IB Union Calendar No. 170 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3619 [Report No. 111–303, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 22, 2009 Mr. Oberstar (for himself and Mr. Cummings) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure October 16, 2009 Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic October 16, 2009 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security for a period ending not later than October 16, 2009, for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(i), rule X October 16, 2009 Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 22, 2009 A BILL To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
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This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. 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. Repeal. Sec. 210. Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee. Sec. 211. Reserve commissioned warrant officer to lieutenant program. Sec. 212. Enhanced status quo officer promotion system. Sec. 213. Laser Training System. Sec. 214. Coast Guard vessels and aircraft. Sec. 215. Coast Guard District Ombudsmen. Sec. 216. Coast Guard commissioned officers: compulsory retirement. Sec. 217. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws. Sec. 218. Academy nominations. Sec. 219. Report on sexual assaults in the Coast Guard. Sec. 220. Home port of Coast Guard vessels in Guam. Sec. 221. Minority serving institutions. Title III—Shipping and Navigation Sec. 301. Goods and services. Sec. 302. Seaward extension of anchorage grounds jurisdiction. Sec. 303. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act amendment-simple possession. Sec. 304. Technical amendments to tonnage measurement law. Sec. 305. Adjustment of liability limits for natural gas deepwater ports. Sec. 306. Period of limitations for claims against Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Sec. 307. Merchant mariner document standards. Sec. 308. Report on Coast Guard determinations. Sec. 309. Ship emission reduction technology demonstration project. Sec. 310. Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development. Sec. 311. Arctic marine shipping assessment implementation. Sec. 312. Supplemental positioning system. Sec. 313. Dual escort vessels for double hulled tankers in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Title IV—Great Lakes Icebreaker Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Findings. Sec. 403. Authorization of appropriations. Title V—Acquisition Reform Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Definitions. Subtitle A—Restrictions on the use of lead systems integrators Sec. 511. Procurement structure. Subtitle B—Coast Guard acquisition policy Sec. 521. Operational requirements. Sec. 522. Required contract terms. Sec. 523. Life-cycle cost estimates. Sec. 524. Test and evaluation. Sec. 525. Capability standards. Sec. 526. Acquisition program reports. Sec. 527. Undefinitized contractual actions. Sec. 528. Guidance on excessive pass-through charges. Sec. 529. Acquisition of major capabilities: Alternatives analysis. Sec. 530. Cost overruns and delays. Sec. 531. Report on former Coast Guard officials employed by contractors to the agency. Sec. 532. Department of Defense consultation. Subtitle C—Coast Guard personnel Sec. 541. Chief Acquisition Officer. Sec. 542. Improvements in Coast Guard acquisition management. Sec. 543. Recognition of Coast Guard personnel for excellence in acquisition. Sec. 544. Coast Guard acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority. Title VI—Maritime Workforce Development Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Maritime education loan program. Title VII—Coast Guard Modernization Sec. 701. Short title. Subtitle A—Coast Guard leadership Sec. 711. Admirals and Vice Admirals. Subtitle B—Marine safety administration Sec. 721. Marine safety. Sec. 722. Marine safety staff. Sec. 723. Marine safety mission priorities and long-term goals. Sec. 724. Powers and duties. Sec. 725. Appeals and waivers. Sec. 726. Coast Guard Academy. Sec. 727. Report regarding civilian marine inspectors. Title VIII—Marine Safety Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Vessel size limits. Sec. 803. Cold weather survival training. Sec. 804. Fishing vessel safety. Sec. 805. Mariner records. Sec. 806. Deletion of exemption of license requirement for operators of certain towing vessels. Sec. 807. Log books. Sec. 808. Safe operations and equipment standards. Sec. 809. Approval of survival craft. Sec. 810. Safety management. Sec. 811. Protection against discrimination. Sec. 812. Oil fuel tank protection. Sec. 813. Oaths. Sec. 814. Duration of credentials. Sec. 815. Fingerprinting. Sec. 816. Authorization to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents. Sec. 817. Merchant mariner documentation. Sec. 818. Merchant mariner assistance report. Sec. 819. Offshore supply vessels. Sec. 820. Associated equipment. Sec. 821. Lifesaving devices on uninspected vessels. Sec. 822. Study of blended fuels in marine application. Sec. 823. Renewal of advisory committees. Title IX—Cruise Vessel Safety Sec. 901. Short title. Sec. 902. Findings. Sec. 903. Cruise vessel security and safety requirements. Sec. 904. Study and report on the security needs of passenger vessels. Title X—United States Mariner Protection Sec. 1001. Short title. Sec. 1002.  Use force against piracy. Sec. 1003. Agreements. Title XI—Port Security Sec. 1101. Maritime homeland security public awareness program. Sec. 1102. Transportation Worker Identification Credential. Sec. 1103. Review of interagency operational centers. Sec. 1104. Maritime security response teams. Sec. 1105. Coast Guard detection canine team program expansion. Sec. 1106. Coast Guard port assistance program. Sec. 1107. Maritime biometric identification. Sec. 1108. Review of potential threats. Sec. 1109. Port security pilot. Sec. 1110.  Seasonal workers. Sec. 1111. Comparative risk assessment of vessel-based and facility-based liquefied natural gas regasification processes. Sec. 1112. Pilot Program for fingerprinting of maritime workers. Sec. 1113. Transportation security cards on vessels. Sec. 1114. International labor study. Sec. 1115. Maritime Security Advisory Committees. Sec. 1116. Seamen’s shoreside access. Sec. 1117. Waterside security around especially hazardous material terminals and tankers. Sec. 1118. Review of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities. Sec. 1119. Use of secondary authentication for transportation security cards. Sec. 1120. Report on State and local law enforcement augmentation of Coast Guard resources with respect to security zones and United States ports. Sec. 1121. Assessment of transportation security card enrollment sites. Title XII—Alien smuggling Sec. 1201. Short title. Sec. 1202. Findings. Sec. 1203. Checks against terrorist watchlist. Sec. 1204. Strengthening prosecution and punishment of alien smugglers. Sec. 1205. Maritime law enforcement. Sec. 1206. Amendment to the sentencing guidelines. Title XIII—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1301. Certificate of documentation for GALLANT LADY. Sec. 1302. Waivers. Sec. 1303. Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute. Sec. 1304. Conveyance of Coast Guard Boat House, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Sec. 1305. Crew wages on passenger vessels. Sec. 1306. Technical corrections. Sec. 1307. Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS. Sec. 1308. Conveyance of Coast Guard HU–25 Falcon Jet aircraft. Sec. 1309. Decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for Haiti. Sec. 1310. Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development. Sec. 1311. Vessel traffic risk assessment. Sec. 1312. Study of relocation of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo facilities. Sec. 1313. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels to Mississippi. Sec. 1314. Coast Guard assets for United States Virgin Islands. Sec. 1315. Officer requirements for distant water tuna vessels. Sec. 1316. Assessment of needs for additional Coast Guard presence in high latitude regions. Sec. 1317. Study of regional response vessel and salvage capability for Olympic Peninsula coast, Washington. Sec. 1318. Study of bridges over navigable waters. Sec. 1319. Limitation on jurisdiction of States to tax certain seamen. Sec. 1320. Decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for Bermuda. Sec. 1321. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels to Nassau County, New York. Sec. 1322. Newtown Creek, New York City, New York. Sec. 1323. Land conveyance, Coast Guard property in Marquette County, Michigan, to the City of Marquette, Michigan. Sec. 1324. Mission requirement analysis for navigable portions of the Rio Grande River, Texas, international water boundary. Sec. 1325. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Cheboygan, Michigan.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header> <section id="HB6C110D4496B4CF489B7D25E25AC5E64"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H2F9EA9B3DD894D0288C40ED21B33E010"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $6,838,291,000, of which—</text> <subparagraph id="H812D2E5A1B484E3EB0925EE203D2C6FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$24,500,000 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="HE6D82C5EAC054404ACEA48915E3E5230"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,110,923,000 shall be available only for paying for search and rescue programs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H952E0BAF730A439FA55686A8492C856B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$802,423,000 shall be available only for paying for marine safety programs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F1D0A6D0BF94FC68071FC4FD2513A50"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$2,274,312,000 shall be available only for paying for ports, waterways, and coastal security.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H016725DACF9A49FCAD3169064CF2043F"><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, $1,597,580,000, of which—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E25ADE8789A440BAFDB965825CB7AC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, to remain available until expended;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91E5C4C68E8C48EFB8B87DA148141F9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,194,780,000 is authorized for the Integrated Deepwater System Program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4818094B082049728582150E70B9D990"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$45,000,000 is authorized for shore facilities and aids to navigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C07E4965312489896F21E8A9C7E4BC1"><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, $29,745,000, to remain available until expended, of which $500,000 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="H4A830F7B3E2F46849EDF1700FB19EFFA"><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 chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,361,245,000, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB1627A9C542412491DE06FB61099885"><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, $16,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D957A71E26C4DB4BDB804A17C34282C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For environmental compliance and restoration at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment associated with operation and maintenance), $13,198,000, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4314A7E7B68C4D1C83ECD36320CD257D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and services, $133,632,000.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H6191C6C8EA964822BC92310C4CEFFA57"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized levels of military strength and training</header> <subsection id="H2FE6302EBEF74050984096DF27F81534"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty strength</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 47,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2010.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H97B8C140A3AB422C8AAE4C8D8D2EB656"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military training student loads</header><text>For fiscal year 2010, the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H26E85B0C533E472D9E42910DA18B7A21"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F8CAE0BBA114A4DA5254A5FB0329DAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight training, 165 student years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D65DD21EC4346F39E3CA0D33A7E5909"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D4F8186A3BE4C818EDCFE5055414A10"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Coast Guard</header> <section id="H7A86762D648C4FEFA19A3B7F84EB6E5C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Appointment of civilian Coast Guard judges</header> <subsection id="HC6634A11E5904B9AAE8CF4476D557ADB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 7 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD6BDA0DD2FC145E9A283574A0A425E38" style="USC"> <section id="H4AD5D47A2F3A453D940107862E421DEC"><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="HEC0FC8565745467480DFBA71745A1DBD"><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="H9BC7FB5C6880439D8632D3410BFFE7E4" 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="HE8061D2D6E484CD3ABEBB7D8F5369040"><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="H0EEBC2BB925A4BF598CCCD18D05051FB"><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="H62F7B81FBDA5493E85E81FEF1F4ADAD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03E40F8D550D4346B34145A598970528" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HDBAE2440FDB74AEC8868871A15BF8F94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Orders and agreements for industrial activities</header><text>Under this section, the Coast Guard industrial activities may accept orders from 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="H8FB401CDCE6642F9B1C8F8C2E64BC252"><enum>203.</enum><header>Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses</header> <subsection id="H04B733B6DA66454181A82B8DAD7E852B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><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="H87FE84C555DA4E7B92FCB1E8520EF83B" style="USC"> <section id="H01ABC0CC4F7C4D43A76BCD25961A3010"><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 section 1072(5) 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="H08FC4C176A6946A99FE3581DDDAC949F"><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="H9F416972B16B4BD48DD1BEA4348CAC99" 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="H9B7D9812BFA74B93B2CF2F44731D22F1"><enum>204.</enum><header>Commissioned officers</header> <subsection id="HB5D0E5B9E24A4DBDA7C401FBFACBD6C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty promotion list</header><text>Section 42 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA419F9711AC14CDBB86B84ABA32BA7BA" style="USC"> <section id="H6F1D574039024094A8266C7ED2A6BFA9"><enum>42.</enum><header>Number and distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion list</header> <subsection id="H0F28F83C5CF04618A6C8F96D9D6EE2CD"><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 that 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="H3D5732BD92D745DCA66570434A66D75C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution percentages by grade</header> <paragraph id="H553F072CDCAB4C138E0BCECEBE5373F0"><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="H357959671EA0421C873D2AF4BA36023A"><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="H66E26043E082422C835AA17373A67EFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of secretary to reduce percentage</header><text>The Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HCE765B5BFBA44FA5A7E404CA3808B70E"><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="HC1659D01D3264188A099E0964DF3D34E"><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="H5B73784DD092400CA57ED04116F2B426"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Computations</header> <paragraph id="HB1B2DB29187E4DBFA89C936078936634"><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="HE5785386E2C24C06980A8BB386FA71BE"><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="HBF775BA189604A89AE1AAA35698EBFC8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of officers serving outside coast guard</header><text>The number of commissioned officers on the active duty promotion list below the rank of rear admiral (lower half) 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="H0FC5B8C66EC646A4AF3B3880DFDAE411"><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="H097965043AD64F3A977622B8B7CD4808"><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="H5F221C93818447CFBBBFD0AF0B8A7452"><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="HD5364212404645F9A2137E5A9258E3FA" 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="H729630BF64D043B599D940AAF74A7342"><enum>205.</enum><header>Coast Guard participation in the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) system</header> <subsection id="HC9FB802B8D804C488217F3180A0A99F5"><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="H86F197AD69304DBBA0804384661AD4CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B76F511E4BE409183FC6311DDEA9861"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <subparagraph id="H80AF180111004ACC9898E38DE5DBFFA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5E7D59B227043D3954CAC1DFD14013C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39BDC6947E9344EEB2B9556EF3516811"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H407C9D64433740718268797A9C75D28D" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H5F6FA8B684744B608988FD047CF42F8E"><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="HA4E191953D5A468693F373E9F6E6C856"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end of paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDEE3DBE9AA8A4604B0A2F536D1A4CBA1" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2239BF58B79148A9B966F51D236CCFDA"><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="H9653067334A447ED8D954A607D5FFA3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5916DB99BF614F5FAD9912C847DD902A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2772 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD951C0138E644A43A39837C4DEAF33D6" 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="H986A640760A749FAA8F1EED1B047758A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A2A5091514E42CC9E7945FFEC05AB17" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1007(i) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B7281DEDB2A4CAD87F6983BAD10F4E4"><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="HDEA384AE1BB14DAFACDA605BB8E26286"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE523993649244536B854CF61BC034D7E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H150FE1C21C3848E0AEFD3BB17DA36BB7"><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 by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45DAACEDF9AE4CDEBD0DF44C0E84296C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDC89BC9129DE4A8F9D3E12219B0ECDA3"><enum>(c)</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></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2440DB3AEA5B46978541D9CE458060ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>Emergency leave retention authority</header> <subsection id="HC4E4E939ABE043BF88B688CACDFA4168"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 425 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40A61E817CA84FEBA35384FF3951C078" style="USC"> <section id="HF3350030004748C7BF35AE6F4C7D5488"><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="H982A3272CAA049EF97F211F84D9AB39D"><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="H531F36A23DE847ADB22ABBB9C4C82944" 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="H13A08C51A1FC4EF6BD3B8E8978B36141" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Enforcement authority</header> <subsection id="HA04809BF03F44685A8A5AA45987484C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H607EAD2FCEA5494DA620DCB8BA1A4B5F" style="USC"> <section id="H74E2CE1B94704E8D96810A6A0162DA03"><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="H431276197CC04426A531994CDB6A696E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carry a firearm; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAE41D4876544D119580DC6B8AB47A7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>while at a facility (as defined in section 70101 of title 46)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA35F1C90E6FD487FA2B5F77469D03EDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make an arrest without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF285E6CB5D894DC39C0D523A9E32DB30"><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="H13283074326E401D87D4B93051FEA3A7"><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="H6DB038F77AD44856989D9AAB0D3E263B"><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="HA714DFF622FA41EEBAB7FE786DA92D27" 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 id="HB1A16EF503914A90ABDB303757ADE860"><enum>209.</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 id="H49BCE9117FAB46ADA8A0BB89D1E31A0D"><enum>210.</enum><header>Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee</header> <subsection id="H1B8DB7A951974BD599B36BA447475917"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 71 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B72295150FA4AFDA0564D914F05F888" style="USC"> <section id="H1E511E46B9274145A3CF8747DD5BB205"><enum>7115.</enum><header>Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee</header> <subsection id="H32362F42498E48B6A62C7F066BEC0DCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H2B71911A5B794553BA092A0878B53EE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established a Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4440B057D4443FAA4FDD4A74BC9EEDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to—</text> <subparagraph id="H9B2E65E496DC4B988516EEFF15E63720"><enum>(A)</enum><text>medical certification determinations for issuance of merchant mariner credentials;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16E7B2D2F9EA4173ADB740946745DA6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H991BA2ABEDF847A8883DA292F5C93ADC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>medical examiner education; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC4D9CE509A45412486A0CBAF709A3516"><enum>(D)</enum><text>medical research.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1C2EBFD6E84478ABBFC4B5AED193D6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="HD403A773600E40EF944D8898EAB84FDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall consist of 14 members, none of whom is a Federal employee, and shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H65F89333B6A84045BDCA4E7D51C24AE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ten who are health-care professionals with particular expertise, knowledge, or experience regarding the medical examinations of merchant mariners or occupational medicine; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFBF01EE89E714348A0E5F451EE78C239"><enum>(B)</enum><text>four who are professional mariners with knowledge and experience in mariner occupational requirements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF94603FDB5DD4BF384E7B8331B465588"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Status of members</header><text>Members of the Committee shall not be considered Federal employees or otherwise in the service or the employment of the Federal Government, except that members shall be considered special Government employees, as defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code, and shall be subject to any administrative standards of conduct applicable to the employees of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1FC33CE2F2554205A7519D3E5962FBBB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appointments; terms; vacancies</header> <paragraph id="HAD24ED895C8D4FD38CA76192E629AB71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointments</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee, and each member shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4937FC8E51B1474EB195F738015560B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Each member shall be appointed for a term of three years, except that, of the members first appointed, three members shall be appointed for a term of two years and three members shall be appointed for a term of one year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1E68A09163C4456B38DC0188F5E6D5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any member appointed to fill the vacancy prior to the expiration of the term for which that member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of that term.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08D2CC9E2F6E4589A9E435B696007A89"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chairman and vice chairman</header><text>The Secretary shall designate one member of the Committee as the Chairman and one member as the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity of, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of, the Chairman.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE9C701434F7A4638B97B4ECB4662DF31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compensation; reimbursement</header><text>Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, except that, while engaged in the performance of duties away from their homes or regular places of business of the member, the member of the Committee may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H26B247F9E1F544C59123AC4DDC3F7504"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Staff; services</header><text>The Secretary shall furnish to the Committee the personnel and services as are considered necessary for the conduct of its business.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H59C764F7A6964D0C9FC1E251382CD29C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>First meeting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee established by the amendment made by this section shall hold its first meeting.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H228D28C71C7F488A8FCD0985B0DA0FEC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 71 of that title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H076297F59DF54F09AAD8BCFCEE9E2112" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">7115. Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H58754700EAAC42DBB43DC0A4B7575FB3"><enum>211.</enum><header>Reserve commissioned warrant officer to lieutenant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H85151BFB62244601AFC4077FCD46AC08" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H770F141138F443D4AB6F5F40E855F5A0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The president may appoint temporary commissioned officers—</text> <paragraph id="H8943CABC911244BCA64EB0F085E99EF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the Regular Coast Guard in a grade, not above lieutenant, appropriate to their qualifications, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members of the Coast Guard, and from holders of licenses issued under chapter 71 of title 46; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H680FAC0AE77B425987B216627FC962A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the Coast Guard Reserve in a grade, not above lieutenant, appropriate to their qualifications, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the commissioned warrant officers of the Coast Guard Reserve.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HC395E43CD0A3417AA93C4B5617375F72"><enum>212.</enum><header>Enhanced status quo officer promotion system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3AAE240166634405A90F11A2D3154DF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 253(a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC02C3884E69C4E789183E2B0CE0EAE0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>considered,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H572DF0D754314CCD87022E05E60C75B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and the number of officers the board may recommend for promotion</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0B4D0BFA4E1460DACAC54052F71CB42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 258—</text> <subparagraph id="H76799E67088245D89FAEF1E091FE0A11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before the existing text;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6670E77D471340868694E95CD0416EBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so designated) by striking the colon at the end of the material preceding paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>—</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1574EB1C67745379A8E0662305F2E81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6F7EF8B3C5DA462CB2083DFB4889CBF4" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAE6ED8BB2AB847F0A833D9F99C83F34F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of direction and guidance</header> <paragraph id="HD9EAE6E5725E4F93A785E6FD9CCC7D3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In addition to the information provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may furnish the selection board—</text> <subparagraph id="H2295325B2F9543C5BA9C62D02786F9E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specific direction relating to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers having particular skills, including direction relating to the need for a minimum number of officers with particular skills within a specialty; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E892F1086A44EEE8B428604524AEC29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other guidance that the Secretary believes may be necessary to enable the board to properly perform its functions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E822836879741568F055C5D89E54282"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Selections made based on the direction and guidance provided under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum percentage of officers who may be selected from below the announced promotion zone at any given selection board convened under section 251 of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE94BB3079AD64920A21FFE3DE42F52C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 259(a), by inserting after <quote>whom the board</quote> the following: <quote>, giving due consideration to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers with particular skills so noted in specific direction furnished to the board by the Secretary under section 258 of this title,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6204BFB9CA4D41BDB10493E8F0104EB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 260(b), by inserting after <quote>qualified for promotion</quote> the following: <quote>to meet the needs of the service (as noted in specific direction furnished the board by the Secretary under section 258 of this title)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H162BAE29AF6F42788FBF3E0DBF7BA289"><enum>213.</enum><header>Laser Training System</header> <subsection id="HDDDB52589AC540F3A203BEDCDCA0D053"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard shall test an integrated laser engagement system for the training of members of the Coast Guard assigned to small vessels in the use of individual weapons and machine guns on those vessels. The test shall be conducted on vessels on the Great Lakes using similar laser equipment used by other Federal agencies. However, that equipment shall be adapted for use in the marine environment.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H809F7F5C66024F3CA92C3A0AC7C31068"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate within 6 months after the conclusions of the test required under subsection (a) on the costs and benefits of using the system regionally and nationwide to train members of the Coast Guard in the use of individual weapons and machine guns.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A33B9ABBD844DF59329F80CEF5B7F12" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Coast Guard vessels and aircraft</header> <subsection id="HF182873149694A10BE95A8DEE35729E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To fire At or into a vessel</header><text>Section 637(c) of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HED57EB2D28F5415086908F02BF483593"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2248FA2EC7844969FD932B7DFB6C4F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A68A857A9CF46F29EC2AA69CE6C1ED3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H535D3820BC0C43859F2A5A28876D7491" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H66FB7093261D403B87014DD9ED848FF4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other vessel or aircraft on government noncommercial service when—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B3256EF564B4A45BDD67617440E7F4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the vessel or aircraft is under the tactical control of the Coast Guard; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15291877A2B94E12B9E223DA831EF0C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at least one member of the Coast Guard is assigned and conducting a Coast Guard mission on the vessel or aircraft.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8EE967E29C6A42858FC9FE4E07ED97A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To display Coast Guard ensigns and pennants</header><text>Section 638(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Coast Guard vessels and aircraft</quote> and inserting <quote>Vessels and aircraft authorized by the Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA968D7B732A5482094905FDD8C006DA2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Coast Guard District Ombudsmen</header> <subsection id="HADA863E4ECFE44619B57854603C517C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88FB1CA1DED64A79898A89A1195808B0" style="USC"> <section id="H3AC96D1B44AA46B4BDE9F520BE96C78E"><enum>55.</enum><header>District Ombudsmen</header> <subsection id="HFB935543B32B4B828E0C6008C1E2EDA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall appoint an employee of the Coast Guard in each Coast Guard District as a District Ombudsman to serve as a liaison between ports, terminal operators, shipowners, and labor representatives and the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3518E2497022406F9C0663DA20256C0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the District Ombudsman shall be the following:</text> <paragraph id="HD5CD12E56A484DA4867E9AC11A2B304A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To support the operations of the Coast Guard in each port in the District for which the District Ombudsman is appointed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29395DBF51BE4C91A537F861410E9E72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To improve communications between and among port stakeholders including, port and terminal operators, ship owners, labor representatives, and the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1545087132A4137B3CA95BF882730A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To seek to resolve disputes between the Coast Guard and all petitioners regarding requirements imposed or services provided by the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8DA7A12F24043CA84866154FB54E8C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header> <paragraph id="HB98C2455DE8C426FACF2508AEE0673C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Complaints</header><text>The District Ombudsman may examine complaints brought to the attention of the District Ombudsman by a petitioner operating in a port or by Coast Guard personnel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB9F51951336437CAE4637EC080FAB7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines for disputes</header> <subparagraph id="H67D124930C1D464A9B0CA935E60C92E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The District Ombudsman shall develop guidelines regarding the types of disputes with respect to which the District Ombudsman will provide assistance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDCF50E250DD84BE8AA5D88F7032D39E1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The District Ombudsman shall not provide assistance with respect to a dispute unless it involves the impact of Coast Guard requirements on port business and the flow of commerce.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E58B80512524E27BB94F201FC5AE2D8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In providing such assistance, the District Ombudsman shall give priority to complaints brought by petitioners who believe they will suffer a significant hardship as the result of implementing a Coast Guard requirement or being denied a Coast Guard service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7352139C219F437FB802E2112472C115"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The District Ombudsman may consult with any Coast Guard personnel who can aid in the investigation of a complaint.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0EF5F7D03F642A2BA9E3D29A8FEFF53"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Access to information</header><text>The District Ombudsman shall have access to any Coast Guard document, including any record or report, that will aid the District Ombudsman in obtaining the information needed to conduct an investigation of a compliant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87D5F066326B4D4DA11BD1E9F3DDA6E7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>At the conclusion of an investigation, the District Ombudsman shall submit a report on the findings and recommendations of the District Ombudsman, to the Commander of the District in which the petitioner who brought the complaint is located or operating.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07BAA5F3F46A4D189F4A829D303D16C8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The District Ombudsman shall seek to resolve each complaint brought in accordance with the guidelines—</text> <subparagraph id="H393F4C0F39564356A232A4BAE7DE6188"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in a timely fashion; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H591146E387934FA58A85BD164705E62B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 4 months after the complaint is officially accepted by the District Ombudsman.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA9D103DAFA9D47DAA0E93BBE7860B7AB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Commandant shall appoint as the District Ombudsman a civilian who has experience in port and transportation systems and knowledge of port operations or of maritime commerce (or both).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4B57BE1963E044BE864C57529587266B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall report annually to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the matters brought before the District Ombudsmen, including—</text> <paragraph id="H30CB2092AAF94FB8801EAC9098E5D99E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of matters brought before each District Ombudsman;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE471AE77B2B3409994E42E99C517FB7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a brief summary of each such matter; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1ADAB5CE54314C97AFC7D457A508A30D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the eventual resolution of each such matter.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE1ED7A60CB3D498D9D8B143302E9FDB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="H974C8CEAE8B44B21BF21E0896BA1978B" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">55. District Ombudsmen.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H3D5D34178E5249698B0140EA86A6E0F9"><enum>216.</enum><header>Coast Guard commissioned officers: compulsory retirement</header> <subsection id="H3B64C85D73E940B798C2769A88010CEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking section 293 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF5B1C57525444FCAAC40DD7561B56B47" style="USC"> <section id="HF1033EA5DA0C45038B9C8CD9764FD2E2"><enum>293.</enum><header>Compulsory retirement</header> <subsection id="H78474EE83D4B479893A727BA69958CEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regular commissioned officers</header><text>Any regular commissioned officer, except a commissioned warrant officer, serving in a grade below rear admiral (lower half) shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1BECEFFC123140638CEEBB50573F6348"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Flag-Officer grades</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE521FE1B87A1493EBC6449E280DA9463"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), any regular commissioned officer serving in a grade of rear admiral (lower half) or above shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13B15FCF7F804C27A7FC98B668195AC0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The retirement of an officer under paragraph (1) may be deferred—</text> <subparagraph id="H42473AF8000D451DA8CEAD290F432D66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by the President, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07B2E14F528045C8911D2AD22C232788"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0E311F611B90461C833DFF9B9BFD4754"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to such section and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE23FF507CCD4AECB4CBE21BB16ABFCE" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">293. Compulsory retirement.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H7CC72E1A1A3344BC8445FF604FE36737"><enum>217.</enum><header>Enforcement of coastwise trade laws</header> <subsection id="HBD123ED325C54D9787435BAE56F198E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55DF53D1A60A4467BEC793129347C9EF" style="USC"> <section id="HB5AEAE0BE9FD4D46A41E375F802F7624"><enum>100.</enum><header>Enforcement of coastwise trade laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Officers and members of the Coast Guard are authorized to enforce chapter 551 of title 46. The Secretary shall establish a program for these officers and members to enforce that chapter, including the application of those laws to vessels that support the exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, or mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HDA4D2B3063EF46A88B528B54EC9D4DD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for that chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA88AF45654CE4C6593858DF3ECAA0CE5" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">100. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H723B0F03866E47558372D946C006118D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within one year after the date of enactment of this Act on the enforcement strategies and enforcement actions taken to enforce the coastwise trade laws.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72646CE648A84B8D9226023BECBE13E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header>Academy nominations</header> <subsection id="HFE1A78E316BA4668BA92C91AEAD3F109"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>Section 182(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H89AF16F6A2984E47B7F033CCB1849CCD" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF1722E0C48F84C8F9728474440820564"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Corps of cadets; number; nomination</header> <paragraph id="HB4713AC7A90144F59A1E363F7B3C7324"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets (determined for any academic program year as of the day before the last day of the academic program year) is 1,000, excluding those foreign nationals admitted for instructions pursuant to section 195. Subject to that limitation, cadets are selected as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HB094E796C7704900B5409863B83DBA45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not more than 10 individuals, appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in order of merit as established by competitive examination, from the children of members of the Armed Forces who were killed in action or died of, or have a service-connected disability at not less than 100 per centum resulting from, wounds or injuries received or diseases contracted in, or preexisting injury or disease aggravated by, active service, children of members who are in a <quote>missing status</quote> (as defined in section 551(2) of title 37), and children of civilian employees who are in <quote>missing status</quote> (as defined in section 5561(5) of title 5). The determination of the Department of Veterans Affairs as to service connection of the cause of death or disability is rated, is binding upon the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07176BAAF5A54B199A8463370B0E573D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not less than one, nominated at large by the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the Senate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE281EA60191C4F4CAC69959E55A72712"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Not less than one, nominated by each Senator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0364B52F6E794DA69C8B0A3EF457C172"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Not less than one, nominated by each Representative in Congress.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16E896AC7B0D47D1AF28BB438B3C0697"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Not less than one, nominated by the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, the Delegate in Congress from the Virgin Islands, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate in Congress from Guam, the Delegate in Congress from American Samoa, or the Resident Representative from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, including the Resident Commissioner and the Resident Representative, is entitled to nominate 10 persons each year. Cadets who do not graduate on time shall not count against the allocations pursuant to subparagraphs (B)–(E). Nominees may be submitted without ranking or with a principal candidate and 9 ranked or unranked alternates. A nominee not selected for appointment under this paragraph shall be considered an alternate for the purposes of appointment under paragraph (2).</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D5F029B9A7F486F8A04830CB138FC91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary may appoint, each academic program year, individuals who are either—</text> <subparagraph id="H2C6949A9AA474931880379DA1DE4B73B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>alternates nominated pursuant to paragraph (1) (C), (D), or (E); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD526142160E0416BA6BD0211A7A95204"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applicants who applied directly for admission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B7A228CA36044B58ADFDF97D428353B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In addition, the Secretary may appoint, each academic program year, individuals who are—</text> <subparagraph id="H8E300E1532924A63B1A8BED16179384E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>children of members of the Armed Forces who—</text> <clause id="H3EC1AF57D5DF44B5A541E8E1C85FEDB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are on active duty (other than for training) and who have served continuously on active duty for at least eight years;</text></clause> <clause id="H187B45A4B0D64C31928CFEE5ACC739D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are, or who died while they were, retired with pay or granted retired or retainer pay;</text></clause> <clause id="H2137A684F63B4947989F927EAF19FE35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are serving as members of reserve components and are credited with at least eight years of service;</text></clause> <clause id="H47E1F6EE9D2242C691200C3AB54AC7D6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>would be, or who died while they would have been, entitled to retired pay, except for not having attained 60 years of age; or</text></clause> <clause id="HD8E7822A351840E5A77EA1846A47270F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>have been awarded the Medal of Honor;</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the total number of whom cannot exceed 5 percent of the class to be admitted; however, a person who is eligible for selection under subsection (a)(1)(A) may not be selected under this subparagraph;</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H13066003898A4190BC3B3B8979015EA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enlisted members of the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard Reserve, the total number of whom cannot exceed 5 percent of the class to be admitted;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21D0F238D6F94E539E069E28862E4310"><enum>(C)</enum><text>graduates of the Coast Guard Scholars program, the total number of whom cannot exceed 30 percent of the class to be admitted; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H583E33D268E24349A9BBE6FCC51C5A90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>individuals who possess qualities that the Superintendent identifies to be of particular value to the Academy and the Service, the total number of whom cannot exceed 20 percent of the class to be admitted.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DD47CF3DA4D42448B152171E382CEA9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An individual shall be qualified for nomination, selection, and appointment as a cadet at the Academy only if the individual—</text> <subparagraph id="H6F61109F56634127947C746CF9EF02F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a citizen or national of the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99AE3CDB4D474318817F968D2439EDC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets such minimum requirements that the Secretary may establish.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD478BD07E6384278946D63FF1D688AD6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Superintendent shall furnish to any Member of Congress, upon the written request of such Member, the name of the Congressman or other nominating authority responsible for the nomination of any named or identified person for appointment to the Academy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA5082185F5B4E0BB36675B46E62574F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For purposes of the limitation in subsection (a)(1) establishing the aggregate authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets, the Secretary may, for any academic program year, permit a variance in that limitation by not more than 5 percent. In applying that limitation, and any such variance, the last day of an academic program year shall be considered to be graduation day.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6AC821B327AA478FABF04ADB29FA50E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition</header><text>This section shall provide for the nomination, selection, and appointment of individuals, pursuant to section 182 of title 14, United States Code, who will matriculate in academic program year 2012 and thereafter, except that for—</text> <paragraph id="H4DB860A83119481AA78DFD8FB935DD41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>academic program year 2012, no less than 135 cadets of the corps (or 14 percent of the corps, whichever is smaller) shall be from nominations made pursuant to section 182(a)(1)(B)–(E);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2787D4A6A10C424385C804DDD084CC25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>academic program year 2013, no less than 270 cadets of the corps (or 27 percent of the corps, whichever is smaller) shall be from nominations made pursuant to section 182(a)(1)(B)–(E); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA094F868BFDA4BC6AFEF514527866979"><enum>(3)</enum><text>academic program year 2014, no less than 405 cadets of the corps (or 41 percent of the corps, which ever is smaller) shall be from nominations made pursuant to section 182(a)(1)(B)–(E).</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The Secretary is hereby authorized to take any additional action the Secretary believes necessary and proper to provide for the transition to the nomination, selection, and appointment process provided under this section.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H18C7D661EB8C4123BD4C1E053AF59DCD"><enum>(c)</enum><header> Minority recruiting program</header> <paragraph id="H9CA3354CF15A4B05A52CCCFFC6394DEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 9 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BD9E77A7E8F40388C52A0916EC505F5" style="USC"> <section id="H5B1EDC8929CA4908B709F708B4DF03B8"><enum>199.</enum><header>Minority recruiting program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish a minority recruiting program for prospective cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. The program may include—</text> <paragraph id="H1D8B76A56B0B46C9A9D75C3FF1522D8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use of minority cadets and officers to provide information regarding the Coast Guard and the Academy to students in high schools;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H307C4D86563B448FB00403ADB1B051E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sponsoring of trips to high school teachers and guidance counselors to the Academy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6B5BA7F459A42D2B467E76161BF82C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the extent authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, maximizing the use of the Naval Academy Preparatory School to prepare students to be cadets at the Coast Guard Academy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6AD088A7252B41478FF52D1D36CC6B24"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recruiting minority members of the Coast Guard to attend the Academy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30FD576D557E418C879F9381715D4145"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establishment of a minority affairs office at the Academy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56FC5A5C33F84D49A1920577E08C3753"><enum>(6)</enum><text>use of minority officers and members of the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary to promote the Academy.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5FD254D4B8764F0EB6E6FE889356B2E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for that chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BE0E46A1A1347CD990EE4849FF45861" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">199. Minority recruiting program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA58FA1CE9A0442F38759A14B96D91DFC"><enum>219.</enum><header>Report on sexual assaults in the Coast Guard</header> <subsection id="H7AE1DD292C954A51BA40E2FD79FA17B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 15 of each year, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit a report on the sexual assaults involving members of the Coast Guard 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> <subsection id="H20DE33273CA34443A8C5B3245F46523E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall contain the following:</text> <paragraph id="HEB22F6FE912A4819AA3B387945358C68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of sexual assaults against members of the Coast Guard, and the number of sexual assaults by members of the Coast Guard, that were reported to military officials during the year covered by such report, and the number of the cases so reported that were substantiated.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE66D3E50718E4C4CA4B6E21D6D9F9ADE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A synopsis of, and the disciplinary action taken in, each substantiated case.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4169A3F757154E14B6B6FF0177826ABB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The policies, procedures, and processes implemented by the Secretary concerned during the year covered by such report in response to incidents of sexual assault involving members of the Coast Guard concerned.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B2635A32FD045F3959F83998A721A39"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A plan for the actions that are to be taken in the year following the year covered by such report on the prevention of and response to sexual assault involving members of the Coast Guard concerned.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H50EE353163F943CE83A9A36422B504A3"><enum>220.</enum><header>Home port of Coast Guard vessels in Guam</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 96 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBD070A0273C34D9E89C8D16F87499F43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a State of the United States</quote> and inserting <quote>the United States or Guam</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC28BEF2D533346539804762EAF5FBE99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or Guam</quote> after <quote>outside the United States</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB45AAC105AB34E55B6459EA5901C2FDE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Minority serving institutions</header> <subsection id="H0D28E57CEA4F457FA3DA5DAE2D8B3DD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>MSI management internship program</header> <paragraph id="HA8674DDFD27A496692C9DEC72B7457A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish a two part management internship program for students at minority serving institutions (MSI) to intern at Coast Guard headquarters or a Coast Guard regional office, to be known as the <quote>MSI Management Internship Program</quote>, to develop a cadre of civilian, career mid-level and senior managers for the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62D41D190F7549DA8663AEBB99019410"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The MSI Management Internship Program shall be managed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in coordination with National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and other non-profit educational organizations that can undertake effective recruitment efforts to attract minority students and students with disabilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4955945E35334F61A6FA6CE79A3F1A51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria for selection</header><text>Participation in the MSI Management Internship Program shall be open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors at minority serving institutions, with an emphasis on such students who are majoring in management or business administration, international affairs, political science, marine sciences, criminal justice, or any other major related to homeland security.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF83F8A04A724B169197C3AB73447582"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to the Commandant to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H133A5986414A4E4080ECBF2B0C722425"><enum>(b)</enum><header>MSI initiatives</header> <paragraph id="H71BC45C88B5245549C46DC07BA6AB8E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of MSI Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish an MSI component of the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (to be known as the <quote>MSI Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative Program</quote>) to ensure greater participation by students from MSIs in the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D9A5A784FD347519A6A9F715D422D4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participation in Officer Candidate School</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall ensure that graduates of the MSI Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative Program are included in the first enrollment for Officer Candidate School that commences after the date of enactment of this Act and each enrollment period thereafter.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2EC3F517FF04534AD320144D73D7248"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the conclusion of each academic year with respect to which the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative and the MSI Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative Program is carried out beginning with the first full academic year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate a report on the number of students in the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative and the number of students in the MSI Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative Program, outreach efforts, and demographic information of enrollees including, age, gender, race, and disability.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H096EE24CC1824297A9D4B19D106F34AF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Establishment of MSI Aviation Officer Corps Initiative</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish an MSI Aviation Officer Corps Initiative to increase the diversity of the Coast Guard Aviation Officer Corps through an integrated recruiting, accession, training, and assignment process that offers guaranteed flight school opportunities to students from minority serving institutions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2824145EC62E49E2AF811B4FD9AE133C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to the Commandant to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFE993EF672A541F8AABC9F43F54EBBDB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coast Guard-MSI Cooperative Technology Program</header> <paragraph id="H645238BE4F48449EA322BD8488F89AD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish a Coast Guard Laboratory of Excellence-MSI Cooperative Technology Program at three minority serving institutions to focus on priority security areas for the Coast Guard, such as global maritime surveillance, resilience, and recovery.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2729D36B80404575A732477B59F0083D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>The Commandant shall encourage collaboration among the minority serving institutions selected under paragraph (1) and institutions of higher education with institutional research and academic program resources and experience.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30338CF6D9B1471E880F9DC2D5260749"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>The heads of the laboratories established at the minority serving institutions pursuant to paragraph (1) may seek to establish partnerships with the private sector, especially small, disadvantaged businesses, to—</text> <subparagraph id="H2CBFC932037A4F0086AAA4E73118FB70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop increased research and development capacity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19979D6A53A54B0FB5FFD6EE0EC0825B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the number of baccalaureate and graduate degree holders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and information technology or other fields critical to the mission of the Coast Guard; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9B917A477AA4AB2AF4C912D392AD76C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strengthen instructional ability among faculty.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD254D885687431D8F02E1CBBD375B70"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 to the Commandant to carry out this subsection, including for instrumentation acquisition and funding undergraduate student scholarships, graduate fellowships, and faculty-post doctoral study.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1233D79B8E7437DB60619FD3176C4B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the terms <quote>minority serving institution</quote>, <quote>minority serving institutions</quote>, and <quote>MSI</quote> mean a historically Black college or university (as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965), a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 502 of such Act), a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316 of such Act), a Predominantly Black institution (as defined in section 499A(c) of such Act), or a Native American-serving nontribal institution (as defined in section 499A(c) of such Act).</text></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Shipping and Navigation</header> <section commented="no" id="H45F5C15B546F4E55BB85CB4146FDFDCA"><enum>301.</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 commented="no" id="H38392B076C0D40AC9CCCD1752157C25E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(C);</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H546397066B82445797A72C29462F3DA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6DF3AE05AE5D43AF957517CA0F23A9AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8C565A2EFDCD42CE8CE8E9226F9AD785" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD25A53EFD7304C40A80B692F02D17F50"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3249EBB1A3E240BD933C5A9678E4A101" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</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 (33 U.S.C. 471) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H69ABCEE2383F4B70B82BB808DD02E222"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>That the</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD0C0750F5A04ECEB0C21709A8501C0C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBBD453675DAD46C8B1373B491DA60126"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD53C2F7E6A5343CE813ADF7D51142655"><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>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB03119CC83D64270A3515EB3CDCE3713"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50DD12ADC0E7497FA6A95DFFE67B0DB3" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H68964169D37647718C0499E472EDCF48"><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="HA20C3A5143CB463AAD245927A55DD961"><enum>303.</enum><header>Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act amendment-simple possession</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 70506 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HA2243D99AAE942C695F98CA300FE525F" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H182BCE7CB4E049FCA636663B2DF8CB03"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Simple possession</header> <paragraph id="H23A4AA6A7FAA42B8B491614A28767EF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual 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></paragraph> <paragraph id="H503E2FBFA48E43EA86AAF98A683AF9E1"><enum>(2)</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></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E8B8CF6EBBB47DA9EED71964D43CEA2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of civil penalty assessment</header><text>Assessment of a civil penalty under this subsection 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></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H512E331427E4407882C532552FA1DCA5"><enum>304.</enum><header>Technical amendments to tonnage measurement law</header> <subsection id="HF746F2B3FBFA4001B88828EB57B47812"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 14101(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4AE5010441384EF7BFD96E98E26BDB30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>engaged</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>that engages</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FA5A89185F243B19768E282B9C79C30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>arriving</quote> and inserting <quote>that arrives</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H984C37C9229E4332BD3087E69A5CCED1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H814919F8E73A4F9A9EDDFCDAE3FA916F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>making</quote> and inserting <quote>that makes</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED60596CDEB44E24BEC2A66C28533706"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(except a foreign vessel engaged on that voyage)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F24EEF5DCEF407BB3D050F992F80696"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>departing</quote> and inserting <quote>that departs</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D7BCD7E86C34699B00A560D4A55AE21"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>making</quote> and inserting <quote>that makes</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0FE89EEE7B744CBC8C305286E0E8EAC1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Delegation of authority</header><text>Section 14103(c) of that title is amended by striking <quote>intended to be engaged on</quote> and inserting <quote>that engages on</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2972C83AE7954662A9AC239C4ECE5AC4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Section 14301 of that title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H710BD79505F64956BFAA5A607748266D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H2896FE5C6D0C4C978E8A6CAF55104863" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD8AA7C3ACCA649F99E24DBBD78984D38"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter applies to any vessel for which the application of an international agreement or other law of the United States to the vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D188047198F4F98B8EF630588BF102B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB136D31AF6EE42C4A757F3A13A735A98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, unless the government of the country to which the vessel belongs elects to measure the vessel under this chapter.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92AC32303F82457787336DC2E0F58177"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>of United States or Canadian registry or nationality, or a vessel operated under the authority of the United States or Canada, and that is</quote> after <quote>vessel</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55A1C3AC96084F0C89D168BD87E77B30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>a vessel (except a vessel engaged</quote> and inserting <quote>a vessel of United States registry or nationality, or one operated under the authority of the United States (except a vessel that engages</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF37F275010E423AA5E281528CC92317"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H086F8D6570CF4262944504EAF410F40D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H14DCAC38A4724F7A957C60B18AB387ED"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HF36966FEDD984E16BBBE5D2DC2DBFD87" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5394AA7550A242E2BB15121A8BBC150B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a barge of United States registry or nationality, or a barge operated under the authority of the United States (except a barge that engages on a foreign voyage) unless the owner requests.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22E09CE5838A4A239CBBE61C13077A02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3B2FFD0705F4ACD9A735C992C8351C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB29C9EBAC427458CA127DE83A0CEFCAF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking <quote>After July 18, 1994, an existing vessel (except an existing vessel referred to in subsection (b)(5)(A) or (B) of this section)</quote> and inserting <quote>An existing vessel that has not undergone a change that the Secretary finds substantially affects the vessel’s gross tonnage (or a vessel to which IMO Resolutions A.494 (XII) of November 19, 1981, A.540 (XIII) of November 17, 1983, or A.541 (XIII) of November 17, 1983, apply)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4B3050961D94F2AA00071B9B8BC2267"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Measurement</header><text>Section 14302(b) of that title is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HCAA42C5B73934D5FA7F9B99ADF9367AF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H31178782EE8C4846AD33F0C3F7868484"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A vessel measured under this chapter may not be required to be measured under another law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H739D4236993B4E3DB7B715758C1B1C36"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tonnage certificate</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4EC6B56E0274747A264696A21128791"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>Section 14303 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H190D2C4140CD457A9142287A33AA9E63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: <quote>For a vessel to which the Convention does not apply, the Secretary shall prescribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H814AFB3CA1834DA884CE309C19DCF6AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>issued under this section</quote> after <quote>certificate</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1CBC6631AD74480F9852FDA1E45E39A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">International</header-in-text></quote> and <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">(1969)</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H729AC80BC13941AA877C7463EA4F8F13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintenance</header><text>Section 14503 of that title is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2EAACEC55C1A459CBF403EC6EAF62943"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by designating the existing text as subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47A946CDDF0F4721A8E06F347415E69A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H07391D498A3D42F495540B36ABECE7E5" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD09F4E07B64445C39D46421B2355B40E"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The certificate shall be maintained as required by the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E5BA52A6D854EB1A48CFFDDC2B7E91B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of chapter 143 of that title is amended by striking the item relating to section 14303 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBA2A8635E464354949F2AD08EFDB77F" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">14303. Tonnage Certificate.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H80DE06C6227740E4807CB062CC56711C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Optional regulatory measurement</header><text>Section 14305(a) of that title is amended by striking <quote>documented vessel measured under this chapter,</quote> and inserting <quote>vessel measured under this chapter that is of United States registry or nationality, or a vessel operated under the authority of the United States,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H57EE9BC2F8024C6FA01A154781B25A6E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Section 14501 of that title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0C9674B1808C45E693F219B94CC4EBA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6EC4E19475B449669FD306EF5393E378" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H318013007E504FC2B22CD5BFA463AED5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A vessel not measured under chapter 143 of this title if the application of an international agreement or other law of the United States to the vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2668693D4EC94A658A5EF649A6D43333"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>a vessel</quote> and inserting <quote>A vessel</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H174A3EFBBC614DBA9E178A2ECAF94FBA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Dual tonnage measurement</header><text>Section 14513(c) of that title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H99C67CFF51E3459DB35AC7A07354169F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H739003C2008C4EEDAAC5A5D3959C5D1A"><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 two sets of gross and net tonnages under this section,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC580BB55F5AF48E5A007AB73F21D429D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>vessel’s tonnage</quote> before <quote>mark</quote> the second place such term appears; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03BF002F87114758BC403ACC17B19419"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76C86EB0FD4C458589096D32AF7259F1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reciprocity for foreign vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of chapter 145 of that title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16A853530D6C49128DF837AC72D6098F" style="USC"> <section id="HED60378514914A33B89891BF8FD7A8B0"><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="HADD904CB27CE406BA094B4B1DDF0FA0D"><enum>(j)</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="H34969F8BEF8442D3B9578C25A1ECE033" 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 id="H14D2D267269A4DB6AB860343575B7924"><enum>305.</enum><header>Adjustment of liability limits for natural gas deepwater ports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1004(d)(2) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(d)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0B9799AF6ECE408A9CF1E429BB2DF3E2" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HB460F3468BF64218A76FD010666B3C7A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary may establish, by regulation, a limit of liability of not less than $12,000,000 for a deepwater port used only in connection with transportation of natural gas.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H17BD76FCD63F479D93D7EDE7D49A3EE8"><enum>306.</enum><header>Period of limitations for claims against Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1012(h)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(h)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>6</quote> and inserting <quote>3</quote>.</text></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72FFA88829AD420A88309840730C60CE"><enum>307.</enum><header>Merchant mariner document standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 270 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 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text> <paragraph id="H76285094307F48D197879498BCE22B0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan to ensure that the process for an application, by an individual who has, or has applied for, a transportation security card under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, for a merchant mariner document can be completed entirely by mail; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01D7EBD2B59545F3BB9F4E833B612CA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a report on the feasibility of, and a timeline to, redesign the merchant mariner document to comply with the requirements of such section, including a biometric identifier, and all relevant international conventions, including the International Labour Organization Convention Number 185 concerning the seafarers identity document, and include a review on whether or not such redesign will eliminate the need for separate credentials and background screening and streamline the application process for mariners.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HC50EDA54FC9B4A29ABE8F9A774508837"><enum>308.</enum><header>Report on Coast Guard determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 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 loss of United States shipyard jobs and industrial base expertise as a result of rebuild, conversion, and double-hull work on United States-flag vessels eligible to engage in the coastwise trade being performed in foreign shipyards, enforcement of the Coast Guard’s foreign rebuild determination regulations, and recommendations for improving the transparency in the Coast Guard’s foreign rebuild determination process.</text></section> <section id="H7096D56EF49C44F89B2E507083D5F09F"><enum>309.</enum><header>Ship emission reduction technology demonstration project</header> <subsection id="HD1B3E3216CC74262BA1E9AB7B5707BA9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct a study—</text> <paragraph id="HF7901825BCFA460297634F1863849FEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on the methods and best practices of the use of exhaust emissions reduction technology on cargo or passenger ships that operate in United States waters and ports; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H747AB6446CBA4ABD92521DCF1473E07E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that identifies the Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and other requirements that affect the ability of any entity to effectively demonstrate onboard technology for the reduction of contaminated emissions from ships.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDC196E1382E34A88A83CDFAA1ABB246F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a) 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 id="H7FF001BC4402468AA7CE176235A1299F"><enum>310.</enum><header>Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development</header> <subsection id="HA08D322B3A604865A70FFDEBB8007AA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, foreign-flag vessels may be chartered by, or on behalf of, a lessee to be employed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling unit that is located over the Outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)) for operations in support of exploration, or flow-testing and stimulation of wells, for offshore mineral or energy resources in the Beaufort Sea or the Chukchi Sea adjacent to Alaska—</text> <paragraph id="HF4711E43E4F7422E84DF0E50208543AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a 1-year period from the date the lessee gives the Secretary of Transportation written notice of the commencement of such exploration drilling if the Secretary determines, after publishing notice in the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, are reasonably available and suitable for these support operations and all such reasonably available and suitable vessels are employed in support of such operations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H583A1B9297164C7AA5281BFEEDC2B052"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for an additional period until such vessels are available if the Secretary of Transportation determines—</text> <subparagraph id="HF3135160EE1C44F79027403323245BB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that, by April 30 of the year following the commencement of exploration drilling, the lessee has entered into a binding agreement to employ a suitable vessel or vessels to be documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, in sufficient numbers and with sufficient suitability to replace any foreign-flag vessel or vessels operating under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9DB0243D580E460492B7146A33EDFC1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after publishing notice in the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, are reasonably available and suitable for these support operations and all such reasonably available and suitable vessels are employed in support of such operations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H381862B2691747B7A45C452CB0514A5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>Irrespective of the year in which the commitment referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A) occurs, foreign-flag anchor handling vessels may not be employed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling unit after December 31, 2017.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB754840E975049FD8D0C399B425F9037"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lessee defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>lessee</quote> means the holder of a lease (as defined in section 1331(c) of title 43, United States Code), who, prior to giving the written notice in subsection (a)(1), has entered into a binding agreement to employ a suitable vessel documented or to be documented under 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEB784C214D6F4E35B5728316217AB150"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to authorize the employment in the coastwise trade of a vessel that does not meet the requirements of 12111 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5832F8A3D28047CAA3DEF06C323FD943" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header>Arctic marine shipping assessment implementation</header> <subsection id="H925B1889756944188DA7B0ECE8650F52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to ensure safe, secure, and reliable maritime shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue in the Arctic.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBDF7BBF3F883444B88D7F1A16C3688E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>International maritime organization agreements</header><text>To carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall work through the International Maritime Organization to establish agreements to promote coordinated action among the United States, Russia, Canada, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark and other seafaring and Arctic nations to ensure, in the Arctic—</text> <paragraph id="HA53F0979A35E429CB196E14117B05384"><enum>(1)</enum><text>placement and maintenance of aids to navigation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H493E862A9C2B4B43991CB7F7F4DFBEA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriate icebreaking escort, tug, and salvage capabilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21DFEABA6325447CBA58C832CFAFB541"><enum>(3)</enum><text>oil spill prevention and response capability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H153080536911454A8FF3284D986249F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>maritime domain awareness, including long-range vessel tracking; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2ECA53D47AF400F9A16AFD1F815EF6A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>search and rescue.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D236392D79A4441BB294FA2BC53965C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination by Committee on the Maritime Transportation System</header><text>The Committee on the Maritime Transportation System established under a directive of the President in the Ocean Action Plan, issued December 17, 2004, shall coordinate the establishment of domestic transportation policies in the Arctic necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H62D98E79270E4B5FAC52CF57EEBBA1AE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agreements and contracts</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may, subject to the availability of appropriations, enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with, or make grants to individuals and governments to carry out the purpose of this section or any agreements established under subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBD84168923A24F18A35875F4B3E4A968"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Icebreaking</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall promote safe maritime navigation by means of icebreaking where needed to assure the reasonable demands of commerce.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0AF1862583BC4BCCBB4568D5776670AB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Demonstration projects</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with, or make grants to, individuals to conduct demonstration projects to reduce emissions or discharges from vessels operating in the Arctic.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H38B8262A703847C092DA84065F2C8299"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text> <paragraph id="H8A2C117FB1CE435FA907220705828358"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating—</text> <subparagraph id="HC37164BE389B420CA8F15A569BE63C04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015 for seasonal operations in the Arctic; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A29B0162E6E4E3BA37C2C0368688985"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015 to carry out agreements established under subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1A1B39163A3A47F683C946B5F53D4EF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the Secretary of Transportation $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to conduct demonstration projects under subsection (f).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H537DE299A27C49ADA631D3C451A7402C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Icebreakers</header> <paragraph id="HEC65AE3ACC514A509301718DE935CB12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Analyses</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act or the date of completion of the ongoing High Latitude Study to assess Arctic polar ice-breaking mission requirements, which ever occurs later, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H13339541131C4F46BC3A8223FC967187"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a comparative cost-benefit analysis of—</text> <clause id="H6DC6B8A25A8F43D3BCB12D96B76FB03D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>rebuilding, renovating, or improving the existing fleet of icebreakers for operation by the Coast Guard,</text></clause> <clause id="H6CDD8CA62D7F4BC3B321C0B2D8B8550C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>constructing new icebreakers for operation by the Coast Guard, and</text></clause> <clause id="HDAE7A75171F44DE1B24275FAB34A2ED5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any combination of the activities described in clauses (i) and (ii), to carry out the missions of the Coast Guard; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2D516680D454BB5A34BE38D0CD4D332"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct an analysis of the impact on mission capacity and the ability of the United States to maintain a presence in the Arctic regions through the year 2020 if recapitalization of the icebreaker fleet, either by constructing new icebreakers or rebuilding, renovating, or improving the existing fleet of icebreakers, is not fully funded.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60CE0A9034B543EBAB507F4F227326C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header> <subparagraph id="H7D7E0E324A44468C82A7AE7ECE5399CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act or the date of completion of the ongoing High Latitude Study to assess Arctic ice-breaking mission requirements, which ever occurs later, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit a report containing the results of the study, together with recommendations the Commandant deems appropriate under section 93(a)(24) of title 14, United States Code, to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC59675CDE2A74C6EAA6548C79E7FEAF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit reports containing the results of the analyses required under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), together with recommendations the Commandant deems appropriate under section 93(a)(24) of title 14, United States Code, to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H42780BA703A745C1B4BB4098BD2B2B2F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Arctic definition</header><text>In this section the term <term>Arctic</term> has the same meaning as in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFF8DAF90C5044963947FF756ECF3F000"><enum>312.</enum><header>Supplemental positioning system</header> <subsection id="H5604B18F421A46C5A10993EBF2E6A219"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H0C0285CA38CD471BB8488934B99D504A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In August 2006, the Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security sponsored the formation of an Independent Assessment Team to review the need for enhanced Loran (eLORAN) as a supplement to the Global Positioning System (GPS).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE60AA191D56343BEAC85E951E043FE52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In December 2006, the Independent Assessment Team unanimously recommended that eLORAN be completed and retained as the national backup system for critical safety of life, national and economic security, and quality of life applications currently that are reliant on position, time, or frequency from GPS.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38B1A18C1B384EAE8E9870DFE19C819A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Based on the Independent Assessment Team report, the Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security jointly recommended in March 2007 that eLORAN be the national backup for GPS.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1312097F6BCA42BC86491B1E49DA58A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security formally announced on February 7, 2008, its intention to implement eLORAN as a national positioning, navigation, and timing system to complement the GPS in the even of an outage or disruption in service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32AADD94F2404FF3B5BE8045B304E3B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A recent outage of GPS services in California due to an unintentional jamming incident resulted in the shutdown of the Coast Guard’s maritime Differential Global Positions System program and the Automatic Identification System, caused disruption to vessel and aircraft operations, and severely degraded transmissions at over 150 cell phone base stations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4FA98B1068048DDBE6375332611B00A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In January 2009, the Independent Assessment Team reiterated its unanimous recommendation that the Federal Government commit to operating the eLORAN system as a backup to GPS for not less than a 20-year period.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3090B17E8C7946D28C09A365C5E364B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required actions</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating—</text> <paragraph id="H57BDC16014B34FDAB2B432B38C74B616"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall establish eLORAN as the supplemental navigation system for the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE268FE5592CB4560B3CEED01ADF5D9BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text> <subparagraph id="HD390AC64C75642B1A636A559BE829D7D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a plan for modernizing the remaining LORAN–C stations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51328581A664484EABBDD94BAB310782"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a timeline for the completion of such modernization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08B73EED10344FC1868C6CAC728B3161"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a comprehensive estimate of the costs associated with modernizing LORAN–C infrastructure to meet eLORAN specifications; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFB60776505A40F99DCC2211372FE92E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may not take action to terminate or decommission the LORAN–C program until 30 days after the Secretary certifies to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that the eLORAN system is operational.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09ED1E40EDF24F8CAACAF3CACF3EA834" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dual escort vessels for double hulled tankers in Prince William Sound, Alaska</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56FF99A833B3422392641CC4DA4D74C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4116(c) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (46 U.S.C. 3703 note; Public Law 101–380) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2804F99BE4474E64B618AE0CC6992829"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Not later than 6 months</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1C91F8BEA25410B86D6C2E6D05C58B9" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67B9E4A7A0284128A62150C53E10D1AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE098929B9B5D40628312147A703D8DE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58380047BB814CC49AE81B18BA570382" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14052AEC4FC34D3B8AEFF8767BA9748A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prince William Sound, Alaska</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11F5527DE76447DC8D04932C554441B0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement in paragraph (1) relating to single hulled tankers in Prince William Sound, Alaska, described in that paragraph being escorted by at least 2 towing vessels or other vessels considered to be appropriate by the Secretary (including regulations promulgated in accordance with section 3703(a)(3) of title 46, United States Code, as set forth in part 168 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on March 1, 2009), implementing this subsection with respect to those tankers) shall apply to double hulled tankers over 5,000 gross tons transporting oil in bulk in Prince William Sound, Alaska.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0AB6F3058D6438AAEFC5482C3BF1209"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Federal agency with jurisdiction over the Coast Guard shall carry out subparagraph (A) by order without notice and hearing pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD21A66BC0D86479AA91D631988BDF4BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Great Lakes Icebreaker</header> <section id="HE4682CB63F4040E7916CF8AC0D08CBB1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H80E4FF63EA50442EA24A4A852F7D17E7"><enum>402.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H436DE928199E42A8B5B65EF56E184E99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>five of the Coast Guard’s Great Lakes icebreakers are nearing the end of their useful lives;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F06B410CF404D7BB9220C678CD791F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>two other Coast Guard icebreaking assets have experienced difficulty in heavy ice conditions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA111714CD7A944F1BD36FECF91F38C7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>during the spring of 2008, United States-flag vessels operating on the Great Lakes suffered more than $1,300,000 in damages to their hulls because the Coast Guard did not have enough assets available to keep Great Lakes shipping lanes open;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17EE552BAD40409E9686FA0066001ED1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>during the 2006–2007 ice season, shipments of iron ore, coal, and limestone on the Great Lakes exceeded 20,000,000 tons;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF58D07F0F4254994B98434046A837ED1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>during the 2006–2007 ice season, the transportation of 10,400,000 tons of iron ore on the Great Lakes helped support 100,000 jobs at steel mills and 300,000 jobs at supplier industries by keeping those industries working during the winter season; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA323B041D5B143C8B2A7D465C192BCBF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the 6,400,000 tons of coal shipped on the Great Lakes during the 2006–2007 ice season kept the Great Lakes region supplied with electricity.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD859033FC609471180AF0976C15FF693"><enum>403.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated $153,000,000 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes, to remain available until expended.</text></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Acquisition Reform</header> <section id="HA9EB89C5732A47A794B0A12845166E9B" 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>Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HBF0C9D85CD6C401984E3D94F9F4E6389"><enum>502.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="HFB67CEB1DC36490A9F5B61991CF60F92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BE8C6891B3E43EF988E808604A2DCB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commandant</header><text>The term <quote>Commandant</quote> means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H695B72E367814FD2A837DF341E77D7A2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Level 1 acquisition</header><text>The term <quote>Level 1 acquisition</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HC733B3DA05C044B49760AFC0B63A37ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an acquisition by the Coast Guard—</text> <clause id="HEAF46D9FB28D42EB80760FFC2AA7CD62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the estimated life-cycle costs of which exceed $1,000,000,000; or</text></clause> <clause id="H61C3E71633184B4B9E7F11C1DC5B0348"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the estimated total acquisition costs of which exceed $300,000,000; or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B9EC8B31107449CB423D4B14DC86FDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any acquisition that the Chief Acquisition Officer of the Coast Guard determines to have a special interest—</text> <clause id="H50FFB4D60848418EB400E7FADD1327F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>due to—</text> <subclause id="HD8FD84CEE21B4C9EAEA49588FBF39D2F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the experimental or technically immature nature of the asset;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC2B8D40365564C24B1FC7F8F75E92FFB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the technological complexity of the asset;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7A800B89D47644C6B7231629941EE178"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the commitment of resources; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE3C816FC0F1144D1860EE5CAA87E71FB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the nature of the capability or set of capabilities to be achieved; or</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HE16356FAB8EB423895AEA3833F855190"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>because such acquisition is a joint acquisition.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H879458F1FC7440F790CAC4205CB97AC0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Level 2 acquisition</header><text>The term <quote>Level 2 acquisition</quote> means an acquisition by the Coast Guard—</text> <subparagraph id="HD60E43B7E8F746BE831A8346251F10D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the estimated life-cycle costs of which are equal to or less than $1,000,000,000, but greater than $300,000,000; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B9638DA6D29416EA8F847A23067F4C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated total acquisition costs of which are equal to or less than $300,000,0000, but greater than $100,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C85DB0840174230B89E82FD3526F6BC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Life-cycle cost</header><text>The term <quote>life-cycle cost</quote> means all costs for development, procurement, construction, and operations and support for a particular capability or asset, without regard to funding source or management control.</text></paragraph></section> <subtitle id="HA825253BC0D34AD3B5A9AF204253A448"><enum>A</enum><header>Restrictions on the use of lead systems integrators</header> <section id="HAD6DDAB093CA448C8BCAECBB912B321B"><enum>511.</enum><header>Procurement structure</header> <subsection id="HAE9243896CBE4380BE0A18F64A218D2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="HD665BF650D07493FB5C0115FE838B2B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of lead systems integrator</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the Commandant may not use a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator for an acquisition contract awarded or delivery order or task order issued after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABD71B5B698C4427BFF4A4B39A6D328B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Full and open competition</header><text>The Commandant and any lead systems integrator engaged by the Coast Guard shall use full and open competition for any acquisition contract awarded after the date of enactment of this Act, unless otherwise excepted in accordance with Federal acquisition laws and regulations promulgated under those laws, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5778C231990E4C849DF1B23E699D77A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No effect on Small Business Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to supersede or otherwise affect the authorities provided by and under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC8F0227100CD46E4AD20048124666F77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header> <paragraph id="HB5D21CA3C966462496B8EB4F88C1BD7A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National distress and response system modernization program; national security cutters 2 and 3</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (e), the Commandant may use a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator for the Coast Guard to complete the National Distress and Response System Modernization Program (otherwise known as the <quote>Rescue 21</quote> program) and National Security Cutters 2 and 3.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3463FF062AE41FD8FA92CDC7AF65D6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Completion of acquisition by lead systems integrator</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Commandant may use a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator for the Coast Guard—</text> <subparagraph id="H1626ECCBF23C4A68A71E75E7BFDFC09D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to complete any delivery order or task order, including the exercise of previously established options on a delivery order or task order that was issued to a lead systems integrator on or before the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act without any change in the quantity of capabilities or assets or the specific type of capabilities or assets covered by the order;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB142AE644A7046949156F25A856D3003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a contract awarded after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act for acquisition of, or in support of, the HC–130J aircraft, the HH–65 aircraft, or the C4ISR system, if the requirements of subsection (c) are met with respect to such acquisitions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA4E49AE06DD14FD8B78F2B3673A08CEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a contract awarded after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act for acquisition of, or in support of, Maritime Patrol Aircraft, if the requirements of subsection (c) are met with respect to such an acquisition; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H28CEB54EEC4748D6B4F6BB39CF9D3548"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the acquisition of, or in support of, additional National Security Cutters or Maritime Patrol Aircraft, if the Commandant determines that—</text> <clause id="H41A348D5599F464197E676CDA8145664"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the acquisition is in accordance with Federal acquisition laws and regulations promulgated under those laws, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation;</text></clause> <clause id="H295B9028B98D4EE3820CE90FB0261A8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition and the use of a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator for the acquisition are in the best interest of the Federal Government; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0EF76FD7B75142F4A75772CB69D63952"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the requirements of subsection (c) are met with respect to such acquisition.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4C0F14D89D04A3699A8AE019D5D1345"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on decisionmaking process</header><text>If the Commandant determines under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(2) that the Coast Guard will use a private sector lead systems integrator for an acquisition, the Commandant shall notify in writing the appropriate congressional committees of the Commandant’s determination and shall provide a detailed rationale for the determination, at least 30 days before the award of a contract or issuance of a delivery order or task order, using a private sector lead systems integrator, including a comparison of the cost of the acquisition through the private sector lead systems integrator with the expected cost if the acquisition were awarded directly to the manufacturer or shipyard. For purposes of that comparison, the cost of award directly to a manufacturer or shipyard shall include the costs of Government contract management and oversight.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE9F57D32741C4F7096F5398DFE44BB08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on lead systems integrators</header><text>Neither an entity performing lead systems integrator functions for a Coast Guard acquisition nor a Tier 1 subcontractor for any acquisition described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(2) may have a financial interest in a subcontractor below the Tier 1 subcontractor level unless—</text> <paragraph id="HB83C8B85F54245FB99103AAF4DB9E94F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the subcontractor was selected by the prime contractor through full and open competition for such procurement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC968EFAF89A4C24BF5D9BCDF56C3F14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the procurement was awarded by the lead systems integrator or a subcontractor through full and open competition;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD243234DE6849C9AF2D11BD792E0B83"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the procurement was awarded by a subcontractor through a process over which the lead systems integrator or a Tier 1 subcontractor exercised no control; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E9F515A1D4548E7B51ACEFB8A347933"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Commandant has determined that the procurement was awarded in a manner consistent with Federal acquisition laws and regulations promulgated under those laws, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H07CF5E78FD094FD9B72E51A3B375A85D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>The limitation in subsection (b)(1)(A) on the quantity and specific type of assets to which subsection (b) applies shall not be construed to apply to the modification of the number or type of any sub-systems or other components of a vessel or aircraft described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9B5155B3936449188CE630CAB4D59491"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination date for exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as described in subsection (b)(1), the Commandant may not use a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator for acquisition contracts awarded, or task orders or delivery orders issued, after the earlier of—</text> <paragraph id="H69C22D66B6DC4C929701C3A284ED59C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>September 30, 2011; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0AAB9096C8B4E779FBCAFA3A65CE9E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the Commandant certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that the Coast Guard has available and can retain sufficient acquisition workforce personnel and expertise within the Coast Guard, through an arrangement with other Federal agencies, or through contracts or other arrangements with private sector entities, to perform the functions and responsibilities of the lead systems integrator in an efficient and cost-effective manner.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA435691293B2444AAACF68D7909F2DD6"><enum>B</enum><header>Coast Guard acquisition policy</header> <section id="H30E0554C95764256A02550424DCE0DA2"><enum>521.</enum><header>Operational requirements</header> <subsection id="HC7A1EDCBC7304555A442FA059B721706"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program may be initiated by the Coast Guard, and no production contract may be awarded for such an acquisition, unless the Commandant has approved an operational requirement for such acquisition.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD963788E921446E39564BFDCC2EEDC6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operational requirement for acquisition programs</header> <paragraph id="H6996EE2A7B474C4F959E8A6131E46828"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall establish mature and stable operational requirements for acquisition programs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E96A5A426484E07BEE9283AA62D19BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Prior to establishing operational requirements under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6D8A85348B04BF79937998DBB45E870"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prepare a preliminary statement of need, a concept of operations, an analysis of alternatives or the equivalent, an estimate of life-cycle costs, and requirements for interoperability with other capabilities and assets within and external to the Coast Guard; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H185A850A58DC47E6A683AA8E9A078BB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in preparing the concept of operations under subparagraph (A), coordinate with acquisition and support professionals, requirements officials, operational users and maintainers, and resource officials who can ensure the appropriate consideration of performance, cost, schedule and risk trade-offs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12EB6101ED054D9C8637165543D3DC3D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration of trade-offs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing operational requirements under subsection (a), the Commandant shall develop and implement mechanisms to ensure that trade-offs among performance, cost, schedule, and risk are considered in the establishment of operational requirements for development and production of a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF040795FCAFD458F8229A8EC53FE3D2A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The mechanisms required under this section shall ensure at a minimum that Coast Guard officials responsible for acquisition management, budget, and cost estimating functions have the authority to develop cost estimates and raise cost and schedule matters at any point in the process of establishing operational requirements for a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H928819D619F14808846579D8B125A7DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>522.</enum><header>Required contract terms</header> <subsection id="HE2A9BADE9BD543CCA1CAC4075192D5E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that a contract awarded or a delivery order or task order issued for an acquisition of a capability or an asset with an expected service life of 10 years and with a total acquisition cost that is equal to or exceeds $10,000,000 awarded or issued by the Coast Guard after the date of enactment of this Act—</text> <paragraph id="H698DD1C3F1614A8D9F2B7FFEC76913A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that all certifications for an end-state capability or asset under such contract, delivery order, or task order, respectively, will be conducted by the Commandant or an independent third party, and that self-certification by a contractor or subcontractor is not allowed;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5B00E8571404C4CBDDD8DB63C0EA136"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requires that the Commandant shall maintain the authority to establish, approve, and maintain technical requirements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41220CB6B7564DCE903D994CC654F163"><enum>(3)</enum><text>requires that any measurement of contractor and subcontractor performance be based on the status of all work performed, including the extent to which the work performed met all performance, cost, and schedule requirements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1ADCC651B6604A829B97C6B9FF0236A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>specifies that, for the acquisition or upgrade of air, surface, or shore capabilities and assets for which compliance with TEMPEST certification is a requirement, the standard for determining such compliance will be the air, surface, or shore standard then used by the Department of the Navy for that type of capability or asset; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC79D15DDD74467B825E3E6A32C5CEA0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for any contract awarded to acquire an Offshore Patrol Cutter, includes provisions specifying the service life, fatigue life, and days underway in general Atlantic and North Pacific Sea conditions, maximum range, and maximum speed the cutter will be built to achieve.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H57998CF4AAED4AE2A38D59EF994884C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibited contract provisions</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that any contract awarded or delivery order or task order issued by the Coast Guard after the date of enactment of this Act does not include any provision allowing for equitable adjustment that differs from the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA58266C203F9475698923206C8A09A76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension of program</header><text>Any contract, contract modification, or award term extending a contract with a lead systems integrator—</text> <paragraph id="HB8DA04D09F7445A1968EC38EB6A36B80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not include any minimum requirements for the purchase of a given or determinable number of specific capabilities or assets; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC3E85893AC548C08C14FDF741C7C78C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be reviewed by an independent third party with expertise in acquisition management, and the results of that review shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees at least 60 days prior to the award of the contract, contract modification, or award term.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCEA888C0D9D744EF86E1CDA31781903E"><enum>523.</enum><header>Life-cycle cost estimates</header> <subsection id="HEA38CD67E2264D2CB41AA1D112F1B284"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall implement mechanisms to ensure the development and regular updating of life-cycle cost estimates for each acquisition with a total acquisition cost that equals or exceeds $10,000,000 and an expected service life of 10 years, and to ensure that these estimates are considered in decisions to develop or produce new or enhanced capabilities and assets.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC5F90223B3664473AA2B932EF3D85DE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of estimates</header><text>In addition to life-cycle cost estimates that may be developed by acquisition program offices, the Commandant shall require that an independent life-cycle cost estimate be developed for each Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program or project.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H063399505C1A4D97B1D9D4FE49CCC37E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Required updates</header><text>For each Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program or project the Commandant shall require that life-cycle cost estimates shall be updated before each milestone decision is concluded and the program or project enters a new acquisition phase.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H09B8815F157E4472B462AE67902D625E"><enum>524.</enum><header>Test and evaluation</header> <subsection id="HF3DE07D126814034A8F51646F028C7A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Test and Evaluation Master Plan</header> <paragraph id="H202A6EC7CC2F45B0A6654BFA0C184E8A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For any Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program or project the Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer must approve a Test and Evaluation Master Plan specific to the acquisition program or project for the capability, asset, or sub-systems of the capability or asset and intended to minimize technical, cost, and schedule risk as early as practicable in the development of the program or project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD741C1D494324F5FB53F8717B9252AE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Test and evaluation strategy</header><text>The TEMP shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H31108A130C9F4D2F808C66084D4E5D9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>set forth an integrated test and evaluation strategy that will verify that capability-level or asset-level and sub-system-level design and development, including performance and supportability, have been sufficiently proven before the capability, asset, or sub-system of the capability or asset is approved for production; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA59ADC4CB8AD44BE93C49B413D2155E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require that adequate developmental tests and evaluations and operational tests and evaluations established under subparagraph (A) are performed to inform production decisions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE32929A71DB54523ADA2D4E8E870F003"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other components of TEMP</header><text>At a minimum, the TEMP shall identify—</text> <subparagraph id="HF54559E14A774A0CA930476599E43DE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the key performance parameters to be resolved through the integrated test and evaluation strategy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE40CA261E3024E1588513093A4A47C0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>critical operational issues to be assessed in addition to the key performance parameters;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H74DE43FF869A482BAB627C03D562A088"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specific development test and evaluation phases and the scope of each phase;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA7DDEF76F5B44C8E8E36351F9E6783B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>modeling and simulation activities to be performed, if any, and the scope of such activities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H326D8E55D15D453A86906A85544C7D57"><enum>(E)</enum><text>early operational assessments to be performed, if any, and the scope of such assessments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22AA4B8ADEFD417D8F3D8B0BB3CDEF5F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>operational test and evaluation phases;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1934DE80EDF0426B8B040985B02B1E98"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an estimate of the resources, including funds, that will be required for all test, evaluation, assessment, modeling, and simulation activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9B4F55B0AFC48B0A2F7A4CBDBF405ED"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Government entity or independent entity that will perform the test, evaluation, assessment, modeling, and simulation activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACD6431A4ECA47188F54F44EBF5CE0AB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Update</header><text>The Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer shall approve an updated TEMP whenever there is a revision to program or project test and evaluation strategy, scope, or phasing.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H206931E993994A94A1A699E75A1E9A13"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Coast Guard may not—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HFC9AC2BE74E24A2EA833AD04360036DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>proceed past that phase of the acquisition process that entails approving the supporting acquisition of a capability or asset before the TEMP is approved by the Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1ACB1D22B2894BFCA94F02376D76030D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">award any production contract for a capability, asset, or sub-system for which a TEMP is required under this subsection before the TEMP is approved by the Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE16D23ADA812416DB98D71B8D8803BF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tests and evaluations</header> <paragraph id="H4B7CA107DEC948ED9C260936752B19E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall ensure that the Coast Guard conducts developmental tests and evaluations and operational tests and evaluations of a capability or asset and the sub-systems of the capability or asset for which a TEMP has been prepared under subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65D7C6FC6D764263AFAF285DC5444B3A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of third parties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall ensure that the Coast Guard uses third parties with expertise in testing and evaluating the capabilities or assets and the sub-systems of the capabilities or assets being acquired to conduct developmental tests and evaluations and operational tests and evaluations whenever the Coast Guard lacks the capability to conduct the tests and evaluations required by a TEMP.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA903153F7E574210A79457D6F3EC6E78"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Communication of safety concerns</header><text>The Commandant shall require that safety concerns identified during developmental or operational tests and evaluations or through independent or Government-conducted design assessments of capabilities or assets and sub-systems of capabilities or assets to be acquired by the Coast Guard shall be communicated as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days after the completion of the test or assessment event or activity that identified the safety concern, to the program manager for the capability or asset and the sub-systems concerned and to the Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46C54962C2CB4E0CB11B11F7E8676492"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting of safety concerns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any safety concerns that have been reported to the Chief Acquisition Officer for an acquisition program or project shall be reported by the Commandant to the appropriate congressional committees at least 90 days before the award of any contract or issuance of any delivery order or task order for low, initial, or full-rate production of the capability or asset concerned if they will remain uncorrected or unmitigated at the time such a contract is awarded or delivery order or task order is issued. The report shall include a justification for the approval of that level of production of the capability or asset before the safety concern is corrected or mitigated. The report shall also include an explanation of the actions that will be taken to correct or mitigate the safety concern, the date by which those actions will be taken, and the adequacy of current funding to correct or mitigate the safety concern.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29D41F0B20A24D79AD16BFC2AD2A6A05"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Asset already in low, initial, or full-rate production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If operational test and evaluation on a capability or asset already in low, initial, or full-rate production identifies a safety concern with the capability or asset or any sub-systems of the capability or asset not previously identified during developmental or operational test and evaluation, the Commandant shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H192A8303E8804C1DB04667230FD03E81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify the program manager and the Chief Acquisition Officer of the safety concern as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days after the completion of the test and evaluation event or activity that identified the safety concern; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41B4FE15DCB64AC39ED385D38ECF6165"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the appropriate congressional Committee of the safety concern not later than 30 days after notification is made to the program manager and Chief Acquisition Officer, and include in such notification—</text> <clause id="H39D81E6692304937A7C207CAEECF93A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the actions that will be taken to correct or mitigate the safety concern in all capabilities or assets and sub-systems of the capabilities or assets yet to be produced, and the date by which those actions will be taken;</text></clause> <clause id="HCFB20BB7920A42289251539AB58439E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation of the actions that will be taken to correct or mitigate the safety concern in previously produced capabilities or assets and sub-systems of the capabilities or assets, and the date by which those actions will be taken; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2487F618D1F5486FBA7500F4E4C8FC42"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an assessment of the adequacy of current funding to correct or mitigate the safety concern in capabilities or assets and sub-systems of the capabilities or assets and in previously produced capabilities or assets and sub-systems.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCB0899DD5CAA4F90BA88C70BCDB0069C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HB59FDAD3617E49B8949940C78556526C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>developmental test and evaluation</header><text>The term <quote>developmental test and evaluation</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H96C1DE6751994751A2AF0E7FBE1FC5F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the testing of a capability or asset and the sub-systems of the capability or asset to determine whether they meet all contractual performance requirements, including technical performance requirements, supportability requirements, and interoperability requirements and related specifications; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5603D8A5524643EAA1DA53B81080D33D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the evaluation of the results of such testing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEFF5E79EB71427D9316CF2C5BA7DC4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operational test and evaluation</header><text>The term <quote>operational test and evaluation</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H89BACD1A41EE4B3EB86FAA2D5154E2A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the testing of a capability or asset and the sub-systems of the capability or asset, under conditions similar to those in which the capability or asset and subsystems will actually be deployed, for the purpose of determining the effectiveness and suitability of the capability or asset and sub-systems for use by typical Coast Guard users to conduct those missions for which the capability or asset and sub-systems are intended to be used; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9C01C7D044B495582E16FF8FED6A616"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the evaluation of the results of such testing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H835862B91C6B44098914AC6DCE75DB33"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Safety concern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>safety concern</quote> means any hazard associated with a capability or asset or a sub-system of a capability or asset that is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to a typical Coast Guard user in testing, maintaining, repairing, or operating the capability, asset, or sub-system or any hazard associated with the capability, asset, or sub-system that is likely to cause major damage to the capability, asset, or sub-system during the course of its normal operation by a typical Coast Guard user.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75294DFED0934B859CC560CA524CEC6B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>TEMP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>TEMP</quote> means a Test and Evaluation Master Plan for which approval is required under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H97C4D469D9B74DF3914260DFAAC3D282"><enum>525.</enum><header>Capability standards</header> <subsection id="H541599AD30F74BAA8B4D86799A6A9DEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cutter classification</header><text>The Commandant shall cause each cutter, other than a National Security Cutter, acquired by the Coast Guard and delivered after the date of enactment of this Act to be classed by the American Bureau of Shipping before final acceptance.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB8AB3184BF6D4B0D8BD6971A49C095F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tempest testing</header><text>The Commandant shall—</text> <paragraph id="H7803EE9634AC418E94EF6F6B27D76E0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>cause all electronics on all aircraft, surface, and shore capabilities and assets that require TEMPEST certification and that are delivered after the date of enactment of this Act to be tested in accordance with TEMPEST standards and communication security (COMSEC) standards by an independent third party that is authorized by the Federal Government to perform such testing; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H786AB7A6D28444EBA0C70BA3DF0D73E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certify that the capabilities and assets meet all applicable TEMPEST requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3E96B0A5AB674B55A623975B3A7AAF47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National Security Cutters</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF798DD16E19F47D58A6181E30F5D9EA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Security Cutters 1 and 2</header><text>Not later than 90 days before the Coast Guard awards any contract or issues any delivery order or task order to strengthen the hull of either of National Security Cutter 1 or 2 to resolve the structural design and performance issues identified in the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s report OIG–07–23 dated January 2007, the Commandant shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives all results of an assessment of the proposed hull strengthening design conducted by the Coast Guard, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H3394BE5D13BB40B19B0FBF7DF04DD95A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description in detail of the extent to which the hull strengthening measures to be implemented on those cutters will enable the cutters to meet contract and performance requirements;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C705292BCF540508228151E6EA2B99A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a cost benefit analysis of the proposed hull strengthening measures for National Security Cutters 1 and 2; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29BCC45909714B4EBEB1259F98352FE5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of any operational restrictions that would have to be applied to either National Security Cutter 1 or 2 if the proposed hull strengthening measures were not implemented on either cutter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2F6AE514FF04F9E923F89C305951BC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other vessels</header><text>The Commandant shall cause the design and construction of each National Security Cutter, other than National Security Cutters 1, 2, and 3, to be assessed by an independent third party with expertise in vessel design and construction certification.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9049EFB60574C0783522B80696B2497"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Aircraft airworthiness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall cause all aircraft and aircraft engines acquired by the Coast Guard and delivered after the date of enactment of this Act to be assessed for airworthiness by an independent third party with expertise in aircraft and aircraft engine certification, before final acceptance.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H52674352462F4D1981E92E471408C72B"><enum>526.</enum><header>Acquisition program reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any Coast Guard Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program or project may not begin to obtain any capability or asset or proceed beyond that phase of its development that entails approving the supporting acquisition until the Commandant submits to the appropriate congressional committees the following:</text> <paragraph id="H23E50C14A8F54BEAB81E0482C4B47BC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The key performance parameters, the key system attributes, and the operational performance attributes of the capability and asset to be acquired under the proposed acquisition program or project will be built to achieve.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H226F4EBF61E94F7E9BF0BA9326FB8071"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A detailed list of the systems or other capabilities with which the capability or asset to be acquired is intended to be interoperable, including an explanation of the attributes of interoperability.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H500A7A3FF7EB489B94E11F0FA7F3767F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The anticipated acquisition program baseline and acquisition unit cost for the capability or asset to be produced and deployed under the program or project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96F2C6892C1F4BA0A25D65E2EB543728"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A detailed schedule for the acquisition process showing when all capability and asset acquisitions are to be completed and when all acquired capabilities and assets are to be initially and fully deployed.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HE9E17CB09A8E46269F0DCEDCF3D34F91"><enum>527.</enum><header>Undefinitized contractual actions</header> <subsection id="H92C526EBA6434BD2982E5B04A06381D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Coast Guard may not enter into an undefinitized contractual action unless such action is directly approved by the Head of Contracting Activity of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3ACDA0FAC62446DF881106D75D0F83CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requests for Undefinitized Contractual Actions</header><text>Any request to the Head of Contracting Activity for approval of an undefinitized contractual action covered under subsection (a) must include a description of the anticipated effect on requirements of the Coast Guard if a delay is incurred for the purposes of determining contractual terms, specifications, and price before performance is begun under the contractual action.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H53FF2AC140A84B34B3482F9FE8FB90E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for Undefinitized Contractual Actions</header> <paragraph id="H33832E08C8C943F0BA4DB19338F20116"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline for agreement on terms, specifications, and price</header><text>A contracting officer of the Coast Guard may not enter into an undefinitized contractual action unless the contractual action provides for agreement upon contractual terms, specification, and price by the earlier of—</text> <subparagraph id="H4A01B7F3F7BE44628DFAC0B31BFA7A46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize the contractual terms, specifications, and price; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A0975A0317640D9BA9E1DD63CF8821F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date on which the amount of funds obligated under the contractual action is equal to more than 50 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price for the contractual action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1CC5B16392C4660A8D5B4E69FC30C98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on obligations</header> <subparagraph id="H1EAF3F5F1F404165B6686B0A5E385BBA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the contracting officer for an undefinitized contractual action may not obligate under such contractual action an amount that exceeds 50 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price until the contractual terms, specifications, and price are definitized for such contractual action.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C00C272DCF345E1B836231BAD0F67EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize an undefinitized contractual action before an amount that exceeds 50 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price is obligated on such action, the contracting officer for such action may not obligate with respect to such contractual action an amount that exceeds 75 percent of the negotiated overall ceiling price until the contractual terms, specifications, and price are definitized for such contractual action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC37D83FAACE466EA9D10B8C3C38F37A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Commandant may waive the application of this subsection with respect to a contract if the Commandant determines that the waiver is necessary to support—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7D4AB20A3BB49C884C7D32B7E22ABAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a contingency operation (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9A8C0479E51412F8D1F23C456AD5D11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an operation in response to an emergency that poses an unacceptable threat to human health or safety or to the marine environment; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65B1D373F5AB46279E5CF6E5DF5B19A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an operation in response to a natural disaster or major disaster or emergency designated by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1511C197BAD14A129C2ABD14D2A5E857"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on Application</header><text>This subsection does not apply to an undefinitized contractual action for the purchase of initial spares.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H41B6F8A2BCD644419A6B1D41737FBA6A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inclusion of nonurgent requirements</header><text>Requirements for spare parts and support equipment that are not needed on an urgent basis may not be included in an undefinitized contractual action by the Coast Guard for spare parts and support equipment that are needed on an urgent basis unless the Commandant approves such inclusion as being—</text> <paragraph id="HD25A62E9528B4A59AC1E6436E87E7BF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>good business practice; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB716CE825274C72A0B73ED7A7F08352"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the best interests of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69A13F68D0E342BABB720DF79226950A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Modification of scope</header><text>The scope of an undefinitized contractual action under which performance has begun may not be modified unless the Commandant approves such modification as being—</text> <paragraph id="HBF0A77A82FEC47AEBC0EDB33EA706690"><enum>(1)</enum><text>good business practice; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H240C1DB2BCE04CC682BA47205652D329"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the best interests of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB513D51E71754711ABE3BD31925534CC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allowable profit</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that the profit allowed on an undefinitized contractual action for which the final price is negotiated after a substantial portion of the performance required is completed reflects—</text> <paragraph id="H792DA08F0977417CBBAC7FEBC3A18475"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the possible reduced cost risk of the contractor with respect to costs incurred during performance of the contract before the final price is negotiated; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H011C3FB6C98C4DD292F378B9E4C38E86"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reduced cost risk of the contractor with respect to costs incurred during performance of the remaining portion of the contract.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H99391C58E88644A699B0CA04582D4D7F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2EC0450962C9447F8B38E25FAAE3D653"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Undefinitized contractual action</header> <subparagraph id="HF673990FE3464F4CB7F7B76BFCC7EF80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term <quote>undefinitized contractual action</quote> means a new procurement action entered into by the Coast Guard for which the contractual terms, specifications, or price are not agreed upon before performance is begun under the action.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED5B3A5D849D4275B1294A04AD2A4780"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>Such term does not include contractual actions with respect to the following:</text> <clause id="H481CFDDC7EE845B482332EE3712238E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Foreign military sales.</text></clause> <clause id="H5F7CF8C906B34436979DE089AED94D30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Purchases in an amount not in excess of the amount of the simplified acquisition threshold.</text></clause> <clause id="H0F0A6F6DCA3243E084E9D1A2160910B3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Special access programs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C8AED78220C4E659E727300C73E91CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>qualifying proposal</header><text>The term <quote>qualifying proposal</quote> means a proposal that contains sufficient information to enable complete and meaningful audits of the information contained in the proposal as determined by the contracting officer.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H687E18C1A08C424C900CB93058D81121"><enum>528.</enum><header>Guidance on excessive pass-through charges</header> <subsection id="HBE2634B972104081959657BE78FDE402"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue guidance to ensure that pass-through charges on contracts, subcontracts, delivery orders, and task orders that are entered into with a private entity acting as a lead systems integrator by or on behalf of the Coast Guard are not excessive in relation to the cost of work performed by the relevant contractor or subcontractor. The guidance shall, at a minimum—</text> <paragraph id="HF078AE81D44B4003B3D1E6060C48B509"><enum>(1)</enum><text>set forth clear standards for determining when no, or negligible, value has been added to a contract by a contractor or subcontractor;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A6479E83F194F5D87D5253D8A570E2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>set forth procedures for preventing the payment by the Government of excessive pass-through charges; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB788A05B52143899453E7EE2BC348D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify any exceptions determined by the Commandant to be in the best interest of the Government.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H43BEC449812946019256C16A84756236"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Excessive pass-Through charge defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>excessive pass-through charge</quote>, with respect to a contractor or subcontractor that adds no, or negligible, value to a contract or subcontract, means a charge to the Government by the contractor or subcontractor that is for overhead or profit on work performed by a lower-tier contractor or subcontractor, other than reasonable charges for the direct costs of managing lower-tier contractors and subcontracts and overhead and profit based on such direct costs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDB0CB02F5F794F6FA6A5ADDE00A1ACE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of guidance</header><text>The guidance under this subsection shall apply to contracts awarded to a private entity acting as a lead systems integrator by or on behalf of the Coast Guard on or after the date that is 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6C1C428DA44B4D6788FB43FB65932BB0"><enum>529.</enum><header>Acquisition of major capabilities: Alternatives analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Coast Guard may not acquire an experimental or technically immature capability or asset or implement a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition, unless it has conducted an alternatives analysis for the capability or asset to be acquired in the concept and technology development phase of the acquisition process for the capability or asset. Such analysis shall be conducted by a federally funded research and development center, a qualified entity of the Department of Defense, or a similar independent third party entity that has appropriate acquisition expertise. Such alternatives analysis shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HE4EA5B9986DB4350A041F4471482B7E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the technical maturity of the capability or asset and technical and other risks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65886FBE516C4FD89FE128DB3813BC76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an examination of capability, interoperability, and other advantages and disadvantages;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDFC18A335F04733B81BB61C9320C587"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an evaluation of whether different combinations or quantities of specific capabilities or assets could meet the Coast Guard’s overall performance needs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD21148C95DB04021B1A53E178F489DE3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a discussion of key assumptions and variables, and sensitivity to change in such assumptions and variables;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H992620B2409B430BA099F0B3942310E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>when an alternative is an existing capability, asset, or prototype, an evaluation of relevant safety and performance records and costs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD94A5A89E3B4EDBACFC0A9AF59FBE5A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a calculation of life-cycle costs, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H16450DBCEBCE4E4F9D8B6BA361EEB695"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an examination of development costs and the levels of uncertainty associated with such estimated costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42336710532B46CFAC1491176459C813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an examination of likely production and deployment costs and the levels of uncertainty associated with such estimated costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H786BC523020D49278EC491CF414960BA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an examination of likely operating and support costs and the levels of uncertainty associated with such estimated costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4BC7C301589D4D8C9F1A28EC521EBF02"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if they are likely to be significant, an examination of likely disposal costs and the levels of uncertainty associated with such estimated costs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FDEAD79B7B740A5A629204E73985491"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such additional measures the Commandant determines to be necessary for appropriate evaluation of the capability or asset; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H770B61F93D9C4D15983240B5BA6E3BEB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the business case for each viable alternative.</text></paragraph></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F90F7CBDD3E4C828F098E482FA123EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>530.</enum><header>Cost overruns and delays</header> <subsection id="H705F41B2DF7B4CBDBCA9F0E896F15D15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees as soon as possible, but not later than 30 days, after the Chief Acquisition Officer of the Coast Guard becomes aware of the breach of an acquisition program baseline for any Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program, by—</text> <paragraph id="HDAD0E6892709420F94E302712882B7C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a likely cost overrun greater than 10 percent of the acquisition program baseline for that individual capability or asset or a class of capabilities or assets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C64A50E4D6F46C885EAED8C62B90DBD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a likely delay of more than 180 days in the delivery schedule for any individual capability or asset or class of capabilities or assets; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4CD0E64283547D0A54B66D72EA34D30"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an anticipated failure for any individual capability or asset or class of capabilities or assets to satisfy any key performance threshold or parameter under the acquisition program baseline.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39F304FCDB5247A3AA9B271D1B920AF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H5B1D66FA520344D8825C6A48A7623E06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed description of the breach and an explanation of its cause;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEA028CDA68A4E019C76DFB913D9323D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the projected impact to performance, cost, and schedule;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6132950E9354F9493182E63A48B7E0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an updated acquisition program baseline and the complete history of changes to the original acquisition program baseline;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BE328988DB44F9BB430188885EDCA55"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the updated acquisition schedule and the complete history of changes to the original schedule;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE380EC4944347ACB51DFA60A499FB9D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a full life-cycle cost analysis for the capability or asset or class of capabilities or assets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC4DAC376ACC42F8824841F682D17361"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a remediation plan identifying corrective actions and any resulting issues or risks; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1F6611324134DD69C672E1A7C90DA8A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of how progress in the remediation plan will be measured and monitored.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA54F119A06CF4753BDFC2F8376988EB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Substantial variances in costs or schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a likely cost overrun is greater than 20 percent or a likely delay is greater than 12 months from the costs and schedule described in the acquisition program baseline for any Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition program or project of the Coast Guard, the Commandant shall include in the report a written certification, with a supporting explanation, that—</text> <paragraph id="H64E28166DCEF4F34A1A19A36BAA52C51"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the capability or asset or capability or asset class to be acquired under the program or project is essential to the accomplishment of Coast Guard missions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84512C01907F4B77A97B5F9838E8FE28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there are no alternatives to such capability or asset or capability or asset class which will provide equal or greater capability in both a more cost-effective and timely manner;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA139A39B1B2146139BBA7DA7ABB68CD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the new acquisition schedule and estimates for total acquisition cost are reasonable; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52EC32F0F08F4AFAAEF1A72BF7F87787"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the management structure for the acquisition program is adequate to manage and control performance, cost, and schedule.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H19593D0A414F45929F2D9C027D8030A9"><enum>531.</enum><header>Report on former Coast Guard officials employed by contractors to the agency</header> <subsection id="H5E31310FFA9D4C019706FA113414337D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the employment during the preceding year by Coast Guard contractors of individuals who were Coast Guard officials in the previous 5-year period. The report shall assess the extent to which former Coast Guard officials were provided compensation by Coast Guard contractors in the preceding calendar year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9ED7F39906F34035A63CD452DB539D38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives of report</header><text>At a minimum, the report required by this section shall assess the extent to which former Coast Guard officials who receive compensation from Coast Guard contractors have been assigned by those contractors to work on contracts or programs between the contractor and the Coast Guard, including contracts or programs for which the former official personally had oversight responsibility or decisionmaking authority when they served in or worked for the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H24101F3384AB49B09DEE9138A8021736"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Confidentiality requirement</header><text>The report required by this subsection shall not include the names of the former Coast Guard officials who receive compensation from Coast Guard contractors.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF6295544C6EE4176B7ED5EE247C1CB5E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Access to information</header><text>A Coast Guard contractor shall provide the Comptroller General access to information requested by the Comptroller General for the purpose of conducting the study required by this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF8F8F3C7EFD148A49604EF27603F7964"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H8C66901E9D004A1C9DC7DA9653E6E83A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coast Guard contractor</header><text>The term <quote>Coast Guard contractor</quote> includes any person that received at least $10,000,000 in contractor awards from the Coast Guard in the calendar year covered by the annual report.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE6DE53778384B6DA94E452C35E3F024"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coast Guard official</header><text>The term <quote>Coast Guard official</quote> includes former officers of the Coast Guard who were compensated at a rate of pay for grade O–7 or above during the calendar year prior to the date on which they separated from the Coast Guard, and former civilian employees of the Coast Guard who served at any level of the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, during the calendar year prior to the date on which they separated from the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H424F49AD90224CBA8C70A025BB295702" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>532.</enum><header>Department of Defense consultation</header> <subsection id="H407250B3BD7A44B09BB93ECA038CE73D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall make arrangements as appropriate with the Secretary of Defense for support in contracting and management of Coast Guard acquisition programs. The Commandant shall also seek opportunities to make use of Department of Defense contracts, and contracts of other appropriate agencies, to obtain the best possible price for capabilities and assets acquired for the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8BBA7CA2E69C4FA2B39B5ED126DD00E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inter-Service Technical Assistance</header><text>The Commandant may enter into a memorandum of understanding or a memorandum of agreement with the Secretary of the Navy to obtain the assistance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, including the Navy Systems Commands, with the oversight of Coast Guard major acquisition programs. Such memorandum of understanding or memorandum of agreement shall, at a minimum, provide for—</text> <paragraph id="H822C31B013684715ACB48C9DFE0CE2BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the exchange of technical assistance and support that the Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer, Coast Guard Chief Engineer, and the Coast Guard Chief Information Officer may identify;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DA63F786211463B891EF51044DD7877"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the use, as appropriate, of Navy technical expertise; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H845408840C1B4C198C646B04B60A6509"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the temporary assignment or exchange of personnel between the Coast Guard and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, including Naval Systems Commands, to facilitate the development of organic capabilities in the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H09B3803A8834425C8664C5C18C114859"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical requirement approval procedures</header><text>The Coast Guard Chief Acquisition Officer shall adopt, to the extent practicable, procedures that are similar to those used by the senior procurement executive of the Department of the Navy to approve all technical requirements.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H15C8EC49ECB34559BFA5635E73061B1C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text> <paragraph id="HF6A47323FBC1494D890925B9B40CD275"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains an assessment of current Coast Guard acquisition and management capabilities to manage Level 1 and Level 2 acquisitions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59843B033112470080C357136D5389AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes recommendations as to how the Coast Guard can improve its acquisition management, either through internal reforms or by seeking acquisition expertise from the Department of Defense; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC97D47216AA04C3194106B9F493F3F0C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>addresses specifically the question of whether the Coast Guard can better leverage Department of Defense or other agencies’ contracts that would meet the needs of Level 1 or Level 2 acquisitions in order to obtain the best possible price.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HC45A4C182EC8420F931A2398270B5CF3"><enum>C</enum><header>Coast Guard personnel</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24B6E070D9EF4CFAA0378513443306A0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>541.</enum><header>Chief Acquisition Officer</header> <subsection id="H5137D01BA8FA49229A6E85DF20ED40F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9F5942A194C474E864EAA355FCD577F" style="USC"> <section id="HD49BD0B84D6F446296629C1604A5D023"><enum>56.</enum><header>Chief Acquisition Officer</header> <subsection id="HCF490C570541417BB3392B225C8CF2F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of Chief Acquisition Officer</header><text>There shall be in the Coast Guard a Chief Acquisition Officer selected by the Commandant who shall be a Rear Admiral or civilian from the Senior Executive Service (career reserved) and who meets the qualifications set forth under subsection (b). The Chief Acquisition Officer shall serve at the Assistant Commandant level and have acquisition management as that individual’s primary duty.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H89FDBC6BF104495295B3F94F65A1A4E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications</header> <paragraph id="HE7D13CF896654615A708F6AEDDA8645A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Chief Acquisition Officer and any Flag Officer serving in the Acquisitions Directorate shall be an acquisition professional with a program manager level III certification and must have at least 10 years experience in an acquisition position, of which at least 4 years were spent in one of the following qualifying positions:</text> <subparagraph id="H96E844733DC040ACB7D1ED7F403F9531"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Program executive officer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AD19BE3BFE24416B079B073D4D435EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Program manager of a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0CCF76A799124F21A969C4029205680C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Deputy program manager of a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EA91279C0734F8CB5CB2266A029BB24"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project manager for a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96D76F9CFE3248178D923DFD029C872E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any other acquisition position of significant responsibility in which the primary duties are supervisory or management duties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7174DA9DC464F5580BB3978CCE2079D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commandant shall periodically publish a list of the positions designated under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBFDE41255EB940BF96E8676AE9581331"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority and functions of the Chief Acquisition Officer</header><text>The functions of the Chief Acquisition Officer shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H3D1F21759EB64674899526FDFD3B1783"><enum>(1)</enum><text>monitoring the performance of programs and projects on the basis of applicable performance measurements and advising the Commandant, through the chain of command, regarding the appropriate business strategy to achieve the missions of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFC2D287C8D243BF9C272DA95CEB5721"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maximizing the use of full and open competition at the prime contract and subcontract levels in the acquisition of property, capabilities, assets, and services by the Coast Guard by establishing policies, procedures, and practices that ensure that the Coast Guard receives a sufficient number of sealed bids or competitive proposals from responsible sources to fulfill the Government’s requirements, including performance and delivery schedules, at the lowest cost or best value considering the nature of the property, capability, asset, or service procured;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4825A20374A84F4086F90A5A9325AF2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>making acquisition decisions in concurrence with the technical authority of the Coast Guard, as designated by the Commandant, and consistent with all other applicable laws and decisions establishing procedures within the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3714C57DF46407184040AB69CA43841"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensuring the use of detailed performance specifications in instances in which performance based contracting is used;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2272301515504149AF27E368D40823F2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>managing the direction of acquisition policy for the Coast Guard, including implementation of the unique acquisition policies, regulations, and standards of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0741E8F39CE74902AEBD7D08350D076D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>developing and maintaining an acquisition career management program in the Coast Guard to ensure that there is an adequate acquisition workforce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE32804770EBE47428A91FE6A9EAE6172"><enum>(7)</enum><text>assessing the requirements established for Coast Guard personnel regarding knowledge and skill in acquisition resources and management and the adequacy of such requirements for facilitating the achievement of the performance goals established for acquisition management;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99CDCDF346D643D2A6F3BA3F91905763"><enum>(8)</enum><text>developing strategies and specific plans for hiring, training, and professional development; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6611B5667EE4701A05CB3113684B6CF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>reporting to the Commandant, through the chain of command, on the progress made in improving acquisition management capability.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HAB88BAF7AF7544BB937CE302D0909B7A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of qualification requirement</header><text>Section 56(b) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall apply beginning October 1, 2011.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8DEE206402704802B62B949795EA88B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D3EABEE18E647269048A2D082C9540E" style="OLC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HB9F5942A194C474E864EAA355FCD577F" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="HD49BD0B84D6F446296629C1604A5D023" level="section">56. Chief Acquisition Officer.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD954C6C6BB6F4913B747B100F80FE59D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elevation of disputes to the chief acquisition officer</header><text>Within 45 days after the elevation to the Chief Acquisition Officer of any design or other dispute regarding a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition, the Commandant shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed description of the issue and the rationale underlying the decision taken by the Chief Acquisition Officer to resolve the issue.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H16F18747B3EB49CEBF5D259D89C11C3B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rate supplements</header> <paragraph id="HF8165799B8F740DD9FCB76386560A9FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to establish</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with part 9701.333 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, the Commandant shall establish special rate supplements that provide higher pay levels for employees necessary to carry out the amendment made by this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F92735F3C5E49ED86D2C9E27C3D67FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subject to appropriations</header><text>The requirement under paragraph (1) is subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9D4BF9927034CA2AD54447EF8DBE918" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>542.</enum><header>Improvements in Coast Guard acquisition management</header> <subsection id="HC6B789D9218A4DA1BF9C8C671EEB52E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program and project managers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual may not be assigned as the program manager for a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition unless the individual holds a Level III acquisition certification as a program manager.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7EB4502FCE554C4894C45F496B647F68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integrated product teams</header><text>Integrated product teams, and all teams that oversee integrated product teams, shall be chaired by officers, members, or employees of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD999F51BE6744EB8A9D5531C5C63A598"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical authority</header><text>The Commandant shall maintain or designate the technical authority to establish, approve, and maintain technical requirements. Any such designation shall be made in writing and may not be delegated to the authority of the Chief Acquisition Officer established by section 55 of title 14, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBB3338E3AFDA49DE9E9E12971B0971DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of positions in the acquisition workforce</header> <paragraph id="H6983F34ABBCC4E8EBD231B510D8DACE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall designate a sufficient number of positions to be in the Coast Guard’s acquisition workforce to perform acquisition-related functions at Coast Guard headquarters and field activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H707066469D7849EC9D66439658B8EDBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required positions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In designating positions under subsection (a), the Commandant shall include, at a minimum, positions encompassing the following competencies and functions:</text> <subparagraph id="HACCF8F2C72C5494BB6FAEC6B54DEC16A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Program management.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B77454A3D1B4763BEEAB9400CFA717D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Systems planning, research, development, engineering, and testing.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H00350929490A4D198F24EECE1CDB10C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Procurement, including contracting.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0A30E21096B4744903C70767647025D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Industrial and contract property management.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H656CE809CE4F4823BDA204836E4E15DE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Life-cycle logistics.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA47BF2A8B4F14A12A1DC38DA6327160E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Quality control and assurance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92F9DC9203454B319FFEEE89735D2F5C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Manufacturing and production.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8318E2A7C96F4966B2D26E7FA13DD294"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Business, cost estimating, financial management, and auditing.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEC7B0F6446948BE959D9207B3279C2B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Acquisition education, training, and career development.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD117EF3724A64B31AFA3BF06EDDE0246"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Construction and facilities engineering.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFBC89832E18490AB356B1C68467B086"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Testing and evaluation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68922AEC7E884F398E08A902D7451E85"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Acquisition Management Headquarter Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall also designate as positions in the acquisition workforce under paragraph (1) those acquisition-related positions located at Coast Guard headquarters units.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EC08D27D4E742F5837A550F3B16E406"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appropriate expertise required</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that each individual assigned to a position in the acquisition workforce has the appropriate expertise to carry out the responsibilities of that position.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H874580F6772E4E2C9ABBC736E6DCFD44"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Management Information System</header> <paragraph id="H84ACA586B0AC45E2A21C15CE761C8653"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall establish a management information system capability to improve acquisition workforce management and reporting.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC24C5B78E02B4DDF9903A9EAA0FA7CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information maintained</header><text>Information maintained with such capability shall include the following standardized information on individuals assigned to positions in the workforce:</text> <subparagraph id="H75FB5F382E8248A78AABEF5D1BD37082"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Qualifications, assignment history, and tenure of those individuals assigned to positions in the acquisition workforce or holding acquisition-related certifications.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD11E9AE971BF474C80FCFE514C98F317"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Promotion rates for officers and members of the Coast Guard in the acquisition workforce.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39E9A740423442B585A1B260583F8E70"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report on adequacy of acquisition workforce</header> <paragraph id="HDE2306AE2ACE4F018A0EBEE20477C474"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall report to the Congress by July 1 of each year on the scope of the acquisition activities to be performed in the next fiscal year and on the adequacy of the current acquisition workforce to meet that anticipated workload.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE38F0EF341B4BBDADDF0C91D24B0312"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H8ECCE345948547C491FF07319311741B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify the number of officers, members, and employees of the Coast Guard currently and planned to be assigned to each position designated under subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFFDBD9703E0543AFB5B1DF136C8418F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify positions that are understaffed to meet the anticipated acquisition workload, and actions that will be taken to correct such understaffing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H795A047213764547BDA6BDDD37BA6896"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Appointments to Acquisition Positions</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that no requirement or preference for officers or members of the Coast Guard is used in the consideration of persons for positions in the acquisition workforce.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC177CC604B254305B1892CAC037A4E99"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Career Paths</header> <paragraph id="H6AEFFFBB7A5D4A30AF54F3DCCECEE443"><enum>(1)</enum><header>identification of career paths</header><text>To establish acquisition management as a core competency of the Coast Guard, the Commandant shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE2FBDEA73BB74F20A171300300987785"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that career paths for officers, members, and employees of the Coast Guard who wish to pursue careers in acquisition are identified in terms of the education, training, experience, and assignments necessary for career progression of those officers, members, and employees to the most senior positions in the acquisition workforce; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H312797FF08CD4AA398CC5C47CD231371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish information on such career paths.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1DEADB0E9E9420BAF9D2502477E1296"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Promotion parity</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that promotion parity is established for officers and members of the Coast Guard who have been assigned to the acquisition workforce relative to officers and members who have not been assigned to the acquisition workforce.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB2EA65FBCC934699B5D9325557809567"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Balanced Workforce Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the development of acquisition workforce policies under this section with respect to any civilian employees or applicants for employment, the Commandant shall, consistent with the merit system principles set out in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2301(b) of title 5, United States Code, take into consideration the need to maintain a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minority groups are appropriately represented in Government service.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA7371DC700844BAD9474A6099B2FD87E"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Guidance on tenure and accountability of program managers</header> <paragraph id="H2551A4E745CE4365898716B46B621905"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance of guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue guidance to address the qualifications, resources, responsibilities, tenure, and accountability of program managers for the management of acquisition programs and projects. The guidance shall address, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="H91B7FE67FE6848B6BD1877425C3FFA84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the qualifications that shall be required of program managers, including the number of years of acquisition experience and the professional training levels to be required of those appointed to program management positions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2622838AD32D4F8686BFAB62FDA7D2A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>authorities available to program managers, including, to the extent appropriate, the authority to object to the addition of new program requirements that would be inconsistent with the parameters established for an acquisition program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F647E2173534DBD99605612EF854A6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which a program manager who initiates a new program or project will continue in management of that program or project without interruption until the delivery of the first production units of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF056E7E82B34FB0B65EF130D20436CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Strategy</header> <subparagraph id="H2D9F8E0A997445B195747E3D69804605"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall develop a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the role of Coast Guard program managers in developing and carrying out acquisition programs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF2C731C6773A4FD09A973DCB4F816526"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matters to be addressed</header><text>The strategy required by this section shall address, at a minimum—</text> <clause id="H97C29E8F9F4547CBB2DFA84D8165F7AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the creation of a specific career path and career opportunities for individuals who are or may become program managers, including the rotational assignments that will be provided to program managers;</text></clause> <clause id="HBA5E59C23C1440A5A801E73CAE35F38C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the provision of enhanced training and educational opportunities for individuals who are or may become program managers;</text></clause> <clause id="H52D49E9833164EF0B67945C21EFC0C9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the provision of mentoring support to current and future program managers by experienced senior executives and program managers within the Coast Guard, and through rotational assignments to the Department of Defense;</text></clause> <clause id="H9AC3AA3032FD4D72A68DF784BE289152"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the methods by which the Coast Guard will collect and disseminate best practices and lessons learned on systems acquisition to enhance program management throughout the Coast Guard;</text></clause> <clause id="HC537B60A13174C7AA0AF25B1E039782A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the templates and tools that will be used to support improved data gathering and analysis for program management and oversight purposes, including the metrics that will be utilized to assess the effectiveness of Coast Guard program managers in managing systems acquisition efforts;</text></clause> <clause id="H73A1F6A43EBF495E9EAA5DD97733EC3E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description in detail of how the Coast Guard will promote a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minority groups are appropriately represented in Government service; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4FEB6456B5A94070857A44E8C6B06CCC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the methods by which the accountability of program managers for the results of acquisition programs will be increased.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF773E63BA8934129B78148534EECA8D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>543.</enum><header>Recognition of Coast Guard personnel for excellence in acquisition</header> <subsection id="H9CF8AE7F567A465FA229D39BD54316F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall commence implementation of a program to recognize excellent performance by individuals and teams comprised of officers, members, and employees of the Coast Guard that contributed to the long-term success of a Coast Guard acquisition program or project.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H86607E0DE79B4873A2BEA0E73FA50C27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The program required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H9A5882B1016D44CDBEC7349B891B0817"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Specific award categories, criteria, and eligibility and manners of recognition.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H91994BD9000047D3B8A626B1D8ED33CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Procedures for the nomination by personnel of the Coast Guard of individuals and teams comprised of officers, members, and employees of the Coast Guard for recognition under the program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4A18F26D71F4FF7BEE1057D11BE0D33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Procedures for the evaluation of nominations for recognition under the program by one or more panels of individuals from the Government, academia, and the private sector who have such expertise and are appointed in such manner as the Commandant shall establish for the purposes of this program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HDF8C163CE8014FF29191A4A1A17871F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award of cash bonuses</header><text>As part of the program required by subsection (a), the Commandant, subject to the availability of appropriations, may award to any individual recognized pursuant to the program a cash bonus to the extent that the performance of such individual so recognized warrants the award of such bonus.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4F616060185144C4945E0D4FC66A4B64"><enum>544.</enum><header>Coast Guard acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority</header> <subsection id="H7957591E4A604CED85E45911F4666075"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of sections 3304, 5333, and 5753 of title 5, United States Code, the Commandant may—</text> <paragraph id="H68B5FB5898404CF984A8543F927B3013"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designate any category of acquisition positions within the Coast Guard as shortage category positions; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE45C5D6E0074D0C86382AA4894E6727"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use the authorities in such sections to recruit and appoint highly qualified persons directly to positions so designated.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H41645D1B7E5D458B9861077C8D89DC01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Commandant may not appoint a person to a position of employment under this subsection after September 30, 2012.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>VI</enum><header>Maritime Workforce Development</header> <section id="HEA898306B77243FAAB1B1DEC575F94E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Maritime Workforce Development Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H963F42831BC647D4AEF688F90AF63E35"><enum>602.</enum><header>Maritime education loan program</header> <subsection id="H764CB6ED69AC4B9AB07D36A9FB0073ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 517 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CBDA46BAE6E4335B5EAF29814911D52" style="USC"> <section id="H181205B5A9AA4AAE863B9EDCEA7EB5FA"><enum>51705.</enum><header>Maritime career training loan program</header> <subsection id="HE21FC0CB06B84B9FB3F091A43CD81AAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a maritime career training loan program (in this section referred to as the <quote>program</quote>) in accordance with the requirements of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC3171E59ABD04EF092308981CE4D3A7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program shall be to make maritime career training loans available to eligible students to provide for the training of United States mariners.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCD451E19DE0148B7A6CE94FCCE1ADEAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program shall be carried out by the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Maritime Administration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA7F68AEC30EC47DC9D5126830C082A3E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H738F3B5BB7184FB1A7BC2881DDA58F2A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allocate, on an annual basis, the award of loans under the program based on the needs of students;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2C9B24A510448D095B14AE53541C399"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop an application process and eligibility criteria for the award of loans under the program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77E008DD72304282A753558D42E5033A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>approve applications for loans under the program based on the eligibility criteria and allocations made under paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07293C21DEB14FF7856EB6CD86113649"><enum>(4)</enum><text>designate maritime training institutions at which loans made under the program may be used.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E76400797804396A6D7CA1D96ACD1E2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Designation of maritime training institutions</header> <paragraph id="H16A9CECCF4B847B48D604C25AA55BDDD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In designating maritime training institutions under subsection (d)(4), the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H4FEF0986B2904EF5A5E9C92D0521E26A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may include Federal, State, and commercial training institutions and nonprofit training organizations, except that undergraduate students at the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall not be eligible for loans under the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A707D2D3C874C23A61D81856C815C32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall designate institutions based on geographic diversity and scope of classes offered;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA432AC8A58C444269E0C37ECAA0AA981"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall ensure that designated institutions have the ability to administer the program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H838681000FA24A8ABF401968363DBB56"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall ensure that designated institutions meet requirements to provide training instruction for appropriate Coast Guard-approved training instruction.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99A4FB0608B44BA4B97FBE05B5D7F560"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HB1280C084A4745A387DC7E5280E18ED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may exclude from participation in the program a maritime training institution that has had severe performance deficiencies, including deficiencies demonstrated by audits or program reviews conducted during the 5 calendar years immediately preceding the present year;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEDEBBF3DF960487699F8CCE927A07174"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall exclude from participation in the program a maritime training institution that has delinquent or outstanding debts to the United States, unless such debts are being repaid under or in accordance with a repayment arrangement satisfactory to the United States, or the Secretary in the Secretary’s discretion determines that the existence or amount of any such debts has not been finally determined by the appropriate Federal agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4370D59B16D845438EB22428031C37C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may exclude from participation in the program a maritime training institution that has failed to comply with quality standards established by the Department of Labor, the Coast Guard, or a State; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B847E1FF00C4BC09C300649DA7DA9DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may establish such other criteria as the Secretary determines will protect the financial interest of the United States and promote the purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1D857057FBA480180A5516433E24AAC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State maritime academies</header> <paragraph id="HB77AE2E3D7214ECDABD05C3073686F58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of funds for loans to students attending State maritime academies</header><text>The Secretary may obligate not more than 50 percent of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year for loans to undergraduate students attending State maritime academies receiving assistance under chapter 515 of this title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A68343586D140E6A7929763B5AA068B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Academic standards for students</header><text>Students at State maritime academies receiving loans under the program shall maintain satisfactory progress toward the completion of their course of study as evidenced by the maintenance of a cumulative C average, or its equivalent, or academic standing consistent with the requirements for graduation, as determined by the institution.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB0747FD379994BAE820C19246EF724A8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Loan amounts and use</header> <paragraph id="HA18D7CFDA8354853A59FBBC0CD3463A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum amounts</header><text>The Secretary may not make loans to a student under the program in an amount that exceeds $15,000 in a calendar year or $60,000 in the aggregate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF137B2BF466A44489F7BA6ECD55377DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of loan proceeds</header><text>A student who receives a loan under the program may use the proceeds of the loan only for postsecondary expenses incurred at an institution designated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(4) for books, tuition, required fees, travel to and from training facilities, and room and board.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H430C5AC937CF4034A3362BB2D1731F34"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Student eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a loan under the program, a student shall—</text> <paragraph id="H19900117907B4192A48C1AF02D2B2523"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be eligible to hold a license or merchant mariner document issued by the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2AACA28D4274377B3BC1195FD807CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require, including all current Coast Guard documents, certifications, proof of United States citizenship or permanent legal status, and a statement of intent to enter a maritime career;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE961A10E0A8408BA3F1A2C3EB0B7E4F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>meet the enrollment requirements of a maritime training institution designated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(4); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8563077CB19546429A86C9D81B825DD8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>sign an agreement to—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DD0B36E9B54487BA0FD37528C3B87D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complete a course of instruction at such a maritime training institution; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1BB81BA773D548959BD7DC8F72CCD335"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEF35E65676B74661A7F60D1A042E9AE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maintain a license and serve as an officer in the merchant marine on a documented vessel or a vessel owned and operated by the United States for at least 18 months of service at sea following the date of graduation from the maritime program for which the loan proceeds will be used; or</text></clause> <clause id="H32096E4E7C024AFDA5C215919E821D8B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serve as an unlicensed merchant mariner on a documented vessel or a vessel owned and operated by the United States for at least 18 months of service at sea following the date of graduation from the maritime program for which the loan proceeds will be used.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2A55881AF6E143598D0C2581742B6087"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Administration of loans</header> <paragraph id="H640490FBB1D54B53B47E29EAF4CB38CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents of loan agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agreement between the Secretary and a student borrower for a loan under the program shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5284DD7729584FC095F335886F1F3A3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be evidenced by a note or other written instrument that provides for the repayment of the principal amount of the loan and any origination fee, together with interest thereon, in equal installments (or, if the student borrower so requests, in graduated periodic installments determined in accordance with such schedules as may be approved by the Secretary) payable quarterly, bimonthly, or monthly, at the option of the student borrower, over a period beginning 9 months from the date on which the student borrower completes study or discontinues attendance at the maritime program for which the loans are used at the institution approved by the Secretary and not exceeding 10 years;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7066A14DF2A84B1985020A4F966BC98E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include provision for acceleration of repayment of the whole, or any part, of such loan, at the option of the student borrower;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3342B031BA4F4F209DE81B7184590073"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide the loan without security and without endorsement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90D2C1EFF998428281D763C4F104A1C9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide that the liability to repay the loan shall be canceled upon the death of the student borrower, or if the student borrower becomes permanently and totally disabled, as determined in accordance with regulations to be issued by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9DB2D3E85B904B6C8008ADFFA8DF33D1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>contain a notice of the system of disclosure of information concerning default on such loan to credit bureau organizations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67C5EFB7075D4A1A8491B2E3790DFD3B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include provisions for deferral of repayment, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H197161F5D65A45229CD068D303AA2CEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rate of interest</header><text>A student borrower who receives a loan under the program on or after January 1, 2010, and before October 1, 2015, shall be obligated to repay the loan amount to the Secretary, together with interest beginning in the period referred to in paragraph (1)(A), at a rate to be determined as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H4F8A6864FBAF48DDAEB65C9C477CF0FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For a loan for which the first disbursement is made on or after January 1, 2010, and before October 1, 2011, 5.6 percent on the unpaid principal balance of the loan.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8EFA106DAFD94361BC6C539D595B81B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For a loan for which the first disbursement is made on or after October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 2012, 4.5 percent on the unpaid principal balance of the loan.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H74F1D335D3694697BEF84744F6CF15C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For a loan for which the first disbursement is made on or after October 1, 2012, 3.4 percent on the unpaid principal balance of the loan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H871661ABD82A43F5A95570CFA30D121F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disclosure required prior to disbursement</header> <subparagraph id="H9E8384BB819043FDAE625D312985CBAC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall at or prior to the time the Secretary makes a loan to a student borrower under the program, provide thorough and adequate loan information on such loan to the student borrower. The disclosures required by this paragraph may be made as part of the written application material provided to the student borrower, as part of the promissory note evidencing the loan, or on a separate written form provided to the student borrower.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2580CCF7BB974BE7B20349C89DA849D0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The disclosures shall include—</text> <clause id="HF0F9D96DAFD04D2D8865967AA04E8EEC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the address to which communications and payments should be sent;</text></clause> <clause id="H15C98EF9DC844CDF91E5CE4BFA5FB583"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the principal amount of the loan;</text></clause> <clause id="H872FAA511B7B404CA6294E241EBA3504"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of any charges collected at or prior to the disbursal of the loan and whether such charges are to be deducted from the proceeds of the loan or paid separately by the student borrower;</text></clause> <clause id="H5602A3CB0C6D41D9BA8090AF3527847F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the stated interest rate on the loan;</text></clause> <clause id="H71360650236440AB89BC55D91EF47DF1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the yearly and cumulative maximum amounts that may be borrowed;</text></clause> <clause id="H7D2B0138E4EE4AC4BA6C5E1A4B5F6521"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>an explanation of when repayment of the loan will be required and when the student borrower will be obligated to pay interest that accrues on the loan;</text></clause> <clause id="H0CCD036B61BE4234998ECAEED9D7DD0F"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a statement as to the minimum and maximum repayment term that the Secretary may impose, and the minimum monthly payment required by law and a description of any penalty imposed as a consequence of default, such as liability for expenses reasonably incurred in attempts by the Secretary to collect on a loan;</text></clause> <clause id="HDC8CFBD2B11C4CF182232E675400F6ED"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a statement of the total cumulative balance, including the loan applied for, owed by the student borrower to the Secretary, and an estimate of the projected monthly payment, given such cumulative balance;</text></clause> <clause id="HAEFA24D877884106972720D429E9DD30"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>an explanation of any special options the student borrower may have for loan consolidation or other refinancing of the loan;</text></clause> <clause id="HDB16274AD9EC402696A2DDAA1EAB79FD"><enum>(x)</enum><text>a statement that the student borrower has the right to prepay all or part of the loan, at any time, without penalty;</text></clause> <clause id="H482E86936AA24823AAF23E1DD219DD2C"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>a statement summarizing circumstances in which repayment of the loan or interest that accrues on the loan may be deferred, and a brief notice of the program for repayment of loans, on the basis of military service, pursuant to the Department of Defense educational loan repayment program (10 U.S.C. 16302);</text></clause> <clause id="HA8605283D7A944289E3FF60D06E9789D"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>a definition of default and the consequences to the student borrower if the student borrower defaults, together with a statement that the disbursement of, and the default on, a loan under this part shall be reported to a credit bureau or credit reporting agency;</text></clause> <clause id="HCCF8822995F348C69F273AE75CBBDCAB"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, the effect of accepting the loan on the eligibility of the student borrower for other forms of student assistance; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF260FD9F05424DBCB4BEB866AFFDE947"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>an explanation of any cost the student borrower may incur in the making or collection of the loan.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB376B4DA3A744F7A2CF2D4E00DD5938"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Information to be provided without cost</header><text>The information provided under this paragraph shall be available to the Secretary without cost to the student borrower.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF72098B2F6484E11B94C4761410EA60F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Repayment after default</header><text>The Secretary may require any student borrower who has defaulted on a loan made under the program to—</text> <subparagraph id="H18E6B53F1FA14E8CA12EEE5C413D304E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pay all reasonable collection costs associated with such loan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H66784966921C40FF8230F21FAD03F6C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>repay the loan pursuant to an income contingent repayment plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF80ACED74D9D4F28BD57F9F6D9AFDF0A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization to reduce rates and fees</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may prescribe by regulation any reductions in the interest rate or origination fee paid by a student borrower of a loan made under the program as the Secretary determines appropriate to encourage ontime repayment of the loan. Such reductions may be offered only if the Secretary determines the reductions are cost neutral and in the best financial interest of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC94571A405FF4910A10A6613646054A4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Collection of repayments</header><text>The Secretary shall collect repayments made under the program and exercise due diligence in such collection, including maintenance of all necessary records to ensure that maximum repayments are made. Collection and servicing of repayments under the program shall be pursued to the full extent of the law, including wage garnishment if necessary. The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide the Secretary of Transportation with any information regarding a mariner that may aid in the collection of repayments under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0C37DED5900A4639BBE3C997775838FD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Repayment schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student borrower who receives a loan under the program shall repay the loan quarterly, bimonthly, or monthly, at the option of the student borrower, over a period beginning 9 months from the date the student borrower completes study or discontinues attendance at the maritime program for which the loan proceeds are used and ending not more than 10 years after the date repayment begins. Provisions for deferral of repayment shall be determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44029B4AC9A14D16AD7E8AE88B96BE73"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Contracts for servicing and collection of loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="HBC6DA474D3A24B69B2EFF5957BBBB231"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into a contract or other arrangement with State or nonprofit agencies and, on a competitive basis, with collection agencies for servicing and collection of loans under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5145574B36B142CBAA927AE7B2975F77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct litigation necessary to carry out this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9BC65549C3824D3299FDFDAA9D0C6758"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Revolving loan fund</header> <paragraph id="HED6140D423D14C79922A48DE3AC7C6FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a revolving loan fund consisting of amounts deposited in the fund under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62034B0BBB6F49BBAD796B82533C43F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>The Secretary shall deposit in the fund—</text> <subparagraph id="HD26E6DD8593948F98219B546A257192B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receipts from the payment of principal and interest on loans made under the program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DDFF92E46F84B32B23B05659344C516"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other monies paid to the Secretary by or on behalf of individuals under the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8BD91ECDF6148CBA1E6AB26201127F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of amounts</header><text>Amounts in the fund shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation—</text> <subparagraph id="H35594AEA54A7436A9358FBB51F0A5808"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to cover the administrative costs of the program, including the maintenance of records and making collections under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8960A279E15B4BE2BD0C2108BBFB66E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent that amounts remain available after paying such administrative costs, to make loans under the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB77E82377B7B4D6DA7589A6EDACA5EE5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Maintenance of records</header><text>The Secretary shall maintain accurate records of the administrative costs referred to in paragraph (3)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H132378D305BA41E9961B6F2A31C59E92"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, on an annual basis, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the program, including—</text> <paragraph id="H1C6C629E93EE4F53BD062F7B353A017F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total amount of loans made under the program in the preceding year;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H405BED2EFDB14C32B82C91B485FAD360"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of students receiving loans under the program in the preceding year; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC836734A9EAD4D978E308B86BC08039F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the total amount of loans made under program that are in default as of the date of the report.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE1DD1427731D42FD9A0BF9762AA24567"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015—</text> <paragraph id="H349ADE5EF0694975A44763B758A08F63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for making loans under the program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3E8B52362734EB78EDE2B4235B30DF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for administrative expenses of the Secretary in carrying out the program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA3636F732451418E888D76DF5E7E12F1"><enum>51706.</enum><header>Maritime recruitment, training, and retention grant program</header> <subsection id="HDA4C27A1A1DE41F589593BA9B465F0B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header> <paragraph id="H013950805DB84F17A183373A56F29C52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, and at least once every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall publish in the Federal Register a plan that describes the demonstration, research, and multistate project priorities of the Department of Transportation concerning merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention for the 3-year period following the date of publication of the plan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92C3108E3A6F4D4F89DCBB85B1C5291D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan published under paragraph (1) shall contain strategies and identify potential projects to address merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention issues in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41D641EAAA0149BA9D7EF536B8C3359B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In developing a plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="HA9B6EE3474D6432BA4D73F3BB97BCB17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the availability of existing research (as of the date of publication of the plan);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8AA2195DF90D4EA6A7C5924DBF4A2122"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the need to ensure results that have broad applicability;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A952D1A5ED24A96985241C1467F08B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the benefits of economies of scale and the efficiency of potential projects; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3681DE8E6743424793D8A1DBF53EB51C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the likelihood that the results of potential projects will be useful to policymakers and stakeholders in addressing merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention issues.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9F0BA7D5F604E4C8ADDB122D06C7ECA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing a plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with representatives of the maritime industry, labor organizations, and other governmental entities and parties with an interest in the maritime industry.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FB1ADE8EB6B4448ACA8658738BB95C6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Transmittal to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit copies of a plan published under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEDE9A54EAF3D4C5A9595DFBE36538F5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration projects</header> <paragraph id="HCBE56F5814B847E6903A4B8D1F411E8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may award grants to a maritime training institution to carry out demonstration projects that implement the priorities identified in the plan prepared under subsection (a)(1), for the purpose of developing and implementing methods to address merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention issues.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEB777389FAE4EE99C0AE00746A64776"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant awards</header><text>Grants shall be awarded under this subsection on a competitive basis under guidelines and requirements to be established by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H098F37116CAA4A9D8462A81091D46DC1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant for a project under this subsection, a maritime training institution shall submit to the Secretary a grant proposal that includes, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="HF36517F8C000458EAADE288EF0B77F38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information demonstrating the estimated effectiveness of the project; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDBA48F4BFF81409D8D56372B1C539244"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a method for evaluating the effectiveness of the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF83D4C817B974B218CD5392D9F75522D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Projects eligible for grants under this subsection may include—</text> <subparagraph id="H65FAD7D8EDAA4F238A9A50178125940D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment of maritime technology skill centers developed through local partnerships of industry, labor, education, community-based organizations, economic development organizations, or Federal, State, and local government agencies to meet unmet skills needs of the maritime industry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD9F7771AE364E0986AB55BE0614F83C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects that provide training to upgrade the skills of workers who are employed in the maritime industry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71727DE3AAB5427195BEEEFE3AE37363"><enum>(C)</enum><text>projects that promote the use of distance learning, enabling students to take courses through the use of media technology, such as videos, teleconferencing, and the Internet;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H31F52C4A6E224FABA2F44E638B62B562"><enum>(D)</enum><text>projects that assist in providing services to address maritime recruitment and training of youth residing in targeted high poverty areas within empowerment zones and enterprise communities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC00907FC0A3403BACAD76B59267458E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the establishment of partnerships with national and regional organizations with special expertise in developing, organizing, and administering merchant mariner recruitment and training services; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD7DFBC32F724A33B45150CABE0BBCD1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the establishment of maritime training programs that foster technical skills and operational productivity in communities in which economies are related to or dependent upon the maritime industry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4C101185476745789E02D4110D4292E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Projects authorized</header> <paragraph id="H7C35FBCD699241DD83196B5469C6CCAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award grants to carry out projects identified in a plan published under subsection (a)(1) under which the project sponsor will—</text> <subparagraph id="H6475C28121EA45288C62CABB701A0FF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>design, develop, and test an array of approaches to providing recruitment, training, or retention services to one or more targeted populations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBFA918FC492E4AEFB34C8066EE299167"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in conjunction with employers, organized labor, other groups (such as community coalitions), and Federal, State, or local agencies, design, develop, and test various training approaches in order to determine effective practices; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F67BCABA1E349DF9F55062DE4AD983A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assist in the development and replication of effective service delivery strategies for the national maritime industry as a whole.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACD1E3E9BB0A4EF0ABC1D92B3FD52857"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award grants to carry out research projects identified in a plan published under subsection (a)(1) that will contribute to the solution of maritime industry recruitment, training, and retention issues in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20C9024321B04170A02187CDF313646F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multistate or regional projects</header><text>The Secretary may award grants to carry out multistate or regional projects identified in a plan published under subsection (a)(1) to effectively disseminate best practices and models for implementing maritime recruitment, training, and retention services designed to address industry-wide skill shortages.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H092ACE59806A46ADBDC1F1DB3F4F3232"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant awards</header><text>Grants shall be awarded under this subsection on a competitive basis under guidelines and requirements to be established by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4E289512864B494496F3265D89B4DF2F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015—</text> <paragraph id="H846F24FB18624C88A1759D1191FCE93B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for making grants under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BCBC7B84631465D9188926060081E3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for administrative expenses of the Secretary in carrying out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6D2413F8738B46A29C2F90CE338A834C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming 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="H255C5EDCED894E238D6DB8F4FE7ED218" style="OLC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H0CBDA46BAE6E4335B5EAF29814911D52" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H181205B5A9AA4AAE863B9EDCEA7EB5FA" level="section">51705. Maritime career training loan program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA3636F732451418E888D76DF5E7E12F1" level="section">51706. Maritime recruitment, training, and retention grant program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <enum>VII</enum><header>Coast Guard Modernization</header> <section id="HF172DCC5B516482E87ABBD3DF39B804D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Coast Guard Modernization Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <subtitle id="H68062DB68AD548DC9C5B42466911DC29"><enum>A</enum><header>Coast Guard leadership</header> <section id="HF82743ED599B42819EEAB460DA6BEAA1"><enum>711.</enum><header>Admirals and Vice Admirals</header> <subsection id="H8D3B6CB77ED247019C83471C30D099A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Admirals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>an admiral,</quote> and inserting <quote>admirals;</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H720EA4875F3445EBA55C48DDA00A238C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vice Commandant</header><text>Section 47 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2B62BC4CE6F24E258C95EFB5CA5C5801"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">assignment</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">appointment</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H070C2A2919324395B61E409E437C54CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the text by striking <quote>vice admiral</quote> and inserting <quote>admiral</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5515480CC6E449E8B2AE05B8CB52902"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vice admirals</header> <paragraph id="H0BE89B434E824F2FB4C8872CCA8AC9F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 50 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H915041BCA7864AE999D19AED77189614" style="USC"> <section id="HE26AC0E970714538BEE52369F2917480"><enum>50.</enum><header>Vice admirals</header> <subsection id="H027D27331A3547708A5B5DF17ACF5077"><enum>(a)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H10F5FD65512845ECB55C6D0E316BEB94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The President may designate 4 positions of importance and responsibility that shall be held by officers who—</text> <subparagraph id="HA383FB0B0C214664902972E6C3294929" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>while so serving, shall have the grade of vice admiral, with the pay and allowances of that grade; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H946A79DCBA8A4701876D96CE0C0F610B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall perform any duties as the Commandant may prescribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6267055113947BCBF7A5D3D7A34331F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The 4 vice admiral positions authorized under paragraph (1) are, respectively, the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HD7B4677D38274E86B50AB55FF7A1FF56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Deputy Commandant for Mission Support.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC98CCA5C70784040ABCEEAB8FE047C13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Deputy Commandant for Operations and Policy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8778A48592143A69BA9AB7B267E2C23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Commander, Force Readiness Command.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A952CA95E0544A0B90F3CABD6B14987"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Commander, Operations Command.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF18CA4CB28724CE8B10F5ED989BBF823" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and reappoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to each of the positions designated under paragraph (1) an officer of the Coast Guard who is serving on active duty above the grade of captain. The Commandant shall make recommendations for those appointments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9EAB17C51614A0E911342729F3E7DE5" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9F4B6047378F4A08A1CFF2D926D3D9BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Deputy Commandant for Operations and Policy must have at least 10 years experience in vessel inspection, marine casualty investigations, mariner licensing, or an equivalent technical expertise in the design and construction of commercial vessels, with at least 4 years of leadership experience at a staff or unit carrying out marine safety functions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88EC4176B173424BA08557BE55B16D66" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The requirements of subparagraph (A) do not apply to such Deputy Commandant if the subordinate officer serving in the grade of rear admiral with responsibilities for marine safety, security, and stewardship possesses that experience.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9239332B0D4D4B47AF631F68E5F85328"><enum>(b)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H999E621C616D438E9058A47B63A8B4E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The appointment and the grade of vice admiral under this section shall be effective on the date the officer assumes that duty and, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection or in section 51(d) of this title, shall terminate on the date the officer is detached from that duty.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57693D202A98444F830655C08412FF3A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An officer who is appointed to a position designated under subsection (a) shall continue to hold the grade of vice admiral—</text> <subparagraph id="HE9FAFDDFF0C44C9299F00DEA5B2F2ADB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>while under orders transferring the officer to another position designated under subsection (a), beginning on the date the officer is detached from duty and terminating on the date before the day the officer assumes the subsequent duty, but not for more than 60 days;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8EF288A95AEF4DDCB72170B891EF8A0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>while hospitalized, beginning on the day of the hospitalization and ending on the day the officer is discharged from the hospital, but not for more than 180 days; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H806351E200564E26955B568A1678AA50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>while awaiting retirement, beginning on the date the officer is detached from duty and ending on the day before the officer’s retirement, but not for more than 60 days.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8288C3A052D74DF88AB698CEA3426046"><enum>(c)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H018E3EE47D214C6DBCA582FD911DBD36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An appointment of an officer under subsection (a) does not vacate the permanent grade held by the officer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A4EE73E73984801A16740577832F0B0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An officer serving in a grade above rear admiral who holds the permanent grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be considered for promotion to the permanent grade of rear admiral as if the officer was serving in the officer’s permanent grade.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4FAFD1BB405C49548CD57D0DD0009A9F"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Whenever a vacancy occurs in a position designated under subsection (a), the Commandant shall inform the President of the qualifications needed by an officer serving in that position to carry out effectively the duties and responsibilities of that position.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDC89C2BB26E4404BCCB7557DF838D6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of Deputy Commandant qualification requirement</header><text>The requirement under section 50(a)(4)(A) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this subsection, shall apply on and after October 1, 2011.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5226A9E558746069CE742CEB37A2EA5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 50a of title 14, United States Code, is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF85B2716DB7C4201920F64180C558C3F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 51 of that title is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC18C4B5C79794A25AFFD166DBCEA8583"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsections (a), (b), and (c) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC59FE5CD59194184923190D35563B67D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2FAD3364735A410CA785EC7907A453F5"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer, other than the Commandant, who, while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired for physical disability shall be placed on the retired list with the highest grade in which that officer served.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD848EFDC55DC473C8A8557A1CA8BD835"><enum>(b)</enum><text>An officer, other than the Commandant, who is retired while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, or who, after serving at least two and one-half years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, may in the discretion of the President, be retired with the highest grade in which that officer served.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5DF478C64DB64E89AC0F961EA135CD3F"><enum>(c)</enum><text>An officer, other than the Commandant, who, after serving less than two and one-half years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, shall be retired in his permanent grade.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75CE8B0C728B4B17B8B401FF5AB956D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2) by striking “Area Commander, or Chief of Staff” and inserting “or Vice Admirals”.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33FE0B2D21F04076AE7142CB3124B163"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Continuity of grade</header><text>Section 52 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6D8F9968963543EFA791565C884A277A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">and admirals</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Vice admirals</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3032646B8C543C6B1B126B4E2D5A5FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the text by inserting <quote>or admiral</quote> after <quote>vice admiral</quote> the first time that term appears.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8F934EE875B347AA81DAB9E88A2BC059"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Continuation on active duty</header><text>The second sentence of section 290(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: <quote>Officers, other than the Commandant, serving for the time being or who have served in the grade of vice admiral or admiral are not subject to consideration for continuation under this subsection, and as to all other provisions of this section shall be considered as having been continued in the grade of rear admiral.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7F7300FD4C2C439695CBB847385C4C7C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Treatment of incumbents; transition</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC27EC3B9C2AC4FB9B1BC84A12C319253"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Vice Commandant</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the officer who, on the date of enactment of this Act, is serving in the Coast Guard as Vice Commandant—</text> <subparagraph id="H597181CBBD764EA3A085ECF0E542D7E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall continue to serve as Vice Commandant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H12F93110320B411F841D6E5CA48D33D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall have the grade of admiral with pay and allowances of that grade; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80CADBBF21934DD3B7137C13FCA13E0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8946C233B02C4E5DA17F35BABBAE1655"><enum>(2)</enum><header> Chief of Staff, Commander, Atlantic Area, or Commander, Pacific Area</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer who, on the date of enactment of this Act, is serving in the Coast Guard as Chief of Staff, Commander, Atlantic Area, or Commander, Pacific Area—</text> <subparagraph id="H5DAD652F7A6C4A9388954777789B256D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall continue to have the grade of vice admiral with pay and allowance of that grade until such time that the officer is relieved of his or her duties and appointed and confirmed to another position as a vice admiral or admiral; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E171AF5458148D7B6E3FC9FE65FE825"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the purposes of transition, may continue, for not more than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to perform the duties of the officer’s former position and any other such duties that the Commandant prescribes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H52285FC238D9421288B1211D075D2BC2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <paragraph id="H9DED94012EE24CD2AB42E17CC34EEE0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA23DCAB4E6BD4848BE2F7054FE19AB70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 47 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF51DEB1670FE4E5F8E4BCB3A40382BDC" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">47. Vice Commandant; appointment.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE34F943B9FD5467186C2E904DC20A65B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 50 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC55938ECAE084FA693B5A2699F88CF74" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">50. Vice admirals.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED0BF07A8D82452A96C4E4DBB85B3F64"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 50a; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H930D09437B7C4755A56D563E474E7A96"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 52 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C365AAD7C7744B794A2D50AACACAEA7" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">52. Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98DA1DF19052403C97DB540394FA53CB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text>Section 47 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended in the fifth sentence by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H1950CB62B2B64B43B843F77ADCFDD096"><enum>B</enum><header>Marine safety administration</header> <section id="H78DA724D42F94B1A92DEAC3ECE539D25"><enum>721.</enum><header>Marine safety</header> <subsection id="H5E409F1E73134CE9BC5315CC6F245C07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establish marine safety as a coast guard function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD016C4CDDD049E78E39E14C5DA69DF3" style="USC"> <section id="H25B6C641261B43639FE6710132ABAE5A"><enum>101.</enum><header>Marine safety </header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To protect life, property, and the environment on, under, and over waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, the Commandant shall promote maritime safety as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H6C0C621C998D469991897674FEFE37E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By taking actions necessary and in the public interest to protect such life, property, and the environment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA73C5C0BEE1147629A7877A2DC5AD419"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Based on the following priorities:</text> <subparagraph id="HDB6F50730F114C72AF4C80C3DB4C768F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Preventing marine casualties and threats to the environment.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA2F21C00A4814D7DAF7A15D6FB75B145"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Minimizing the impacts of marine casualties and environmental threats.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H210EAEF25C6946DD982312620A3DE5E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Maximizing lives and property saved and environment protected in the event of a marine casualty.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2A4AC27F4AF04E2F86595404592E0B4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="H78D1C0F165F9422EADFC7652EBBC1971" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">101. Marine safety.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HA51C4446E2944FE1A7C6DDAFD4D1A8BD"><enum>722.</enum><header>Marine safety staff</header> <subsection id="H74B17CDF04864AD3A8A37C8BF5A1FA90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new sections:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4677BBB29A7F422FA3AB62AD3B397499" style="USC"> <section id="H9DC8079881594BB299E350D726F6FBB2"><enum>57.</enum><header>Marine safety workforce</header> <subsection id="H7E7AC49A15024F3C9E07D931C0104EF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation of marine safety workforce</header> <paragraph id="H4E70DFDA932748238ED3438B1EDF264C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall designate those positions in the Coast Guard that constitute the marine safety workforce.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A19DE99F0C94F54B03D7D3214AE2380"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required positions</header><text>In designating positions under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following marine safety-related positions:</text> <subparagraph id="H245EF812251147DE9DE90892D2D5A93D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Program oversight.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D56E61B25E541F6A45CAF0E73FB6818"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Vessel and facility inspection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6E26A9C83444A52B45E7C7A354AB2A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Casualty investigation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E7110C6469B4327ACF2B8F6AC3B897D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Pollution investigation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50774569E032447E9A0C2904C7AD6BB0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Merchant Mariner licensing, documentation, and registry.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H142642FBEA154B53A6747913CEB852D7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Marine safety engineering or other technical activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6333843A6D4546E98A4DF5503D3E472C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Marine safety management headquarter activities</header><text>The Secretary shall also designate under paragraph (1) those marine safety-related positions located at Coast Guard headquarters units, including the Marine Safety Center and the National Maritime Center.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB5B99F762FEB4472A9404AFA0F20F1AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Career paths</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall ensure that appropriate career paths for civilian and military Coast Guard personnel who wish to pursue careers in marine safety are identified in terms of the education, training, experience, and assignments necessary for career progression of civilians and members of the Armed Forces to the most senior marine safety positions. The Secretary shall make available published information on such career paths.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF0BFB3497352401EBE98E767A74FAF8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>With regard to the marine safety workforce, an officer, member, or civilian employee of the Coast Guard assigned as a—</text> <paragraph id="H2D5A8B15F6CA4206B23CE74A4F2B5132"><enum>(1)</enum><text>marine inspector shall have the training, experience, and qualifications equivalent to that required for a similar position at a classification society recognized by the Secretary under section 3316 of title 46 for the type of vessel, system, or equipment that is inspected;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEC1B5AB74744DAEAE6ED1305CE43AD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>marine casualty investigator shall have training, experience, and qualifications in investigation, marine casualty reconstruction, evidence collection and preservation, human factors, and documentation using best investigation practices by Federal and non-Federal entities; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4FEA054F5DE4219B2CB308C810ADE45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>marine safety engineer shall have knowledge, skill, and practical experience in—</text> <subparagraph id="H6566F4FD15FC45048A0654C74E61D046"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction and operation of commercial vessels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2620E241885341CB8F5584127F3DB9DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>judging the character, strength, stability, and safety qualities of such vessels and their equipment; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7F532596FAB94255BCAB38159C7A0CEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the qualifications and training of vessel personnel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8940CC9E85174278BB23ECF12262AB0B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Apprenticeship requirement</header><text>Any officer, member, or employee of the Coast Guard in training to become a marine inspector, marine casualty investigator, or a marine safety engineer shall serve a minimum of one-year apprenticeship, unless otherwise directed by the Commandant, under the guidance of a qualified marine inspector, marine casualty investigator, or marine safety engineer. The Commandant may authorize shorter apprenticeship periods for certain qualifications, as appropriate.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8F36B45AD70340D7BBD45A5CE86F57F2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Balanced workforce policy</header><text>In the development of marine safety workforce policies under this section with respect to any civilian employees or applicants for employment with the Coast Guard, the Secretary shall, consistent with the merit system principles set out in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2301(b) of title 5, take into consideration the need to maintain a balanced workforce in which women and members of racial and ethnic minority groups are appropriately represented in Government service.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCF618224E6C84E4A93C1306A7D11CBB8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Management information system</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall establish a management information system for the marine safety workforce that shall provide, at a minimum, the following standardized information on persons serving in marine safety positions:</text> <paragraph id="HF7F274D7362A482B92301EC7EDA89753"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Qualifications, assignment history, and tenure in assignments of persons in the marine safety workforce.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H870080B84E6B4DD190718F35B1ED9FAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Promotion rates for military and civilian personnel in the marine safety workforce.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6BAC49A351CC468AA4C5E5E24C94B9DF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Assessment of adequacy of marine safety workforce</header> <paragraph id="HA09FED1EC130430D94ACBC73B43EC5B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate by December 1 of each year on the adequacy of the current marine safety workforce to meet that anticipated workload.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5D1B9482285412FBB2DB31570124166"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall specify the number of civilian and military Coast Guard personnel currently assigned to marine safety positions and shall identify positions that are understaffed to meet the anticipated marine safety workload.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H75CF2CDCA11F483EA27C58560F09E319"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Sector chief of marine safety</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CCA960511444A5D9F8F6C3A285B1EF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There shall be in each Coast Guard sector a Chief of Marine Safety who shall be at least a Lieutenant Commander or civilian employee within the grade GS–13 of the General Schedule, and who shall be a—</text> <subparagraph id="H0DB28F3FB4884C91827FD26C8AAB4393"><enum>(A)</enum><text>marine inspector, qualified to inspect vessels, vessel systems, and equipment commonly found in the sector; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3BF53CCA3C8A4DA0B4E3857CEB3BDED9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>qualified marine casualty investigator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2D513E7451E4C20AB9C12F87B77D9BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The Chief of Marine Safety for a sector—</text> <subparagraph id="HA142BE825B2F4505AB04C47436B57EEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is responsible for all individuals who, on behalf of the Coast Guard, inspect or examine vessels, conduct marine casualty investigations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7943EC8F0FAC442FB079BEB56C4FB257"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if not the Coast Guard officer in command of that sector, is the principal advisor to the Sector Commander regarding marine safety matters in that sector.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC3FB333437D245AB8FB184CB91B80046"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Signatories of letter of qualification</header><text>Each individual signing a letter of qualification for marine safety personnel must hold a letter of qualification for the type being certified.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB49AF98F81F44A32A784541F3C841B7F"><enum>58.</enum><header>Centers of Expertise for Marine Safety</header> <subsection id="HBD9220E43CDE49D59FBEF11AD1E3B49E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard may establish and operate one or more Centers of Expertise for Marine Safety (in this section referred to as a <quote>Center</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H60DA8A29282A4E5AA86AFFBE9EF25378"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Missions</header><text>The Centers shall—</text> <paragraph id="HCD7A4F2F0F504D9F946CAEB4A792BE89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be used to provide and facilitate education, training, and research in marine safety including vessel inspection and causality investigation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47B36DD0C3BD4C88861B1994C01C4B76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a repository of information on marine safety; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD76F27F0233C495C9A7D72A2C9F1758E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>perform any other missions as the Commandant may specify.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB6434D320B5F45A1A4C502A43CAA942C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint operation with educational institution authorized</header><text>The Commandant may enter into an agreement with an appropriate official of an institution of higher education to—</text> <paragraph id="HA49BFCFC38054D8584255DCE97E61205"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for joint operation of a Center; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0274F0B3E964DC99E042F7FDCDF1645"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide necessary administrative services for a Center, including administration and allocation of funds.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCF8BCF87ACE64215901A070FE7DD3930"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acceptance of donations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE82C488C2F804D7FA9E3A7266ACDFDFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commandant may accept, on behalf of a Center, donations to be used to defray the costs of the Center or to enhance the operation of the Center. Those donations may be accepted from any State or local government, any foreign government, any foundation or other charitable organization (including any that is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country), or any individual.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H984E9991ACEF4F66B0924DC48247825E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may not accept a donation under paragraph (1) if the acceptance of the donation would compromise or appear to compromise—</text> <subparagraph id="HE929DC031D7647EB95C83179460F4924"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the ability of the Coast Guard or the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, any employee of the Coast Guard or the department, or any member of the Armed Forces to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08BC8D97E7ED4AACB92539A18EE4BEDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the integrity of any program of the Coast Guard, the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or of any person involved in such a program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C7A0B313F044F1A840479AD75CF8688" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Commandant shall prescribe written guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether or not the acceptance of a donation from a foreign source would have a result described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9AF270565E6441CDB11D9F0A6B76CF71"><enum>59.</enum><header>Marine industry training program</header> <subsection id="H487E0D76A7C741A386184F1E37F9BD40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall, by policy, establish a program under which an officer, member, or employee of the Coast Guard may be assigned to a private entity to further the institutional interests of the Coast Guard with regard to marine safety, including for the purpose of providing training to an officer, member, or employee. Policies to carry out the program—</text> <paragraph id="HE8BCBF9D609C4D0D9136F7C5B8F744DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with regard to an employee of the Coast Guard, shall include provisions, consistent with sections 3702 through 3704 of title 5, as to matters concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="H426BC26E11D244B3A1F93E8A306E8AEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the duration and termination of assignments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA6575EE8CBF4CE4BAF7C7A45CFCB448"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reimbursements; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C279B061FFB477AAB3BC64152529BD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>status, entitlements, benefits, and obligations of program participants; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H124111855BAA42D6A4F363196E0B1DA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall require the Commandant, before approving the assignment of an officer, member, or employee of the Coast Guard to a private entity, to determine that the assignment is an effective use of the Coast Guard's funds, taking into account the best interests of the Coast Guard and the costs and benefits of alternative methods of achieving the same results and objectives.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5B5A99DE188046E0A7390D03EC292A50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than the date of the submission each year of the President's budget request under section 1105 of title 31, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that describes—</text> <paragraph id="H8F344E79A3244FEFB442353394810139"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of officers, members, and employees of the Coast Guard assigned to private entities under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H219D723A89A3433EA63016F8BAE5A485"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the specific benefit that accrues to the Coast Guard for each assignment.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6F6233428FA4498C9D7408ED2B530B95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following new items:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF947AE1155A947D1AA3E0801D044BA6F" style="USC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H4677BBB29A7F422FA3AB62AD3B397499" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H9DC8079881594BB299E350D726F6FBB2" level="section">57. Marine safety workforce.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB49AF98F81F44A32A784541F3C841B7F" level="section">58. Centers of Expertise for Marine Safety.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9AF270565E6441CDB11D9F0A6B76CF71" level="section">59. Marine industry training program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H7158301F17924AB686E5B69B60C9CB25"><enum>723.</enum><header>Marine safety mission priorities and long-term goals</header> <subsection id="H55CF1C23B7144DF8888A702954EC3B5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 21 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H624164B8F5014C8AB2B91237B3FF2F05" style="USC"> <section id="HCE4064750526457E83DFCB644B1412C3"><enum>2116.</enum><header>Marine safety strategy, goals, and performance assessments</header> <subsection id="H31C02E09E49646478E9B3CF5879B662A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Long-Term strategy and goals</header><text>In conjunction with existing federally required strategic planning efforts, the Secretary shall develop a long-term strategy for improving vessel safety and the safety of individuals on vessels. The strategy shall include the issuance each year of an annual plan and schedule for achieving the following goals:</text> <paragraph id="HFE8689127BE84214A34B6ED64A26B3A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reducing the number and rates of marine casualties.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38A6ED772E374666837A2029276A5ECD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Improving the consistency and effectiveness of vessel and operator enforcement and compliance programs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1F645D2E7564C2595446BA26C7BA8CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Identifying and targeting enforcement efforts at high-risk vessels and operators.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DA525F480394017BBF5D6E7D0C96BC8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Improving research efforts to enhance and promote vessel and operator safety and performance.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DFB4CADCF9A4AF5A104FCDE9AAF29A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of strategy and annual plans</header> <paragraph id="H3E556412ACA14148B2FDFCD3FAAB345C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Measurable goals</header><text>The strategy and annual plans shall include specific numeric or measurable goals designed to achieve the goals set forth in subsection (a). The purposes of the numeric or measurable goals are the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H51B0E854F7BB478EA4AA3A261A6A5F06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To increase the number of safety examinations on all high-risk vessels.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6BA141E33394C6EA79C8A250C99FE25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To eliminate the backlog of marine safety-related rulemakings.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CC3FE7DCE5040C283463485B76DBECF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To improve the quality and effectiveness of marine safety information databases by ensuring that all Coast Guard personnel accurately and effectively report all safety, casualty, and injury information.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA4BBAE294434726A81D2DCB95FC3241"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To provide for a sufficient number of Coast Guard marine safety personnel, and provide adequate facilities and equipment to carry out the functions referred to in section 93(c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H549E8992BCF84E4A8F82964A4B2CD6BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resource needs</header><text>The strategy and annual plans shall include estimates of—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD775F3E13B1417DAF19E231849E4D9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the funds and staff resources needed to accomplish each activity included in the strategy and plans; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E17BD62BD3A49B6AAAE6B32C901F6AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the staff skills and training needed for timely and effective accomplishment of each goal.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1E424FD22DF74A7984DB829FC4F0BA02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission with the President’s budget</header><text>Beginning with fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the strategy and annual plan not later than 60 days following the transmission of the President’s budget submission under section 1105 of title 31.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB0F582469B86480E92BE9CDA34BE6A2C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Achievement of goals</header> <paragraph id="H028328D49F2D43BE89FAAA1EDED3CB3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Progress assessment</header><text>No less frequently than semiannually, the Coast Guard Commandant and the Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety shall jointly assess the progress of the Coast Guard toward achieving the goals set forth in subsection (b). The Commandant and the Assistant Commandant shall jointly convey their assessment to the employees of the Assistant Commandant and shall identify any deficiencies that should be remedied before the next progress assessment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07DCF3E832E74ADA81C4CA8E2B987717"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall report annually to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text> <subparagraph id="HD323FCC3E29D465E979A161B173EB261"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the performance of the marine safety program in achieving the goals of the marine safety strategy and annual plan under subsection (a) for the year covered by the report;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A28A87D1F99401B95184AFD64C62421"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on the program's mission performance in achieving numerical measurable goals established under subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35A311CD2BD3459A8067D024D6FE99E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations on how to improve performance of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA428408CF8F44084BBCE8D8042AB830D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C72419CF39E414EACE7A8932D24C1E2" style="OLC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H624164B8F5014C8AB2B91237B3FF2F05" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="HCE4064750526457E83DFCB644B1412C3" level="section">2116. Marine safety strategy, goals, and performance assessments.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H56959760F4E64EEB97873D2A79ECBEB3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certificates of inspection</header><text>Section 3309 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF424FEEFDBA04E81B31EE8C0A08CBA71" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDC15FFAA7054410885B419A59A5BFD2B"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certificate of inspection issued under this section shall be signed by the senior Coast Guard member or civilian employee who inspected the vessel, in addition to the officer in charge of marine inspection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H92BFD3CBD1904466B6E859947D7B022F"><enum>724.</enum><header>Powers and duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 93 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="HB9ED4F73E4C545AD9756EA937B9AE90E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H21F2D8ACA7214B12928018B6BDC1BB2A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Marine safety responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In exercising the Commandant’s duties and responsibilities with regard to marine safety, the individual with the highest rank who meets the experience qualifications set forth in section 50(a)(4) shall serve as the principal advisor to the Commandant regarding—</text> <paragraph id="H5A3863AC76D944C48BA0171F693897A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the operation, regulation, inspection, identification, manning, and measurement of vessels, including plan approval and the application of load lines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8713BA451F304E7981EF3F638F9B4B34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>approval of materials, equipment, appliances, and associated equipment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7114BABA71F64EFBAAA4877A847A826C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the reporting and investigation of marine casualties and accidents;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB7E0287C74049798F20019A3FF2362C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the licensing, certification, documentation, protection and relief of merchant seamen;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5158F9CCB1445419BCBE81812D21BB0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40A0BCAA717147E8A329ABECC3A5B681"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enforcement of manning requirements, citizenship requirements, control of log books;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94DFB844FECE4524B33CF686100C78AB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>documentation and numbering of vessels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5087D271900B4DBEB7400FFF13D78B3B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>State boating safety programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D9CE729795F4156A4CD8BFDA6EE658A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>commercial instruments and maritime liens;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CF33B91D87F4D84960FBE90134A15A9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the administration of bridge safety;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BA5276511184968995C3E68DB41CBB6"><enum>(11)</enum><text>administration of the navigation rules;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7F3494CDCA545D49323D4C8B561F852"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the prevention of pollution from vessels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C4D85051DDC4B60897D13F653DAAB3D"><enum>(13)</enum><text>ports and waterways safety;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F9FF03961B743AAB6FCFFABFD019184"><enum>(14)</enum><text>waterways management; including regulation for regattas and marine parades;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H873629F1CB5A4C649ADC8979FEB5B732"><enum>(15)</enum><text>aids to navigation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33AD9CEA94974C54AE2E05476FBD0025"><enum>(16)</enum><text>other duties and powers of the Secretary related to marine safety and stewardship.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4A833346BF6F4145956CC1622E64D275"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other authority not affected</header><text>Nothing in subsection (c) affects—</text> <paragraph id="H322D738C022C4611942B89929FC7CAE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the authority of Coast Guard officers and members to enforce marine safety regulations using authority under section 89 of this title; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67582DF7F20A4BAD867F47E62D62890E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the exercise of authority under section 91 of this title and the provisions of law codified at sections 191 through 195 of title 50 on the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H1A58F07017A44E15845E8C2B0A1863FE"><enum>725.</enum><header>Appeals and waivers</header> <subsection id="H55397D69D0FE4CF1BB608B34081D0566"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by inserting at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H993459FE74FD48F1B15DB820A2774F11" style="USC"> <section id="H5A0534D3F8704E6FB1420C096EDDA0F5"><enum>102.</enum><header>Appeals and waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except for the Commandant of the Coast Guard, any individual adjudicating an appeal or waiver of a decision regarding marine safety, including inspection or manning and threats to the environment, shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA0579BF0F1564BDCB920C3FD2FC6679D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be a qualified specialist with the training, experience, and qualifications in marine safety to effectively judge the facts and circumstances involved in the appeal and make a judgment regarding the merits of the appeal; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00EB01A4778A4DBA977C98FBEADC5072"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have a senior staff member who—</text> <subparagraph id="HE1186E3966114D35A0340C546B3CEB2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets the requirements of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53F42FCDF8DE4DAFAD212CAFA9B893E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actively advises the individual adjudicating the appeal; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H012677220CED488EA379689886759EFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>concurs in writing on the decision on appeal.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H90FB8E3944D9420EABDB3AE3A7F660DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAD6B70B1A6449F19D8C08A27D080ACA" style="USC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H993459FE74FD48F1B15DB820A2774F11" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H5A0534D3F8704E6FB1420C096EDDA0F5" level="section">102. Appeals and waivers.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H669930048909461D8D3A7EBFA1EC818B"><enum>726.</enum><header>Coast Guard Academy</header> <subsection id="H1B262577F4164443BC5D16597E11FAC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 9 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1338E2F210E4C24A9D7A1F5435036E9" style="USC"> <section id="H2D3972FE515041D9A60A12300668E78F"><enum>200.</enum><header>Marine safety curriculum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall ensure that professional courses of study in marine safety are provided at the Coast Guard Academy, and during other officer accession programs, to give Coast Guard cadets and other officer candidates a background and understanding of the marine safety program. These courses may include such topics as program history, vessel design and construction, vessel inspection, casualty investigation, and administrative law and regulations.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H591C6F85364540F9A16FC05EC0BA012C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75F36E4F386B4CF5AB574FDF640F23A9" style="USC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HD1338E2F210E4C24A9D7A1F5435036E9" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H2D3972FE515041D9A60A12300668E78F" level="section">200. Marine safety curriculum.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9B589A2E2FA4722A37ED5F844421E7A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><header>Report regarding civilian marine inspectors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on Coast Guard's efforts to recruit and retain civilian marine inspectors and investigators and the impact of such recruitment and retention efforts on Coast Guard organizational performance.</text></section></subtitle> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Marine Safety</header> <section id="H0F9A581B5F10479FA9B488F33A0C16A4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Maritime Safety Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38FBE30CE6054C54B10C65124B93EA5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header>Vessel size limits</header> <subsection id="HB309F9FA9B8645D1AA6D4651CDB694C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Length, tonnage, and horsepower</header><text>Section 12113(d)(2) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB489BED903334D10B6C1851500EC0762"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A)(i);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6269F9CAD4944012AFE9C2848DBCE085"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A)(ii);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D8D7C10354942389C004B2E196F8FC1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A)(iii);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC6F8EB146E04BF48D92B3F282AB73EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H620E2326C0F4453A97FCA59BB87DE901"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H41F47F15C5724F70934728EE7ADB24F0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H037F01A736494A2EBE15C0993B69ECDF"><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 this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD883B8CBB403497EAA5215721D6D1B1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="HEA1AE8866A694D6C963F77BA2162C452"><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="H2794C596006D480FB4A9AAC3B3798B51" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5798F78FC8DE4419B1E6A82246A1DA61"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Vessel rebuilding and replacement</header> <paragraph id="H8EA275996CB24038870CC1DE57816172"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph id="H7BFB64CC411640C19A62AE466CE885C5"><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 <short-title>Maritime Safety Act of 2009</short-title> 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 12113 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6382C45B41DF4BDF806DA01DF77A5DD5"><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="HABACCC4E59C34A69B37936B57895B4F2"><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="HD33BD6EAFCBE43E196D43E27A88D91EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations of north pacific fishery management council</header><text>The North Pacific Fishery Management 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="HFE57B1870CB64C4EB912D2D37898E328"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule for replacement of certain vessels</header> <subparagraph id="H36E879DA3E5944949BD183D8B85EC6F2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (b)(2), (c)(1), and (c)(2) of section 12113 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 12113 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A69776C08DC4D62A35875AB5512D19F"><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="HFAB3BFE9307E443BADBDA0424A9FCBF9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rules for certain catcher vessels</header> <subparagraph id="HC94030CF299543428C1617173C5AC007"><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 Fishery Management Council) established under section 302(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECE89A04C75F4D348DB4081A74830D5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered vessels</header><text>A covered vessel referred to in subparagraph (A) is—</text> <clause id="H9AD21C22705E46108334839545762CB9"><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="HB35C2E16C25249F798241F4CAE5E0D71"><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="H08DE9E9B8C7547A79EA402A52C806495"><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 12113 of title 46, United States Code, unless that vessel is also a replacement vessel described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CD3C35644E24186AC824B9565BC1CF2"><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 <short-title>Maritime Safety Act of 2009</short-title>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8DBED3C2FFA49C891FC44DA2897D965"><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="HE15F5CEC425E4CDA9154D1FB393BFD89"><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="HD6F267733858474988E7A1E881369894"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>(United States official number 651041)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D46BB125CF9446FAEABCB0253769AE2"><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="HBD1D3950AB794AD2AB1153274DF8E380"><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="H78D8B15840C2489EB752235E9A891766"><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="HAAA4C6A9E9EE4207ADEA2C8701A96528"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by moving the matter beginning with <quote>the Secretary shall</quote> in paragraph (1) 2 ems to the right; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5B803A027D1464E95BF2BE128A5E04B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H851359F40EF34420B0FB162984FF131E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H8089C145F7A248909C612618E08CFB13"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fishery cooperative exit provisions</header> <subparagraph id="HE8D19CD8FFE34D20AE328FDBDB1BEDBD"><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="H6049FB4434144EA29684D34D1BE340DC"><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 <short-title>Maritime Safety Act of 2009</short-title>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8EEFADA4894F475F99CA11CDCBB71D5C"><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="H6B6D360F39D74E5AA8463ECF2A583533"><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="HBF1F8FB2B92348ADB359ECFA6F2BC358"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitations on statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed—</text> <clause id="H35B7E2827C464D18B98EB78E88046A3A"><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="H0A382FEFD9AF4A9AA4D0C91FFB9CB121"><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></section> <section id="H4A99B5CDAFE74829BE512132DEAD51A7"><enum>803.</enum><header>Cold weather survival training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the efficacy of cold weather survival training conducted by the Coast Guard in Coast Guard District 17 over the preceding 5 years. The report shall include plans for conducting such training in fiscal years 2010 through 2013.</text></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64679DCBA0014C4DAC061BF5A338A8F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>804.</enum><header>Fishing vessel safety</header> <subsection id="H9FB0ECD1C6B64C64BAAD683FDB95811F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Safety standards</header><text>Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD51E0441750F4888B47DD0EC673D362B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by—</text> <subparagraph id="H80EEC750D1DC45AB988C812A9BA726CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBC4543E2A8E54BA0906D11C9BD6EB357" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H55734D3E6D2B493A9DB1409E37E3BD8A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other equipment required to minimize the risk of injury to the crew during vessel operations, if the Secretary determines that a risk of serious injury exists that can be eliminated or mitigated by that equipment; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H311EC36DF9814416882E59B1214CAF9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E20D12AE6B5467E9802E587EAE79097"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEA8CE702352942D0AFF2C7F3650BB1BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>documented</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C388E33CB2341588FD2C4636F83BED9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>the Boundary Line</quote> and inserting <quote>3 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured or beyond 3 nautical miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA11B1D8638D41B284984CC39DC04B04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>lifeboats or liferafts</quote> and inserting <quote>a survival craft that ensures that no part of an individual is immersed in water</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1B4FFF7A0C047F999B533A965416AE6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting <quote>marine</quote> before <quote>radio</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91069BFEFFDA4B94904E5C2211B5F97F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(E), by striking <quote>radar reflectors, nautical charts, and anchors</quote> and inserting <quote>nautical charts, and publications</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4ECA0D4E4A18456E8B231C9B25F59627"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(F), by striking <quote>, including medicine chests</quote> and inserting <quote>and medical supplies sufficient for the size and area of operation of the vessel</quote> and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6694ACA9D72840CE854EC40CBC2F2973"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2)(G) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H664FE164CFF94E328318C8C771CEA48C" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H5629C48E4CB14A9E831DE3C9BC50AEA1" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>ground tackle sufficient for the vessel.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EBE4C5101B04F8FBB2B68BE8765F086"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H8B88558BEAA24B79A1691D5E0BBB4518" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H21D19618401A4F39868B1EB77353CD91"><enum>(f)</enum><text>To ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H37F09BEDCC83483A88AAEA4C16CB5B7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall require the individual in charge of a vessel described in subsection (b) to keep a record of equipment maintenance, and required instruction and drills; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H188D196B870346E4AFA35A0430EC2939"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall examine at dockside a vessel described in subsection (b) at least once every 2 years, and shall issue a certificate of compliance to a vessel meeting the requirements of this chapter.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F0FDA7FF07B4C768C453561BA493492"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H02FB64E02E074155B2E3871C64FFED07" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD67406EB8E334C5B8277A702D206AECB"><enum>(g)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H21E51E095C414C70AE5D5466596751F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The individual in charge of a vessel described in subsection (b) must pass a training program approved by the Secretary that meets the requirements in paragraph (2) of this subsection and hold a valid certificate issued under that program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF32DF9FC9D1F42E79EFCEC35DD2CD7D5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The training program shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H81CED6937C1149CA977E47A0738A928C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be based on professional knowledge and skill obtained through sea service and hands-on training, including training in seamanship, stability, collision prevention, navigation, fire fighting and prevention, damage control, personal survival, emergency medical care, emergency drills, and weather;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFEAC8DCAC33749EAAE76254F38E67152"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require an individual to demonstrate ability to communicate in an emergency situation and understand information found in navigation publications;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10922F4C4324442690417FDA210594C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recognize and give credit for recent past experience in fishing vessel operation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEDAB0B17AAB14E40BA12D0E6F9ADEDAE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide for issuance of a certificate to an individual that has successfully completed the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0173A9D70DDB4E998826DA873F17E194" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall prescribe regulations implementing this subsection. The regulations shall require that individuals who are issued a certificate under paragraph (2)(D) must complete refresher training at least once every 5 years as a condition of maintaining the validity of the certificate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF08D503339EE4D58A9554DD608CCF2E9" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary shall establish a publicly accessible electronic database listing the names of individuals who have participated in and received a certificate confirming successful completion of a training program approved by the Secretary under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H427573A1004144F0887D988F13614F34"><enum>(h)</enum><text>A vessel to which this chapter applies shall be constructed in a manner that provides a level of safety equivalent to the minimum safety standards the Secretary may established for recreational vessels under section 4302, if—</text> <paragraph id="HCDA8B54B47074E28B897F14855BA8472"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subsection (b) of this section applies to the vessel;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H345F88CA0F4C41B6B39621216DE8487A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the vessel is less than 50 feet overall in length; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB285A7D093834098AEDBB5F440F37E3F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the vessel is built after January 1, 2010.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBC7B09D387194E0C8F476670116F93FA"><enum>(i)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF5F8AFD72E2F49E2AB13A8B69E44F11D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall establish a Fishing Safety Training Grants Program to provide funding to municipalities, port authorities, other appropriate public entities, not-for-profit organizations, and other qualified persons that provide commercial fishing safety training—</text> <subparagraph id="H68E86E76F33D408AACEEE65978D60B65" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to conduct fishing vessel safety training for vessel operators and crewmembers that—</text> <clause id="HF31F08E4D94D4444A2384AFFC625A89D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of vessel operators, meets the requirements of subsection (g); and</text></clause> <clause id="H6A35D9C18F9D40B09D6CE5DCCF2E186B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of crewmembers, meets the requirements of subsection (g)(2)(A), such requirements of subsection (g)(2)(B) as are appropriate for crewmembers, and the requirements of subsections (g)(2)(D), (g)(3), and (g)(4); and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD6851A2FFD342DF9A663721FC119804" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purchase of safety equipment and training aids for use in those fishing vessel safety training programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31D317DB99504C608E96E5767CE4C813" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall award grants under this subsection on a competitive basis.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA935C26D10D4863AE6581F0294FE2C4" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59AD231CA58F4804B15F8A3BD49525B3" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for grants under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H97DA294C4CD7459F816ED0324F96EB68"><enum>(j)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9CCCC411B57345A0B3800CE37A69998A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall establish a Fishing Safety Research Grant Program to provide funding to individuals in academia, members of non-profit organizations and businesses involved in fishing and maritime matters, and other persons with expertise in fishing safety, to conduct research on methods of improving the safety of the commercial fishing industry, including vessel design, emergency and survival equipment, enhancement of vessel monitoring systems, communications devices, de-icing technology, and severe weather detection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H821D231C0DCF4CD3A2D50573267BC6BE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall award grants under this subsection on a competitive basis.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE36DB2FB548D471CB68FD27D5268EF0E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9609CD1261E45138AD5A5F83075460D" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for activities under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDB567CA669ED436B8665758B5F5D3409"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 4506(b) of title 46, United States Code, is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H00A7FB921F97403AB6BF6DA875E4F15E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header> <paragraph id="H85E29373DB89449BBAD0D88CD857B848"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Change of name</header><text>Section 4508 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF7974517BB85498193925F4CF55118B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D361BD55AB246779C3E80E3E0B85359" style="USC"> <section id="HCF4ADA15476641BE82DD6457F2F66D7C"><enum>4508.</enum><header>Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph" indent="subparagraph">and</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4089722D6CA446D4BC953C2DE815DBE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>Industry Vessel</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55C0A6E4CC44462D93AA484C75FCEE8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4508(b)(1) of that title is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE1843BCC77B54FBE9BAC3B970814688A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>seventeen</quote> and inserting <quote>eighteen</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDF088CD89E44C98944F69FF1220048E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="H8DEC2C36535745D38DAF3FBA485E3465"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>from the commercial fishing industry who—</quote> and inserting <quote>who shall represent the commercial fishing industry and who—</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5DCF5F1901E2481A8E5373BF29188B82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>an uninspected</quote> and inserting <quote>a</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90CCBBB2CEDA41A9A5FA62F9637B0567"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD8368D5FFC345F488BA629CD1B7E3F9" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H7B363BA704944988B0862B362B443358" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">three members who shall represent the general public, including, whenever possible—</text> <clause id="HFED3E47713B84A73BAE5D8FDE98D6E46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an independent expert or consultant in maritime safety;</text></clause> <clause id="H71C8B4C5AD9F4D38A72CD52DE2B062C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a marine surveyor who provides services to vessels to which this chapter applies; and</text></clause> <clause id="H10DFDF676F364748BBF5F4525ED9C37D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a person familiar with issues affecting fishing communities and families of fishermen;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEAEB1AF942A94F9B954B7AC6D1C37403"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="HB0BB5531AB0C48668597DB0AA9F8D467"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>representing each of—</quote><linebreak/> and inserting <quote>each of whom shall represent—</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HE505FE21B49D4EA89524B33364A3A8CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>or marine surveyors;</quote> and inserting <quote>and marine engineers;</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HF695AF03E84844EAAF21E6F9AE8ED98D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="H2013300DA0974D3390C9650631DDF4C2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H537CCCFADAA24D91AAE187BF8D098903"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82A57E2B129B4967A0681E8E5367C6BE" style="OLC"> <clause id="H3332CD7122B04351BB3108462352CB5A"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owners of vessels to which this chapter applies.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H706BA4F1BE494ABCA2AF515FCC04AACC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4508(e)(1) of that title is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BAA5856506C42AFA804A495F0335391"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 45 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to such section and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2151F7D3E57B4DB8817AEF26AE6659E2" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">4508. Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBF35B77C23D4455F968C6DF0C66829C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loadlines for vessels 79 feet or greater in length</header><text>Section 5102(b)(3) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>vessel</quote> the following <quote>, unless the vessel is built or undergoes a major conversion completed after July 1, 2010</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H132356593F7940D0A5B136DF82706A13"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Classing of vessels</header> <paragraph id="H542B7F7EDA204C4B9061BBD3BA1961BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2318DB29FF8475C955F3E79C30860BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H409EB3522C01439DA4EA19D3FBCEBFC1" style="USC"> <section id="H3C8F2A2D1C544E9883C0F968DCF0A403"><enum>4503.</enum><header>Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA34699AC0D464B42A2668656FDA3895C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>fish processing</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93B8A7C6CFD24AEC967055FDDAF17465"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3FD27771F51241EEA0B457DBEE54E252" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAA7F6D9A7F2E4B5DA8A0377D1B9A147D"><enum>(c)</enum><text>This section applies to a vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies that is at least 50 feet overall in length and—</text> <paragraph id="HCC068B1C3AA14FA8861B427179EA668E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is built after July 1, 2010; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75F1E6868E4F410DB818CC78EB74A20C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>undergoes a major conversion completed after that date.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC3F18A8087B64F208BF1901B6003D6BF"><enum>(d)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H45527D61508A4D3D9FC57D705A0D1988"><enum>(1)</enum><text>After January 1, 2020, a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies shall comply with an alternate safety compliance program that is developed in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry and prescribed by the Secretary, if the vessel—</text> <subparagraph id="HFFBA7A2189CF48438D760CE0EBC9634B" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is at least 50 feet overall in length;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3DED030F792149B1B0FAC1F5138E7A81" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is built before July 1, 2010; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0951E252E2834DE09C7231DF9A1AF695" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is 25 years of age or older.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A0E303FFDD8460BB2D20B1C3AB391D8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Alternative safety compliance programs may be developed for purposes of paragraph (1) for specific regions and fisheries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H508FBA976DED457CA876DD3E4AFE3DED" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies that was classed before July 1, 2010, shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H03AAE93ADDB649C280EEDDA439E2E586"><enum>(A)</enum><text>remain subject to the requirements of a classification society approved by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H631AA4759B3544EE84CA64C4E39ED44F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have on board a certificate from that society.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F4512EDB0D94296A6C5246202EE54D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 45 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to such section and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD460D16EFE874D00B76F597DEF763730" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">4503. Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certification.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33DB60CF92A24CA5A0426E182D96A1B2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Alternative safety compliance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than January 1, 2017, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prescribe an alternative safety compliance program referred to in section 4503(d) of the title 46, United States Code, as amended by this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFE0BCA0EA75D4530BD05DE8098B433FD"><enum>805.</enum><header>Mariner records</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H25DBEFF234794F658B75C97D34949A6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a)</quote> before <quote>The</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E1F6B0DA47345A0A068B841F14AE5B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>computerized records</quote> and inserting <quote>records, including electronic records,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CA26E6B0A0141F49FBC4FBFE61821CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD06DADC231B4DE894C1EAB0FB336514" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H59F5C496E163428A93E432C054078AB9"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary may prescribe regulations requiring a vessel owner or managing operator of a commercial vessel, or the employer of a seaman on that vessel, to maintain records of each individual engaged on the vessel on matters of engagement, discharge, and service for not less than 5 years after the date of the completion of the service of that individual on the vessel. The regulations may require that a vessel owner, managing operator, or employer shall make these records available to the individual and the Coast Guard on request.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H68B04429EFAB4884A97A4A9A571E6EE0"><enum>(c)</enum><text>A person violating this section, or a regulation prescribed under this section, is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H025A03BFE8C94050A06212C3C0607239"><enum>806.</enum><header>Deletion of exemption of license requirement for operators of certain towing vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8905 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE7931FF4EF6A4C9D82D3CC0078F66A34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0EDEE4610E841EF898B892D73129A43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H90839232BCF34BF09A142367E0909C55"><enum>807.</enum><header>Log books</header> <subsection id="HDA5577D396584C55A76084A3C84A2017"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 113 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB19822D0416A4BF689E268B2815EB200" style="USC"> <section id="HAB66679119DE476CB450CF38EFE7B8E5"><enum>11304.</enum><header>Additional logbook and entry requirements</header> <subsection id="HFAA90066B1C04B5A9778CF860D463DA3"><enum>(a)</enum><text>A vessel of the United States that is subject to inspection under section 3301 of this title, except a vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to a port in Canada, shall have an official logbook, which shall be kept available for review by the Secretary on request.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6748E245B485499EAFBC4DC100741A38"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The log book required by subsection (a) shall include the following entries:</text> <paragraph id="H7C721FB26C544A4EBBA716407332B462"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The time when each seaman and each officer assumed or relieved the watch.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9B67518F4894247AEDD72BED53F8544"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of hours in service to the vessels of each seaman and each officer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B42735CE7F544E1B8315A8E2AF6F9D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An account of each accident, illness, and injury that occurs during each watch.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HAB63A751A096407891509D403DA57CEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E1DBF6C5E944F75AA05DCCB7F8E76A9" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">11304. Additional logbook and entry requirements.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H1A01A24EA50C4F0E814AA746F0F831D2"><enum>808.</enum><header>Safe operations and equipment standards</header> <subsection id="HC1A66561B57D4B3094DBDFA0988A9FC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 21 of title 46, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new sections:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H712CE24D7CE448048AD9DBBFC605D044" style="USC"> <section id="H021CC42A6C0D4FD1A78A2DED316A9EA5"><enum>2117.</enum><header>Termination for unsafe operation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An individual authorized to enforce this title—</text> <paragraph id="H5A03112B392E4BD6AA75DB7CF1F15D32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may remove a certificate required by this title from a vessel that is operating in a condition that does not comply with the provisions of the certificate;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5FC1E97E79E9432681EA3CD87D269EFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may order the individual in charge of a vessel that is operating that does not have on board the certificate required by this title to return the vessel to a mooring and to remain there until the vessel is in compliance with this title; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7F1D0144685491EAE62CA0CC0C38FF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may direct the individual in charge of a vessel to which this title applies to immediately take reasonable steps necessary for the safety of individuals on board the vessel if the official observes the vessel being operated in an unsafe condition that the official believes creates an especially hazardous condition, including ordering the individual in charge to return the vessel to a mooring and to remain there until the situation creating the hazard is corrected or ended.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H6BB7ECA31E004332B195EF19B8AD3F98"><enum>2118.</enum><header>Establishment of equipment standards</header> <subsection id="H548310C5849F4FD28A0A9BE73388AF11"><enum>(a)</enum><text>In establishing standards for approved equipment required on vessels subject to part B of this title, the Secretary shall establish standards that are—</text> <paragraph id="H3394391B67C14EFD8DB9EFBC63169F4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>based on performance using the best available technology that is economically achievable; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7805A4062CE409BB3A24E93F74D566B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>operationally practical.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD458864C9F78469D9E737D0DCF85163D"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Using the standards established under subsection (a), the Secretary may also certify lifesaving equipment that is not required to be carried on vessels subject to part B of this title to ensure that such equipment is suitable for its intended purpose.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HECA8A5CB89EF478EB21FB8056D3E2D5E"><enum>(c)</enum><text>At least once every 10 years the Secretary shall review and revise the standards established under subsection (a) to ensure that the standards meet the requirements of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H483B7A2313404B3D80E1B08E2C988CCC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE66D264E7EF54472B930D9C2CC53817B" style="OLC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H712CE24D7CE448048AD9DBBFC605D044" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H021CC42A6C0D4FD1A78A2DED316A9EA5" level="section">2117. Termination for unsafe operation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6BB7ECA31E004332B195EF19B8AD3F98" level="section">2118. Establishment of equipment standards.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HC53FACCAE4094FDD8A4BF0D792B9CD83"><enum>809.</enum><header>Approval of survival craft</header> <subsection id="H67EE40F2DCE9433BA3BB03A631493EE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 31 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB5386D377384693B12DF0010CE4ADE0" style="USC"> <section id="H2BBFD8B6457E40B1911435728324E766"><enum>3104.</enum><header>Survival craft</header> <subsection id="H385664FD2C2A42318F11EAB506B2AE99"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may not approve a survival craft as a safety device for purposes of this part, unless the craft ensures that no part of an individual is immersed in water.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEF72612B14FD4C49B37ACB6D5EE30DC7"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary may authorize a survival craft that does not provide protection described in subsection (a) to remain in service until not later than January 1, 2015, if—</text> <paragraph id="HB15CDC287952449F87C24570D53648C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it was approved by the Secretary before January 1, 2010; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DF9FC9945144B9A89CAEF911CBBD0EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>it is in serviceable condition.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HCCC4748749C04623BE9A6C3E441A2DA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B9F0813776C4B5A8564EA4B9501413A" style="USC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HCB5386D377384693B12DF0010CE4ADE0" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H2BBFD8B6457E40B1911435728324E766" level="section">3104. Survival craft.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HD829FDE0CE5F4E3182D34B1EABA85DC8"><enum>810.</enum><header>Safety management</header> <subsection id="H9A5C3A27032A4489B1F40B91B7B21105"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vessels to which requirements apply</header><text>Section 3202 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEE621539E3524D82AC426CF906C3B02B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">foreign voyages and foreign vessels.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF2BBACC72B8425C8B30B191F1574BFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A41A90F715140BC89E2C16DF33D80A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1605B958CC68419AABE7B6C0B7938FFB" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H94BFB6298DAF4F4BA6C7B6AF91837616"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other passenger vessels</header><text>This chapter applies to a vessel that is—</text> <paragraph id="H0781CCC5C20C4B42B21D97A2E067ADCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a passenger vessel or small passenger vessel; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4755729ADB54B8CBF28F5A80F2E3734"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is transporting more passengers than a number prescribed by the Secretary based on the number of individuals on the vessel that could be killed or injured in a marine casualty.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0CDBD1A425284DF9B871DD2A0A8A6EA0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84FA569F4D8D494DAFA269536C9C39FF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(4), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>that is not described in subsection (b) of this section</quote> after <quote>waters</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF611D2F431B345AEAAD5E490347ABE1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety management system</header><text>Section 3203 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H73779A444A8E4A779CC79072CC559E83" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2AB853D1D6464B1989D519491483E54B"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In prescribing regulations for passenger vessels and small passenger vessels, the Secretary shall consider—</text> <paragraph id="H527E73384F8146C0943DF8C1F6527C67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the characteristics, methods of operation, and nature of the service of these vessels; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FF33528FEA247C78EC96CC332B08716"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to vessels that are ferries, the sizes of the ferry systems within which the vessels operate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HB94C63CE978847D38DBD85362CA9A9E4"><enum>811.</enum><header>Protection against discrimination</header> <subsection id="H7373520C0E244E529EE1F518E1378C3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2114 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H08D99EAD62BB4CBFB59FFD5962058DE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H61E59A8B4E8A4B12B612F748104ACB3A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6B4421841193497D98BC60C1B1D60496"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end of subsection (a)(1) the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B7EBB076E33472991634B8E9486F059" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H64AA2F21206E4679BD14DA0769E9242C" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the seaman testified in a proceeding brought to enforce a maritime safety law or regulation prescribed under that law;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H017AC7AA32D14C0FB040AF2D1F03E168" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the seaman notified, or attempted to notify, the vessel owner or the Secretary of a work-related personal injury or work-related illness of a seaman;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H718B586C49F54B589CC781B1DBD22D01" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the seaman cooperated with a safety investigation by the Secretary or the National Transportation Safety Board;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4648407A5B1D4750A88AD996BD36573B" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the seaman furnished information to the Secretary, the National Transportation Safety Board, or any other public official as to the facts relating to any marine casualty resulting in injury or death to an individual or damage to property occurring in connection with vessel transportation; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1B66734E6AD94FBBAE97242A42C69ADA" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the seaman accurately reported hours of duty under this part.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA541D8DD0B674F16A0220FF1BBD25D38"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4816710AC7F34FDD8803CC11D09C0558" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4049ED64A47D4BF7B68C06562CEA05C0"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A seaman alleging discharge or discrimination in violation of subsection (a) of this section, or another person at the seaman’s request, may file a complaint with respect to such allegation in the same manner as a complaint may be filed under subsection (b) of section 31105 of title 49. Such complaint shall be subject to the procedures, requirements, and rights described in that section, including with respect to the right to file an objection, the right of a person to file for a petition for review under subsection (c) of that section, and the requirement to bring a civil action under subsection (d) of that section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DFC4C79696D42BFA40EFB84DF8D2505"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Existing actions</header><text>This section shall not affect the application of section 2114(b) of title 46, United States Code, as in effect before the date of enactment of this Act, to an action filed under that section before that date.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45A2C6E1A2A24A44821E91A97863AF82"><enum>812.</enum><header>Oil fuel tank protection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3306 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HAC72CB0CE248429791B982CA92D49739" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9130144573CE487F96FCE72C88AC5B59"><enum>(k)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9CAA64C28177465091461B223896823C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each vessel of the United States that is constructed under a contract entered into after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Maritime Safety Act of 2009</short-title>, or that is delivered after January 1, 2011, with an aggregate capacity of 600 cubic meters or more of oil fuel, shall comply with the requirements of Regulation 12A under Annex I to the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, entitled <quote>Oil Fuel Tank Protection</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE68052B317B45CFBC40983049E779E5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary may prescribe regulations to apply the requirements described in Regulation 12A to vessels described in paragraph (1) that are not otherwise subject to that convention. Any such regulation shall be considered to be an interpretive rule for the purposes of section 553 of title 5.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5D0F598E710433E8E2047F1669ED0E2" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In this subsection the term <term>oil fuel</term> means any oil used as fuel in connection with the propulsion and auxiliary machinery of the vessel in which such oil is carried.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ED8D3A187AC49569C1C802054FC5195"><enum>813.</enum><header>Oaths</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Sections 7105 and 7305 of title 46, United States Code, and the items relating to such sections in the analysis for chapters 71 and 73 of such title, are repealed.</text></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9BB563213A743D8BD02A31E5A6387E9"><enum>814.</enum><header>Duration of credentials</header> <subsection id="HE3B2BAE451DD4CA5986B26D9B55F1371"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Merchant mariner’s documents</header><text>Section 7302(f) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07762B34A3754F11A316E5E110CF6681" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H77F227965F98425F80685998F79190CD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Periods of validity and renewal of merchant mariners’ documents</header> <paragraph id="HB75E20534FBB45BFAD6740E16E55234B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (g), a merchant mariner’s document issued under this chapter is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9455B0009FB4459CBF5102370F4B9398"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advance renewals</header><text>A renewed merchant mariner’s document may be issued under this chapter up to 8 months in advance but is not effective until the date that the previously issued merchant mariner’s document expires or until the completion of any active suspension or revocation of that previously issued merchant mariner’s document, whichever is later.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H8C945DC34E264979ADA053BAB3C74D1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration of licenses</header><text>Section 7106 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE441F5A778044D6289D5647A73485277" style="USC"> <section id="HB87A075456FB4952AF7895F017C273AE"><enum>7106.</enum><header>Duration of licenses</header> <subsection id="H9A31B74BCF1D4170981DAEF1B20AE305"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A license issued under this part is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods; except that the validity of a license issued to a radio officer is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a first-class or second-class radiotelegraph operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8A54B43CC7D248969E31CCB78760643A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advance renewals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A renewed license issued under this part may be issued up to 8 months in advance but is not effective until the date that the previously issued license expires or until the completion of any active suspension or revocation of that previously issued merchant mariner’s document, whichever is later.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H13759F0A71A84E68A780351CADDBEAAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certificates of registry</header><text>Section 7107 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4CEFD8D30BB4474B9500EB48CF155F9" style="USC"> <section id="H7AD968797514430F809A436F4858D724"><enum>7107.</enum><header>Duration of certificates of registry</header> <subsection id="H81A007BBF0BF49A5B18E98B7ED095CCF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A certificate of registry issued under this part is valid for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods; except that the validity of a certificate issued to a medical doctor or professional nurse is conditioned on the continuous possession by the holder of a license as a medical doctor or registered nurse, respectively, issued by a State.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBE2F205D97CA4FB19512F08CA43E6953"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advance renewals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A renewed certificate of registry issued under this part may be issued up to 8 months in advance but is not effective until the date that the previously issued certificate of registry expires or until the completion of any active suspension or revocation of that previously issued merchant mariner’s document, whichever is later.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H6CCD1950A99D42859865620F8C425522"><enum>815.</enum><header>Fingerprinting</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H13BC1FDD1B5847EA820E7661102AEF17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Merchant mariner licenses and documents</header><text>Chapter 75 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4423B2DBFA3D4432BFF6008B8BA14CDF" style="USC"> <section commented="no" id="HA12D8C3013BC448B9698A9A5E8A38958"><enum>7507.</enum><header>Fingerprinting</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HC0E083AFEEDE40CEB1F7B4613BDAE7EF"><enum></enum><text>The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not require an individual to be fingerprinted for the issuance or renewal of a license, a certificate of registry, or a merchant mariner’s document under chapter 71 or 73 if the individual was fingerprinted when the individual applied for a transportation security card under section 70105.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H2AD9DF2D7EF04871B0EF44D8293E15C6"><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="H23318BAFD5E44F8FB39C903C79F67B8A" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">7507. Fingerprinting.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA274B12C57054971A9F1A3CDA0C8615A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>816.</enum><header>Authorization to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents</header> <subsection id="H0422321363854D32A0AA9DBFE5F2334B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Merchant mariner licenses and documents</header><text>Chapter 75 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by section 815(a) of this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26306C7E9E43420C8273818DA1F99D0A" style="USC"> <section id="H4083B6D40DAE48B4973C2F8B5B92356C"><enum>7508.</enum><header>Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents</header> <subsection id="HEC19B5E8C96040E98F057C27B78EE57F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Licenses and certificates of registry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding sections 7106 and 7107, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may—</text> <paragraph id="HBD4D5CF721B544E3AF86AD1F896571B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>extend for not more than one year an expiring license or certificate of registry issued for an individual under chapter 71 if the Secretary determines that the extension is required to enable the Coast Guard to eliminate a backlog in processing applications for those licenses or certificates of registry or in response to a national emergency or natural disaster, as deemed necessary by the Secretary; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68C8B0814FC246A59C35374C55E95B2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue for not more than five years an expiring license or certificate of registry issued for an individual under chapter 71 for the exclusive purpose of aligning the expiration date of such license or certificate of registry with the expiration date of a merchant mariner’s document.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H160510B4840743F98C1C20E2897818E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Merchant mariner documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 7302(g), the Secretary may—</text> <paragraph id="HC6796EA8CDFB467F9B7C41BBACCA748E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>extend for not more than one year an expiring merchant mariner’s document issued for an individual under chapter 71 if the Secretary determines that the extension is required to enable the Coast Guard to eliminate a backlog in processing applications for those licenses or certificates of registry or in response to a national emergency or natural disaster, as deemed necessary by the Secretary; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEB5FA06A9A84537A844C58034F8CEBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue for not more than five years an expiring merchant mariner’s document issued for an individual under chapter 71 for the exclusive purpose of aligning the expiration date of such merchant mariner’s document with the expiration date of a merchant mariner’s document.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1CCE76C843064044B1688A4D70AEF56B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Manner of extension</header><text>Any extensions granted under this section may be granted to individual seamen or a specifically identified group of seamen.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD45C6B461AFA4FC59ADD5514EB4735F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter, as amended by section 815(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC9C478AE9434C0DA04B0FBF12FD34D7" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">7508. Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FEBB2EC2D8540F394E28F7680F8A31E"><enum>817.</enum><header>Merchant mariner documentation</header> <subsection id="HD195D2F2178041C39DA54C3BCB3952F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interim clearance process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall develop an interim clearance process for issuance of a merchant mariner document to enable a newly hired seaman to begin working on an offshore supply vessel or towing vessel if the Secretary makes an initial determination that the seaman does not pose a safety and security risk.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAAA7ED7A4C704DD586D7E1A31C39A3D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of process</header><text>The process under subsection (a) shall include a check against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list maintained by the Federal Government, review of the seaman’s criminal record, and review of the results of testing the seaman for use of a dangerous drug (as defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) in violation of law or Federal regulation.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H58CCAB82A8174EFCBBC85FCB35B1563A"><enum>818.</enum><header>Merchant mariner assistance report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report regarding the feasibility of—</text> <paragraph id="H26402A268934479986D3A26427EB8A83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expanding the streamlined evaluation process program that was affiliated with the Houston Regional Examination Center of the Coast Guard to all processing centers of the Coast Guard nationwide;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H19AD88C2F6664E59890AD05B0253B88D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>including proposals to simplify the application process for a license as an officer, staff officer, or operator and for a merchant mariner’s document to help eliminate errors by merchant mariners when completing the application form (CG–719B), including instructions attached to the application form and a modified application form for renewals with questions pertaining only to the period of time since the previous application;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10130238010D449B9D31B3066421E0FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing notice to an applicant of the status of the pending application, including a process to allow the applicant to check on the status of the application by electronic means; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86FE0679AFD74EAB8019F9DC17D9E8C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensuring that all information collected with respect to applications for new or renewed licenses, merchant mariner documents, and certificates of registry is retained in a secure electronic format.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HEA6DF486CF654AE79F3C89A84B2D64D8"><enum>819.</enum><header>Offshore supply vessels</header> <subsection id="HFCB21C087DE6459B896FA7D392E6324B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 2101(19) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>of more than 15 gross tons but less than 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1FA75200A88A432F9A4C0A76893241B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>Section 5209(b)(1) of the Oceans Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–587; 46 U.S.C. 2101 note) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>of less than 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0BA36242A488496CA9E5BFDADFF83DE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Removal of tonnage limits</header> <paragraph id="H643F0BDC9AC44A52826757385A8695BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Able seamen-offshore supply vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7310 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>of less than 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H106B94C01518451E927D8CEA292D8169"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scale of employment: able seamen</header><text>Section 7312(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>of less than 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E25721AE871461E95418A6B44061CCF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Watches</header><text>Section 8104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2A268245DC05482C812A856745A2C690"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by inserting after <quote>offshore supply vessel</quote> the following: <quote>of less than 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or less than 6,000 gross tons as measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FAE9B37351946A881500CD3554F0096"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8DA87C36C10D41078172AFD73AE283D5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H2B096F55A4D441EBA90CA2D9E8E4C628" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to an offshore supply vessel of at least 6,000 gross tons as measured under section 14302 of this title if the individuals engaged on the vessel are in compliance with hours of service requirements (including recording and record-keeping of that service) prescribed by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CFAE44C0FFE432CA84010AE170610E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAC964AAA56F54B0FBA42A49E9FCB2DA8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Minimum number of licensed individuals</header><text>Section 8301(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H985671284C1F46E2B6D2F2A6656FB8C0" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3612B44B387F433B9A16EFB5E7600B6C"><enum>(b)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC0AF66002BD74E8E9F00EA3463832F8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An offshore supply vessel of less than 6,000 gross tons, as measured under section 14302 of this title, on a voyage of less than 600 miles shall have at least one licensed mate. Such a vessel on a voyage of 600 miles or more shall have two licensed mates.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3442EAF939D4641A9341882DDAFDE16" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An offshore supply vessel of more than 200 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title, may not be operated without a licensed engineer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H997149873E3E4633BEBEA4A288B3F9A8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An offshore supply vessel shall have at least one mate. Additional mates on an offshore supply vessel of at least 6,000 gross tons as measured under section 14302 of this title shall be prescribe in accordance with hours of service requirements (including recording and record-keeping of that service) prescribed by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEF81792E8A7D4C5781942C45680D659B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="H1BB5CFD12543469DA1BE4CCAF37CC5CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall promulgate regulations to implement the amendments enacted by this section and chapter 37 of title 46, United States Code, for offshore supply vessels of at least 6,000 gross tons, before January 1, 2010.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8DBF13E35FA2420B968D1295C5B3BF9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interim final rule authority</header><text>The Secretary shall issue an interim final rule as a temporary regulation implementing this section (including the amendments made by this section), and chapter 37 of title 46, United States Code, for offshore supply vessels of at least 6,000 gross tons, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section, without regard to the provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code. All regulations prescribed under the authority of this paragraph that are not earlier superseded by final regulations shall expire not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39F21DBADB374372B33CB280E67D2CE7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initiation of rulemaking</header><text>The Secretary may initiate a rulemaking to implement this section (including the amendments made by this section), and chapter 37 of title 46, United States Code, for offshore supply vessels of at least 6,000 gross tons, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section. The final rule issued pursuant to that rulemaking may supersede the interim final rule promulgated under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DCA59E59172409397974A36DA3D6852"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interim period</header><text>After the date of enactment of this Act and prior to the effective date of the regulations promulgated to implement the amendments enacted by this section under paragraph (2), and notwithstanding the tonnage limits of applicable regulations promulgated prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="H439FC458DE2C4A2B9116953C31925FB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issue a certificate of inspection under section 3309 of title 46, United States Code, to an offshore supply vessel of at least 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502 of title 46, United States Code, or of at least 6,000 gross tons as measured under section 14302 of title 46, United States Code, if the Secretary determines that such vessel’s arrangements, equipment, classification, and certifications provide for the safe carriage of individuals in addition to the crew and oil and hazardous substances, taking into consideration the characteristics of offshore supply vessels, their methods of operation, and their service in support of exploration, exploitation, or production of offshore mineral or energy resources;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H58F1B25DEB254376B8930906F573B25F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the purpose of enforcing chapter 37 of title 46, United States Code, use tank vessel standards for offshore supply vessels of at least 6,000 gross tons after considering the characteristics, methods of operation, and nature of the service of the vessel; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE48B5F9068834131BFD903AAC19D8A35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>authorize a master, mate, or engineer whom the Secretary decides possesses the experience on an offshore supply vessel under 6,000 gross tons to serve on an offshore supply vessel over at least 6,000 gross tons.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H2D286F9BF7E946A6AE3DDEE39D271B90"><enum>820.</enum><header>Associated equipment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2101(1)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>with the exception of emergency locator beacons,</quote> before <quote>does</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H834F045885BB4F7F96EF3A183FC42678"><enum>821.</enum><header>Lifesaving devices on uninspected vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4102(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HAEFFC839872646E3ACBBB9F05DCA5214" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H53EF45016762451A902FD20E32003BDE"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring the installation, maintenance, and use of life preservers and other lifesaving devices for individuals on board uninspected vessels.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3E88A72B03824C22935E4E17A37AFE1C"><enum>822.</enum><header>Study of blended fuels in marine application</header> <subsection id="HCC86DBA814FF4974AB0B5BA37A0DEB3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Survey</header> <paragraph id="HCE82861F36D8402291AAB18D5EDC709A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall submit a survey of published data and reports, pertaining to the use, safety, and performance of blended fuels in marine applications, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20673930BB5A43C482CF97C16398396C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included information</header><text>To the extent possible, the survey required in subsection (a), shall include data and reports on—</text> <subparagraph id="HE33FDEF36D754A82AABBF4E9DB420E57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact of blended fuel on the operation, durability, and performance of recreational and commercial marine engines, vessels, and marine engine and vessel components and associated equipment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33FF2B5A97744DD490869CD52BAEA9AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the safety impacts of blended fuels on consumers that own and operate recreational and commercial marine engines and marine engine components and associated equipment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C2EE59C31D346A382ADF02CA16D88D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the extent available, fires and explosions on board vessels propelled by engines using blended fuels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A2F7BDE90384367ADFAD5BF7B8227E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header> <paragraph id="HCF06B13400A94397A17A6B2FEA304CEF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall conduct a comprehensive study on the use, safety, and performance of blended fuels in marine applications. The Secretary is authorized to conduct such study in conjunction with—</text> <subparagraph id="H17C028563CA64AFD989CE762D2006AE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any other Federal agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB17E5BEBC9654D4CA14C6BC319071B67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any State government or agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1FFC32CC808F4E918D0BF5C1BEE7D504"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any local government or agency, including local police and fire departments; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H025772C71D7B4D6985FA3B851D2E8B23"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any private entity, including engine and vessel manufacturers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB371E3180DEC41AA9CA0FF22DF818B32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The study shall include an evaluation of—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A9E48DA5F6345D596A6E4DB9F81C60B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact of blended fuel on the operation, durability and performance of recreational and commercial marine engines, vessels, and marine engine and vessel components and associated equipment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB19F405F0F5146198DDFB28C1D59D2B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the safety impacts of blended fuels on consumers that own and operate recreational and commercial marine engines and marine engine components and associated equipment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H878E1DDF54214805BF4FC782587E6C62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fires and explosions on board vessels propelled by engines using blended fuels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2E8C7A852829470D827B018C21F05C9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out the survey and study under this section $1,000,000.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2B37C5E723E44F60AB6145973DF015AD"><enum>823.</enum><header>Renewal of advisory committees</header> <subsection id="H30F44D31C4B047BF83EC9BD60829DFEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee</header><text>Section 9307(f)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC76F3A9A8A9141E98F770AFC90364A65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National boating safety advisory council</header><text>Section 13110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA8D931D07B904AF68BE6125102DE8784"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking the first sentence; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87D91B8FBEA546AE89023207B37C757B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5DF5705628604FE68D1603060303A2D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee</header><text>Section 18(h) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–241 as amended by Public Law 104–324) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8036F18B3E5446638904073DC73D4308"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee</header><text>Section 19 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–241) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0183BC0D87934DF281D7329ADC61CB9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8F77A778C8CA421DB733BAE34B16DF96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>twenty-four</quote> and inserting <quote>twenty-five</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77759B0F0C4A48828457BF9BEC7B3FD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HED58DA8B8D7F41F791F4026A4BB18C94" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEED5BA5F985943168D5C552E4515FAB4"><enum>(12)</enum><text>One member representing the Associated Federal Pilots and Docking Masters of Louisiana.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB702E763487044B5AC72DEA0B4A1394D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC2B67AD3A6C2452EAA61BFDE3A0ADE59"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Towing Safety Advisory Committee</header><text>The Act to Establish a Towing Safety Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation (33 U.S.C. 1231a) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3E89AA13545548A18449A8298355C44F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBC3113A00C984DB4895DDBDD78AE3302" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB9217915AE954E98918721B7735D0C58"><enum>(a)</enum><text>There is established a Towing Safety Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>). The Committee shall consist of eighteen members with particular expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H6563FC940284411EBD3727FBAF8566C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Seven members representing the barge and towing industry, reflecting a regional geographic balance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2346008773DA44AEB209FCA833110270"><enum>(2)</enum><text>One member representing the offshore mineral and oil supply vessel industry.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDBB7DDF9403449B0B6AB90AA97BAE8BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>One member representing holders of active licensed Masters or Pilots of towing vessels with experience on the Western Rivers and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF230878C1CD4E36A2FA59B05F8A85AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>One member representing the holders of active licensed Masters of towing vessels in offshore service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C60D288F6FA402597646E26C5D4E936"><enum>(5)</enum><text>One member representing Masters who are active ship-docking or harbor towing vessel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7712B9D950554C0C958B939E7BD0C8CC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>One member representing licensed or unlicensed towing vessel engineers with formal training and experience.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4F16BD99F1349739AD637D20E29CBCD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Two members representing each of the following groups:</text> <subparagraph id="HB1FCC18E1EB549D5A6D91598D32228A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Port districts, authorities, or terminal operators.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8AB15CE96E2B4A0A9C4198B126C76731"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Shippers (of whom at least one shall be engaged in the shipment of oil or hazardous materials by barge).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34AB5569B1B646C6A752F7082B63DA8A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Two members representing the general public.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A466F5516214BAF9338FB4EC52B1EE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFCD10A556F374CF18D0120088FAECD98"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Navigation safety advisory council</header><text>Section 5 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2073) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H43F137479F544DC18F7956C749E296F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H255DCCCB35384BAD8AB3218D62E3C675" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H731883B5351C436F9E132D0475356AB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of council</header> <paragraph id="H56DC6727EE9B4B48910BA183D6995E19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish a Navigation Safety Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the <quote>Council</quote>), consisting of not more than 21 members. All members shall have expertise in Inland and International vessel navigation Rules of the Road, aids to maritime navigation, maritime law, vessel safety, port safety, or commercial diving safety. Upon appointment, all non-Federal members shall be designated as representative members to represent the viewpoints and interests of one of the following groups or organizations:</text> <subparagraph id="H663F95DC469E4A6C934EC5B8EC60D751"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Commercial vessel owners or operators.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDFA894253DC42298F8ADB2DCA8D0685"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Professional mariners.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBBF3A118B30F4240BF4EECC12B6ED737"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Recreational boaters.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H653906B7AFB044FEB2F02B7969ADDE40"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The recreational boating industry.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA6705963DF748CF80FB736163F0CAEB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State agencies responsible for vessel or port safety.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H73E7B1953593445B942A9C6AF1A1D80A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Maritime Law Association.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H430C3A53E10C4934A95B4ED4C459EF62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Panels</header><text>Additional persons may be appointed to panels of the Council to assist the Council in performance of its functions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5D95B02CD034160A8F4FECF6DB3FEB9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nominations</header><text>The Secretary, through the Coast Guard Commandant, shall not less often than once a year publish a notice in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for membership on the Council.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H10BDF1FD2FE74D1F8C56FBC67E257288"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The Council shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary, through the Coast Guard Commandant, on matters relating to maritime collisions, rammings, groundings, Inland Rules of the Road, International Rules of the Road, navigation regulations and equipment, routing measures, marine information, diving safety, and aids to navigation systems. Any advice and recommendations made by the Council to the Secretary shall reflect the independent judgment of the Council on the matter concerned. The Council shall meet at the call of the Coast Guard Commandant, but in any event not less than twice during each calendar year. All proceedings of the Council shall be public, and a record of the proceedings shall be made available for public inspection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD49422307E66430CA13F6440FE75F1DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>September 30, 2010.</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2020.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IX</enum><header>Cruise Vessel Safety</header> <section id="HDDA5CEFD9660493C96541DB1ACFAD139" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HBD3463D122334C19AB509AD3BF0DA943"><enum>902.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="H729B10B357CF4F789133AA6B1BE744C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There are approximately 200 overnight ocean-going cruise vessels worldwide. The average ocean-going cruise vessel carries 2,000 passengers with a crew of 950 people.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0CCD839416C4D24B8A86CF4052D3C6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In 2007 alone, approximately 12,000,000 passengers were projected to take a cruise worldwide.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD3647C81ED946649839139670D27A81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Passengers on cruise vessels have an inadequate appreciation of their potential vulnerability to crime while on ocean voyages, and those who may be victimized lack the information they need to understand their legal rights or to know whom to contact for help in the immediate aftermath of the crime.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0D1CE9C52FF43AF8CE855CA6FB32298"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Sexual violence, the disappearance of passengers from vessels on the high seas, and other serious crimes have occurred during luxury cruises.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF87EB651AA14261A59DAF4BE840AC0A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Over the last 5 years, sexual assault and physical assaults on cruise vessels were the leading crimes investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with regard to cruise vessel incidents.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67973527501E4E208B55A51C69075406"><enum>(6)</enum><text>These crimes at sea can involve attacks both by passengers and crew members on other passengers and crew members.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H461BFC7B99284F2BB7A0D03E48C1EB3F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Except for United States flagged vessels, or foreign flagged vessels operating in an area subject to the direct jurisdiction of the United States, there are no Federal statutes or regulations that explicitly require cruise lines to report alleged crimes to United States Government officials.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C3D9CD69D174AAB8B967B542CB66503"><enum>(8)</enum><text>It is not known precisely how often crimes occur on cruise vessels or exactly how many people have disappeared during ocean voyages because cruise line companies do not make comprehensive, crime-related data readily available to the public.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F4D7B9918E141B28DDF61392D37CA6F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Obtaining reliable crime-related cruise data from governmental sources can be difficult, because multiple countries may be involved when a crime occurs on the high seas, including the flag country for the vessel, the country of citizenship of particular passengers, and any countries having special or maritime jurisdiction.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC663141A14F34B239E3EC239482430D7"><enum>(10)</enum><text>It can be difficult for professional crime investigators to immediately secure an alleged crime scene on a cruise vessel, recover evidence of an onboard offense, and identify or interview potential witnesses to the alleged crime.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6CE969153084CCE8BD7DF7368302362"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Most cruise vessels that operate into and out of United States ports are registered under the laws of another country, and investigations and prosecutions of crimes against passengers and crew members may involve the laws and authorities of multiple nations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50C7BC19137B4B1B80D4A27000DDF468"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Coast Guard has found it necessary to establish 500-yard security zones around cruise vessels to limit the risk of terrorist attack. Recently piracy has dramatically increased throughout the world.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9012F13627842B895F72BF96553FC3D"><enum>(13)</enum><text>To enhance the safety of cruise passengers, the owners of cruise vessels could upgrade, modernize, and retrofit the safety and security infrastructure on such vessels by installing peep holes in passenger room doors, installing security video cameras in targeted areas, limiting access to passenger rooms to select staff during specific times, and installing acoustic hailing and warning devices capable of communicating over distances.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H39E26D42BC214E0CB888A6072F732A5B"><enum>903.</enum><header>Cruise vessel security and safety requirements</header> <subsection id="HF91800A2E106473196EE76A46DBDFEF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Chapter 35 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H33C009A334B7473BB6EF5B3B6BD79B12" style="USC"> <section id="HABC7B70633DA4A949B793525270EE910"><enum>3507.</enum><header>Passenger vessel security and safety requirements</header> <subsection id="HFC9F88CC55724FA4BCF4904C1EF5C45E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vessel Design, Equipment, Construction, and Retrofitting Requirements</header> <paragraph id="H5FBDFAAFB77144FB8DEC809D4FDDCA75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each vessel to which this subsection applies shall comply with the following design and construction standards:</text> <subparagraph id="H66E74EC4978446278E3E8CA9B3C9940C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The vessel shall be equipped with ship rails that are located not less than 42 inches above the cabin deck.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H188B8A5A329E448BAE85768104C49DFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each passenger stateroom and crew cabin shall be equipped with entry doors that include peep holes or other means of visual identification.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4BD2FCC9251D442BA1EE850824087D08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For any vessel the keel of which is laid after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009, each passenger stateroom and crew cabin shall be equipped with—</text> <clause id="H8486894C1D004A72ADAFAEDA4813E26A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>security latches; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8B3EF1C6D67249948D98B6F14228D1B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>time-sensitive key technology.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H534F6863642B4B84AC7AE30AC90C0849"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The vessel shall integrate technology that can be used for capturing images of passengers or detecting passengers who have fallen overboard, to the extent that such technology is available.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8F7D2188B494B3D82A2E033A13072E2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The vessel shall be equipped with a sufficient number of operable acoustic hailing or other such warning devices to provide communication capability around the entire vessel when operating in high risk areas (as defined by the United States Coast Guard).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H052C676995F04ED8BD0BA31085C7A9CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fire safety codes</header><text>In administering the requirements of paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall take into consideration fire safety and other applicable emergency requirements established by the U.S. Coast Guard and under international law, as appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85FD95F18C77433DB50E4B3AD36E3E17"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subparagraph id="H29F65A9B44B34992B7D254905F51E024"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the requirements of paragraph (1) shall take effect 18 months after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H04DA1AC3ED704F4A958F5C410B06D5C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Latch and key requirements</header><text>The requirements of paragraph (1)(C) take effect on the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22DC3D6D3A714449953DA4776E75036A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Video Recording</header> <paragraph id="H1755F0A72CE141A7B9027B1725AE181C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to maintain surveillance</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall maintain a video surveillance system to assist in documenting crimes on the vessel and in providing evidence for the prosecution of such crimes, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9D9CC8B8FA048D089A0F154F958C262"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access to video records</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall provide to any law enforcement official performing official duties in the course and scope of an investigation, upon request, a copy of all records of video surveillance that the official believes may provide evidence of a crime reported to law enforcement officials.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBFB0685F1AA94664AED4DDE9EB694F3A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Safety Information</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall provide in each passenger stateroom, and post in a location readily accessible to all crew and in other places specified by the Secretary, information regarding the locations of the United States embassy and each consulate of the United States for each country the vessel will visit during the course of the voyage.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3DABCB44D2E0410297E7F2BEC56CD07D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sexual Assault</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall—</text> <paragraph id="HAC75B8463B984BFEA8ADC6EA09D5F58C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>maintain on the vessel adequate, in-date supplies of anti-retroviral medications and other medications designed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases after a sexual assault;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D1441B07498498E894DA22D4A540E9A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maintain on the vessel equipment and materials for performing a medical examination in sexual assault cases to evaluate the patient for trauma, provide medical care, and preserve relevant medical evidence;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8B3B21DA8CB44ECA1FDDA02B3188D84"><enum>(3)</enum><text>make available on the vessel at all times medical staff who have undergone a credentialing process to verify that he or she—</text> <subparagraph id="HDB2FBFF436014D239C7AD12404E03C75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>possesses a current physician’s or registered nurse’s license and—</text> <clause id="HAC8BF222CEFE4F9BB9A60E1E205CD251"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has at least 3 years of post-graduate or post-registration clinical practice in general and emergency medicine; or</text></clause> <clause id="H9421D94370D74AA98CCFC8FD38E01644"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>holds board certification in emergency medicine, family practice medicine, or internal medicine;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF947158014F84048AF1BB8727CDA88F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is able to provide assistance in the event of an alleged sexual assault, has received training in conducting forensic sexual assault examination, and is able to promptly perform such an examination upon request and provide proper medical treatment of a victim, including administration of anti-retroviral medications and other medications that may prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8811D0C32D54ACF9EEAD04BEA0C44C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meets guidelines established by the American College of Emergency Physicians relating to the treatment and care of victims of sexual assault;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34956FED813D40E1A81C33EA983AA1D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prepare, provide to the patient, and maintain written documentation of the findings of such examination that is signed by the patient; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A86759D273243CBA51DCF4ED9CC1C1A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide the patient free and immediate access to—</text> <subparagraph id="HAF5B1DF788754625BB175919AE208D1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contact information for local law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Coast Guard, the nearest United States consulate or embassy, and the National Sexual Assault Hotline program or other third party victim advocacy hotline service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3AE7353C2EA44A92972433F8D25227A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a private telephone line and Internet-accessible computer terminal by which the individual may confidentially access law enforcement officials, an attorney, and the information and support services available through the National Sexual Assault Hotline program or other third party victim advocacy hotline service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H625523671E82426C9AC65DFB6317E198"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Confidentiality of Sexual Assault Examination and Support Information</header><text>The master or other individual in charge of a vessel to which this section applies shall—</text> <paragraph id="H9338037330894083B55AA1729BCD586C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>treat all information concerning an examination under subsection (d) confidential, so that no medical information may be released to the cruise line or other owner of the vessel or any legal representative thereof without the prior knowledge and approval in writing of the patient, or, if the patient is unable to provide written authorization, the patient’s next-of-kin, except that nothing in this paragraph prohibits the release of—</text> <subparagraph id="H509D5B6C2FF04EEA94834AD0E0DF3A48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information, other than medical findings, necessary for the owner or master of the vessel to comply with the provisions of subsection (g) or other applicable incident reporting laws;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3617344F5F684D86AA5553B09942725C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information to secure the safety of passengers or crew on board the vessel; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6EFAC5EB66B4DA1957B168389A8A6CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any information to law enforcement officials performing official duties in the course and scope of an investigation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA9B4FF43C7442FD88D1471E9E4C4F88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>treat any information derived from, or obtained in connection with, post-assault counseling or other supportive services confidential, so no such information may be released to the cruise line or any legal representative thereof without the prior knowledge and approval in writing of the patient, or, if the patient is unable to provide written authorization, the patient’s next-of-kin.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5BFC4361F924F238C2103659BB32F09"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Crew Access to Passenger Staterooms</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA931D30485CE40DC81EF22BB43D2F71E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish and implement procedures and restrictions concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="H5CB996F380CE490E8C0BC830008F1267"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which crew members have access to passenger staterooms; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H13C48C5074904C40A6620AAEE64781DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the periods during which they have that access; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30FB1CBB23D948BCA087655CE19A4F40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the procedures and restrictions are fully and properly implemented and periodically reviewed.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H817114B73C814C5587AC95D5C44479E3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Log Book and Reporting Requirements</header> <paragraph id="H82C0C17409DB4D66BA4365CACA1BBB75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H54AFDAF157774B3884554E1AEEA1336F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>record in a log book, either electronically or otherwise, in a centralized location readily accessible to law enforcement personnel, a report on—</text> <clause id="H4B1CE1C0FDF14508BAD8E48A1C41C9C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all complaints of crimes described in paragraph (3)(A)(i),</text></clause> <clause id="HF9A5B7D71A8B4BBDAAAAB62CABAFAF72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all complaints of theft of property valued in excess of $1,000, and</text></clause> <clause id="H7D20DE1F758046EA8A1327142AADF3A8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all complaints of other crimes,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">committed on any voyage that embarks or disembarks passengers in the United States; and</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BBEEDEE0DBE4993BFABA244D7C997B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make such log book available upon request to any agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, any member of the United States Coast Guard, and any law enforcement officer performing official duties in the course and scope of an investigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6C0C16E0F094ED2B424CBA467274243"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Details required</header><text>The information recorded under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A675A7D00C14347889CDF8551FBA647"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the vessel operator;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H316C2BCB9DB34954AA45036B33928B3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name of the cruise line;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC88CFE22DA5481481D19BF28AE36502"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the flag under which the vessel was operating at the time the reported incident occurred;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H03A1A41F93BD4003BE99FB9E0B8E2268"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the age and gender of the victim and the accused assailant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41DC4743261D416299C2290AB4B22B08"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the nature of the alleged crime or complaint, as applicable, including whether the alleged perpetrator was a passenger or a crew member;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H639B04CF83E44EF291DFBF7972237B95"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the vessel’s position at the time of the incident, if known, or the position of the vessel at the time of the initial report;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55D98B771E3244329B12DCE6FB574658"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the time, date, and method of the initial report and the law enforcement authority to which the initial report was made;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC6DC23173B81421C9DD717ABC13F4101"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the time and date the incident occurred, if known;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1805FD7C9DD84747AB0E0FBA81888F1B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the total number of passengers and the total number of crew members on the voyage; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H765071746DD8458A8C646007B218AE7B"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the case number or other identifier provided by the law enforcement authority to which the initial report was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CF66BCA1DFC4B28852F756479A8356D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement to report crimes and other information</header> <subparagraph id="HEC8D2C49A78E4FC29D887C1243CD7DE2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies (or the owner’s designee)—</text> <clause id="H306E259133BD4BDC84DD53659CEF7F0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall contact the nearest Federal Bureau of Investigation Field Office or Legal Attache by telephone as soon as possible after the occurrence on board the vessel of an incident involving homicide, suspicious death, a missing United States national, kidnapping, assault with serious bodily injury, any offense to which section 2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244 (a) or (c) of title 18 applies, firing or tampering with the vessel, or theft of money or property in excess of $10,000 to report the incident;</text></clause> <clause id="H4C57EBF513194DA6B2EBCF3E1C5F4E17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall furnish a written report of the incident to the Secretary via an Internet based portal;</text></clause> <clause id="H77A20DD7A569478D98B250540D6367C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may report any serious incident that does not meet the reporting requirements of clause (i) and that does not require immediate attention by the Federal Bureau of Investigation via the Internet based portal maintained by the Secretary of Transportation; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD0B38B548DB84CBDB30684BFAB9D235F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>may report any other criminal incident involving passengers or crew members, or both, to the proper State or local government law enforcement authority.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCB2EB7875B348889DDA949EE8403879"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Incidents to which subparagraph <enum-in-header>(A)</enum-in-header> applies</header><text>Subparagraph (A) applies to an incident involving criminal activity if—</text> <clause id="HA6E821465A30434881702A90331456F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the vessel, regardless of registry, is owned, in whole or in part, by a United States person, regardless of the nationality of the victim or perpetrator, and the incident occurs when the vessel is within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and outside the jurisdiction of any State;</text></clause> <clause id="H28331BDEBCC04F4EA4FB8283443E6132"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the incident concerns an offense by or against a United States national committed outside the jurisdiction of any nation;</text></clause> <clause id="H407EFB44D7E54B47BBE803990D40B69C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the incident occurs in the Territorial Sea of the United States, regardless of the nationality of the vessel, the victim, or the perpetrator; or</text></clause> <clause id="H7FA8FEE93B4F4EF594CDEC5735F3E46C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the incident concerns a victim or perpetrator who is a United States national on a vessel during a voyage that departed from or will arrive at a United States port.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H379976E794BC42D086A601B5D15DAEC5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability of incident data via internet</header> <subparagraph id="H761D6BA0C115428A9DC22FF570D8D425"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Website</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain a statistical compilation of all incidents described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) on an Internet site that provides a numerical accounting of the missing persons and alleged crimes recorded in each report filed under paragraph (3)(A)(i) that are no longer under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The data shall be updated no less frequently than quarterly, aggregated by—</text> <clause id="H70F7C96B09D243E28672E48658E2FC88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cruise line, with each cruise line identified by name; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3ED56BF2F04048278FD517F4FA7CFC74"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether each crime was committed by a passenger or a crew member.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2330EC2A0D1A4665BB2B644972D799A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Access to website</header><text>Each cruise line taking on or discharging passengers in the United States shall include a link on its Internet website to the website maintained by the Secretary under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCF45D0BE05494CE883A8975E1C5090BD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <paragraph id="H861375831C4A494A83005EB0FA943FAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Penalties</header> <subparagraph id="HE32CA6917CF44E5C9F9261F4F276410B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Civil penalty</header><text>Any person that violates this section or a regulation under this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day during which the violation continues, except that the maximum penalty for a continuing violation is $50,000.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C8BF27DC79E4345B96B3BB46F5E3509"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criminal penalty</header><text>Any person that willfully violates this section or a regulation under this section shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10C694A2201545DF9219E48B68FA8732"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denial of entry</header><text>The Secretary may deny entry into the United States to a vessel to which this section applies if the owner of the vessel—</text> <subparagraph id="H2C4073AC742B412E86734E668AE13EE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commits an act or omission for which a penalty may be imposed under this subsection; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67543583727746E1AEF72CFE617B357A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fails to pay a penalty imposed on the owner under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE3E680FBC0354970AF6F6E83325743C0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Within 6 months after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009, the Secretary shall issue guidelines, training curricula, and inspection and certification procedures necessary to carry out the requirements of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9A06FC1E260F470F9DD1123796E11170"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation and the Commandant shall each issue such regulations as are necessary to implement this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD09F40F66B644B97B98E59E8BB5892C8"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="H6B2B3449D5BC4C15995649C8863FB74D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This section and section 3508 apply to a passenger vessel (as defined in section 2101(22)) that—</text> <subparagraph id="H402BA0967A3B4ADE8F99AE8AC14C6D3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is authorized to carry at least 250 passengers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H46F09B5E54454DF0AC4CD280B8E808D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has onboard sleeping facilities for each passenger;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H012EEA1A7BB146709297F468A96E1BC8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is on a voyage that embarks or disembarks passengers in the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1C29B89E43543FD95BB622854DB9A88"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is not engaged on a coastwise voyage.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFF954922E7F4DBC9B9916DF71E5DBC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal and state vessels</header><text>This section and section 3508 do not apply to a vessel that is owned and operated by the United States Government or a vessel that is owned and operated by a State.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCB0C7625A97147899B3885BCFB348015"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Owner Defined</header><text>In this section and section 3508, the term <term>owner</term> means the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or other individual in charge of a vessel.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H476B316D77FA4C02A3F7359678211E45"><enum>3508.</enum><header>Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crew members</header> <subsection id="H729F200CC0F0442B8ECFA87B504B7BBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maritime Administrator, shall develop training standards and curricula to allow for the certification of passenger vessel security personnel, crew members, and law enforcement officials on the appropriate methods for prevention, detection, evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities in the international maritime environment. The Administrator of the Maritime Administration may certify organizations in the United States and abroad that offer the curriculum for training and certification under subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8CB77E69EC5A4E5EAF6A3FA85CA58E99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum Standards</header><text>The standards established by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HA8A859C8C7EA464F964B1156BC0BBE8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the training and certification of vessel security personnel, crew members, and law enforcement officials in accordance with accepted law enforcement and security guidelines, policies, and procedures, including recommendations for incorporating a background check process for personnel trained and certified in foreign countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76E0099BA9014F0B95D7DCB297431C57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the training of students and instructors in all aspects of prevention, detection, evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities in the international maritime environment; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82787C4CA3D643418A24FEDB0FB13B93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the provision or recognition of off-site training and certification courses in the United States and foreign countries to develop and provide the required training and certification described in subsection (a) and to enhance security awareness and security practices related to the preservation of evidence in response to crimes on board passenger vessels.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3409709F127846B58E7A09BB2B377198"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification Requirement</header><text>Beginning 2 years after the standards are established under subsection (b), no vessel to which this section applies may enter a United States port on a voyage (or voyage segment) on which a United States citizen is a passenger unless there is at least 1 crew member onboard who is certified as having successfully completed training in the prevention, detection, evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities in the international maritime environment on passenger vessels under subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H39E4E19242944329B2623EBA5C72F96D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interim Training Requirement</header><text>No vessel to which this section applies may enter a United States port on a voyage (or voyage segment) on which a United States citizen is a passenger unless there is at least 1 crew member onboard who has been properly trained in the prevention, detection, evidence preservation and the reporting requirements of criminal activities in the international maritime environment. The owner of such a vessel shall maintain certification or other documentation, as prescribed by the Secretary, verifying the training of such individual and provide such documentation upon request for inspection in connection with enforcement of the provisions of this section. This subsection shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act of 2009 and shall remain in effect until superseded by the requirements of subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9E46F0A8AEE243C08A16D64416D0659D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Civil Penalty</header><text>Any person that violates this section or a regulation under this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD848317A2FA14E62834C80C8BE760D21"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Denial of Entry</header><text>The Secretary may deny entry into the United States to a vessel to which this section applies if the owner of the vessel—</text> <paragraph id="H9FAA40D7BA3249E88049CA1123A72A35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>commits an act or omission for which a penalty may be imposed under subsection (e); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8CC8BF4BF58488E8B56AD83FDDE9D58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fails to pay a penalty imposed on the owner under subsection (e).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H532BFABEC576495D86F086365E5280B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of contents for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF1AD40FF9FE84920AD41FE01F646EFD9" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">3507. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">3508. Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crew members.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H2CB03D7585B04A3797423346DBA12100"><enum>904.</enum><header>Study and report on the security needs of passenger vessels</header> <subsection id="H84A3A88CA835441087A97CA16BF69815"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Within 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating shall conduct a study of the security needs of passenger vessels depending on number of passengers on the vessels, and report to the Congress findings of the study and recommendations for improving security on those vessels.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC000810A217748E8BC922833E6618C94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report Contents</header><text>In recommending appropriate security on those vessels, the report shall take into account typical crew member shifts, working conditions of crew members, and length of voyages.</text></subsection></section> <enum>X</enum><header>United States Mariner Protection</header> <section id="H897E05DBD6314EBFB3FBD485116D3D58" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>United States Mariner and Vessel Protection Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HE4974C00A35D48A2A870B712A360054B"><enum>1002.</enum><header> Use force against piracy</header> <subsection id="H809764695E7E4955B4F6C93C05027EA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 81 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5790155E310345ED85B20663AC32B2BB" style="USC"> <section id="H7B98DD1D49F64CE8AB43A339EF29E3E4"><enum>8107.</enum><header>Use of force against piracy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An owner, operator, time charterer, master, or mariner who uses force, or authorizes the use of force, to defend a vessel of the United States against an act of piracy shall not be liable for any injury or death caused by such force to any person participating in the act of piracy.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H8DBB31F4D5324219925E7633732E41A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD110A3DF00554EE18805C41E70117B84" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8107. Use of force against piracy.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H4E047312302D4807A21D8A3AB7D5A19A"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To carry out the purpose of this title, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall work through the International Maritime Organization to establish agreements to promote coordinated action among flag- and port-states to deter, protect against, and rapidly respond to acts of piracy against the vessels of, and in the waters under the jurisdiction of, those nations, and to ensure limitations on liability similar to those established by section 8107 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by this title.</text></section> <enum>XI</enum><header>Port Security</header> <section id="HDC4614700AAC42ECA1E0C062CB110659"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Maritime homeland security public awareness program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a program to help prevent acts of terrorism and other activities that jeopardize maritime homeland security, by seeking the cooperation of the commercial and recreational boating industries and the public to improve awareness of activity in the maritime domain and report suspicious or unusual activity.</text></section> <section id="H459E1739BC00457BA545754859EADEE3"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Transportation Worker Identification Credential</header> <subsection id="HDA9A0859623E4C4599FC13F0167CE6B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after completing the pilot program under section 70105(k)(1) of title 46, United States Code, to test TWIC access control technologies at port facilities and vessels nationwide, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and to the Comptroller General a report containing an assessment of the results of the pilot. The report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H01EE54978DC84B8EB25CCAC42E9CF0DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of the pilot program with respect to key technical and operational aspects of implementing TWIC technologies in the maritime sector;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86F6528753884DFBBF3DFD3C9D4A7C9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a comprehensive listing of the extent to which established metrics were achieved during the pilot program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE49D012731A746BBB9EE580DAB7B2E07"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of the viability of those technologies for use in the maritime environment, including any challenges to implementing those technologies and strategies for mitigating identified challenges.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7DA5E86B10564FF0911A7A4F2131C320"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO assessment</header><text>The Comptroller General shall review the report and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the report’s findings and recommendations.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HADF039A6C38B4D79B120555B66F5A849"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Review of interagency operational centers</header> <subsection id="H229AB4EBF8564FC7A8904436F165FAC8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General shall provide a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate concerning the establishment of Interagency Operational Centers for Port Security required by section 108 of the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109–347).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H393969129A3C4519BD5D25AD8945142C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H7EB39B16DF45467EBE3E080B26B08CB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an examination of the Department’s efforts to establish the Interagency Operational Centers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DE835A8F01B4F95A1D4DD630DEBAE14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a timeline for construction;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2806190B225C4418A0E5ECD2339B9521"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a detailed breakdown, by center, as to the incorporation of those representatives required by section 70107A(b)(3) of title 46, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H812B7A622404455FBE442267609BB014"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an analysis of the hurdles faced by the Department in developing these centers; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB53CBED7D7E4B3485C86971CDAE7C44"><enum>(5)</enum><text>information on the number of security clearances attained by State, local, and tribal officials participating in the program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB7B2918ADEC4508B4A61E7655162E96"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an examination of the relationship between the Interagency Operational Centers and State, local and regional fusion centers participating in the Department of Homeland Security’s State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative under section 511 of the Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53), with a particular emphasis on—</text> <subparagraph id="H1B842C106F5F408AB4151ADB731AD44C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the centers collaborate and coordinate their efforts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79088060061D441FBEA97D21543DB6E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the resources allocated by the Coast Guard to both initiatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HDC28A9C472FB41CEA6872A7A428ADF67"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Maritime security response teams</header> <subsection id="HCA8B4253F4514B2D808B363E0191D5FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 70106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD0C44E7B67EE42A8AE60B1B810408F1C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5F3D136112534B5BA45338EBB0D06CBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maritime security response teams</header> <paragraph id="HDEA274D518F14DC5AC6B6070E65325E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the maritime safety and security teams, the Secretary shall establish no less than two maritime security response teams to act as the Coast Guard’s rapidly deployable counterterrorism and law enforcement response units that can apply advanced interdiction skills in response to threats of maritime terrorism.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD827902AEC714897BEBB7D36AF674BF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimization of response time</header><text>The maritime security response teams shall be stationed in such a way to minimize, to the extent practicable, the response time to any reported maritime terrorist threat.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H92AFE355C6484395833BC181B1FDA339"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination with other agencies</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, each maritime safety and security team and maritime security response team shall coordinate its activities with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and emergency response agencies.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H237C4DBC94EC41908BBEACE275C0E016"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Coast Guard detection canine team program expansion</header> <subsection id="HDDACFDBE87F344EA8C999E35AFE93FED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H8C892DB1A2184E8F826D7300ABA67A05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Canine detection team</header><text>The term <quote>detection canine team</quote> means a canine and a canine handler that are trained to detect narcotics or explosives, or other threats as defined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD104D81E11C45308B654739E22C6D76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6EE87526028B4136BB253885FBA99414"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Detection canine teams</header> <paragraph id="HB360B6DF56704F6DA85313AF769BFB4E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Increased capacity</header><text>Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H02AE20422BA74B04A92A7348D0C4A358"><enum>(A)</enum><text>begin to increase the number of detection canine teams certified by the Coast Guard for the purposes of maritime-related security by no fewer than 10 canine teams annually through fiscal year 2012; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB052F6E066FD49688172E37EF7A4B8AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage owners and operators of port facilities, passenger cruise liners, oceangoing cargo vessels, and other vessels identified by the Secretary to strengthen security through the use of highly trained detection canine teams.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B6D4AD44C61450EAF3074C69C25E3FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Canine procurement</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H377B90C2677A47C4A3589BA55040BC22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>procure detection canine teams as efficiently as possible, including, to the greatest extent possible, through increased domestic breeding, while meeting the performance needs and criteria established by the Commandant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F86BB07B0B3484EA8C7951A862F930C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support expansion and upgrading of existing canine training facilities operated by the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8BF9D5265C18447CAB0478D3C5A48B0E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as appropriate, partner with other Federal, State, or local agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, or the private sector to increase the breeding and training capacity for Coast Guard canine detection teams.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEF670AB186974B5B9BA942A28235709A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deployment</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize deployment of the additional canine teams to ports based on risk, consistent with the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–347).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4F7498D8248D42418155298537F05A0C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5F521D8A976349218771DC62CE95C5FE"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Coast Guard port assistance program</header> <subsection id="H23E68FDE718941A3B1255CAC2A60A4CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H06C189B532C7407DA64925A3865C2C10" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFC21AB2611024DC991EDD0F48CF80A44"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coast Guard Assistance Program</header> <paragraph id="HE937C1B200254EA78FF904A27B1033CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may lend, lease, donate, or otherwise provide equipment, and provide technical training and support, to the owner or operator of a foreign port or facility—</text> <subparagraph id="H9E04A8BAC6654C4581A85C57B2C02A5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assist in bringing the port or facility into compliance with applicable International Ship and Port Facility Code standards;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97447A38B27F488CB6182A1AA525CA90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assist the port or facility in meeting standards established under section 70109A of this chapter; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5249485664ED404B972EA6331C200587"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to assist the port or facility in exceeding the standards described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D03454A478F4F6BB82464B265FF621F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H4BD0160FF42C4B42B98203B0FB5CF89D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide such assistance based upon an assessment of the risks to the security of the United States and the inability of the owner or operator of the port or facility otherwise to bring the port or facility into compliance with those standards and to maintain compliance with them;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B6751037B784754B1228AFBFEA8212E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not provide such assistance unless the port or facility has been subjected to a comprehensive port security assessment by the Coast Guard or a third party entity certified by the Secretary under section 70110A(b) to validate foreign port or facility compliance with International Ship and Port Facility Code standards; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC7D32C6562EC43AF84EF97A33E969DB7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may only lend, lease, or otherwise provide equipment that the Secretary has first determined is not required by the Coast Guard for the performance of its missions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H46AB893817AA45C4987FC9D4C39668F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety and security assistance for foreign ports</header> <paragraph id="HA9BA410FA3A042B586E69C84D32AD921"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Section 70110(e)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: <quote>The Secretary shall establish a strategic plan to utilize those assistance programs to assist ports and facilities that are found by the Secretary under subsection (a) not to maintain effective antiterrorism measures in the implementation of port security antiterrorism measures.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A9A67E57EA84F5799EE2644298D3FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming Amendments</header> <subparagraph id="HB14A54ACB1E54757AA1D297D1ED01B64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 70110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <clause id="H0103EA4F621241B587DFD4490F273858"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="USC">or facilities</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="USC">ports</header-in-text></quote> in the section heading;</text></clause> <clause id="H8FD274926BA04FA5AE5804B9A87F8060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or facility</quote> after <quote>port</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB3963C1461A24EDB986E8B9F91D535A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Ports</header-in-text></quote> in the heading for subsection (e) and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Ports, Facilities,</header-in-text></quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19D06A1CCF664A3895DB8BF0A50C983C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The chapter analysis for chapter 701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 70110 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H686D46127D774225977FDBC3DAC26681"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">70110. Actions and assistance for foreign ports or facilities and United States territories</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9F99C9CF37FB40258BD3F63EF498BA93" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Maritime biometric identification</header> <subsection id="H9AD778F020324CC08A9F5C93019E0B5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall conduct, in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC00318D926B6480D80B95FD23D40FE68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure the program required in this section is coordinated with other biometric identification programs within the Department of Homeland Security.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAF773B09A4AB4806B05EA7EFB7320716"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost analysis</header><text>Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an analysis of the cost of expanding the Coast Guard’s biometric identification capabilities for use by the Coast Guards Deployable Operations Group, cutters, stations, and other deployable maritime teams considered appropriate by the Secretary, and any other appropriate Department of Homeland Security maritime vessels and units. The analysis may include a tiered plan for the deployment of this program that gives priority to vessels and units more likely to encounter individuals suspected of making illegal border crossings through the maritime environment.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H303642400D384042ACE1DC8715709FFC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <quote>biometric identification</quote> means use of fingerprint and digital photography images.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H20F4CCA89E954F9E8E2C302EED3B2A1D"><enum>1108.</enum><header>Review of potential threats</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report analyzing the threat, vulnerability, and consequence of a terrorist attack on gasoline and chemical cargo shipments in port activity areas in the United States.</text></section> <section id="H8C2D8499B49041E288CE151118231FE3"><enum>1109.</enum><header>Port security pilot</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a pilot program to test and deploy preventive radiological or nuclear detection equipment on Coast Guard vessels and other locations in select port regions to enhance border security and for other purposes. The pilot program shall leverage existing Federal grant funding to support this program and the procurement of additional equipment.</text></section> <section id="H587F87ED1CA64579B9EAA13647AEA71E"><enum>1110.</enum><header> Seasonal workers</header> <subsection id="HAA46146C37F246FB8EFA6188DB95A6BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the effects that the Transportation Worker Identification Card (in this section referred to as <quote>TWIC</quote>) required by section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, has on companies that employ seasonal employees.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDBDCD8DF588F409787C73F4C36A6D58C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the results of the study, including—</text> <paragraph id="H980E9274374040A1B30CE63965AF1EBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>costs associated in requiring seasonal employees to obtain TWIC cards on companies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEAC8C0C946B4C3FB12BCD2D954DADFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether the Coast Guard and Transportation Security Administration are processing TWIC applications quickly enough for seasonal workers to obtain TWIC certification;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB19BA73B4884BBFAB38AFADC4160BB4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether TWIC compliance costs or other factors have led to a reduction in service;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3682FD31DCF94028B8CF22DA9DBF448F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impact of TWIC on the recruiting and hiring of seasonal and other temporary employees; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8961C5F2EB464FAF9EC0D143807B8191"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of possible alternatives to TWIC certification that may be used for seasonal employees including any security vulnerabilities created by those alternatives.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE2EC112B46504C1DAB897CA6CD5890A7" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1111.</enum><header>Comparative risk assessment of vessel-based and facility-based liquefied natural gas regasification processes</header> <subsection id="H609DC26CF9B84A60B5B1AD106559E4FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall enter into an arrangement for the performance of an independent study to conduct a comparative risk assessment examining the relative safety and security risk associated with vessel-based and facility-based liquefied natural gas regasification processes conducted within 3 miles from land versus such processes conducted more than 3 miles from land.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H843AAAC0CF5F4A62AF9476EAB2EEDA34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant, shall provide a report on the findings and conclusions of the study required by this section to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H648CCA2085C343D99131954365EA91A7" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1112.</enum><header>Pilot Program for fingerprinting of maritime workers</header> <subsection id="H509DD9C30D2F4E53A4ABB1EB4026D31E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish procedures providing for an individual who is required to be fingerprinted for purposes of obtaining a transportation security card under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, to be fingerprinted at any facility operated by or under contract with an agency of the Department of Homeland Security that fingerprints the public for the Department.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H96DBF156EEE84C27B9030D666479BCF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>This section expires on December 31, 2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB2CF5E208F4F4CA1B7DC144C712CD2ED" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Transportation security cards on vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 70105(b)(2) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3FF3FADA9D2545E9864FB30A6BE492A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting after <quote>title</quote> the following: <quote>allowed unescorted access to a secure area designated in a vessel security plan approved under section 70103 of this title</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H347BE89DB9B047CA97DF814881AD18B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting after <quote>tank vessel</quote> the following: <quote>allowed unescorted access to a secure area designated in a vessel security plan approved under section 70103 of this title</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H7B3C6D5C6BE049258662D4896F2E4EE2"><enum>1114.</enum><header>International labor study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of methods to conduct a background security investigation of an individual who possesses a biometric identification card that complies with International Labor Convention number 185 that are equivalent to the investigation conducted on individuals applying for a visa to enter the United States. The Comptroller General shall submit a report on the study within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. </text></section> <section id="HEEDCC82F288348AEA845F05A02AA66BC"><enum>1115.</enum><header>Maritime Security Advisory Committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 70112 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H156A6FB5103F4B41823E42B75CB7EB62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b)(5) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HC008C263BABE4982940D5668A18793F3" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H747BBFA47899452BA2DF8F6959508601" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph id="HB4559DC4F3E2461BB50F3FA3F48DC713" display-inline="yes-display-inline" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee shall be composed of—</text> <clause id="HACAF6AFF00874DCFBC48D8CFE0111A65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the port authorities;</text></clause> <clause id="HE4A465F965924B03B5BA0983FB7B8DCE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the facilities owners or operators;</text></clause> <clause id="H5C787BE65A5D4B0BB942A9C5F60F757E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the terminal owners or operators;</text></clause> <clause id="HFD16DFA06FEB4418AF88A5BEE957891B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the vessel owners or operators;</text></clause> <clause id="HE5DCAB752DB94E5B9839F8155C279D4D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the maritime labor organizations;</text></clause> <clause id="H87B6230542A54FEB8364A9A92E2E3F1D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the academic community;</text></clause> <clause id="H4D44F60CC7664BCCAF91F11E36C2EFE2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of State or local governments; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4235176D1BB14B508241D440E2E9E8DB"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>at least 1 individual who represents the interests of the maritime industry.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF95815D96DD14E24A4C1F5379685917B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee shall be composed of individuals who represents the interests of the port industry, terminal operators, port labor organizations, and other users of the port areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C5B37AC326C48A9B7BFF55C447A7131"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF91DD25E0D4C47C1B32D995F857E4DFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>2008;</quote> and inserting <quote>2010;</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5DB0611EBB641FAB24D46C3E6C27EF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by repealing paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7765DBB67124493D9A966BF4B5A832CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE5F706B8AEB342A0803B1D4AB8008DF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF38FCC6AECE04452A8382589CC137803" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1116.</enum><header>Seamen’s shoreside access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each facility security plan approved under section 70103(c) 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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AEAC72DED064510AE793FC1E0121C46" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1117.</enum><header>Waterside security around especially hazardous material terminals and tankers</header> <subsection id="H63D997BE45B64593846BFD33201EB380"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement of security zones</header><text>Consistent with other provisions of Federal law, any security zone established by the Coast Guard around a tanker containing an especially hazardous material shall be enforced by the Coast Guard. If the Coast Guard must enforce multiple simultaneous security zones, the Coast Guard shall allocate resources so as to deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident (as that term is defined in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8BB834AD37544A948DD52A6ED141FEE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on reliance on State and local government</header><text>Any security arrangement approved as part of a facility security plan approved after the date of enactment of this Act under section 70103 of title 46, United States Code, to assist in the enforcement of any security zone established by the Coast Guard around a tanker containing an especially hazardous material, or around an especially hazardous material terminal on or adjacent to the navigable waters of the United States and served by tankers carrying especially hazardous materials, may not be based upon the provision of security by a State or local government unless the State or local government has entered into a contract, cooperative agreement, or other arrangement with the terminal operator to provide such services and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, ensures that the waterborne patrols operated as part of that security arrangement by a State or local government have the training, resources, personnel, equipment, and experience necessary to deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident (as that term is defined in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC8C5C4A0987049A9852AB9DA756A8954"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination required for new terminals</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, may not approve a facility security plan under section 70103 of title 46, United States Code, for a new especially hazardous material terminal the construction of which is begun after the date of enactment of this Act unless the Secretary determines that the Coast Guard sector in which the terminal is located has available the resources, including State and local government resources in accordance with subsection (b), to carry out the navigation and maritime security risk management measures identified by the Coast Guard pursuant to the Ports and Waterways Safety Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC29DCC1332F043FDACCF24FC18EC28FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Especially hazardous material defined</header><text>The term <quote>especially hazardous material</quote> means anhydrous ammonia, ammonium nitrate, chlorine, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any other substance identified by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating as an especially hazardous material.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H9A9E55DDE9DA411BA17B05AE69C751F7" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1118.</enum><header>Review of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities</header> <subsection id="H715A2AD203A4477E861E1BC1C7581B0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notice of determination</header><text>Consistent with other provisions of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security must notify the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission when a determination is made that the waterway to a proposed waterside liquefied natural gas facility is suitable or unsuitable for the marine traffic associated with such facility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0C61E47FF2BD47AABB8FFDE06D43DA82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission response</header><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall respond to the Secretary’s determination under subsection (a) by informing the Secretary within 90 days of notification or at the conclusion of any available appeal process, whichever is later, of what action the Commission has taken, pursuant to its authorities under the Natural Gas Act, regarding a proposal to construct and operate a waterside liquefied natural gas facility subject to a determination made under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H89213162764247F0BDA12B883BD88B41"><enum>1119.</enum><header>Use of secondary authentication for transportation security cards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may use a secondary authentication system for individuals applying for transportation security cards when fingerprints are not able to be taken or read to enhance transportation security.</text></section> <section id="H482FD51A26BC46129E648AAF0BC45850"><enum>1120.</enum><header>Report on State and local law enforcement augmentation of Coast Guard resources with respect to security zones and United States ports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the extent to which State and local law enforcement entities are augmenting Coast Guard resources by enforcing Coast Guard-imposed security zones around vessels transiting to, through, or from United States ports and conducting port security patrols. At a minimum, the report shall specify–</text> <paragraph id="HED6AFB3F16554EAC92301DCC5F714DB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of ports in which State and local law enforcement entities are providing any services to enforce Coast Guard-imposed security zones around vessels transiting to, through, or from United States ports or to conduct security patrols in United States ports;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B1383B3528E428D8A42FAD551CE7789"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of formal agreements entered into between the Coast Guard and State and local law enforcement entities to engage State and local law enforcement entities in the enforcement of Coast Guard-imposed security zones around vessels transiting to, through, or from United States ports or the conduct of port security patrols in United States ports, the duration of those agreements, and the aid that State and local entities are engaged to provided through these agreements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F2443148AD7416D817A721A41BE9EB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to which the Coast Guard has set national standards for training, equipment, and resources to ensure that State and local law enforcement entities engaged in enforcing Coast Guard-imposed security zones around vessels transiting to, through, or from United States ports or in conducting port security patrols in United States ports (or both) can deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident (as that term is defined in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14516B9E47DF480CB45AB6C5B4DA2FC8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to which the Coast Guard has assessed the ability of State and local law enforcement entities to carry out the security assignments which they have been engaged to perform, including their ability to meet any national standards for training, equipment, and resources that have been established by the Coast Guard in order to ensure that these entities can deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident (as that term is defined in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H26CF7747AE2E45A28A623B7E965A5E73"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to which State and local law enforcement entities are able to meet national standards for training, equipment, and resources established by the Coast Guard to ensure that those entities can deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident (as that term is defined in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CBA78BC7439477FB9E98B3A5C41DC38"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the differences in law enforcement authority, and particularly boarding authority, between the Coast Guard and State and local law enforcement entities, and the impact that these differences have on the ability of State and local law enforcement entities to provide the same level of security that the Coast Guard provides during the enforcement of Coast Guard-imposed security zones and the conduct of security patrols in United States ports; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E62AFC934AA48C9B12B1A7826C58BE9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the extent of resource, training, and equipment differences between State and local law enforcement entities and the Coast Guard units engaged in enforcing Coast Guard-imposed security zones around vessels transiting to, through, or from United States ports or conducting security patrols in United States ports.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H6605AA2E42384C2CBD2088A3786BC6A5"><enum>1121.</enum><header>Assessment of transportation security card enrollment sites</header> <subsection id="H57F2FE12CEAC4FA080C94B2CED15F983"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall prepare an assessment of the enrollment sites for transportation security cards issued under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, including—</text> <paragraph id="H38E3A6F8CBDE4DB69D27367C3D61309E"><enum>(1)</enum><text> the feasibility of keeping those enrollment sites open after September 23, 2009; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2504F93EF604464983A87B1AF0BB1457"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quality of customer service, including the periods of time individuals are kept on hold on the telephone, whether appointments are kept, and processing times for applications.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H07AA2D3C41444F14A33B6A4D3066C658"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timelines and benchmarks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop timelines and benchmarks for implementing the findings of the assessment as the Secretary deems necessary.</text></subsection></section> <enum>XII</enum><header>Alien smuggling</header> <section id="H71929C1FA2CE45769CA02152A90ACC31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HA3285CB873DF44959FEAF88399E4AB69" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="H0D7F35F28D824380AEA1A89486D78E0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alien smuggling by land, air and sea is a transnational crime that violates the integrity of United States borders, compromises our Nation's sovereignty, places the country at risk of terrorist activity, and contravenes the rule of law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA3FFD9EA2EE4B2EB8A308F8314C5FA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Aggressive enforcement activity against alien smuggling is needed to protect our borders and ensure the security of our Nation. The border security and anti-smuggling efforts of the men and women on the Nation's front line of defense are to be commended. Special recognition is due the Department of Homeland Security through the United States Border Patrol, United States Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Department of Justice through the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H88644A83B2B44360944EE9D401BF5AD7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The law enforcement community must be given the statutory tools necessary to address this security threat. Only through effective alien smuggling statutes can the Justice Department, through the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Domestic Security Section of the Criminal Division, prosecute these cases successfully.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60167CAE49174D21BB6D6890FE73C683"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Alien smuggling has a destabilizing effect on border communities. State and local law enforcement, medical personnel, social service providers, and the faith community play important roles in combating smuggling and responding to its effects.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H432DBEF8F8254176BF0BBCF11D693AEE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Existing penalties for alien smuggling are insufficient to provide appropriate punishment for alien smugglers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFCD0A72758E849449090610FA93E76BD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Existing alien smuggling laws often fail to reach the conduct of alien smugglers, transporters, recruiters, guides, and boat captains.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC2960E104DC41D48C191C4DF5CC1615"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Existing laws concerning failure to heave to are insufficient to appropriately punish boat operators and crew who engage in the reckless transportation of aliens on the high seas and seek to evade capture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B0A50D56AB64C50BA89B5601ED678AD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Much of the conduct in alien smuggling rings occurs outside of the United States. Extraterritorial jurisdiction is needed to ensure that smuggling rings can be brought to justice for recruiting, sending, and facilitating the movement of those who seek to enter the United States without lawful authority.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5F38861346B4497AAE398DA3A083ACC"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Alien smuggling can include unsafe or recklessly dangerous conditions that expose individuals to particularly high risk of injury or death.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H5C1725F8B53A48B99D96144682C804F6"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Checks against terrorist watchlist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to the extent practicable, check against all available terrorist watchlists those persons suspected of alien smuggling and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at the land, air, and sea borders of the United States.</text></section> <section id="H8B8AF085B5094EEDA54D6385BE2E936B"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Strengthening prosecution and punishment of alien smugglers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5BFBB4B004E74BCFA9F67AD0D51CE267"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Bringing In, Harboring, and Smuggling of Unlawful and Terrorist Aliens.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9251F7996974B2192BD2A124B1181D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraphs (1) through (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5053BF153AF740579B8572295D8566B3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H59B9C958D54E4FF49FFD304DCE6204E8" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph id="H1CD274EA175D4CA5A0233531E71F59FA" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an individual is an alien who lacks lawful authority to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowingly—</text> <clause id="HA784606E2E22414BB46983CDA4DB18FD" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">brings that individual to the United States in any manner whatsoever regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such individual;</text></clause> <clause id="H7203E420737E428EA312A5ED98A89862" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recruits, encourages, or induces that individual to come to, enter, or reside in the United States;</text></clause> <clause id="H95797D8237B64E9383685B9838F43DF1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transports or moves that individual in the United States, in furtherance of their unlawful presence; or</text></clause> <clause id="H53BBC03D463049C5B3FF8A05E5DC43BC" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>harbors, conceals, or shields from detection the individual in any place in the United States, including any building or any means of transportation; </text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (C).</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A7C36B42FE34E55831973A0E975ACFA" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whoever, knowing that an individual is an alien, brings that individual to the United States in any manner whatsoever at a place, other than a designated port of entry or place designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, regardless of whether such individual has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such individual, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (C). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B52B81663054D91951AE3D7637F4A6E" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever commits an offense under this paragraph shall, for each individual in respect to whom such a violation occurs—</text> <clause id="H952785E1EA514BCEAB321EE8C7F7249A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the offense results in the death of any person, be fined under title 18, United States Code, and subject to the penalty of death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life;</text></clause> <clause id="H16F33FAF2D694AB1A73A22186C32F80C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense involves kidnapping, an attempt to kidnap, the conduct required for aggravated sexual abuse (as defined in section 2241 of title 18, United States Code, without regard to where it takes place), or an attempt to commit such abuse, or an attempt to kill, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both;</text></clause> <clause id="H20EB27B0DACA49158D685EE35CED7486"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense involves an individual who the defendant knew was engaged in or intended to engage in terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)), be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both; </text></clause> <clause id="H3E197BA647A34AF5931EE772334349BE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18, United States Code) or places in jeopardy the life of any person, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both;</text></clause> <clause id="HC90F19BB5C6B4DD789A2A32A445B0813"><enum>(v)</enum><text>if the offense is a violation of paragraph (1)(A)(i) and was committed for the purpose of profit, commercial advantage, or private financial gain, or if the offense was committed with the intent or reason to believe that the individual unlawfully brought into the United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned, in the case of a first or second violation, not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years;</text></clause> <clause id="H76166A9EBFD54E1FB1CD3DEE9955DD1D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense is a violation of paragraphs (1)(A)(ii), (iii), or (iv), or paragraph (1)(B), and was committed for the purpose of profit, commercial advantage, or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;</text></clause> <clause id="HAB615D03DEC24176A2FDE65E70C23D13"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>if the offense involves the transit of the defendant’s spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or niece or nephew, and the offense is not described in any of clauses (i) through (vi), be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3D1CEA4C8152430EB9BF8A985247BD54"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in any other case, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A93FB7ABD594BA1A8371D78F78EF32C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="H1756B29B123042E28755B2478F93A327" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over the offenses described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7CE4F8F3FB54DF1B42A1961D93A6E53" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In a prosecution for a violation of, or an attempt or conspiracy to violate, subsection (a)(1)(A)(i), (a)(1)(A)(ii), or (a)(1)(B), that occurs on the high seas, no defense based on necessity can be raised unless the defendant—</text> <clause id="H6371378DE9DA48AC81FFD38D10F2A639"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as soon as practicable, reported to the Coast Guard the circumstances of the necessity, and if a rescue is claimed, the name, description, registry number, and location of the vessel engaging in the rescue; and</text></clause> <clause id="H97B9993A4C904FB8925CC8A61869EE9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>did not bring, attempt to bring, or in any manner intentionally facilitate the entry of any alien into the land territory of the United States without lawful authority, unless exigent circumstances existed that placed the life of that alien in danger, in which case the reporting requirement set forth in clause (i) is satisfied by notifying the Coast Guard as soon as practicable after delivering the alien to emergency medical or law enforcement personnel ashore.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C4FC735DD514399B1F9AEDDD38DA207" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>It is not a violation of, or an attempt or conspiracy to violate, clause (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (1)(A), or paragraph (1)(A)(ii) (except if a person recruits, encourages, or induces an alien to come to or enter the United States), for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States, or the agents or officer of such denomination or organization, to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B2385069C8845D0B3EB9FB5828D3945" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HD282AC00E18B4C158BD4E5665452AB3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term <quote>United States</quote> means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States; and</text></clause> <clause id="H359382C631EE49E28BE45656739697A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <quote>lawful authority</quote> means permission, authorization, or waiver that is expressly provided for in the immigration laws of the United States or the regulations prescribed under those laws and does not include any such authority secured by fraud or otherwise obtained in violation of law or authority that has been sought but not approved.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H3326139CB0A548558AF857B5094B2F9A"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Maritime law enforcement</header> <subsection id="HE21D475D64C74D3489CB3477452B0120"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 2237 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H36B3C43AD5B94C3A9542404854D7D754" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4BF27E14D03F4F8DADCF2DB6043F9EC2"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever intentionally violates this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC5F773DECC3349FAAC9E7E39D1021060"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense results in death or involves kidnapping, an attempt to kidnap, the conduct required for aggravated sexual abuse (as defined in section 2241 without regard to where it takes place), or an attempt to commit such abuse, or an attempt to kill, be fined under such title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31AEC02FA2F34950BC2724036CE9A518"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the offense results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title) or transportation under inhumane conditions, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H327450618F184406A0CC4CE6103BF901"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if the offense is committed in the course of a violation of section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (alien smuggling); chapter 77 (peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons), section 111 (shipping), 111A (interference with vessels), 113 (stolen property), or 117 (transportation for illegal sexual activity) of this title; chapter 705 (maritime drug law enforcement) of title 46, or title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (Chapter 30; 40 Stat. 220), be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69E0BE166B724E6C8A54128851AC93C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in any other case, be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H9573A3A4B209462BB12B94E1A2639934"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on necessity defense</header><text>Section 2237(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H36AE9FD6A4FE464399574E000278FC7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(c)</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23464F1C927243A28CA437C83DA237F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3F240DAA745A444898EB5DAAAD8BFF03" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H60DB906D636E4F97AA50F162AC1B90E7" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In a prosecution for a violation of this section, no defense based on necessity can be raised unless the defendant—</text> <subparagraph id="H42E0F02E5AE649F5A4488DEB2D1FE0E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as soon as practicable upon reaching shore, delivered the person with respect to which the necessity arose to emergency medical or law enforcement personnel;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A16E0D05457468FAB5594BBEABFECA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as soon as practicable, reported to the Coast Guard the circumstances of the necessity resulting giving rise to the defense; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE77849E912BB4C939D50F0802A365A67"><enum>(C)</enum><text>did not bring, attempt to bring, or in any manner intentionally facilitate the entry of any alien, as that term is defined in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(3)), into the land territory of the United States without lawful authority, unless exigent circumstances existed that placed the life of that alien in danger, in which case the reporting requirement of subparagraph (B) is satisfied by notifying the Coast Guard as soon as practicable after delivering that person to emergency medical or law enforcement personnel ashore.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H52024EC2987246E3B2851BF0268CDB22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2237(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAE39172CB5D84559BFC45EFFF31554AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01AB6562B4F94849866099BB825BFB3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAABF1961D1544DEF9CEC6A267EAC6D3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HEC3E480D07904DB2AC90237F9A37577A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H26697AA1B3024AE18AB6DBC127AC0D1E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>transportation under inhumane conditions</quote> means the transportation of persons in an engine compartment, storage compartment, or other confined space, transportation at an excessive speed, transportation of a number of persons in excess of the rated capacity of the means of transportation, or intentionally grounding a vessel in which persons are being transported. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3C82CD46EA104DFDBDEC137608FD6DEF"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Amendment to the sentencing guidelines</header> <subsection id="HA30C86F66F704F37BEF46C8D91C638E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with this section, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of alien smuggling offenses and criminal failure to heave to or obstruction of boarding.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFC8BD81B68F5476EA8877342090496C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Sentencing Commission, shall—</text> <paragraph id="HDD96EE913A6A451B9384AD2FA0E51B13"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider providing sentencing enhancements or stiffening existing enhancements for those convicted of offenses described in subsection (a) that—</text> <subparagraph id="H8145B9C0453C4627B4EB035EE5C4788C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involve a pattern of continued and flagrant violations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27B7F7BB2861455ABF1832EBBFB857B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84ABA42493314999A1FD519636E12199"><enum>(C)</enum><text>involve aliens who were transported in groups of 10 or more;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10FD6CBA8D4A44498C08DC5A77DA6B6A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>involve the transportation or abandonment of aliens in a manner that endangered their lives; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F5F44527C6D4E7C8707BD2D0D16E64D"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve the facilitation of terrorist activity; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14D19DFE50D743F7852DEAF48041987E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider cross-references to the guidelines for Criminal Sexual Abuse and Attempted Murder.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2A1D1697A51F4E8EA6A0FF0FC7261472"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited procedures</header><text>The Commission may promulgate the guidelines or amendments under this section in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority under that Act had not expired.</text></subsection></section> <enum>XIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA7FA357A020413CA5AD3DCD336A1907" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1301.</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="HE18966684DE8453FB8A44CA0CF264FC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAFF9320C49684D1DB0AFF39A0A9971FE"><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="HAC16D9A2D1134B85BAB4C017F6307746"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5B8745E03BC547BB8A6A47634B6F4FD7" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H8C518C4AC34340F08DA48126690D0FFC"><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="H037BDFC9294A4A76AB6BEF66E6283A14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10AE5C58CA7043B1AC664EF97977C6BC"><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="H2C648709088E4FA5A6B33E9DAF254527" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 12112 and chapter 551 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 following vessels:</text> <paragraph id="H3620356B76A34F20881C3925881F0A27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>OCEAN VERITAS (IMO Number 7366805).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF43C90D2A6BF416A894A86093156DC3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>MAYA (United States official number 11073).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4AB2697467E41FFB945F46BB2216E95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ZIPPER (State of New York regulation number NY3205EB).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H339AF5AA96504C82A6555386934F852F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>GULF DIVER IV (United States official number 553457).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B9FB44FCDF749C190ED1A160186EB2C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>M/V GEYSIR (United States official number 622178).</text></paragraph></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H289A4A6294954578B46743DC663D556A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1303.</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="H8CD0257067864A97BAB6E5C50B5183DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBF95700D072A4F24AC01CC170B9C5B21"><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="H1B6F856A0D9A40EDAA245769A14F19F2"><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="H6554D6FCA54E439695817ECD308B6BFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (D) and (G) by striking <quote>analyzes</quote> and inserting <quote>analyze</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1BC873054A1426BBD992CB4A1924C61"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (I);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H942EFC41F73148449C440DC69F03359B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3DCF0B3F55AA403FAFDAF25A45DB673A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H549C244E250A4C40BAE5F6B23BAB63F0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3ACDDD7E646049E1B9EE074A7CD5954A"><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="H9E3529A819BF4BFFBC081FD3ABA0C801"><enum>(L)</enum><text>examine the potential of expanded operations on the Great Lakes marine transportation system;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B8A04B5450042CD8FA4E8BC378A2736"><enum>(M)</enum><text>identify ways to include intelligent transportation applications into the Great Lakes marine transportation system;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8ECDCC56BE345059BEE427275114F56"><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="H2560D7FB863149C7A1A9D01A4E157AB6"><enum>(O)</enum><text>establish and maintain a model Great Lakes marine transportation system database; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB9CBD002230B412689D6C48271E29B68"><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="H59E5F506974344DC90196D075CF3689C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b)(4) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD5AB0EAECCCE4FEB9EBE6EA841823CE0" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H774DD892DC684E298236BE57E3F4406A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAAA9AB72D26F485788004E77F4E14E00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$2,400,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD23EBAF15EC84C31A7B200604EF6D89B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2011;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E33DEF9DB864EF1A5EA218FDE240DA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$2,600,000 for fiscal year 2012; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B855BBFFFBF4EB8A2350EDF9F31E8A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$2,700,000 for fiscal year 2013.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H3EBDB5973BDE46B6807B3D6273830DF1"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard Boat House, Nantucket, Massachusetts</header> <subsection id="H8399F12F16DA465FB3CF92F86A607B4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Station Brant Point Boat House</header> <paragraph id="H48428BAA4C614E07A9FEAFDF2B4CD7ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall convey to the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the buildings known as the Station Brant Point Boat House located at Coast Guard Station Brant Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts, for use for a public purpose.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA989E7DCDA2145E181C1FD05558ACED1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms of conveyance</header><text>A conveyance of the building under paragraph (1) shall be made—</text> <subparagraph id="HB025DF380B234923803F4E2427C5E150"><enum>(A)</enum><text>without the payment of consideration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2EC8F8BE43443FBA6826074BA76D315"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to appropriate terms and conditions the Secretary considers necessary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2CA3A6D1DED44A8BEDF59CE2586E006"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reversionary interest</header><text>All right, title, and interest in property conveyed under this subsection shall revert to the United States if any portion of the property is used other than for a public purpose.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBF6FD9FF04FE41F982C18A2C00F2B872"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lease</header> <paragraph id="HDCB1735CA6AC493CA2B709E90113CDE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall enter into a lease with the town of Nantucket that authorizes the town of Nantucket to occupy the land on which the buildings conveyed under subsection (a) are located, subject to appropriate terms and conditions the Secretary considers necessary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D0C3A9AD3134BFAA920C46F9F65DD39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lease term</header><text>A lease under this subsection shall not expire before January 31, 2033.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H58D9970F1029424DB1463D98F8373739"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination of lease</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the property leased under paragraph (1) is necessary for purposes of the Coast Guard, the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H16FD138C77E645DC937637EB5A201779"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may terminate the lease without payment of compensation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55CBF8382EB54852A6D9E758236022D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall provide the town of Nantucket not less than 12 months notice of the requirement to vacate the site and move the buildings conveyed under subsection (a) to another location.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H974982A9561C46E9BE62CDB576B18869" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Crew wages on passenger vessels</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H618ED549C1294CCDA04D1E63782E61CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign and Intercoastal voyages</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H04674B0ECC2546E1AA065D2716CD671C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cap on penalty wages</header><text>Section 10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H86F03BB02EC24D6595D0AF9907BCCFE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>When</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Subject to paragraph (2), when</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D8DECBD2E1A47E7A89FB03C8E4D991A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H665F2E528E0E484F8DF229B2C801526E" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H08BD326EFF85414C942328F80DE60E33" 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 commented="no" id="H8550A3FAE3354E3B86CB1C6E0805493F" 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 commented="no" id="HDDA78E66AD4B47E8B2F3AA1921A58B53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the end of the last voyage for which the wages are claimed; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB5E54D818DE647B594B177B4DCEBA66B"><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 commented="no" id="H6A63E1AA512F4E38849F8CC4753E6185"><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="HC6D8DCEB357C4619A0E6ADC9A31BA3DE" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HE1283A36F1D14ECAB177FB3DC42C98F6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deposits in seaman account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By written request signed by the seaman, a seaman employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers may authorize 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 commented="no" id="HD33879F3EDF54E7EAC8F8D84ED6BCFA2"><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 commented="no" id="H8E534A414155480FB5B9D2D8013E5FB7"><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 commented="no" id="H755D8F04177943BBB060178F304E20F2"><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 commented="no" id="H4FB3651D7BAD4A0986DD19D189E685E9"><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 commented="no" id="H05D7E7E784344E44B3EFF19CE3EEF600"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coastwise voyages</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H745BF56853F040CFA671EFC380372AC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cap on penalty wages</header><text>Section 10504(c) of such title is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H16FD2AB9E0874F26999020940A01957D"><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 commented="no" id="HC437605E761B4C31B7BA0319B692C331"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDBA4B0265BE4B45A4720D889A3226C7" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2A0F57EE158240778C10DC9122FF19B7" 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 commented="no" id="HAC1C4F95BB524FD0B675BB8193F78E2D" 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 commented="no" id="H7D1CE27EE2FE49F89168AE49B3A62E64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the end of the last voyage for which the wages are claimed; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H24FD1299FA904822B633F423DBD9D6EA"><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 commented="no" id="H6C67D69A10B74A7F9CB09A23A23CC1D9"><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="H998F9872E91042178FB252570908771C" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HC686F8E0E7664C25A472A23B4127822F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deposits in seaman account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On written request signed by the seaman, a seaman employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers may authorize, 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 commented="no" id="H33991F1447B949D88611FBDAEBFDAE81"><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 commented="no" id="H45A1891B9B9E45D8A89E59FEE990595B"><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 commented="no" id="H067CEC2CF0294BA198C4E2A553E49098"><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 commented="no" id="HD45ED25C52254EFFAF9634F011BD68A8"><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="HECBD14DC4D72442AA398F014F39AC3AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header> <subsection id="H19CE9884089740D983845B0CB5ACB1E7"><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 (Public Law 109–241), such Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H43CBBFFFDD8F4D2689BDBDA936047639"><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="H5A332140E0FD44B7B6BDC0E021C711F4"><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="H023C7B239F4542CA86FEF4A61DE0CAF1"><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="H3F0921DB46EB415EB0DCCCB1D97327A0"><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="H43F7B2160E844AB280A3F1AAEB882A6C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 902(e) (120 Stat. 567) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7103D84016B24FCABB58B388E3749527"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A99DE2161744F349C5186EBEAC440BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(A); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4E7449219984936A6B07C546DEFAE8E"><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="H24B50907290E48408010527D3A228068"><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="H44CC9A76C1E741CC891637617EEC53A2"><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="HE94681490DAC43D1906BD2DDCDCD6081"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section 902(h)(1) (120 Stat. 567)—</text> <subparagraph id="H19574D7B61CF40B495A8FCEB29205BA4"><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="H2EF3F8442E774765B9AD1A45EF31080D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting a period after <quote>Commandant of the Coast Guard</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0038FC6B716541F79D9EF888C0D67C5A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section 902(k) (120 Stat. 568) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H3A48B0B43F184CAC80F8E548A4415513"><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="H62E709581A614666A20D8407DCFB1C76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>491)</quote> and inserting <quote>494),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0FEED011175D4167BD3588200178231C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>each place it appears</quote> before <quote>and inserting</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> </subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCFC07FAADCCE4E2694033DDC10B9BD0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title 14</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7678A8DAEE4F49E484E66C91D136C779"><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="H8A06645E25514D2EAAEC0229D0E9C897"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for chapter 17 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="HE31E3C5195534767B5347E93123689A6"><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="H27BE6DEADBF74CE78A0539D9A1B6227D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Title 46</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB215544D7EE94156B3BC094B4BE84D62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The analysis for chapter 81 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="H99850B35F0B44243AC9EAA3C43B6FC36"><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="H13ADDCC4ACCF46EBA33605822DD7DC12"><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="H020CC10AD8CB48668DFBED995CDD8240"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Oil Pollution Act of 1990</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H928E7954F1014DDAAC27E30B7490317F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1004(a)(2) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(2)) is amended by striking the first comma following <quote>$800,000</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H817DE8F6773B404A842430300D4356B3"><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="H47913E3F6C0E4CD18E0BDF639167C65B"><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> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A0E2718D41148698AC46744C6EF21E9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1307.</enum><header>Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS</header> <subsection id="HA1365C017B84463C98BD894CF19C7DD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Upon the scheduled decommissioning of the Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that vessel to the USCG Cutter STORIS Museum and Maritime Education Center, LLC, located in the State of Alaska if the recipient—</text> <paragraph id="HBA572B23C9874F87A3FDB40A85997C36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>agrees—</text> <subparagraph id="HA9969A19F7774267BA2F20451A61E22B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to use the vessel for purposes of a museum and historical display;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB28A6167A93C46799E00B77F3D0E8FCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not to use the vessel for commercial transportation purposes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB034131AE9E4A9E9FEEE06D8A78185B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to make the vessel available to the United States Government if needed for use by the Commandant in time of war or a national emergency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1112911EAE946EDA49F8CA93F60B6C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to hold the Government harmless for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous materials, including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, after conveyance of the vessel, except for claims arising from the use by the Government under subparagraph (C);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H638B36E5EAC24222B79C44C4DE5E8CEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has funds available that will be committed to operate and maintain in good working condition the vessel conveyed, in the form of cash, liquid assets, or a written loan commitment and in an amount of at least $700,000; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CB5E0CF3E3F431C85E4FF5B17E6091A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>agrees to any other conditions the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF26BA8904FA14E5B8A7BE40057F9E8A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance and Delivery of Vessel</header> <paragraph id="H1360E28A19184F03926A7D2B3D0CC505"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maintenance</header><text>Before conveyance of the vessel under this section, the Commandant shall make, to the extent practical and subject to other Coast Guard mission requirements, every effort to maintain the integrity of the vessel and its equipment until the time of delivery.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD29ED7D9691A4571945FC30A7A74E8E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delivery</header><text>If a conveyance is made under this section, the Commandant shall deliver the vessel to a suitable mooring in the local area in its present condition.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EEC3EAFD5DD422CAF67E9B51B0EE087"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of conveyance</header><text>The conveyance of the vessel under this section shall not be considered a distribution in commerce for purposes of section 6(e) of Public Law 94–469 (15 U.S.C. 2605(e)).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC58A1F7D64B04FB5A2CD3429E16CA3E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other Excess Equipment</header><text>The Commandant may convey to the recipient of a conveyance under subsection (a) any excess equipment or parts from other decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for use to enhance the operability and function of the vessel conveyed under subsection (a) for purposes of a museum and historical display.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EF6CB7080134122BC7A30743F264932" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1308.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard HU–25 Falcon Jet aircraft</header> <subsection id="HF1F0E6C5E45348B289215DC5DEF11453"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To convey</header><text>Notwithstanding any other law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may convey to the Elizabeth City State University (in this section referred to as the <quote>University</quote>), a public university located in the State of North Carolina, without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in an HU–25 Falcon Jet aircraft under the administrative jurisdiction of the Coast Guard that the Commandant determines—</text> <paragraph id="H4F5F1501179342E1AA47735DA5A6E02B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is appropriate for use by the University; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H800DCFAE30104FA4B2734F5E74C2C422"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is excess to the needs of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H105AE434BC534C62BA7D344A08DA2003"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header> <paragraph id="H1BF13720784748C7AC37530E05B9AA2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition of conveying an aircraft to the University under subsection (a), the Commandant shall enter into an agreement with the University under which the University agrees—</text> <subparagraph id="H0987F5D28E964CF2B5D00123C176F7B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to utilize the aircraft for educational purposes or other public purposes as jointly agreed upon by the Commandant and the University before conveyance; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H901A0DB4DF55451381177E608A4A3C63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to hold the United States harmless for any claim arising with respect to the aircraft after conveyance of the aircraft.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD1257E3AF1A4A83B197786EBA4E96A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reversionary interest</header><text>If the Commandant determines that the recipient violated subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), then—</text> <subparagraph id="H34CCE7848D3141B4BAB8C6E6B254C769"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all right, title, and interest in the aircraft shall revert to the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H962AA10650ED4D0C9FC318273E7D41CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the United States shall have the right to immediate possession of the aircraft; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB23BCBEABE446A69F83D6296AAB7DD6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the recipient shall pay the United States for its costs incurred in recovering the aircraft for such violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCFB04482F050435D8B86136440B3B786"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on future transfers</header> <paragraph id="H3D1CD2462D0748A5A689FD13219A7AE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall include in the instruments for the conveyance a requirement that any further conveyance of an interest in the aircraft may not be made without the approval in advance of the Commandant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EDC5608B8BB4315832DE370ED25718E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reversionary interest</header><text>If the Commandant determines that an interest in the aircraft was conveyed without such approval, then—</text> <subparagraph id="H3B2B3C35C1B7466989D99AD1866B8D9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all right, title, and interest in the aircraft shall revert to the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCC2D9B4496F419EBF9E2F9331C172F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the United States shall have the right to immediate possession of the aircraft; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA460053723A24A3D897DA78A3BBFAA9C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the recipient shall pay the United States for its costs incurred in recovering the aircraft for such a violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4978861C6F784582AA682AB2797F63E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delivery of aircraft</header><text>The Commandant shall deliver the aircraft conveyed under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H536BBC78D57844A48F9C24174A52C11D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at the place where the aircraft is located on the date of the conveyance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A021741284A4083B224614DECEE1F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in its condition on the date of conveyance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10C2D223BC3B4A6FB06432DBF391206C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>without cost to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCE56DEE0A2C440E4917525AE54215A95"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Commandant may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance required by subsection (a) as the Commandant considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HBD488F4C68F54404855D4B1506740BFF"><enum>1309.</enum><header>Decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for Haiti</header> <subsection id="H1262F3F5BEA4492E82E6085EBB69B89D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other law, upon the scheduled decommissioning of any Coast Guard 41-foot patrol boat, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall give the Government of Haiti a right-of-first-refusal for conveyance of that vessel to the Government of Haiti, if that Government of Haiti agrees—</text> <paragraph id="H4A7FACDB4AA64FF59B75062A8179519B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to use the vessel for the Coast Guard of Haiti;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H986C15278F124621B3DE8CC0A6353224"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to make the vessel available to the United States Government if needed for use by the Commandant in time of war or national emergency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2D1575B6F754E3B87DB3FE33945FE2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to hold the United States Government harmless for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous materials, including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, after conveyance of the vessel, except for claims arising from the use by the United States Government under paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H91D46D96310240D0B45289DD798105E2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to any other conditions the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE3434CF28C83494D882F19C6B264D1F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Commandant may not convey more than 10 vessels to the Government of Haiti pursuant to this section.</text></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC958A7DBA8CC4013A953C8FC3BC5E152"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maintenance and Delivery of Vessel</header> <paragraph id="H2F367CD5C4E74F61B22ADE14D743C54D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maintenance</header><text>Before conveyance of a vessel under this section, the Commandant shall make, to the extent practical and subject to other Coast Guard mission requirements, every effort to maintain the integrity of the vessel and its equipment until the time of delivery.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACD5816734334BE88182C611937279E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delivery</header><text>If a conveyance is made under this section, the Commandant shall deliver a vessel to a suitable mooring in the local area in its present condition.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E12A07814CC431F89E35C315A3D8156"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of conveyance</header><text>The conveyance of a vessel under this section shall not be considered a distribution in commerce for purposes of section 6(e) of Public Law 94–469 (15 U.S.C. 2605(e)).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1B55D1C401A34A998CE3C34DDA870B81"><enum>1310.</enum><header>Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development</header> <subsection id="H52C58F3C4ADC45F9A099044C524CA594"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, foreign-flag vessels may be chartered by, or on behalf of, a lessee to be employed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling unit that is located over the Outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)) for operations in support of exploration, or flow-testing and stimulation of wells, for offshore mineral or energy resources in the Beaufort Sea or the Chukchi Sea adjacent to Alaska—</text> <paragraph id="HC96372A5AB5247578BC4C67958FFC39D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a 1-year period from the date the lessee gives the Secretary of Transportation written notice of the commencement of such exploration drilling if the Secretary determines, after publishing notice in the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, are reasonably available and suitable for these support operations and all such reasonably available and suitable vessels are employed in support of such operations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F54C44EDABF475DBABBDDFA0D5C9590"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for an additional period until such vessels are available if the Secretary of Transportation determines—</text> <subparagraph id="HEC2F718F7AB94AFB9474F731E08EB5FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that, by April 30 of the year following the commencement of exploration drilling, the lessee has entered into a binding agreement to employ a suitable vessel or vessels to be documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, in sufficient numbers and with sufficient suitability to replace any foreign-flag vessel or vessels operating under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA4F7587F143F453DB5498B9398025695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after publishing notice in the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, are reasonably available and suitable for these support operations and all such reasonably available and suitable vessels are employed in support of such operations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED3C2FBEBDCC48DE95A8304F0DD39621"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>Irrespective of the year in which the commitment referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A) occurs, foreign-flag anchor handling vessels may not be employed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling unit after December 31, 2017.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H872634E3823E419690E356A8DAFD65D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lessee defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>lessee</quote> means the holder of a lease (as defined in section 1331(c) of title 43, United States Code), who, prior to giving the written notice in subsection (a)(1), has entered into a binding agreement to employ a suitable vessel documented or to be documented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8A140454381042FCAD2C3B395DC33EFB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to authorize the employment in the coastwise trade of a vessel that does not meet the requirements of section 12112 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H32011C7C54434561BB26A13B72B9CE8A"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Vessel traffic risk assessment</header> <subsection id="H37081DBC749644F6937817BCB1AD937B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard, acting through the appropriate Area Committee established under section 311(j)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, shall prepare a vessel traffic risk assessment for Cook Inlet, Alaska, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEDA439EBDD4D4D909DEC9DBDCE08AC36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment shall describe, for the region covered by the assessment—</text> <paragraph id="H2E74D406A8D64287990C3B2DAA50AB7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount and character of present and estimated future shipping traffic in the region; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8512750DC7C24AF79F5503B31525A2C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the current and projected use and effectiveness in reducing risk, of—</text> <subparagraph id="HD7F0BCB675CE46A399CA1B9C7A7A6F7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>traffic separation schemes and routing measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B6AECF5D2B54CD08BBAF99D41F11F01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>long-range vessel tracking systems developed under section 70115 of title 46, United States Code;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H620492DFB86E493CB89DB7C22728D117"><enum>(C)</enum><text>towing, response, or escort tugs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB39B283FD4364AA695AD0D4BEBCC087C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>vessel traffic services;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A10B72F9BFA46BF957BAF3F3E065134"><enum>(E)</enum><text>emergency towing packages on vessels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3760FC1627204D36A6C7DEF3DCB57444"><enum>(F)</enum><text>increased spill response equipment including equipment appropriate for severe weather and sea conditions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4E7E747CD8ED453F8C9A8B882C151055"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Automatic Identification System developed under section 70114 of title 46, United States Code;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H05F292655F614186ACF965D26180BFC0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>particularly sensitive sea areas, areas to be avoided, and other traffic exclusion zones;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B2DC0333AB84CE0ABD79C9F70A89B12"><enum>(I)</enum><text>aids to navigation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0D1F8F760544AF69E5BA19443F8EAA2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>vessel response plans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB4D970F6D3964F4586D6E6136F4BD085"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header> <paragraph id="H4913ED5D68C64B51B1BB149E26460319"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment shall include any appropriate recommendations to enhance the safety, or lessen potential adverse environmental impacts, of marine shipping.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BC8D0663D69458CAE6700A98ADC5A81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Before making any recommendations under paragraph (1) for a region, the Area Committee shall consult with affected local, State, and Federal government agencies, representatives of the fishing industry, Alaska Natives from the region, the conservation community, and the merchant shipping and oil transportation industries.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H86A6A17904EB41B3AD17B175CFF4A716"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Provision to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall provide a copy of the assessment 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> <subsection id="H68ED84FA5E0B4734BCD88CAD95D25593"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commandant $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 to the conduct the assessment.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DF278EC59344490B8676031994ECD6C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1312.</enum><header>Study of relocation of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo facilities</header> <subsection id="H48FCABEA56AA4CB9871EAC49AEC01764"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text> <paragraph id="HBF42F691294245CB9FCBF23C0E661D08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to authorize a project study to evaluate the feasibility of consolidating and relocating Coast Guard facilities at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo within the study area;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9DE6A3FD8084DD3BF22E495D7DAA79A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to obtain a preliminary plan for the design, engineering, and construction for the consolidation of Coast Guard facilities at Sector Buffalo; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H698443AA6EBC49F5A4283E49E333AE2D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to distinguish what Federal lands, if any, shall be identified as excess after the consolidation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFC35DCD384244EE393F6370F56A710DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H054FC264956E468A9AA504EB14C4A2B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commandant</header><text>The term <quote>Commandant</quote> means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB34C9D88BA094A85852F9BDE78963F4A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sector buffalo</header><text>The term <quote>Sector Buffalo</quote> means Coast Guard Sector Buffalo of the Ninth Coast Guard District.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7969ED8C13F449F397F1F38061AE2F3C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Study area</header><text>The term <quote>study area</quote> means the area consisting of approximately 31 acres of real property and any improvements thereon that are commonly identified as Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, located at 1 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, New York, and under the administrative control of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39BEF04FC95C4CF0AC5F5F7ED139B2D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study</header> <paragraph id="HDB6CA04EFBFA44B58BBDF60086881AFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 12 months after the date on which funds are first made available to carry out this section, the Commandant shall conduct a project proposal report of the study area and shall submit such 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="H91500C64D68D4A90804B113EEA996BFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The project proposal report shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H01DF50235BCC4C7D98BC11166F96A89E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate the most cost-effective method for providing shore facilities to meet the operational requirements of Sector Buffalo;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6C9357B6D6144B3D918BCDD02B027731"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine the feasibility of consolidating and relocating shore facilities on a portion of the existing site, while—</text> <clause id="HA21C33CFF2344A07B2B1203BEC396BD1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meeting the operational requirements of Sector Buffalo; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCED18046D2E54023A6062DBE670C08F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allowing the expansion of operational requirements of Sector Buffalo; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE222714D742C4D5FA0A874EF438D6578"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contain a preliminary plan for the design, engineering, and construction of the proposed project, including—</text> <clause id="HA11F92D0858C458494811B26CB48B87B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the estimated cost of the design, engineering, and construction of the proposed project;</text></clause> <clause id="H90B952462A8A4287B3BC59F07FB3ED33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an anticipated timeline of the proposed project; and</text></clause> <clause id="H81F77B6F44D9446580A718ECCF48BBD5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of what Federal lands, if any, shall be considered excess to Coast Guard needs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBFF1C89E2E9B4E7F9792F33A37572EF1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall affect the current administration and management of the study area.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4656DAC7A218454BA2DA15FE6618F626"><enum>1313.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels to Mississippi</header> <subsection id="H0708A2A50BEF4A87B222AFEDE57C7B98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To convey</header><text>Notwithstanding the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may convey to each recipient described in subsection (b) (in this section referred to as the <quote>Sheriff’s Department</quote>), without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a Coast Guard trailerable boat, ranging from 17 feet to 30 feet in size, that the Commandant determines—</text> <paragraph id="H0114B4C0E0174AEAAF6CC68928CF1BD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is appropriate for use by the Sheriff’s Department; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H155F66F2A080430EBB34DF2E08850ADA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is excess to the needs of the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3CAD8EB3695343FC8AC9A4F001F29937"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recipients</header><text>The recipients referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text> <paragraph id="H5205ACF57CC2426E9B5F02DAA83DA573"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Sheriff’s Department of Coahoma County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC47062497D8846DF993938FF74B40C1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Sheriff’s Department of Warren County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7599540C319A459495125FAF997A8712"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Sheriff’s Department of Washington County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBDE83C83ADDA410EA07391E43F1FD5DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>As a condition of conveying a vessel under the authority provided in subsection (a), the Commandant shall enter into an agreement with the Sheriff’s Department under which the Sheriff’s Department agrees—</text> <paragraph id="H912455EBD6794C828286E1E148AEFE45"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to utilize the vessel for homeland security and other appropriate purposes as jointly agreed upon by the Commandant and the Sheriff’s Department before conveyance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CA9AB74709242508BC07684727C04A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to take the vessel <quote>as is</quote> and to hold the United States harmless for any claim arising with respect to that vessel after conveyance of the vessel, including any claims arising from the condition of the vessel and its equipment or exposure to hazardous materials.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA2275A58C47C4E8F9F711795DAFAFD2E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delivery of vessel</header><text>The Commandant shall deliver the vessel conveyed under the authority provided in subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="HB0086A19890E44C0B6EF00CD1DF0B9E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at the place where the vessel is located on the date of the conveyance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48AD3B0D139443B788865E0386DF3AE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in its condition on the date of conveyance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4DD17EB1C3948E0933FF073F50DBC97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>without cost to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8FA4CD6671B94A908EDD1563F4154FBA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other excess equipment</header><text>The Commandant may further convey any excess equipment or parts from other Coast Guard vessels, which are excess to the needs of the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, to the Sheriff’s Department for use to enhance the operability of the vessel conveyed under the authority provided in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HADDA2610E99F43E8B5CD83B31D4B617D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Commandant may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance authorized by subsection (a) as the Commandant considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C8D1278B8B84DC2A6D5E78BDCC7C813" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1314.</enum><header>Coast Guard assets for United States Virgin Islands</header> <subsection id="H8E3AA998C8234E4CAE361782D3577F7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may station additional Coast Guard assets in the United States Virgin Islands for port security and other associated purposes.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4E7D309742434C569BE65FCF4FE95B2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2010 such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1827AEDF73354DD68C022A73E4BF0485"><enum>1315.</enum><header>Officer requirements for distant water tuna vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H741D1DA521E74C369A08B1913E8BFBA6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H40619D602B13493B893840D3C8082054"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Officer requirements for distant water tuna vessels</header> <paragraph id="H89C3186954BC4263A268B26797016CD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Citizenship</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a purse seine tuna fishing vessel documented under chapter 121 fishing exclusively for highly migratory species under a fishing license issued pursuant to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Islands States and the Government of the United States of America in the treaty area (as that term is used in that treaty), or transiting to or from the treaty area exclusively for such purpose, may engage an individual who is not a citizen of the United States to fill a vacancy in a position referred to in subsection (a) (except for the master) if, after timely public notice of the vacancy, no United States citizens are readily available to fill the vacancy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC05DDDA3C8DF414ABB7CA4E21708D272"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions</header> <subparagraph id="H296A54186A0F42E087D70AB7C2C30E40"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An individual may not be engaged under paragraph (1) unless the individual holds a valid license or certificate issued—</text> <clause id="HDB11894031DD41FBB0734C36DA66848B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in accordance with the standards established by the 1995 amendments to the Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW 95); and</text></clause> <clause id="HFE1D955876E844A49614F9855270D7A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by an authority that the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating recognizes as imposing competency and training standards equivalent to or exceeding those required for a issued under chapter 71.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3A0DF6003394B8C9CF5F0C5B462DB25"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on application</header><text>Paragraph (1) applies only to engagement of an individual on a vessel that—</text> <clause id="HACAD8EF3A731492EB69538E105219CDA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is homeported in American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands; and</text></clause> <clause id="H08D6DAD29C944CFFBF7C7DCF2318C999"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has passed an annual commercial fishing vessel safety exam administered by a individual authorized to enforce this title.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3DCE3C4E468433C9179700F5A00C527"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of equivalent license</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall treat a license held by an individual engaged under paragraph (1) that was issued by a foreign government as meeting the requirements of section 8304 with respect to that engagement, if the Secretary determines that the standards for issuing that license are equivalent to the standards that apply under that section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HD321E394D379431EA4F210A8CF132E98"><enum>1316.</enum><header>Assessment of needs for additional Coast Guard presence in high latitude regions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives assessing the need for additional Coast Guard prevention and response capability in the high latitude regions. The assessment shall address needs for all Coast Guard mission areas, including search and rescue, marine pollution response and prevention, fisheries enforcement, and maritime commerce. The Secretary shall include in the report—</text> <paragraph id="H0EF602D4E8B14D46ADCB33EBBFA978EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the high latitude operating capabilities of all current Coast Guard assets, including assets acquired under the Deepwater program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7345CCD71EB4B8DA1CBF3C1A42ED39C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of projected needs for Coast Guard forward operating bases in the high latitude regions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33281E5124794BF6A746DCDB099C2C59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of shore infrastructure, personnel, logistics, communications, and resources requirements to support Coast Guard forward operating bases in the high latitude regions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A78AE2CB90C44A6832213C00F80D7E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the need for high latitude icebreaking capability and the capability of the current high latitude icebreaking assets of the Coast Guard, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H28730D2284FE4BD3848F6705AFFE0E6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the Coast Guard’s high latitude icebreaking fleet is meeting current mission performance goals;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E2A0DDF527C4811884B3A93F61D7C5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the fleet is capable of meeting projected mission performance goals; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF3562A6026244E982D76D6D157547CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of the material condition, safety, and working conditions aboard high latitude icebreaking assets, including the effect of those conditions on mission performance;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FB7B333C48845C895E8FC406C9C6582"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a detailed estimate of acquisition costs for each of the assets (including shore infrastructure) necessary for additional prevention and response capability in high latitude regions for all Coast Guard mission areas, and an estimate of operations and maintenance costs for such assets for the initial 10-year period of operations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0B361EABEB94D098F37D620ABF94C77"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailed cost estimates (including operating and maintenance for a period of 10 years) for high latitude icebreaking capability to ensure current and projected future mission performance goals are met, including estimates of the costs to—</text> <subparagraph id="HB0F2D8586CFD4ACCB53870766B0EAA13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>renovate and modernize the Coast Guard’s existing high latitude icebreaking fleet; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9E8B6B9984F4B7FAD0C4D5486A12991"><enum>(B)</enum><text>replace the Coast Guard’s existing high latitude icebreaking fleet.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D6FCAA7DB5D47B286682ADBAB454CE0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1317.</enum><header>Study of regional response vessel and salvage capability for Olympic Peninsula coast, Washington</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall study through the National Academy of Sciences the need for regional response vessel and salvage capability for the State of Washington Olympic Peninsula coast. In conducting the study, the National Academy of Sciences shall consult with Federal, State, and tribal officials and other relevant stakeholders. The study shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC39F1A16024C459A875864546C2C024C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify the capabilities, equipment, and facilities necessary for a response vessel in the entry to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Neah Bay in order to optimize oil spill protection on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula coast and provide rescue towing services, oil spill response, and salvage and firefighting capabilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB91217149E28453EB106DEB830C4C985"><enum>(2)</enum><text>analyze the multimission capabilities necessary for a rescue vessel and the need for that vessel to utilize cached salvage, oil spill response, and oil storage equipment while responding to a spill or a vessel in distress, and make recommendations as to the placement of such equipment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8010C1233E2E4115AB1CA09AC2DAF1B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>address scenarios that consider all vessel types and weather conditions and compare current Neah Bay rescue vessel capabilities, costs, and benefits with other United States industry-funded response vessels, including those currently operating in Alaska’s Prince William Sound;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0003D5A7EA8B475DA2819E7D377FA0A5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>determine whether the current level of protection afforded by the Neah Bay response vessel and associated response equipment is comparable to protection in other locations where response vessels operate, including Prince William Sound, Alaska, and if it is not comparable, make recommendations regarding how capabilities, equipment, and facilities should be modified to achieve optimum protection; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D05B29A9EBD40F4B26C1812AEB4621E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider pending firefighting and salvage regulations developed pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.</text></paragraph></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC8C0A95CD1A4127A224BBC07CF5363F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1318.</enum><header>Study of bridges over navigable waters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation 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 comprehensive study on the proposed construction or alteration of any bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over navigable waters with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater of the United States that may impede or obstruct future navigation to or from port facilities.</text></section> <section id="H9C0A0C054B8A46F7AE544C62ABB033A8"><enum>1319.</enum><header>Limitation on jurisdiction of States to tax certain seamen</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11108(b)(2)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDC719B621914E009FC023B4D2FEDCF1" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H5BBD46A5FBCF4774B1649BF49B683763"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who performs regularly assigned duties while engaged as a master, officer, or crewman on a vessel operating on navigable waters in 2 or more States.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HC02186ECDDB5452A85994330D137765A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1320.</enum><header>Decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for Bermuda</header> <subsection id="HA1C58B79065142BABE86B6E2E9AEFF0A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, upon the scheduled decommissioning of any Coast Guard 41-foot patrol boat and after the Government of Haiti has exercised all of their options under section 1309, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall give the Government of Bermuda a right-of-first-refusal for conveyance of that vessel to the Government of Bermuda, if that Government of Bermuda agrees—</text> <paragraph id="HECA5A446DDBE4F9599A4E06E563E5E75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to use the vessel for the Coast Guard of Bermuda;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBEEB09D42394192818C5D8860E3AFDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to make the vessel available to the United States Government if needed for use by the Commandant in time of war or national emergency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3D8C9C072304ECCB22B70E9EFA30200"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to hold the United States Government harmless for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous materials, including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, after conveyance of the vessel, except for claims arising from the use by the United States Government under paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H556D92DB2C4B4F00A43CE2C677DA6FD6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to any other conditions the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H49DC5EC8626C4EB3835D785E11DC22BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Commandant may not convey more than 3 vessels to the Government of Bermuda pursuant to this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC9669EB6281846EA9BDDF4D13A19AE13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maintenance and delivery of vessel</header> <paragraph id="HF7650B390D6A4E2199D2C3BF5E8A2D84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maintenance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before conveyance of a vessel under this section, the Commandant shall make, to the extent practical and subject to other Coast Guard mission requirements, every effort to maintain the integrity of the vessel and its equipment until the time of delivery.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1135D6192B18405C8FB064874C8DF504"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delivery</header><text>If a conveyance is made under this section, the Commandant shall deliver a vessel to a suitable mooring in the local area in its present condition.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82E2ED45C8074D4683CA2E26988350C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of conveyance</header><text>The conveyance of a vessel under this section shall not be considered a distribution in commerce for purposes of section 6(e) of Public Law 94–469 (15 U.S.C. 2605(e)).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1A00E06751D4773963D7CC2CF8F48A0"><enum>1321.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels to Nassau County, New York</header> <subsection id="H3E63BF2729AA4F9986D050971CAEAB91"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To convey</header><text>Notwithstanding the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may convey to the Police Department of Nassau County, New York (in this section referred to as the <quote>Police Department</quote>), without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to two Coast Guard 41-foot patrol boats that the Commandant determines—</text> <paragraph id="H64EA53ABF7D744909638D61CF852531C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is appropriate for use by the Police Department; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2EE7C7CC47CB4CC79EC4EFD6C5766562"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is excess to the needs of the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7B9A5BE2C3D8418DA601119B5C3444C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>As a condition of conveying a vessel under the authority provided in subsection (a), the Commandant shall enter into an agreement with the Police Department under which the Police Department agrees—</text> <paragraph id="HF3D35DD9DCFA414AAD9CCECE9C388FA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to utilize the vessel for homeland security and other appropriate purposes as jointly agreed upon by the Commandant and the Police Department before conveyance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8E0388183414177B32B7D48B19A2059"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to take the vessel <quote>as is</quote> and to hold the United States harmless for any claim arising with respect to that vessel after conveyance of the vessel, including any claims arising from the condition of the vessel and its equipment or exposure to hazardous materials.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7DCCBBD07C8741F591A50BADC051CCE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delivery of vessel</header><text>The Commandant shall deliver a vessel conveyed under the authority provided in subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H8B10E932A7A54590A22AC533788FA49B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at the place where the vessel is located on the date of the conveyance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D910D4C63AF4739AD3DEA513169AA4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in its condition on the date of conveyance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0D895C65C2C4849862B5CC47926CF28"><enum>(3)</enum><text>without cost to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC3627B72F1F345C3B160C9CD26887339"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other excess equipment</header><text>The Commandant may further convey any excess equipment or parts from other Coast Guard vessels, which are excess to the needs of the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, to the Police Department for use to enhance the operability of a vessel conveyed under the authority provided in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H70502ACFD85444BFAD102BD60BF0DE0E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Commandant may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance authorized by subsection (a) as the Commandant considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0C0AE5313C614C2B93E6B18F43F85AFD"><enum>1322.</enum><header>Newtown Creek, New York City, New York</header> <subsection id="H588D6DBA44B4408A9D3FB2B702ADC1D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a study on the public health, safety, and environmental concerns related to the underground petroleum spill on the Brooklyn shoreline of Newtown Creek, New York City, New York, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE647B84703A64311A18E3FDABC821C4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Full-Site characterization and collection of new field evidence</header><text>In carrying out the study under this section, the Administrator shall conduct a full-site characterization of the underground petroleum spill, including the investigation, collection, and analysis of new and updated data and field evidence on the extent of the petroleum spill, including any portion of the spill that has been diluted into surrounding waters, and any surrounding soil contamination or soil vapor contamination.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2A26A0ABE4DD475BAA22D0324165076F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report containing the results of the study to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5B7E2FDDBA104490911C34AC8E1D1237"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5FDD70A86680408AA339B3BBE537D881"><enum>1323.</enum><header>Land conveyance, Coast Guard property in Marquette County, Michigan, to the City of Marquette, Michigan</header> <subsection id="HE92B582136074F2B9200E6710D1E737F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5D93E4C1DC044A0AAF303981E568663E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard may convey as surplus property, under section 550 of title 40, United States Code, and other relevant Federal Laws governing the disposal of Federal surplus property, to the City of Marquette, Michigan (in this section referred to as the <quote>City</quote>), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, together with any improvements thereon, located in Marquette County, Michigan, that is under the administrative control of the Coast Guard, consisting of approximately 5.5 acres of real property, as depicted on the Van Neste survey (#204072), dated September 7, 2006, together with the land between the intermediate traverse line as shown on such survey and the ordinary high water mark, the total comprising 9 acres, more or less, and commonly identified as Coast Guard Station Marquette and Lighthouse Point.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBE4F01CECEC4106B063E931E2F5DFAB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), any cost associated with the conveyance shall be borne by the City, including, but not limited to, closing costs, attorney fees, and the cost of surveys, inspections, title examinations, and deed preparation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5415CCD2070A495383705AF183D5611A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3C3EA61B1A6A4D338449C878B312F541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), prior to the conveyance of the property, the Coast Guard shall perform and bear the cost of environmental remediation required under Federal law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to compel the Coast Guard to complete such remediation before 10 years from the date of enactment of this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDD213673320542319E76CCFFA6B191FD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The City may assume the Coast Guard’s responsibility to perform and bear the cost of the environmental remediation, provided that—</text> <clause id="HC4895C334CA14CACAD73968DC45628E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the City provides written notice that it will assume responsibility for the performance of such remediation and the cost thereof; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3B06E6E306254E29954B50BFDD75034E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the City and the Coast Guard enter into a written agreement thereon.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF69A9C0877EB44AE9A2E24104B35ED0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retention of certain easements</header><text>In conveying the property under subsection (a), the Commandant of the Coast Guard may retain such easements over the property as the Commandant considers appropriate for access to aids to navigation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD8AFE9CF34924891ABB56C09EDC95BAE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The property to be conveyed under subsection (a) may not be conveyed under that subsection until—</text> <paragraph id="H288311BCA5264611A3D2F023224C4A55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Coast Guard has relocated Coast Guard Station Marquette to a newly constructed station;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25E0BCCDEA054D2E928422190CB1BADB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any environmental remediation required under Federal law with respect to the property has been completed; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E900089F09146E7A088EFFF86EDCC17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Commandant of the Coast Guard determines that retention of the property by the United States is not required to carry out Coast Guard missions or functions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H102E40702C9141D0BD950CC71B8C6C16"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions of transfer</header><text>All conditions placed within the deed of title of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be construed as covenants running with the land.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC29DDDBAE948437FAA7841611527E73F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Description of property</header><text>The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE1CFEA499D354A0B8FC823FF389EB2B2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance authorized by subsection (a) as the Commandant considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4E5A666EF404FF18E2D3A710730657B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1324.</enum><header>Mission requirement analysis for navigable portions of the Rio Grande River, Texas, international water boundary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prepare a mission requirement analysis for the navigable portions of the Rio Grande River, Texas, international water boundary. The analysis shall take into account the Coast Guard’s involvement on the Rio Grande River by assessing Coast Guard missions, assets, and personnel assigned along the Rio Grande River. The analysis shall also identify what would be needed for the Coast Guard to increase search and rescue operations, migrant interdiction operations, and drug interdiction operations.</text></section> <section id="H214675145AF745C78770BD3FE2AE420E"><enum>1325.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Cheboygan, Michigan</header> <subsection id="HA5947FA52B304B62B521624F8EA56696"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to convey, at fair market value, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, consisting of approximately 3 acres, more or less, that is under the administrative control of the Coast Guard and located at 900 S. Western Avenue in Cheboygan, Michigan.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE87C5F6765A24DFDBA636B9A4DDF7B53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Right of first refusal</header><text>The Cornerstone Christian Academy, located in Cheboygan, MI, shall have the right of first refusal to purchase, at fair market value, all or a portion of the real property described in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5CF3C6379CF547E38D23D1473D189CD8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Description of property</header><text>The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA235718DE5D64BF6B4F9C7E2C1290075"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fair market value</header><text>The fair market value of the property shall be—</text> <paragraph id="HA2C67E97999A4BE9ABB91AACAB07F701"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determined by appraisal, in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE42E04A2A41D4C63842F0F7C445EE7E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to the approval of the Commandant.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8B4ECB8195434A38BE839D0A2EA6028F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>Any cost associated with the conveyance shall be borne by the purchaser, including, but not limited to—</text> <paragraph id="HC7466E70CA26486BB6753A2B745C8994"><enum>(1)</enum><text>closing costs, attorney fees, and the cost of surveys, inspections, title examinations, and deed preparation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADA33D7934F947E5B465BF41CC6F3FE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>environmental analyses, assessments, clearances, and, if required under Federal law, environmental remediation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H145022B3577943AE819E1678748C6DE5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Environmental remediation</header><text>Before conveyance of the real property described in paragraph (a), purchaser shall perform any environmental remediation of the property that is required under Federal law.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAE539E61CD7E4B56BBDD35A7353F28BE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Credit of funds</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the net proceeds of a conveyance, authorized under subsection (a), shall—</text> <paragraph id="HCBD7E8C5CCAF46DBB81708400F3D35E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be credited to the Coast Guard Environmental Compliance and Restoration appropriations account current at the time collection is made;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CD7DFBE97BD4F5CBEFCE86D1FA866C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be made available, subject to appropriation, for environmental compliance and restoration purposes in conjunction with any disposal of any property under the administrative control of the Coast Guard; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17DC9F78DAA04A05B35BDCCF3EB5C2A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>remain available for such purposes until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDEE9AB1D9C7A4286A2504EA954D5D3EE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as is considered appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></subsection></section> October 16, 2009 Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an amendment October 16, 2009 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security for a period ending not later than October 16, 2009, for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(i), rule X October 16, 2009 Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committeed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed