[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3214 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3214

   To amend title 14, United States Code, to establish the National 
     Icebreaker Fund to pay the costs of construction, alteration, 
 renovation, lease, or charter of icebreakers for the Coast Guard, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2015

    Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
   Garamendi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, and Mr. Graves of Louisiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 14, United States Code, to establish the National 
     Icebreaker Fund to pay the costs of construction, alteration, 
 renovation, lease, or charter of icebreakers for the Coast Guard, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Icebreaker Fund Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL ICEBREAKER FUND.

    (a) Establishment of Fund.--Chapter 15 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subchapter III as subchapter IV;
            (2) by redesignating section 581 as section 591; and
            (3) by inserting after chapter II the following:

                     ``SUBCHAPTER III--ICEBREAKERS

``Sec. 581. National Icebreaker Fund
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the `National Icebreaker Fund'.
    ``(b) Use.--
            ``(1) Authorized purposes.--Amounts in the Fund shall be 
        available for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary only 
        for the following purposes:
                    ``(A) Construction, alteration, and renovation of 
                icebreakers for the Coast Guard, including design work 
                related to construction, alteration, and renovation.
                    ``(B) Lease or charter of icebreakers for the Coast 
                Guard.
            ``(2) Authorization required.--Amounts in the Fund may be 
        obligated or expended only in amounts authorized by law.
    ``(c) Deposits.--There shall be deposited in the Fund the 
following:
            ``(1) All funds appropriated to the department in which the 
        Coast Guard is operating for--
                    ``(A) construction, alteration, and renovation of 
                icebreakers, including design work related to 
                construction, alteration, and renovation; or
                    ``(B) lease or charter of icebreakers.
            ``(2) All receipts from the disposition of icebreakers by 
        the Federal Government.
            ``(3) Unobligated funds that are transferred to the Fund 
        under subsection (d).
            ``(4) Contributions of money, and proceeds of other 
        contributions, accepted under subsection (e).
            ``(5) All funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
        or any other Federal agency for--
                    ``(A) construction, alteration, and renovation of 
                icebreakers, including design work related to 
                construction, alteration, and renovation; or
                    ``(B) lease or charter of icebreakers.
    ``(d) Transfers.--At the end of any fiscal year, the Secretary may 
transfer to the Fund any unobligated funds remaining from funds under 
the administrative control of the Secretary.
    ``(e) Acceptance of Support.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may accept from any 
        person, foreign government, or international organization any 
        contribution of money, personal property, or assistance in-kind 
        for support of icebreaking in the polar regions.
            ``(2) Use.--Any contribution accepted under paragraph (1) 
        may be retained and used by the Secretary of the department in 
        which the Coast Guard is operating or disposed of in accordance 
        with procedures prescribed by the Secretary, subject to the 
        limitations in subsection (f) and paragraph (3) of this 
        subsection.
    ``(f) Limitations on Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Foreign vessels.--Amounts in the Fund may not be used 
        to lease, charter, construct, alter, renovate, or in any other 
        way acquire any vessel built in a shipyard located in a foreign 
        country, unless specifically authorized by law.
            ``(2) Construction, alteration, and renovation in united 
        states; vessel design requirements.--Amounts in the Fund may 
        not be used to construct, alter, or renovate a vessel in any 
        shipyard other than a shipyard in the United States.
            ``(3) Purpose of expenditures.--The Secretary may--
                    ``(A) expend from the Fund amounts deposited under 
                paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c), only 
                for the lease, charter, construction, alteration, or 
                renovation of icebreakers capable of search and rescue, 
                saving of life at sea, maritime safety and security, 
                drug and migrant interdiction, fisheries law 
                enforcement, and environmental response in the Arctic; 
                and
                    ``(B) expend from the Fund the amounts deposited 
                under paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (c), for--
                            ``(i) activities described in subparagraph 
                        (A); or
                            ``(ii) additional capabilities that are--
                                    ``(I) necessary  to carry out 
                                national defense missions; or
                                    ``(II) for missions related to 
                                research and resupply in the Antarctic.
    ``(g) Expiration of Appropriated Funds After 10 Years.--No part of 
an appropriation that is deposited in the Fund under subsection (c)(1) 
shall remain available for obligation more than 10 years after the end 
of fiscal year for which appropriated, except to the extent 
specifically provided by law.
    ``(h) Budget Requests.--Budget requests submitted to Congress for 
the Fund shall separately identify--
            ``(1) the amount requested for programs, projects, and 
        activities for construction, alteration, and renovation of 
        icebreakers; and
            ``(2) the amount requested for programs, projects, and 
        activities for lease or charter of icebreakers;
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `Fund' means the National Icebreaker Fund 
        established by subsection (a).
            ``(2) The term `icebreaker' means an icebreaker capable of 
        operations in polar regions.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by striking the items relating to subchapter III and inserting the 
following:

                     ``subchapter iii. icebreakers

``Sec. 581. National Icebreaker Fund
                      ``subchapter iv. definitions

``Sec. 591. Definitions.''.

SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.

    The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, shall enter into an agreement with 
nations that operate facilities in Antarctica to establish a mechanism 
to provide icebreaking services necessary to supply those facilities by 
constructing, leasing or chartering, renovating, operating, or 
maintaining an icebreaker capable of performing such services.
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