. The report shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="H227541FFE7CD4CD59F68F03CC92584F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an identification
of assets that may be used to alleviate the annual readiness gap of lost time
for such patrol boats;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F4B5B02D8F4486C8F00F4A537DCB564"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
projection of the remaining operational lifespan of the 110-foot patrol boat
fleet;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FEC43C5D4F9466F91647F66D1FFED4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
description of how extending through fiscal year 2013 the transfer agreement
between the Coast Guard and the United States Navy for 5 Cyclone class 179-foot
patrol coastal ships would effect the annual readiness gap of lost time for
110-foot patrol boats; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FDD9E992ACA4D9F993FFF3E1D217E38"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an estimate of the
cost to extend the operational lifespan of the 110-foot patrol boat fleet for
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2013.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA472994915F4490CAEF07E83B4BE97E5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>409.</enum><header>Actions to address
sexual harassment and violence at Coast Guard Academy</header>
<subsection id="H3D5C75C79E994A2184DCC6D0AAA140D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy on Sexual
harassment</header>
<paragraph id="HAADEA998FD6E4568B435E9F6BD30FFE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Under guidance prescribed by the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Commandant of the Coast
Guard shall direct the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy to prescribe a
policy on sexual harassment and violence applicable to the personnel of the
Coast Guard Academy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF9B83BF989446588614292069B63F24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specified
programs and procedures</header><text>The policy on sexual harassment and
violence prescribed for the Academy under paragraph (1) shall specify the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H303504448766423BAB5C6F95EE6676EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Programs to
promote awareness of the incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, and other sexual
offenses of a criminal nature that involve academy personnel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55EFBE0683524CFB003F6822255FAFDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Procedures that a
cadet should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or
violence, including—</text>
<clause id="H96A58B83610844A586B4386DE2ED001D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a specification of the person or persons to
whom the alleged offense should be reported;</text>
</clause><clause id="H48F6B4C2E7DB4496AE50F0CCD6C30000"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
specification of any other person whom the victim should contact; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6CAAB3E5FA5430800F70478CB5B3B36"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>procedures on
the preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of criminal sexual
assault.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E6FC462DDC044A3B6BD11789C8D9BB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Procedures for
disciplinary action in cases of alleged criminal sexual assault involving
academy personnel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF93D0AC485FE4D2EB27905CCD5B46EFF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other sanction authorized to be imposed
in a substantiated case of harassment or violence involving academy personnel
in rape, acquaintance rape, or any other criminal sexual offense, whether
forcible or nonforcible.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF08D77F8AED6430DBA4CE71151A6D04"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Required training
on the policy for all academy personnel, including the specific training
required for personnel who process allegations of sexual harassment or violence
involving academy personnel.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A0DEE0076DB43A99B029208FD00F783"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Factors to
consider</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In prescribing the
policy on sexual harassment and violence for the Academy under paragraph (1),
the Superintendent shall take into consideration—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F46AB7DA25C4C2CB98CF0C5EBADF008"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings,
conclusions, and recommendations of the panel established pursuant to title V
of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law
108–11; 117 Stat. 609) to review sexual misconduct allegations
at the United States Air Force Academy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0812A0B2A1104E19AD47BC1DD5458BF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of other previous reviews and investigations of sexual
harassment and violence conducted with respect to the Coast Guard Academy and
one or more of the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval
Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A73F55DDC644E5A9F79921065A60094"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
policy required by paragraph (1) shall be prescribed not later than June 1,
2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79C51334AAC2433A8F003900A53732BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
assessment</header>
<paragraph id="H989CA0E96A7644C4ADFC1CFAFCF283D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall direct the Superintendent to conduct
at the Coast Guard Academy an assessment during the Academy’s program year to
determine the effectiveness of the Academy’s policies, training, and procedures
on sexual harassment and violence to prevent criminal sexual harassment and
violence involving academy personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B51E988A27D4A46AA8C00187DF97DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Survey of
personnel</header><text>For the assessment for each academy program year, the
Superintendent shall conduct a survey of all academy personnel—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF20418E2C67C4B9687DCD3093BC7ED8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to measure—</text>
<clause id="HBDC685D7F1F54A05921CC2335F3B5007"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the incidence, during that program year, of
sexual harassment and violence events, on or off the academy reservation, that
have been reported to officials of the Academy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F44BAB1EC4B4C2FB13C39792C844C02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
incidence, in that program year, of sexual harassment and violence events, on
or off the academy reservation, that have not been reported to officials of the
Academy; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H451AFEDB33064578A4D1BAD9B729D649"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assess the
perceptions of academy personnel on—</text>
<clause id="H2243A87F73904621A99274FDBCA61D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
policies, training, and procedures on sexual harassment and violence involving
academy personnel;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB1B494A058F4E72BB6275DBD5BCE2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
enforcement of such policies;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBFB0EB5E77946679190433BF465B524"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the incidence of
sexual harassment and violence involving academy personnel in such program
year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF20AEA5BFBCF4482A730125D1BB139E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any
other issues relating to sexual harassment and violence involving academy
personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEEB4CFB7E2F84E9B00F0E08636BC9555"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<paragraph id="H7C48D19095C3416CBED5AA7D7C2BF4E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall
direct the Superintendent to submit to the Secretary a report on sexual
harassment and violence involving academy personnel for each academy program
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H928EE0CC0D9C445A9C6DA8EC33F019F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specified
matters to be covered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
annual report for the Academy under paragraph (1) shall contain, for the
academy program year covered by the report, the following matters:</text>
<subparagraph id="H23C733F50DCE4DE79CFE7C49EF21E74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of
sexual assaults, rapes, and other sexual offenses involving academy personnel
that have been reported to academy officials during the program year and the
number of the reported cases that have been substantiated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F0AED37AB044CB1B03F60F4FC5165EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The policies,
procedures, and processes implemented by the Commandant and the leadership of
the Academy in response to sexual harassment and violence involving academy
personnel during the program year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89F13A0EA3FA4F508445A8A510D2EEC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the report for
the 2008 academy program year, a discussion of the survey conducted under
subsection (b), together with an analysis of the results of the survey and a
discussion of any initiatives undertaken on the basis of such results and
analysis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFCA024DEB7A4CB7B6BEB9DC9EB5D39"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In the report for
each of the subsequent academy program years, the results of the annual survey
conducted in such program year under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21F5788D36E94C92A007974615AC97E4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A plan for the
actions that are to be taken in the following academy program year regarding
prevention of and response to sexual harassment and violence involving academy
personnel.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45F1806E1CE14A04868C0041B387AF09"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmittal to
Secretary</header><text>The Commandant shall transmit the annual report on an
academy under this subsection, together with the Commandant’s comments on the
report, to the Secretary and the Board of Visitors of the Academy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB17FF586DAB641AF9629AF111F00E507"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transmittal to
Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit the annual report on the
Academy under this subsection, together with the Secretary's comments on the
report to, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1A22D6C54034767885D961BCECEB8DF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Deadline for
2008 report</header><text>The report for the 2008 academy program year shall be
submitted to the Commandant not later than June 1, 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC99158D852844E2CBDBBB5DE259A501"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <quote>academy program year</quote> with respect to a
year, means the academy program year that ends in that year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D33C6B3E4464040965115D61BF7E638" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>410.</enum><header>Cruise ship
demonstration project</header>
<subsection id="H0228B3B2C1B541EB9578B0FAA500C958"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in cooperation the
regional trade association representing the major cruise lines that operate in
the Alaska cruise trade, shall conduct a demonstration project on the methods
and best practices of the use of smokestack scrubbers on cruise ships that
operate in that region.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H10D8F9232AC04B29ADF71DE2A31CBC66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>The
Commandant of the Coast Guard may enter into an agreement with the regional
trade association referred to in subsection (a), or one or more of its members,
to assist in conducting the demonstration project under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA667BBF164C346A9A1BA06CF9567D48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon
completion of the project described in subsection (a), the Commandant of the
Coast Guard shall submit a report on the results of the project to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BD9F9BE0EDB4AECBE6F130300C585A7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header>Crew wages on
passenger vessels</header>
<subsection id="H8382527D82494F89B6A209E61D2F6FF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign and
Intercoastal voyages</header>
<paragraph id="HFFFE7D30B18545C0A7E8F90082FB84D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cap on penalty
wages</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/10313">Section 10313(g)</external-xref> of title 46,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1CF77D18B5247D196005D1CB037B55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>When</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
when</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50EBE515F8BB4384BEB89F9D714B5B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBFD02302E224436F9742E371D0D900A5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H454F279885FE456C93F0CE00F18E62DA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The total amount required to be paid
under paragraph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action suit by seamen
on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers for wages
under this section against a vessel master, owner, or operator or the employer
of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid wages that are the subject
of the claims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD97F758C9CA41A499BD431F005BD8EB" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A class action suit for wages under
this subsection must be commenced within three years after the later of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD8C1E0EC88D412884CA3E5B6C66B58C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the end of the last voyage
for which the wages are claimed; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B0A90E166104B6FA784A22128B75672"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the receipt, by a seaman who is a
claimant in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the subject of the suit
that is made in the ordinary course of
employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H678CC139487942EC84B8C78309CB9D24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Section
10315 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8EFD9F1AC8494237007F000141056463" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H85EDE0141ED141D5A549BEBDBF99F2FD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deposits in
seaman account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A seaman
employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers may
authorize, by written request signed by the seaman, the master, owner, or
operator of the vessel, or the employer of the seaman, to make deposits of
wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, investment, or retirement
account, or other account to secure a payroll or debit card for the seaman
if—</text>
<paragraph id="H8704F81ABD7546129771A500F801C3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the wages
designated by the seaman for such deposit are deposited in a United States or
international financial institution designated by the seaman;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4849898D3CE74AE681C8613CECB7AEFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such deposits in
the financial institution are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted
international standards by the government of the country in which the financial
institution is licensed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DAA48FB9361439A85A8776116BFC1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a written wage
statement or pay stub, including an accounting of any direct deposit, is
delivered to the seaman no less often than monthly; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6CD95D102444C338D2B11AD20D083A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>while on board the
vessel on which the seaman is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for
withdrawal of all funds on deposit in the account in which the wages are
deposited.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16B7CF7612BF43770065B8054173C906"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coastwise
voyages</header>
<paragraph id="H90B319B861D84B0A87A58C6FE4FD49BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cap on penalty
wages</header><text>Section 10504(c) of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H07DA654D726A494DB78647F8AD99C82E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>When</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Subject to subsection (d), and
except as provided in paragraph (2), when</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3070D3BDF94421EACB2643BFD897B73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6091ED5F1E5436192A79E1801D57DEF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H01EF804A69954610AB46FE81717BC2B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The total amount required to be paid
under paragraph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action suit by seamen
on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers for wages
under this section against a vessel master, owner, or operator or the employer
of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid wages that are the subject
of the claims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA473E6DC56664CE68C9BBAB6C103CA72" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A class action suit for wages under
this subsection must be commenced within three years after the later of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8754755CE96D4AE8B0C9CD46005FBDB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the end of the last voyage
for which the wages are claimed; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED302152563B4AC6B689B70AD2DF3E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the receipt, by a seaman who is a
claimant in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the subject of the suit
that is made in the ordinary course of
employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8F797ADD94546198F005B037268F6FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Section
10504 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A5A98E66ACE4B8EA4798F4EAF565100" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H48FBC455A8474E57B200C55B160386EC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deposits in
seaman account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A seaman
employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers may
authorize, by written request signed by the seaman, the master, owner, or
operator of the vessel, or the employer of the seaman, to make deposits of
wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, investment, or retirement
account, or other account to secure a payroll or debit card for the seaman
if—</text>
<paragraph id="H892F34364E494B089003E224946B1888"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the wages
designated by the seaman for such deposit are deposited in a United States or
international financial institution designated by the seaman;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE907A68A8EE54F7F9B2E680076EC5C9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such deposits in
the financial institution are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted
international standards by the government of the country in which the financial
institution is licensed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H723DDA51395D4B199623E82CF66760BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a written wage
statement or pay stub, including an accounting of any direct deposit, is
delivered to the seaman no less often than monthly; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF2B5FBBAB884008B0972500DCDA7E53"><enum>(4)</enum><text>while on board the
vessel on which the seaman is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for
withdrawal of all funds on deposit in the account in which the wages are
deposited.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H421C002CDB27430681C942E19BF1BE1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>412.</enum><header>Technical
corrections</header>
<subsection id="H9406218D36F24D9D99A93FD9C5D6123"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coast Guard and
Maritime Transportation Act of 2006</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective with enactment of the Coast Guard
and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/241">Public Law 109–241</external-xref>), such Act is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC8E3588A500456AB246E47993AD5C09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 311(b)
(120 Stat. 530) by inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2) of</quote> before
<quote>section 8104(o)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF27328E2BA6247B89771FC85C093FBD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
603(a)(2) (120 Stat. 554) by striking <quote>33 U.S.C. 2794(a)(2)</quote> and
inserting <quote>33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23B55C9D9CFF40D0963600C175C8413B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
901(r)(2) (120 Stat. 566) by striking <quote>the</quote> the second place it
appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B66D343315E47CD868010673D5DDE3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 902(c)
(120 Stat. 566) by inserting <quote>of the United States</quote> after
<quote>Revised Statutes</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF23FA74165F44B749198D078C9798410"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 902(e)
(120 Stat. 567) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC777DFFC629547EB881B003707239CDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H736D52E3AAB7447DA4C16E606B7611BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE25550300A24C2C92D2E98F4DFE20CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (2),
respectively, and aligning the left margin of such subparagraphs with the left
margin of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF52479AB6A045C3891672237BAB70"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in
section 902(e)(2)(C) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>this
section</quote> and inserting <quote>this paragraph</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H771D1D2D41734A83A80013EDB7D484E2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section
902(e)(2)(D) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>this section</quote> and
inserting <quote>this paragraph</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C56149699004C7889122513F274928B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section
902(h)(1) (120 Stat. 567)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05452F01B9044AE08667DBBE9E2EAF00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Bisti/De-Na-Zin</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>Protection</quote> and inserting <quote>Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H478A30E943004C8C80BD11D1E5B29D16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting a
period after <quote>Commandant of the Coast Guard</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6BC8686B4924FF1A665132066C8F849"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section 902(k)
(120 Stat. 568) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H999DE04CDB6A4D1F93F105BFB282D169"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>the Act of March 23, 1906, commonly known as</quote> before <quote>the
General Bridge</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67D9CA1B8D6948DEBF73324332711E26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>491)</quote> and inserting <quote>494),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7863866AC524FF8A7F303AF200483EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>each place it appears</quote> before <quote>and inserting</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3CD4B0A3758476FB6E91EA521886D24"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in section 902(o)
(120 Stat. 569) by striking the period after <quote>Homeland
Security</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F8F8342DFFF482C881C7E46A6FB79DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title
14</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6293FA7C08654C4A89DA625DD00505CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The
analysis for
chapter
7 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding a
period at the end of the item relating to section 149.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA34C4CCE7254E3BB7DDDF2B923449B6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/17">chapter 17</external-xref> of title 14,
United States Code, is amended by adding a period at the end of the item
relating to section 677.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67B76D00DB5E4FF98E411862221BBFB6" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter
9 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding a
period at the end of the item relating to section 198.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H149D4884CC8F4476A96FD05E619C173"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Title
46</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5A71ED87777A4FAF88E2B2513372B14F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The
analysis for
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by adding a period at the end of the item
relating to section 8106.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37CFD51FEDA54030BB45158E3D95D692" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 70105(c)(3)(C) of such title
is amended by striking <quote>National Intelligence Director</quote> and
inserting <quote>Director of National Intelligence</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BD488DE676946139CD700E1D1850873"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deepwater port
act of 1974</header><text>Section 5(c)(2) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974
(33 U.S.C.
1504(c)(2)) is amended by aligning the left margin of
subparagraph (K) with the left margin of subparagraph (L).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A7BD59130F04BDDB35F49A167A15553"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Oil pollution
act of 1990</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H65ADE05B48A945368021489331CDBCA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1104(a)(2) of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2794">33 U.S.C. 2794(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking the first comma following <quote>$800,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H040EF407CF61437ABFE3B061621B6BDA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of sections in section 2 of
such Act is amended by inserting a period at the end of the item relating to
section 7002.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A22EC7FB0B5407CAC75766C22DABD5E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1996</header><text>The table of sections in section 2 of
the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 is amended in the item relating to
section 103 by striking <quote>reports</quote> and inserting
<quote>report</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>MARPOL Annex VI
implementation</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB028ABE3D04F44AB9618353E9C39B8F0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>MARPOL Annex VI Implementation
Act of 2006</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H41D94D1D427947B4A65773A2F2A286C9"><enum>502.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Wherever in this title an amendment or
repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or a repeal of a section or
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et
seq.).</text>
</section><section id="H4750508C8AA144AAAA22FCC09281A45F"><enum>503.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1901">33 U.S.C. 1901(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H39C84BCB7E6A42C98634BD7265011160"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the paragraphs (1) through (12) as paragraphs (2) through (13),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE62D9766D9E34F9EA2B0E1EA962F2823"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3FC61717E17D4081B12287B8786C3B52" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9E44CE7164E04894997C383402BDB9F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>Administrator</quote>
means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3CB1E6F07144CA2BF34F1BC93567F9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
(as so redesignated) by striking <quote>and V</quote> and inserting <quote>V,
and VI</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAB3CE8EECFC40B08419CAFB01F643C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(as so redesignated) by striking <quote><quote>discharge</quote> and
<quote>garbage</quote> and <quote>harmful substance</quote> and
<quote>incident</quote></quote> and inserting <quote><quote>discharge</quote>,
<quote>emission</quote>, <quote>garbage</quote>, <quote>harmful
substance</quote>, and <quote>incident</quote></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2291D785F6FC45A6864C477736C53383"><enum>504.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1902">33 U.S.C. 1902</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H94488136779841C5A15500F104C5B3B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H85441212369C4C4297A50136CC3DF79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8A8EB05E44E4549BF9EB39777001FF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C0D2CA82E5B43BCBEA1E92E00F221D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6179EF253A2E42549D53FBC4294205A9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEA820F2E483846FCB400DC39583E94A6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>with respect to
Annex VI to the Convention, and to the extent consistent with international
law, to a ship (other than a ship referred to in paragraph (1)), that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H274763F4896E4F63B3F750296E164BEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in a port,
shipyard, offshore terminal, or the internal waters of the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC1DA393A76A4644006B61ED31C91657"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is in the
territorial sea of the United States as defined in Presidential Proclamation
5928 of December 27, 1988;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C4172E69B9B4F95B3BCF4835E72055E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is in an emission
control area designated pursuant to section 4; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F1C10044B634E47AC2E55C6722E15C6"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA3FB659689324ECAA7E068C3D3AE1604"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is bound for or
departing a port, shipyard, offshore terminal, or the internal waters of the
United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H013B951A0D6041118ED4662D24D8788" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is in any other area that the
Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, has designated by regulation
and based on the best available scientific data as being an area from which
emissions from ships are of concern with respect to protection of public
health, welfare, or the
environment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEAE8904DB7BA4D108241912566A0358E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1) by inserting <quote>or (3)</quote> after <quote>paragraph
(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED626BE2E6374D02BA672048FB015524"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF5908F260A674ECBB85953B72E2B9C44" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA18EBC87C24C4B9D9EDC85DC5400662E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>With respect to Annex VI to the
Convention, the head of a Federal department or agency may determine that some
or all of the requirements under this Act shall apply to one or more classes of
public vessels operated under the authority of such department or
agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H198AAE269CEE40E391B3912E56B7F818"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD5603A322EE4BCB853DDCDDB373B536"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or the Administrator as authorized by section 4,</quote> after
<quote>Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C33083DDB9944C781004B2C77DF66A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or an applicable Annex)</quote> after <quote>MARPOL Protocol</quote>
the first place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4284EECC76547F0BBCEBAC4CD30D548"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and Annex VI</quote> after <quote>Annex V</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1289B74C914C4F2A96D1B5B642EAAB6F"><enum>505.</enum><header>Administration
and enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b)
(33 U.S.C.
1903(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE80A13995A904690A51EE1C72B4EF2EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A7844667368496BB4448B8EC1E09213"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H334BCA6B5F2C4409AACF6B9314CFE492" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB527A5E6C05A4C148730A7FE25F8B759" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In prescribing regulations under this
section to carry out the provisions of Annex VI to the Convention, the
Secretary shall consult with the Administrator with respect to Regulations 12
and 16 of such Annex and with the Administrator and the Secretary of the
Interior with respect to Regulation 19 of such Annex.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD39A591CA7342158706967D03A55E9" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the authority the Secretary
has to prescribe regulations under this section to carry out Annex VI to the
Convention, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall
prescribe any necessary or desired regulations to carry out Regulations 13, 14,
15, and 18 of such Annex.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFDB6830E1E64C54B4056E4F6215D366"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC826B0F837C84814BD162BDAB9C90596" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6BCC685CB3FC462BB0C93B1B437E0353" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>No standard issued by any person or
Federal agency regarding emissions from tank vessels that are subject to
Regulation 15 of Annex VI to the Convention shall be effective until six months
after the date on which the Secretary submits a notification to the
International Maritime Organization that such standard has been
established.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC99AF6D1557F49958CD368006D70C07D"><enum>506.</enum><header>Certificates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1904">33 U.S.C. 1904</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H73999B98C24F46EA9D58F6FFFA41811F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFBA7F3B47EF94C9DB2E7805CD32E4C00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4400365641742319FBB8E11BAA280A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H45C829C90FCE490D9C8E75B02CC03AA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB409AFAD67A94045A2185935C14DB19B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Administrator shall, and no other
person may, issue an Engine International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate
in accordance with Annex VI to the Convention and the International Maritime
Organization’s Technical Code on Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from
Marine Diesel Engines, on behalf of the United States. The issuance of such
certificates shall be consistent with any applicable requirements under the
Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and regulations promulgated
thereunder.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14CB4413DB9648DDA254405459C190EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2852325F2F3B44498C406E388377A953" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBAF32243B8BF4778B3957842270029C7"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A certificate
issued by a country that is a party to the MARPOL Protocol has the same
validity as a certificate issued by the Secretary under this Act or by the
Administrator under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C74D970F85E4C7993C0BBCE274B808"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
subsection (e) by inserting <quote>or the public health or welfare</quote>
after <quote>marine environment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H54C2F0B384BF4EE39317B2003EE04C38"><enum>507.</enum><header>Reception
facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6
(33 U.S.C.
1905) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA400591AA3DA4AFFAEADBB944800DCE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1ABC76DBCE2046D2B60031EBB4AB9E96" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H39A37A72DAC74D5C006308657D916495" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary, after consulting with
appropriate Federal agencies, shall establish regulations to require that ports
and terminals provide reception facilities for receiving ozone depleting
substances, equipment containing such substances, and exhaust gas cleaning
residues or ensure that such facilities are available. The regulations shall
establish criteria for determining the adequacy of reception facilities for
receiving such substances, equipment, or residues at a port or terminal and
such additional measures and requirements as are appropriate to ensure such
adequacy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15E43F6F7B084BE9AE71705F7E006DB9" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary may establish
regulations to certify, and may issue certificates to the effect, that a port’s
or terminal’s facilities for receiving such substances, equipment, and residues
from ships are
adequate.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A17F10230444607AE7BBFF5F5DF77B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (c)(2)(A) by inserting <quote>or (a)(3)</quote> after
<quote>subsection (a)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E7C2F1D6A3D4295A0853CEF7600EB94"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e)(2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H03B2C42061224DA380E125275C073B57" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H27322C9E67374935AD064627C7AB36B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary may deny the entry of a
ship to a port or terminal required by regulations issued under this section to
provide adequate reception facilities for garbage, ozone depleting substances,
equipment containing such substances, and exhaust gas cleaning residues if the
port of terminal is not in compliance with such
regulations.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD29BEC3ECA9B4C2AA959F1B7F4F241F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1) by striking <quote>MARPOL Protocol or the Antarctic Protocol</quote> and
inserting <quote>MARPOL Protocol, the Antarctic Protocol, or this
Act</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9E2ABA4D5EA542C3972E2DDFAC1DABC0"><enum>508.</enum><header>Inspections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1907">33 U.S.C. 1907(f)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H11B6789D375740FEB623699EB200AB92" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H22C61E4111704B46AA51F47036A00666"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE07219FC97454184A5F77000CC4E9F43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary may
inspect a ship to which this Act applies as provided under section 3(a)(5), to
verify whether the ship is in compliance with Annex VI to the Convention and
this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF262790F20847F6A785B439CF70AAA1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If an inspection under this
subsection or any other information indicates that a violation has occurred,
the Secretary may undertake enforcement action under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H97770AF2EB2A442187B84687F4E4F589"><enum>509.</enum><header>Amendments to
the protocol</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(b)
(33 U.S.C.
1909(b)) is amended by striking <quote>Annex I, II, or
V</quote> and by inserting <quote>Annex I, II, V, or VI</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H79210AE22EF64783A9ACBC74F5388799"><enum>510.</enum><header>Effect on other
laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15
(33 U.S.C.
1911) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03AFDE5D774D44EABEFC5E925FE2A1BF" style="OLC">
<section id="H986B5655C61D4F6500ADF129D86765B5"><enum>15.</enum><header>Effect on other
laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Authorities,
requirements, and remedies of this Act supplement and neither amend nor repeal
any other authorities, requirements, or remedies conferred by any other
provision of law. Nothing in this Act shall limit, deny, amend, modify, or
repeal any other authority, requirement, or remedy available to the United
States or any other person, except as expressly provided in this
Act.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2E02E0FA9C8D4BDA865067E04BA100FA"><enum>511.</enum><header>MARPOL
technical corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 9
(33 U.S.C.
1908(a), (b), and (d)) are amended by striking the second comma
after <quote>MARPOL Protocol</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives September 28, 2006.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.