1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Act of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Authorization
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and
training.
Title II—Coast Guard
Sec. 201. Selection boards; oath of members.
Sec. 202. Special selection boards; correction of
errors.
Sec. 203. Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative
separations.
Sec. 204. Annual report on Coast Guard unfunded
priorities.
Title III—Miscellaneous
Sec. 301. Technical corrections.
Sec. 302. Fishing vessel certification.
Sec. 303. Response Boat-Medium procurement.
Sec. 304. USCGC Polar Sea
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<section id="H80A7AECC79CC44C68AE95F0549D88713"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 for
necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H6F3467C295EC460399DB7253576524AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation
and maintenance of the Coast Guard—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A3AFA19F2AD4C8DB6FABEF1C0B770BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,922,645,000 for fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D6D3BC834EC4BD7A50736091A555C73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$7,021,036,000 for
fiscal year 2014; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BE6899A92884777887D1A9FDCFC5CB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$7,078,327,000 for
fiscal year 2015.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1650173F7AFB44BF987DBD7DE3E103FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the
acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation,
shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAACCE5C813B24164B15D3DE055FAD644"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,505,312,000 for fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1B91B99E3564A7E9A012F50588DDD8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,506,448,000 for
fiscal year 2014; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0610A70002F47CB9890318D30721E30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,507,605,000 for
fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">to remain
available until expended.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H92738F0BFB804D6991245CD8171CB0F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Coast
Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and
services—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F7EA0A557CC487DAF175A2AA1D1BC22"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$138,111,000 for fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F3787DF285F44CE9E9E9CB9C23119C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$140,016,000 for
fiscal year 2014; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FC8927F01A04E06B409E1BC38E6762A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$141,957,000 for
fiscal year 2015.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H988BE17851B84FE5B2D71EE996C35B83"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For environmental
compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities
(other than parts and equipment associated with operation and
maintenance)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E9749C133474363BA6AE41E72CD2233"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$16,699,000 for
fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECC5738EBDAF4E7F883C91283770F838"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$16,701,000 for fiscal year 2014;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCABACDFBCE1E4FE685C258865AEEC76A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$16,704,000 for
fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">to remain
available until expended.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FBE98398D1C40598CAAD8625AB85F7A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To the Commandant
of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of
technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the
performance of the Coast Guard’s mission with respect to search and rescue,
aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement
of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense
readiness—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1146163CFA8341029B864A3B6DA96F02"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$19,848,000 for fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H663863CD089C40179135CEAD059387FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$19,890,000 for
fiscal year 2014; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H430A207725F34129B4E1A26DC22A4929"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$19,933,000 for
fiscal year 2015.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H2C1393BB2A5246AE98211B6500E872AA"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized
levels of military strength and training</header>
<subsection id="H553872BBF23C4870904C344622506D9E"><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 each of fiscal years 2013 through
2015.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D4FCF7F4EC845CB94AF7589742EA20F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military
training student loads</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized average
military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2015 as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H55CC564CB94540B49B6A7B3296639D8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and
special training, 2,500 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88C0A54560544A889FDF1B62B4405B88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight
training, 165 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6184A18BC6BE4414A2E548B8E4A10409"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional
training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B06261ADAE34192BC3F965987121FBD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer
acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Coast
Guard</header>
<section id="HD2A08D78A9D1458D9CE1A74C4C1F7D32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Selection boards;
oath of members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 254 of
title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3895655D9C94D3598FA442359D397A0" style="USC">
<section id="H0259E986BE84403D857E6472F1424DAF"><enum>254.</enum><header>Selection
boards; oath of members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each
member of a selection board shall swear—</text>
<paragraph id="H572EADE7DB0040F3B1BB55DA43A16004"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the member will, without prejudice or
partiality, and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the
efficiency of the Coast Guard, perform the duties imposed upon the member;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45B6A4D1265A40B08B9D12B3B64B291B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an oath in accordance with section
635.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC578801D69694B62A2E9A1DB9D5924BD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Special
selection boards; correction of errors</header>
<subsection id="H4FAC7974F2E3465BBBC32D2F5A8F55C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 11 of title
14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 262 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53C499C64764494AA46D57631EDB36B0" style="USC">
<section id="HA4045B9447AA459D81EF5F51992EF5B0"><enum>263.</enum><header>Special
selection boards; correction of errors</header>
<subsection id="H0CFE31540F7F4DA2AACD38304375BDD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Officers not
considered due to administrative error</header>
<paragraph id="H165FF1419B354389A3BBD6A10EF045A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that as the result of an
administrative error—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09CFE2C76F6746BC9D3F4C0851F8B4FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an officer or former officer was not
considered for selection for promotion by a selection board convened under
section 251; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7193FB16EC8E438389E8AA8DAC2E906F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of an officer or former officer
was not placed on an all-fully-qualified-officers list;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the
Secretary shall convene a special selection board to determine whether such
officer or former officer should be recommended for promotion and such officer
or former officer shall not be considered to have failed of selection for
promotion prior to the consideration of the special selection board.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H88C2E21AE30B4A10BCBFCBEFC9C96A04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
failure to recommend for promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a special selection board convened under
paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion an officer or former officer,
whose grade is below the grade of captain and whose name was referred to that
board for consideration, the officer or former officer shall be considered to
have failed of selection for promotion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD11565A7DAD94CA7892991C37135D53A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Officers
considered but not selected; material error</header>
<paragraph id="H908CC481B0A942E7B3F9145FFEFF8274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an
officer or former officer who was eligible for promotion, was considered for
selection for promotion by a selection board convened under section 251, and
was not selected for promotion by that board, the Secretary may convene a
special selection board to determine whether the officer or former officer
should be recommended for promotion, if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD803C9F390842E59F1D16EA84E9AF27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an action of the selection board that
considered the officer or former officer—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HAE7282874884475AA28DC3382B93B4EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was contrary to law in a matter material to
the decision of the board; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5842691974D947BEAD86D066016D8395"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>involved material
error of fact or material administrative error; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H98C2CE6277344D3C862FD324A8580A87"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the selection board that considered the
officer or former officer did not have before it for consideration material
information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H64DFB3656A17428181680F03440E96A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
failure to recommend for promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a special selection board convened under
paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion an officer or former officer,
whose grade is that of commander or below and whose name was referred to that
board for consideration, the officer or former officer shall be
considered—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD423C12BB17475685FD5376FDCB6FF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to have failed of
selection for promotion with respect to the board that considered the officer
or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56A12F453845452A882DD6A79337DF15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to incur no
additional failure of selection for promotion as a result of the action of the
special selection board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A0C625D2BFC41938743283A44577073"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for
special selection boards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
special selection board convened under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H230BAA162ECD4E768A4BB57BB8C6BADF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be composed in accordance with section 252
and the members of the board shall be required to swear the oaths described in
section 254;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BF8B5910C3247B4B312F821C7DE2A30"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the record of an applicable
officer or former officer as that record, if corrected, would have appeared to
the selection board that should have considered or did consider the officer or
former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board and
that record shall be compared with a sampling of the records of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H87CDFFA8E6C74A87ABCFB5CA53B6EDB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>those officers of
the same grade who were recommended for promotion by such prior selection
board; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5080A89CADCD48078756EF3132C214C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>those officers of
the same grade who were not recommended for promotion by such prior selection
board; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25EA6E659F6646B68FB64B810E0CAA51"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to the Secretary a written report in
a manner consistent with sections 260 and 261.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1ACCF14EA5C4D9690A2A2678F4E0B70"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appointment of
officers recommended for promotion</header>
<paragraph id="H83444C9161DF40ECA5924FD8A4E48120"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An officer or former officer whose name is placed on a
promotion list as a result of the recommendation of a special selection board
convened under this section shall be appointed, as soon as practicable, to the
next higher grade in accordance with the law and policies that would have been
applicable to the officer or former officer had the officer or former officer
been recommended for promotion by the selection board that should have
considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the
consideration of the special selection board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36C6D60C5AA94A45ABE887E41A925983"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer or former officer who is
promoted to the next higher grade as a result of the recommendation of a
special selection board convened under this section shall have, upon such
promotion, the same date of rank, the same effective date for the pay and
allowances of that grade, and the same position on the active duty promotion
list as the officer or former officer would have had if the officer or former
officer had been recommended for promotion to that grade by the selection board
that should have considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior
to the consideration of the special selection board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBC1AA6760BC46EAAF0B127C20E3CE68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record
correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the report of a
special selection board convened under this section, as approved by the
President, recommends for promotion to the next higher grade an officer not
eligible for promotion or a former officer whose name was referred to the board
for consideration, the Secretary may act under section 1552 of title 10 to
correct the military record of the officer or former officer to correct an
error or remove an injustice resulting from the officer or former officer not
being selected for promotion by the selection board that should have considered
or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the
special selection board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2B817B20B13473CB31A908B2D03E800"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application
process and time limits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall issue regulations regarding the process by which an officer or
former officer may apply to have a matter considered by a special selection
board convened under this section, including time limits related to such
applications.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAB0C3C63C3774C5B85204FF5E540ACAE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation of
other jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No
official or court of the United States shall have authority or jurisdiction
over any claim based in any way on the failure of an officer or former officer
to be selected for promotion by a selection board convened under section 251,
until—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H082E1B00C91644FAA087FE4F26CADAA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the claim has been referred to a special
selection board convened under this section and acted upon by that board;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE421E578EC4741EC94750A0FE2AE108B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the claim has been rejected by the
Secretary without consideration by a special selection board convened under
this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2ECB20EEAB8341A698BCEE1D099FFF9B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC43EF2C204DA4E9986F9F8F07DD519C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A court of the United
States may review—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCF5E40B639C5467FB8F64C395587B27F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a decision of the Secretary not to convene
a special selection board under this section to determine if the court finds
that the decision of the Secretary was arbitrary or capricious, not based on
substantial evidence, or otherwise contrary to law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBEA1BCC0749A484EA416F7F0C0855185"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an action of a special selection board
under this section to determine if the court finds that the action of the
special selection board was contrary to law or involved material error of fact
or material administrative error.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H025B28033ECC42A59B1A831EA2FBD8B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remand and
reconsideration</header><text>If, with respect to a review under paragraph (1),
a court makes a finding described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that paragraph,
the court shall remand the case to the Secretary and the Secretary shall
provide the applicable officer or former officer consideration by a new special
selection board convened under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCECDB85E19A14A88BB6AA5E9ADF583C4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Designation of
boards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
designate a selection board convened under section 251 as a special selection
board convened under this section. A selection board so designated may function
in the capacity of a selection board convened under section 251 and a special
selection board convened under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB5756379DE0A4C7F97707181FA985097"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection
boards; submission of reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 261(d) of title 14, United States
Code, is amended by striking “selection board” and inserting “selection board,
including a special selection board convened under section 263,”.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8038D20878EA45F98CE64B8244D3FB25"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure of
selection for promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 262 of title 14, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99CB1ED4204644F3A7F947AEE72E05AA" style="USC">
<section id="H0896065BC6384D9CB3D335DFD0075F1D"><enum>262.</enum><header>Failure of
selection for promotion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An
officer, other than an officer serving in the grade of captain, who is, or is
senior to, the junior officer in the promotion zone established for his grade
under section 256 of this title, fails of selection if he is not selected for
promotion by the selection board which considered him, or if having been
recommended for promotion by the board, his name is thereafter removed from the
report of the board by the
President.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H02FA84CF94C746D2AD20BC5221C31655"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 262 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C4F074838A940FDA4995FD6BF2693BE" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">263. Special selection boards; correction
of
errors.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA10447E6FFC84B8498B6FA3F91F1FB61"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and the Secretary may convene
a special selection board on or after that date under section 263 of title 14,
United States Code, with respect to any error or other action for which such a
board may be convened if that error or other action occurred on or after the
date that is 1 year before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H63702DE29F7E473AACAE2832AF1F4A24"><enum>203.</enum><header>Prohibition of
certain involuntary administrative separations</header>
<subsection id="HBF5821ECB0E5484280C107465BC102FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 11 of title
14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting
after section 426 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H083AC605C01B4B648A1602902154C1B2" style="USC">
<section id="H6058242E72CE4615BD685C7BEBDDA175"><enum>427.</enum><header>Prohibition of
certain involuntary administrative separations</header>
<subsection id="HBF779645DE7A4F0A950BA94B6FC126FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b), the Secretary may not authorize the involuntary administrative
separation of a covered individual based on a determination that the covered
individual is unsuitable for deployment or other assignment due to a medical
condition of the covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board
during an evaluation of the covered individual that resulted in the covered
individual being determined to be fit for duty.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0172AE395D4E4E90951F780FFB774D8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reevaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H31B557F408234E339ABB26A66C20433D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
require a Physical Evaluation Board to reevaluate any covered individual if the
Secretary determines there is reason to believe that a medical condition of the
covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board during an
evaluation of the covered individual renders the covered individual unsuitable
for continued duty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86CA7071001348DAB484DE96C34268B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Retirements and
separations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered
individual who is determined, based on a reevaluation under paragraph (1), to
be unfit to perform the duties of the covered individual’s office, grade, rank,
or rating may be retired or separated for physical disability under this
chapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7007664B9DDD4227A27EFFA91BF39244"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Covered
individual defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>covered individual</term> means any member of the Coast
Guard who has been determined by a Physical Evaluation Board, pursuant to a
physical evaluation by that board, to be fit for
duty.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6DBE95EC4AC648D1B13C6A87B8FF8A1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 426 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B571FB9B236475E8F2FDA312393BCC5" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">427. Prohibition of certain involuntary
administrative
separations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H99A38C87A99B4753AF1365D7E3760D9B"><enum>204.</enum><header>Annual report
on Coast Guard unfunded priorities</header>
<subsection id="H055B812E9BA14508BF11A9FB0683139D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 663 of title
14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FFF76523A6C40CD9B1288F9594778E1" style="USC">
<section id="H1FEEC4CA8DFE46A081CF4A781F5187BE"><enum>663.</enum><header>Submission of
reports and plans to Congress</header>
<subsection id="H894149F9C8A840E39AD68DFC216AA916"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date on which
the President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title
31, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C67A39C02104BCC8B3C39B5B6045A68"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a capital investment plan for the Coast
Guard that identifies for each capital asset for which appropriations are
proposed in that budget—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD5C713D9C5E4E6DA760391DA17AED24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposed appropriations included in
that budget;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF83273EFAA664A558DECD38EA0C60F58"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total estimated cost of
completion;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B233887416245A896C3F036F9D22BCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projected funding levels for each fiscal
year for the next 5 fiscal years or until project completion, whichever is
earlier;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H875DBB4C56774E3ABC84346B69260CAC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimated completion date at the
projected funding levels; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A55E6A5EBFB4661BC5B6B78421706E0"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an acquisition program baseline, as
applicable; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H043A2809A39E45A98E6C1B1BA0F8F448"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of each unfunded priority for the
Coast Guard.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3EEA71702765443FBCF723FB13966FB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Unfunded
priority defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>unfunded priority</term> means a program or mission
requirement that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D0826909CA54AFA84010275DA0D0556"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has not been
selected for funding in the applicable proposed budget;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05023ADE52294A3B8C61235CDC11772E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is necessary to
fulfill a requirement associated with an operational need; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9922F3A2DC2F4139A8914A6F250815E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Commandant
would have recommended for inclusion in the applicable proposed budget had
additional resources been available or had the requirement emerged before the
budget was
submitted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H71527A891B76492DB819D6DF1FDD3BA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for
chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item
relating to section 663 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE876C164CACA48AB8D47AD5AF1EF1544" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">663. Submission of reports and plans to
Congress.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF90ECDAF70B4915B39692B0E146BBC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 918 of the
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (14 U.S.C. 663 note), and the item
relating to that section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of that Act,
are repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H2287948B49314FC4A37620ACEE7C46B6"><enum>301.</enum><header>Technical
corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 14, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H582C26378133422FAADDBAD972986C7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 259(c)(1) by striking
<quote>After selecting</quote> and inserting <quote>In
selecting</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H222888FABD334A99B66A8F477E973EE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 286a(d) by striking
<quote>severance pay</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>separation pay</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB17EE17EEE70425098D1D3B397814566"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of section 290(a) by
striking <quote>in the grade of vice admiral</quote> and inserting <quote>in or
above the grade of vice admiral</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H833682A3455049D9A59E9F9C984C198F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 516(a) by striking <quote>of
Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21BB165C6C844BE3AD0E927B7589CE94"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 666(a) by striking <quote>of
Homeland Security</quote> and inserting <quote>of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58E292CAA06448168CBC6F6CD91A8833"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 673(a)(3) by striking <quote>of
Homeland Security (when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the
Navy)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9DDCE44D67E4C6CAAEAB60D0CDB8FAE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 674 by striking <quote>of
Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A33569D51654EE595AB7ED5B8D97606"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 675(a) by striking <quote>of
Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40DE35D364F643DFA9145AF847A2114A"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence of section 740(d) by
striking <quote>that appointment</quote> and inserting <quote>that appointment
to the Reserve</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H46637D439A9C457A930F1573D2B51786"><enum>302.</enum><header>Fishing vessel
certification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4503(c)
of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking “July 1, 2012” and
inserting “the date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary
publishes in the Federal Register a definition of the term <term>built</term>
for purposes of this subsection”.</text>
</section><section id="H5C34630C381845C69BCB0E2B242A1A1F"><enum>303.</enum><header>Response
Boat-Medium procurement</header>
<subsection id="HD11A2A32A7E44D0794B6605CDB27903E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To
fulfill approved program of record</header><text>Except as provided in
subsection (b), the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall maintain the schedule
and requirements for the total acquisition of 180 boats as specified in the
approved program of record for the Response Boat-Medium acquisition program in
effect on June 1, 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H59E119AB0D5549D583EDB1D68518C808"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall not apply on and after
the date on which the Commandant submits to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate such documentation as the Coast Guard
Major Systems Acquisition Manual requires to justify reducing the approved
program of record for Response Boat-Medium to a total acquisition of less than
180 boats.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE84BABD2DCDE4167880704BF1251AD13"><enum>304.</enum><header>USCGC
<quote>Polar Sea</quote></header>
<subsection id="H985FA9B3CD374AFEAD306F6E546C77A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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 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
providing a business-case analysis of the options for and costs of reactivating
and extending the service life of the USCGC Polar Sea until the estimated date
on which a new polar-class icebreaker is commissioned. The Secretary shall
include in the report—</text>
<paragraph id="H32B33BB8C7B14D5DA37D820EC3DD9D1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the current condition of the USCGC Polar Sea and a determination of the
vessel’s operational capabilities with respect to fulfilling the Coast Guard’s
high latitude operating requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EFED03A355D4996841BFEBAA3875EC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
detailed estimate of costs with respect to reactivating and extending the
service life of the USCGC Polar Sea to a condition at least comparable to the
condition of the USCGC Polar Star when it enters service in 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0DDE41198948BE9547D683C46A89DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
life cycle cost estimate with respect to operating and maintaining the USCGC
Polar Sea for the duration of its extended service life.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H520D6F4CC4FD4B57991EBACF4999A458"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>The
Secretary shall not remove any major equipment, systems, or other appurtenances
from the USCGC Polar Sea for planned or potential work to refurbish the USCGC
Polar Star until the Secretary submits the report required under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section>