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[S. 1611 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 302
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1611

                          [Report No. 114-168]

 To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 
                   and 2017, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2015

    Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Sullivan, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

                           November 30, 2015

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 
                   and 2017, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2015''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                    <DELETED>TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS

<DELETED>Sec. 101. Authorizations.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Conforming amendments.
                     <DELETED>TITLE II--COAST GUARD

<DELETED>Sec. 201. Vice Commandant.
<DELETED>Sec. 202. Vice admirals.
<DELETED>Sec. 203. Professional development.
<DELETED>Sec. 204. Senior enlisted member continuation boards.
<DELETED>Sec. 205. Coast Guard member pay.
<DELETED>Sec. 206. Recall.
<DELETED>Sec. 207. Exchange of medical goods and services.
<DELETED>Sec. 208. Coast Guard remission of indebtedness.
<DELETED>Sec. 209. Coast Guard communities.
<DELETED>Sec. 210. Major acquisition programs.
<DELETED>Sec. 211. Major acquisitions assessment.
<DELETED>Sec. 212. Polar Icebreakers.
<DELETED>Sec. 213. Participation of the Coast Guard Academy in Federal, 
                            State, or other educational research 
                            grants.
<DELETED>Sec. 214. Venue.
<DELETED>Sec. 215. National Coast Guard Museum.
<DELETED>Sec. 216. Investigations.
<DELETED>Sec. 217. Technical and clerical amendments to title 14, 
                            United States Code.
              <DELETED>TITLE III--SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

<DELETED>Sec. 301. Whistleblower protections.
<DELETED>Sec. 302. Maritime drug law enforcement.
<DELETED>Sec. 303. Carriage of liquid dangerous cargo.
<DELETED>Sec. 304. Maritime transportation of hazardous material.
<DELETED>Sec. 305. Recreational vessel operator education.
<DELETED>Sec. 306. Nondisclosure of certain information.
<DELETED>Sec. 307. Higher volume port area regulatory definition 
                            change.
<DELETED>Sec. 308. Recognition of port security assessments conducted 
                            by other entities.
<DELETED>Sec. 309. Model years for recreational vessels.
<DELETED>Sec. 310. Recreational vessel engine weights.
<DELETED>Sec. 311. Vessel replacement.
<DELETED>Sec. 312. Fishing vessel and fish tender vessel certification.
<DELETED>Sec. 313. Title 46, United States Code, technical corrections.
             <DELETED>TITLE IV--FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

<DELETED>Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
<DELETED>Sec. 402. Duties of the chairman.
<DELETED>TITLE V--SPORTFISH RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY 
                            REAUTHORIZATION

<DELETED>Sec. 501. Short title.
<DELETED>Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations.
<DELETED>Sec. 503. Division of annual appropriations.
<DELETED>Sec. 504. Extension of exception to limitation on transfers to 
                            fund.
<DELETED>Sec. 505. Recreational boating safety allocations.
<DELETED>Sec. 506. Recreational boating safety.
<DELETED>Sec. 507. National Boating Safety Advisory Council.
<DELETED>Sec. 508. Plan evaluation.
<DELETED>Sec. 509. Report to Congress.
         <DELETED>TITLE VI--CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY

   <DELETED>Subtitle A--Conveyance of Coast Guard Property in Point 
                            Spencer, Alaska

<DELETED>Sec. 601. Findings.
<DELETED>Sec. 602. Definitions.
<DELETED>Sec. 603. Authority to convey land in Point Spencer.
<DELETED>Sec. 604. Port Coordination Advisory Council for Point 
                            Spencer.
<DELETED>Sec. 605. Waiver.
     <DELETED>Subtitle B--Other Conveyance of Coast Guard Property

<DELETED>Sec. 611. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Point Reyes 
                            Station, California.
<DELETED>Sec. 612. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Tok, Alaska.
                   <DELETED>TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS

<DELETED>Sec. 701. Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution 
                            Research.
<DELETED>Sec. 702. Accident and incident notification.
<DELETED>Sec. 703. Technical corrections relating to bridges.
<DELETED>Sec. 704. International port and facility inspection 
                            coordination.
<DELETED>Sec. 705. Reports.
<DELETED>Sec. 706. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes.
<DELETED>Sec. 707. Coastwise endorsement.
<DELETED>Sec. 708. International Ice Patrol.

               <DELETED>TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>

    <DELETED>``PART III--COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPORTS TO 
                           CONGRESS</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Chap.                                                   Sec.
<DELETED>``27. Authorizations...............................       2701
<DELETED>``29. Reports......................................       2901

            <DELETED>``CHAPTER 27--AUTHORIZATIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec.
<DELETED>``2702. Authorization of appropriations.
<DELETED>``2704. Authorized levels of military strength and training.
<DELETED>``Sec. 2702. Authorization of appropriations</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
        Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) $6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) $6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 
                2017.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) For the acquisition, construction, 
        renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
        facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
        thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
        operation of facilities and equipment--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) $1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) $1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 
                2017.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, 
        including operations and maintenance of the program, personnel 
        and training costs, equipment, and services--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) $140,016,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) $140,016,000 for fiscal year 
                2017.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) For the environmental compliance and 
        restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of 
        this title--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) $16,701,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) $16,701,000 for fiscal year 
                2017.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) 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, and 
        for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
        facilities and equipment--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) $19,890,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) $19,890,000 for fiscal year 
                2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 2704. Authorized levels of military strength and 
              training</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Active Duty Strength.--The Coast Guard is authorized 
an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2016 and 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Military Training Student Loads.--The Coast Guard is 
authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017 as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) For recruit and special training, 2,500 
        student years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) For flight training, 165 student 
        years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) For professional training in military and 
        civilian institutions, 350 student years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) For officer acquisition, 1,200 student 
        years.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>``CHAPTER 29--REPORTS</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec.''.
<DELETED>    (b) Requirement for Prior Authorization of 
Appropriations.--Section 662 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating such section as section 
        2701;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by transferring such section to appear before 
        section 2702 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this 
        section); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and 
        inserting the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
        Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) For the acquisition, construction, 
        renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
        facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
        thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
        operation of facilities and equipment.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, 
        including operations and maintenance of the program, personnel 
        and training costs, equipment, and services.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) For the environmental compliance and 
        restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of 
        this title.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) For research, development, test, and 
        evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors 
        directly related to improving the performance of the Coast 
        Guard.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) For alteration or removal of bridges over 
        navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions 
        to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs 
        associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Authorization of Personnel End Strengths.--Section 661 
of title 14, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating such section as section 2703; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by transferring such section to appear before 
        section 2704 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this 
        section).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Reports.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Transmission of annual coast guard 
        authorization request.--Section 662a of title 14, United States 
        Code, is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by redesignating such section as 
                section 2901;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by transferring such section to appear 
                as the first section in chapter 29 of such title (as 
                added by subsection (a) of this section); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subsection (b)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in paragraph (1) by striking 
                        ``described in section 661'' and inserting 
                        ``described in section 2703''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking 
                        ``described in section 662'' and inserting 
                        ``described in section 2701''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Capital investment plan.--Section 663 of title 
        14, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by redesignating such section as 
                section 2902; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by transferring such section to appear 
                after section 2901 of such title (as so redesignated 
                and transferred by paragraph (1) of this 
                subsection).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Major acquisitions.--Section 569a of title 14, 
        United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by redesignating such section as 
                section 2903;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by transferring such section to appear 
                after section 2902 of such title (as so redesignated 
                and transferred by paragraph (2) of this subsection); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ``of 
                this subchapter''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Additional Submissions.--The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) each plan required under section 2904 of title 
        14, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this 
        section;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) each plan required under section 2903(e) of 
        title 14, United States Code, as added by section 206 of this 
        Act;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) each plan required under section 2902 of title 
        14, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (d) of 
        this section; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) each mission need statement required under 
        section 569 of title 14, United States Code.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Analysis for Title 14.--The analysis for title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to 
part II the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``III. Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to       2701''.
                            Congress.
<DELETED>    (b) Analysis for Chapter 15.--The analysis for chapter 15 
of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 569a.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Analysis for Chapter 17.--The analysis for chapter 17 
of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the items 
relating to sections 661, 662, 662a, and 663.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Analysis for Chapter 27.--The analysis for chapter 27 
of title 14, United States Code, as added by section 101(a) of this 
Act, is amended by inserting--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) before the item relating to section 2702 the 
        following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``2701. Requirement for prior authorization of 
                            appropriations.'';
        <DELETED>and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) before the item relating to section 2704 the 
        following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``2703. Authorization of personnel end strengths.''.
<DELETED>    (e) Analysis for Chapter 29.--The analysis for chapter 29 
of title 14, United States Code, as added by section 101(a) of this 
Act, is amended by adding after ``Sec.'' the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``2901. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization 
                            request.
<DELETED>``2902. Capital investment plan.
<DELETED>``2903. Major acquisitions.''.
<DELETED>    (f) Mission Need Statement.--Section 569(b) of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``in section 
        569a(e)'' and inserting ``in section 2903''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``under section 
        663(a)(1)'' and inserting ``under section 
        2902(a)(1)''.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>TITLE II--COAST GUARD</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. VICE COMMANDANT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 41, by striking ``an admiral,'' and 
        inserting ``admirals;'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 47, by striking ``vice admiral'' in 
        the fourth sentence and inserting ``admiral''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 51--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a), by striking 
                inserting ``admiral or'' before ``vice 
                admiral,'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting 
                ``admiral or'' before ``vice admiral,'' both places it 
                appears; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subsection (c), by inserting 
                ``admiral or'' before ``vice admiral,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Treatment of Incumbent; Transition.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the officer who, on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, is serving as Vice Commandant of the Coast 
Guard--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall continue to serve as Vice 
        Commandant;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall have the grade of admiral with pay and 
        allowances of that grade; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) shall not be required to be reappointed by 
        reason of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 202. VICE ADMIRALS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 50 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and 
                inserting the following new paragraph (1):</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(1) The President may--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) designate, within the Coast Guard, no more 
        than 5 positions of importance and responsibility that shall be 
        held by officers who, while so serving, shall have the grade of 
        vice admiral, with the pay and allowances of that grade, and 
        shall perform such duties as the Commandant may prescribe (and 
        if the President designates 5 such positions, 1 position shall 
        be the Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) designate within the Executive branch, other 
        than within the Coast Guard, positions of importance and 
        responsibility that shall be held by officers who, while so 
        serving, shall have the grade of vice admiral, with the pay and 
        allowances of that grade.''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
                ``under paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``under paragraph 
                (1)(A)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b)(2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``and'' at the end;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
                the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) at the discretion of the Secretary, while 
        awaiting orders after being relieved from the position, 
        beginning on the day the officer is relieved from the position, 
        but not for more than 60 days; and''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 203. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
toxic leadership can have an adverse effect on subordinates and the 
service, and result in degraded mission performance and the Coast Guard 
should develop policies consistent with those of the Department of 
Defense to prevent, identify, and correct toxic leadership.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Report on Leadership Development.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding after section 428 the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 429. Multirater assessment of certain 
              personnel</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Multirater Assessment of Certain Personnel.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Commencing not later than one 
        year after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard 
        Authorization Act of 2015, the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
        shall develop and implement a plan to conduct every two years a 
        multirater assessment for each of the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Each flag officer of the Coast 
                Guard.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Each member of the Senior Executive 
                Staff of the Coast Guard.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Each officer of the Coast Guard 
                nominated for promotion to the grade of 
                captain.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Post-assessment elements.--Following an 
        assessment of an individual pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
        individual shall be provided appropriate post-assessment 
        counseling and leadership coaching.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Report on Leadership Development.--Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2015, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report on the feasibility of including a multirater 
assessment as part of the personnel development programs of the Coast 
Guard. The report shall include the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) An assessment of the feasibility of--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) all officers (other than officers 
                covered by subsection (a)) completing a multirater 
                assessment;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) all members (other than officers 
                covered by subsection (a)) in command positions 
                completing a multirater assessment;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) all enlisted members in a 
                supervisory position completing a multirater 
                assessment; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) members completing periodic 
                multirater assessments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Such recommendations as the Commandant 
        considers appropriate for the implementation or expansion of a 
        multirater assessment in the personnel development programs of 
        the Coast Guard.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) An overview of each of the current 
        leadership development courses of the Coast Guard, an 
        assessment of the feasibility of the expansion of any such 
        course, and a description of the resources, if any, required to 
        expand such courses.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) An assessment on the state of leadership 
        training in the Coast Guard, and recommendations on the 
        implementation of a policy to combat toxic leadership 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a description of methods that will 
                be used by the Coast Guard to identify, monitor, and 
                counsel individuals who may be identified as toxic 
                leaders;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the implementation of toxic 
                leadership recognition training (in self and 
                others);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the establishment of procedures for 
                the administrative separation of toxic leaders; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) a description of the resources 
                needed to implement this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Multirater Assessment Defined.--In this section, the 
term `multirater assessment' means a review that seeks opinion from 
members senior to the reviewee and the peers and subordinates of the 
reviewee.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at 
        the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by 
        inserting after the item related to section 428 the following 
        new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 429. Multirater assessment of certain personnel.''.
<DELETED>    (c) Training Course on Workings of Congress.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Chapter 3 of title 14, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 60. Training course on workings of Congress</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, the 
Commandant, in consultation with the civilian and permanent 
commissioned teaching staff of the Department of Humanities at the 
Coast Guard Academy and such other individuals and organizations as the 
Commandant considers appropriate, shall develop an annual training 
course for all Coast Guard flag officers newly appointed or assigned to 
billets in the National Capital Region and all Coast Guard senior 
executive service personnel employed in the National Capital Region to 
educate them on the workings of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Course Subject Matter.--The training course required 
by this section shall cover a variety of subjects related to Congress 
and the Federal legislative process, including--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the history and structure of Congress and 
        the committee systems of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate, including the functions and responsibilities of the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the documents used by Congress, including 
        bills, resolutions, committee reports, and conference reports, 
        and the purposes they serve;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) the legislative processes of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, including similarities and 
        differences between the two processes;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) the roles of Members of Congress and 
        congressional staff in the legislative process;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) the congressional budget process;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) the congressional authorization-
        appropriation process;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) the Senate advice and consent process for 
        presidential nominees;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) the Senate advice and consent process for 
        treaty ratification;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) the concept and underlying purposes of 
        congressional oversight; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(10) best practices that promote effective and 
        successful interactions with Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Lecturers and Panelists.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Outside experts.--The Commandant shall 
        ensure that not less than 60 percent of the lecturers, 
        panelists, and other individuals providing education and 
        instruction as part of the training course required by this 
        section are experts on Congress and the Federal legislative 
        process who are not employed by the executive branch of the 
        Federal Government, such as the Congressional Research 
        Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Authority to accept pro bono services.--In 
        satisfying the requirement under paragraph (1), the Commandant 
        shall seek, and is authorized to accept, educational and 
        instructional services of lecturers, panelists, and other 
        individuals and organizations provided to the Coast Guard on a 
        pro bono basis.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Completion of Required Training.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Current flag officers and employees.--A 
        Coast Guard flag officer appointed or assigned to a billet in 
        the National Capital Region on the date of the enactment of 
        this section, and a Coast Guard senior executive service 
        employee employed in the National Capital Region on the date of 
        the enactment of this section, shall complete a training course 
        that meets the requirements of this section within 60 days of 
        the date on which the Commandant completes the development of 
        the training course.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) New flag officers and employees.--A Coast 
        Guard flag officer who is newly appointed or assigned to a 
        billet in the National Capital Region, and a Coast Guard senior 
        executive service employee who is newly employed in the 
        National Capital Region, shall complete a training course that 
        meets the requirements of this section not later than 60 days 
        after reporting for duty.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at 
        the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by adding 
        at the end the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``60. Training course on workings of Congress.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 204. SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBER CONTINUATION 
              BOARDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 357 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking subsections (a) through (h) and 
        subsection (j);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (i), by striking 
        ``(i)''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such 
        section is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 357. Retirement of enlisted members: increase in 
              retired pay''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at 
        the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by 
        striking the item relating to section 357 and inserting the 
        following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``357. Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired 
                            pay.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 205. COAST GUARD MEMBER PAY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives a report on alternative methods for notifying 
members of the Coast Guard of their monthly earnings. The report shall 
include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) an assessment of the feasibility of providing 
        members a monthly notification of their earnings, categorized 
        by pay and allowance type; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a description and assessment of mechanisms 
        that may be used to provide members with notification of their 
        earnings, categorized by pay and allowance type.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Annual Audit of Pay and Allowances of Members 
Undergoing Permanent Change of Station.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Chapter 13 of title 14, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 519. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members 
              undergoing permanent change of station</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``The Commandant shall conduct each calendar year an audit 
of member pay and allowances for the members who transferred to new 
units during such calendar year. The audit for a calendar year shall be 
completed by the end of the calendar year.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at 
        the beginning of chapter 13 of such title is amended adding at 
        the end the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``519. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members 
                            undergoing permanent change of station.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 206. RECALL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 421 the following new 
section:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 421. Involuntary recall to active duty</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``The Commandant may recall a retired member of the Coast 
Guard who is subject to section 802 of title 10 and order that member 
to active duty, without the member's consent, for the purpose of any of 
the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) A preliminary hearing under section 832 of 
        title 10.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Trial by court-martial under chapter 47 of 
        title 10.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Nonjudicial punishment under section 815 of 
        title 10.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 421 the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``421a. Involuntary recall to active duty.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 207. EXCHANGE OF MEDICAL GOODS AND SERVICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Notwithstanding section 1085 of title 10, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in lieu of 
reimbursement, transfer, from amounts appropriated for the operating 
expenses of the Coast Guard, an amount, determined by the Department of 
Defense Board of Actuaries established pursuant to section 183 of title 
10 United States Code, that represents the value of care that the 
Department of Defense or a military department, during the fiscal year 
in which funds are made available, provides to a member or former 
member of the Coast Guard (or a dependent of such member or former 
member).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 208. COAST GUARD REMISSION OF INDEBTEDNESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Expansion of Authority To Remit Indebtedness.--Section 
461 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 461. Remission of indebtedness</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``The Secretary may have remitted or cancelled any part of 
a person's indebtedness to the United States or any instrumentality of 
the United States if--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the indebtedness was incurred while the 
        person served on active duty as a member of the Coast Guard; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the Secretary determines that remitting or 
        cancelling the indebtedness is in the best interest of the 
        United States.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 14 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 461 and inserting the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``461. Remission of indebtedness.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 209. COAST GUARD COMMUNITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 409 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 
(14 U.S.C. 639 note) is amended by striking ``90 days'' in the second 
sentence and inserting ``30 days''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 210. MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 569a of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
        (f); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
        following new subsection (e):</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Quarterly Reports on Risks of Programs.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days after 
        the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Commandant shall 
        submit to the committees of Congress specified in subsection 
        (a) a report setting forth a current assessment of the risks 
        associated with all current major acquisition 
        programs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Elements.--Each report under this subsection 
        shall set forth, for each current major acquisition program, 
        the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) The top five current risks to such 
                program.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Any failure of such program to 
                demonstrate a key performance parameter or threshold 
                during operational test and evaluation conducted during 
                the fiscal year quarter preceding such 
                report.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Whether there has been any decision 
                during such fiscal year quarter to order full rate 
                production before all key performance parameters or 
                thresholds are met.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Whether there has been any breach of 
                major acquisition program cost (as defined by the Major 
                Systems Acquisition Manual) during such fiscal year 
                quarter.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Whether there has been any breach of 
                major acquisition program schedule (as so defined) 
                during such fiscal year quarter.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 211. MAJOR ACQUISITIONS ASSESSMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report that assesses the effect of any new major 
acquisition on the stated Program of Record and the Capital Investment 
Plan of the Coast Guard. The report shall include life-cycle funding 
requirements, an assessment of impact on delivery dates of current 
acquisitions projects and programs, an assessment of impact on planned 
construction or improvement projects, and recommendations on funding 
levels necessary to simultaneously support any proposed and current 
acquisitions projects and programs.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 212. POLAR ICEBREAKERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Classification of Polar Icebreakers.--Section 573(c) 
of title 14, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``or Polar 
        Icebreaker'' after ``National Security Cutter''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or Polar 
        Icebreaker'' after ``National Security Cutter''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Incremental Funding Authority for Polar Class 
Icebreakers.--In fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard is granted the authority to enter into a 
contract or contracts for the acquisition of Polar Icebreakers and 
associated equipment using incremental funding.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) ``Polar Sea'' Materiel Condition Assessment and 
Service Life Extension Decision.--Section 222 of the Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-213; 126 Stat. 
1560) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) complete a materiel condition assessment 
        with respect to the Polar Sea;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) make a determination whether it is cost 
        effective to reactivate the Polar Sea when compared with other 
        options to provide icebreaking services as part of a strategy 
        to maintain polar icebreaking services; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) submit to the Committee on Transportation 
        and Infrastructure of the House of Representative and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the assessment required under 
                paragraph (1); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) written notification of the 
                determination required under paragraph 
                (2).'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``analysis'' and 
        inserting ``written notification'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by striking subsection (c);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) 
        as subsections (c) through (g), respectively;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (4) of this section)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in subparagraph (A) by 
                        striking ``based on the analysis required''; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in subparagraph (C) by 
                        striking ``analysis'' and inserting ``written 
                        notification'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
                follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Decommissioning.--If the Secretary makes a 
        determination under subsection (a) that it is not cost 
        effective to reactivate the Polar Sea, then, not later than 180 
        days after written notification of that determination is 
        submitted under that subsection, the Commandant of the Coast 
        Guard may decommission the Polar Sea.''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
                follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Result of no determination.--If the 
        Secretary does not make a determination under subsection (a) 
        regarding whether it is cost effective to reactivate the Polar 
        Sea, then the Commandant of the Coast Guard may decommission 
        the Polar Sea.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in subsection (d)(1) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (4) of this section) by striking ``analysis'' and 
        inserting ``written notification''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (4) of this section) by striking ``in subsection 
        (d)'' and inserting ``in subsection (c)''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 213. PARTICIPATION OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN FEDERAL, 
              STATE, OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 196 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before 
        ``Notwithstanding''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Authority.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Contract or cooperative agreement.--
        Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31 and chapter 137 of title 
        10, the Commandant may enter into a contract or cooperative 
        agreement with a nonprofit organization, described under 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code, that 
        the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association may establish for 
        the purpose of supporting academic research and applying for 
        and administering Federal, State, or other educational research 
        grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy. Notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law or policy to the contrary, the 
        Commandant may enter such contract or cooperative agreement on 
        a sole source basis.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Lease or license.--The Commandant may enter 
        into a lease or license with a nonprofit organization, 
        described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that 
        Code, that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association may 
        establish for the purpose of supporting academic research and 
        applying for and administering Federal, State, or other 
        educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard 
        Academy.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Use of Coast Guard Personal Property.--The 
Commandant may allow a nonprofit organization, described under section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni 
Association may establish to use, at no cost, personal property of the 
Coast Guard to assist the non-profit organization in supporting 
academic research and applying for and administering Federal, State, or 
other educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard 
Academy.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Acceptance of Support.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Support received from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
        organization.--Notwithstanding section 93 of this title, the 
        Commandant may accept funds, supplies, and services from a 
        nonprofit organization, described under section 501(c)(3) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
        under section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast Guard Academy 
        Alumni Association may establish for the support of academic 
        research and applying for and administering Federal, State, or 
        other educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard 
        Academy. For purposes of this subsection, employees or 
        personnel of such nonprofit organization shall not be employees 
        of the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Limitation.--The Commandant shall ensure 
        that contributions under this subsection do not reflect 
        unfavorably on the ability of the Coast Guard, any of its 
        employees, or any member of the armed forces to carry out any 
        responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner, or 
        compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any 
        program of the Coast Guard, or any individual involved in such 
        a program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Retention and Use of Funds.--Funds received under 
this section may be retained for use in support of academic research 
and applying for and administering Federal, State, or other educational 
research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy and shall remain 
available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Conditions.--The authority provided in this section 
with respect to a nonprofit organization, described under section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni 
Association may establish is valid only so long as such nonprofit 
organization continues to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) qualify as a nonprofit organization, 
        described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that 
        Code, and operates in accordance with this section, the laws of 
        the State of Connecticut, and the constitution and bylaws of 
        the nonprofit organization; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) operate exclusively to support academic 
        research and applying for and administering Federal, State, or 
        other educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard 
        Academy.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 214. VENUE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 311(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(d)) is amended by 
striking the second sentence and inserting ``In the case of Hawaii or 
any possession of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, the 
appropriate court is the United States District Court for the District 
of Hawaii, except that in the case of Guam and Wake Island, the 
appropriate court is the United States District Court for the District 
of Guam, and in the case of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
appropriate court is the United States District Court for the District 
of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 215. NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 98 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking subsection (b); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
        subsections (b) and (c), respectively.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 216. INVESTIGATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States 
Code, as amended by section 203(b), is further amended by adding after 
section 429 the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 430. Investigations of Flag Officers and Senior 
              Executive Service</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``The Commandant shall consult with the Inspector General 
of the Department of Defense anytime a report of allegations of 
misconduct are made against senior officials. Investigations into 
allegations of senior official misconduct shall be consistent with 
Department of Defense policies.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 11 of such title, as amended by section 203(b), is 
further amended by inserting after the item related to section 429 the 
following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 430. Investigations of Flag Officers and Senior 
                            Executive Service.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 217. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 14, 
              UNITED STATES CODE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Title 14, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the table of chapters at the beginning of 
        part I, by striking ``Coast Guard'' in the item relating to 
        chapter 19;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 46(a), by striking ``subsection'' 
        and inserting ``section'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 47, by striking the section heading 
        and inserting the following new section heading:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 47. Vice Commandant; appointment'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
        chapter 9, by striking ``Safety'' in the item relating to 
        section 199 and inserting ``safety'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in section 427(b)(2), by striking ``this 
        chapter'' and inserting ``chapter 61 of title 10'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
        chapter 15, by striking ``Sec.'' that follows the heading for 
        subchapter II;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) in section 581(5)(B), by striking 
        ``$300,000,0000,'' and inserting ``$300,000,000,'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) in section 637(c)(3), by inserting ``it is'' 
        before ``any'' in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) in section 641(d)(3), by striking ``Guard, 
        installation'' and inserting ``Guard installation'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) in section 691(c)(3), by striking ``state'' 
        and inserting ``State'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
        chapter 21--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``reserve'' in the item 
                relating to section 709 and inserting ``Reserve''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``from active'' in the 
                item relating to section 740 and inserting ``from an 
                active'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) in section 742(c), by striking ``subsection 
        (a)and'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) in section 821(b)(1), by striking ``26'' and 
        inserting ``171''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (14) in section 823a(b)(1), by striking ``26'' and 
        inserting ``171''.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>TITLE III--SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 301. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subparagraph (A) of section 2114(a)(1) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) the seaman in good faith has reported or is 
        about to report to the Coast Guard, another appropriate Federal 
        department or agency, the vessel owner, the vessel operator, or 
        the seaman's employer that the seaman believes that a violation 
        of a maritime safety or maritime environmental protection law 
        or regulation prescribed under that law or regulation has 
        occurred;''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 302. MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 705 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 70509. Destruction of evidence during maritime counter-
              drug operations</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--Whoever, while on board a vessel used 
to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, an offense under section 
70503 of this title, knowingly or intentionally destroys (including 
jettisoning any item or scuttling, burning, or hastily cleaning a 
vessel), or attempts or conspires to destroy, property that is subject 
to forfeiture under section 511(a) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse 
Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)) shall be fined in 
accordance with section 3571 of title 18, imprisoned not more than 15 
years, or both.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Prima Facie Evidence of Violation.--Practices 
commonly recognized as smuggling tactics may provide prima facie 
evidence of intent to use a vessel to commit, or to facilitate the 
commission of, an offense under section 70503 of this title, even in 
the absence of controlled substances aboard the vessel. The following 
indicia, among others, may be considered, in the totality of the 
circumstances, to be prima facie evidence that a vessel is intended to 
be used to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such an 
offense:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The construction or adaptation of the vessel 
        in a manner that facilitates smuggling, including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the configuration of the vessel to 
                ride low in the water or present a low hull profile to 
                avoid being detected visually or by radar;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the presence of any compartment or 
                equipment that is built or fitted out for smuggling, 
                not including items such as a safe or lock-box 
                reasonably used for the storage of personal 
                valuables;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the presence of an auxiliary tank 
                not installed in accordance with applicable law or 
                installed in such a manner as to enhance the vessel's 
                smuggling capability;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) the presence of engines that are 
                excessively overpowered in relation to the design and 
                size of the vessel;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) the presence of materials used to 
                reduce or alter the heat or radar signature of the 
                vessel and avoid detection;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) the presence of a camouflaging paint 
                scheme, or of materials used to camouflage the vessel, 
                to avoid detection; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(G) the display of false vessel 
                registration numbers, false indicia of vessel 
                nationality, false vessel name, or false vessel 
                homeport.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) The presence or absence of equipment, 
        personnel, or cargo inconsistent with the type or declared 
        purpose of the vessel.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) The presence of excessive fuel, lube oil, 
        food, water, or spare parts, inconsistent with legitimate 
        vessel operation, inconsistent with the construction or 
        equipment of the vessel, or inconsistent with the character of 
        the vessel's stated purpose.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) The operation of the vessel without lights 
        during times lights are required to be displayed under 
        applicable law or regulation and in a manner of navigation 
        consistent with smuggling tactics used to avoid detection by 
        law enforcement authorities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) The failure of the vessel to stop or respond 
        or heave to when hailed by government authority, especially 
        where the vessel conducts evasive maneuvering when 
        hailed.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) The declaration to government authority of 
        false information about the vessel, crew, or voyage or the 
        failure to identify the vessel by name or country of 
        registration when requested to do so by government 
        authority.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) The presence of controlled substance residue 
        on the vessel, on an item aboard the vessel, or on an 
        individual aboard the vessel, of a quantity or other nature 
        that reasonably indicates manufacturing or distribution 
        activity.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) The use of petroleum products or other 
        substances on the vessel to foil the detection of controlled 
        substance residue.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) The presence of a controlled substance in 
        the water in the vicinity of the vessel, where given the 
        currents, weather conditions, and course and speed of the 
        vessel, the quantity or other nature is such that it reasonably 
        indicates that the controlled substance was transported in the 
        subject vessel.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Extension Beyond Territorial Jurisdiction.--
Subsection (a) applies even though the act is committed outside the 
territorial jurisdiction of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 70510. Maritime bulk cash smuggling</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Criminal Offense.--Whoever, while aboard a vessel 
used to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, an offense under 
section 70503 of this title, or whoever, while aboard a vessel 
outfitted for smuggling, knowingly conceals, attempts to conceal, or 
conspires to conceal more than $100,000 in currency or other monetary 
instruments on the person of such individual or in any conveyance, 
article of luggage, merchandise, or other container, or compartment of 
or aboard such vessel shall be fined in accordance with section 3571 of 
title 18, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Prima Facie Evidence of Violation.--Practices 
commonly recognized as smuggling tactics may provide prima facie 
evidence of intent to use a vessel to commit, or to facilitate the 
commission of, an offense under section 70503 of this title or prima 
facie evidence of a vessel outfitted for smuggling, even in the absence 
of controlled substances aboard the vessel. The following indicia, 
among others, may be considered, in the totality of the circumstances, 
to be prima facie evidence that a vessel is intended to be used to 
commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such an offense or is 
outfitted for smuggling:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The construction or adaptation of the vessel 
        in a manner that facilitates smuggling, including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the configuration of the vessel to 
                ride low in the water or present a low hull profile to 
                avoid being detected visually or by radar;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the presence of any compartment or 
                equipment that is built or fitted out for smuggling, 
                not including items such as a safe or lock-box 
                reasonably used for the storage of personal 
                valuables;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the presence of an auxiliary tank 
                not installed in accordance with applicable law or 
                installed in such a manner as to enhance the vessel's 
                smuggling capability;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) the presence of engines that are 
                excessively overpowered in relation to the design and 
                size of the vessel;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) the presence of materials used to 
                reduce or alter the heat or radar signature of the 
                vessel and avoid detection;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) the presence of a camouflaging paint 
                scheme, or of materials used to camouflage the vessel, 
                to avoid detection; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(G) the display of false vessel 
                registration numbers, false indicia of vessel 
                nationality, false vessel name, or false vessel 
                homeport.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) The presence or absence of equipment, 
        personnel, or cargo inconsistent with the type or declared 
        purpose of the vessel.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) The presence of excessive fuel, lube oil, 
        food, water, or spare parts, inconsistent with legitimate 
        vessel operation, inconsistent with the construction or 
        equipment of the vessel, or inconsistent with the character of 
        the vessel's stated purpose.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) The operation of the vessel without lights 
        during times lights are required to be displayed under 
        applicable law or regulation and in a manner of navigation 
        consistent with smuggling tactics used to avoid detection by 
        law enforcement authorities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) The failure of the vessel to stop or respond 
        or heave to when hailed by government authority, especially 
        where the vessel conducts evasive maneuvering when 
        hailed.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) The declaration to government authority of 
        false information about the vessel, crew, or voyage or the 
        failure to identify the vessel by name or country of 
        registration when requested to do so by government 
        authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Forfeiture.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Criminal forfeiture.--The court in imposing 
        sentence for any violation of subsection (a), or any attempt or 
        conspiracy to commit such violation, shall order the defendant 
        to forfeit all property, real or personal, involved in the 
        offence and any property traceable thereto. Forfeitures under 
        this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures established 
        in section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
        853).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Civil forfeiture.--Any property, real or 
        personal, involved in a violation of subsection (a), or the 
        attempt or a conspiracy to commit such violation, and any 
        property, real or personal, traceable to such violation or 
        conspiracy, may be seized and forfeited to the United States. 
        Forfeitures under this paragraph shall be governed by the 
        procedures governing civil forfeitures in money laundering 
        cases pursuant to section 981(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United 
        States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Extension Beyond Territorial Jurisdiction.--
Subsection (a) applies even though the act is committed outside the 
territorial jurisdiction of the United States.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 705 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``70509. Destruction of evidence during maritime counter-drug 
                            operations.
<DELETED>``70510. Maritime bulk cash smuggling.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 303. CARRIAGE OF LIQUID DANGEROUS CARGO.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 3702(c) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this chapter 
does not apply to a fishing or fish tender vessel of not more 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 when 
engaged only in the fishing industry.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) A vessel described in paragraph (1) is subject to 
regulation by the Secretary under this chapter if the vessel is 
carrying flammable or combustible liquid cargoes in bulk.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 304. MARITIME TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS 
              MATERIAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 5129. Maritime transportation of hazardous 
              material</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``For the purposes of enforcing this chapter, the 
Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating shall establish policies and practices to ensure that the 
authorities set forth in this chapter are enforced in the same manner 
and to the same extent, and the civil and criminal penalties are 
assessed or recommended in the same manner and to the same 
extent.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``5129. Maritime Transportation of Hazardous Material.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 305. RECREATIONAL VESSEL OPERATOR EDUCATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 131 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 13111. Recreational vessel operator education</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Authority To Develop Model Curriculum.--The 
Secretary may develop and propose a model for a national recreational 
vessel training curriculum and education standards for operators of 
recreational vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of any 
kind.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the model curriculum 
developed under subsection (a) is to promote uniformity of boating 
safety awareness and education and improve reciprocity of recreational 
vessel operator certificates and licenses among the 
States.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``13111. Recreational vessel operator education.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 306. NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Inapplicability of Disclosure Requirement.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The requirement to make 
        information available under section 552 of title 5, United 
        States Code, shall not apply to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a question from any examination for a 
                merchant seamen license, certificate, or document that 
                the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
                Guard is operating is authorized to issue pursuant to 
                title 46, United States Code;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the answer to such question, including 
                any correct or incorrect answer that may be presented 
                with such question; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) any quality or characteristic of such 
                question, including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the manner in which such 
                        question has been, is, or may be selected for 
                        an examination;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the frequency of such 
                        selection; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the frequency that an 
                        examinee correctly or incorrectly answered such 
                        question.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Statutory construction.--This section 
        constitutes a specific exemption within the meaning of section 
        552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authority To Release Certain Exam Questions.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating is authorized, for the purpose of 
exam preparation by the general public, to release an exam question and 
answer that the Secretary has retired, is not presently on or part of 
an exam, or that the Secretary determines is appropriate for 
release.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Examinations for Merchant Seaman Licenses, 
Certificates, and Documents.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Chapter 71 of title 46, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 7116. Examinations for merchant seaman licenses, 
              certificates, and documents</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Requirement for Sample Exams.--The Secretary shall 
develop a sample merchant mariner exam and outline of merchant mariner 
exam topics on an annual basis.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Public Availability.--Each sample exam and outline 
of topics developed under subsection (a) shall be readily available to 
the public.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Clerical amendment.--The analysis for such 
        chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``7116. Examinations for merchant seaman licenses, 
                            certificates, and documents.''.
<DELETED>    (d) Disclosure to Congress.--Nothing in this section may 
be construed to authorize the withholding of information from an 
appropriate inspector general or the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 307. HIGHER VOLUME PORT AREA REGULATORY DEFINITION 
              CHANGE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 710 of the 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-281; 124 Stat. 
2986) is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Higher Volume Ports.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the requirements of subparts D, F, and G of 
        part 155 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, that apply 
        to the higher volume port area for the Strait of Juan de Fuca 
        at Port Angeles, Washington (including any water area within 50 
        nautical miles seaward), to and including Puget Sound, shall be 
        deemed to apply, in the same manner, and to the same extent, to 
        the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Cape Flattery, Washington 
        (including any water area within 50 nautical miles seaward), to 
        and including Puget Sound.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take 
        effect on the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard 
        Authorization Act of 2015.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section 
is amended by striking ``the modification of the higher volume port 
area definition required by subsection (a).'' and inserting ``higher 
volume port requirements made applicable under subsection 
(a).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 308. RECOGNITION OF PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED 
              BY OTHER ENTITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Recognition of Assessment Conducted by Other 
Entities.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Certification and treatment of 
        assessments.--For the purposes of this section and section 
        70109, the Secretary may treat an assessment that a foreign 
        government (including, for the purposes of this subsection, an 
        entity of or operating under the auspices of the European 
        Union) or international organization has conducted as an 
        assessment that the Secretary has conducted for the purposes of 
        subsection (a), provided that the Secretary certifies that the 
        foreign government or international organization has--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) conducted the assessment in 
                accordance with subsection (b); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) provided the Secretary with 
                sufficient information pertaining to its assessment 
                (including, but not limited to, information on the 
                outcome of the assessment).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Authorization to enter into an agreement.--
        For the purposes of this section and section 70109, the 
        Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may 
        enter into an agreement with a foreign government (including, 
        for the purposes of this subsection, an entity of or operating 
        under the auspices of the European Union) or international 
        organization, under which parties to the agreement--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) conduct an assessment, required 
                under subsection (a);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) share information pertaining to such 
                assessment (including, but not limited to, information 
                on the outcome of the assessment); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) both.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Limitations.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) require the Secretary to recognize 
                an assessment that a foreign government or an 
                international organization has conducted; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) limit the discretion or ability of 
                the Secretary to conduct an assessment under this 
                section.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 309. MODEL YEARS FOR RECREATIONAL VESSELS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 4302 of title 46, United States 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e)(1) If in prescribing regulations under this section 
the Secretary establishes a model year for recreational vessels and 
associated equipment, such model year shall, except as provided in 
paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) begin on June 1 of a year and end on July 31 
        of the following year; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) be designated by the year in which it 
        ends.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) Upon the request of a recreational vessel 
manufacturer to which this chapter applies, the Secretary may alter a 
model year for a model of recreational vessel of the manufacturer and 
associated equipment, by no more than 6 months from the model year 
described in paragraph (1).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection shall 
only apply with respect to recreational vessels and associated 
equipment constructed or manufactured, respectively, on or after June 
1, 2015.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Guidance.--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 publish guidance to implement subsection 
(e)(2) of section 4302 of title 46, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 310. RECREATIONAL VESSEL ENGINE WEIGHTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall issue regulations amending table 4 to subpart H of part 
183 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (related to Weights 
(Pounds) of Outboard Motor and Related Equipment for Various Boat 
Horsepower Ratings) as appropriate to reflect ``Standard 30-Outboard 
Engine and Related Equipment Weights'' published by the American Boat 
and Yacht Council, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 311. VESSEL REPLACEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Loans and Guarantees.--Chapter 537 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 53701--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 
                through (14) as paragraphs (9) through (15), 
                respectively; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) Historical uses.--The term `historical uses' 
        includes--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) refurbishing, repairing, rebuilding, 
                or replacing equipment on a fishing vessel, without 
                materially increasing harvesting capacity;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) purchasing a used fishing 
                vessel;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) purchasing, constructing, expanding, 
                or reconditioning a fishery facility;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) refinancing existing debt;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) reducing fishing capacity; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) making upgrades to a fishing vessel, 
                including upgrades in technology, gear, or equipment, 
                that improve--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) collection and reporting of 
                        fishery-dependent data;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) bycatch reduction or 
                        avoidance;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) gear 
                        selectivity;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) adverse impacts caused by 
                        fishing gear; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) safety.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 53702(b), by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Minimum obligations available for historic 
        uses.--Of the direct loan obligations issued by the Secretary 
        under this chapter, the Secretary shall make a minimum of 
        $59,000,000 available each fiscal year for historic 
        uses.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Use of obligations in limited access 
        fisheries.--In addition to the other eligible purposes and uses 
        of direct loan obligations provided for in this chapter, the 
        Secretary is authorized to issue direct loan obligations for 
        the purpose of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) financing the construction or 
                reconstruction of a fishing vessel in a fishery managed 
                under a limited access system; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) financing the purchase of harvesting 
                rights in a fishery that is federally managed under a 
                limited access system.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Limitation on Application to Certain Fishing Vessels 
of Prohibition Under Vessel Construction Program.--Section 302(b)(2) of 
the Fisheries Financing Act (title III of Public Law 104-297; 46 U.S.C. 
53706 note) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the second sentence--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``or in'' and inserting 
                ``, in''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting before the period the 
                following: ``, in fisheries that are under the 
                jurisdiction of the North Pacific Fishery Management 
                Council and managed under a fishery management plan 
                issued under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
                and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or in the 
                Pacific whiting fishery that is under the jurisdiction 
                of the Pacific Fishery Management Council and managed 
                under a fishery management plan issued under that 
                Act''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``Any fishing vessel operated in fisheries under 
        the jurisdiction of the North Pacific Fishery Management 
        Council and managed under a fishery management plan issued 
        under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or in the Pacific whiting fishery 
        under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Fishery Management 
        Council and managed under a fishery management plan issued 
        under that Act, and that is replaced by a vessel that is 
        constructed or rebuilt with a loan or loan guarantee provided 
        by the Federal Government may not be used to harvest fish in 
        any fishery under the jurisdiction of any Regional Fishery 
        Management Council, other than a fishery under the jurisdiction 
        of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council or the Pacific 
        Fishery Management Council.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 312. FISHING VESSEL AND FISH TENDER VESSEL 
              CERTIFICATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 4503(c) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by designating the existing matter as 
        paragraph (1); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) This section does not apply to a fishing or fish 
tender vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies, if--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) the vessel is at least 50 feet overall in 
        length, and not more than 190 feet overall in length;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) the vessel is built after January 1, 
        2016;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) the vessel is designed by a registered 
        professional engineer, and the design incorporates standards 
        equivalent to those prescribed by a classification society 
        designated under section 3316 of this title or another 
        qualified organization approved by the Secretary;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(D) construction of such vessel is overseen and 
        certified as being in accordance with its design by a marine 
        surveyor of an organization accepted by the Secretary; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(E) the vessel--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(i) completes a stability test performed 
                by a qualified individual;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(ii) has written stability and loading 
                instructions from a qualified individual that are 
                provided to the owner or operator; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(iii) has an assigned loading 
                mark.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) The person who owns a vessel meeting the 
requirements of paragraph (2) shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) not modify or substantially change such 
        vessel unless such modification or change is reviewed and 
        approved by a registered professional engineer prior to 
        beginning any modification or change;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) complete a condition survey at least 
        biennially to the satisfaction of a marine surveyor of an 
        organization accepted by the Secretary;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) complete an out-of-water survey at least 
        once every five years to the satisfaction of a certified marine 
        surveyor of an organization accepted by the 
        Secretary;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(D) update the requirements specified in 
        paragraph (2)(E) once every five years or at the time of a 
        modification or substantial change to such vessel; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(E) for the life of the vessel, maintain records 
        to demonstrate compliance with this subsection, and make such 
        records readily available for inspection by an official 
        authorized to enforce this chapter.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 313. TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE, TECHNICAL 
              CORRECTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Title 46, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 103, by striking ``(33 U.S.C. 
        151).'' and inserting ``(33 U.S.C. 151(b)).'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 2118--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter 
                preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``title,'' and 
                inserting ``subtitle,''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b), by striking 
                ``title'' and inserting ``subtitle'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in the analysis for chapter 35--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by adding a period at the end of the 
                item relating to section 3507; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by adding a period at the end of the 
                item relating to section 3508;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in section 3715(a)(2), by striking ``and'' at 
        the end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in section 4506, by striking 
        ``(a)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in section 8103(b)(1)(A)(iii), by striking 
        ``Academy.'' and inserting ``Academy; and'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) in the analysis for chapter 701--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by adding a period at the end of the 
                item relating to section 70107A;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in the item relating to section 70112, 
                by striking ``security advisory committee.'' and 
                inserting ``Security Advisory Committee.''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in the item relating to section 70122, 
                by striking ``watch program.'' and inserting ``Watch 
                Program.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) in section 70105(c)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(xv)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``18, popularly'' 
                        and inserting ``18 (popularly''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``Act'' and 
                        inserting ``Act)''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(D) 
                paragraph'' and inserting ``(D) of 
                paragraph'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) in section 70107--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (b)(2), by striking 
                ``5121(j)(8)),'' and inserting ``5196(j)(8)),''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (m)(3)(C)(iii), by 
                striking ``that is'' and inserting ``that the 
                applicant'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) in section 70122, in the section header, by 
        striking ``watch program'' and inserting ``Watch Program''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) in the analysis for chapter 705, by adding a 
        period at the end of the item relating to section 
        70508.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>TITLE IV--FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal 
Maritime Commission $24,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 
for the activities of the Commission authorized under this chapter and 
subtitle IV.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 3 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``308. Authorization of appropriations.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 402. DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 301(c)(3)(A) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in clause (ii) by striking ``units, but only 
        after consultation with the other Commissioners;'' and 
        inserting ``units (with such appointments subject to the 
        approval of the Commission);'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in clause (iv) by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in clause (v) by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) prepare and submit to the 
                        President and Congress requests for 
                        appropriations for the Commission (with such 
                        requests subject to the approval of the 
                        Commission).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>TITLE V--SPORTFISH RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY 
                       REAUTHORIZATION</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This title may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration 
and Recreational Boating Safety Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking ``57 percent'' and 
inserting ``57.42 percent''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 503. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                by striking ``2014 and for the period beginning on 
                October 1, 2014, and ending on May 31, 2015,'' and 
                inserting ``2023,'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``18.5 
                percent'' and inserting ``18.54 percent'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``18.5 
                percent'' and inserting ``18.04 percent''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
                ``Not more than 25 percent of such amount may be used 
                for capital improvement and infrastructure projects to 
                support facilities that meet State requirements for 
                minimizing the introduction of pollutants into the 
                waterways.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by amending the heading in subsection (b) to 
        read as follows: ``Set-Asides.--'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (b)(1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``2014, and for the period beginning on October 1, 
                2014, and ending on May 31, 2015,'' and inserting 
                ``2023,'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), and inserting the 
                following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) for each of the fiscal years 
                        2016 through 2023, 1.8468 percent of total 
                        annual collections under this Act for such 
                        fiscal year; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) not withstanding clause 
                        (i), an amount that is less than or equal to 
                        $12,299,000.''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Set-aside for boating safety.--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) In general.--From the annual 
                        appropriation made in accordance with section 
                        3, for each fiscal year through 2023, the 
                        Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of 
                        the department in which the Coast Guard is 
                        operating--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I)(aa) 0.3435 percent 
                                of total annual collections under this 
                                Act to pay the costs of investigations, 
                                personnel, and activities related to 
                                administering those programs under 
                                section 4(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)); 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(bb) notwithstanding 
                                item (aa), an amount that is less than 
                                or equal to $2,300,000; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) $1,500,000 shall be 
                                made available for the National 
                                Recreational Boating Survey, that shall 
                                be available until expended and may be 
                                awarded as a contract or grant by the 
                                Secretary.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) Limitation.--The amounts 
                        specified in clause (i) for a fiscal year may 
                        not be included in the amount of the annual 
                        appropriation distributed under subsection (a) 
                        of this section for the fiscal 
                        year.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in subsection (b)(2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``under paragraph (1) shall remain available for 
                obligation for use under that paragraph'' and inserting 
                ``under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain available for 
                obligation for use under paragraph (1)(A)''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``under paragraph 
                        (1)'' and inserting ``under paragraph (1)(B)''; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``subsection 
                        (e)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                        (c)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in subsection (c), by striking ``57 percent'' 
        and inserting ``57.42 percent'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in subsection (d), by striking ``So much of 
        any sum not allocated'' and inserting ``Except as otherwise 
        provided in this section, so much of any sum not allocated''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) in subsection (e)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``those 
                subsections'' and inserting ``those 
                paragraphs'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
                follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Maximum amount.--For fiscal year 2016, the 
        Secretary of the Interior may use not more than $1,200,000 in 
        accordance with paragraph (1). For each fiscal year thereafter, 
        the maximum amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use 
        in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be determined under 
        paragraph (3).''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Annual adjusted maximum amount.--The maximum 
        amount referred to in paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2016 and 
        each fiscal year thereafter shall be the sum of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the available maximum amount for the 
                preceding fiscal year; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the amount determined by 
                multiplying--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the available maximum amount 
                        for the preceding fiscal year; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the change, relative to the 
                        preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 
                        Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
                        Department of Labor.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 9 of the Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777h) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``section 
        4(b)'' and inserting ``section 4(b)(1)(B)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``section 
        4(b)'' and inserting ``section 4(b)(1)(B)''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 504. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS TO 
              FUND.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 9504(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ``June 1, 2015,'' and inserting ``October 1, 
2023,''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 505. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ALLOCATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 13104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subsection (c).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 506. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) 
                Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c),'' and 
                inserting ``Subject to subsection (c),''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking paragraph (2); 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``title,'' 
        and all that follows through the end and inserting ``title--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) including the funding of the 
                National Boating Safety Advisory Council established 
                under section 13110 of this title and the authorized 
                activities of the Council, including travel for the 
                council; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) of the funds referred to in 
                paragraph (1), not less than $2,500,000 shall be 
                available to the Secretary only to ensure compliance 
                with chapter 43 of this title.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 507. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 13110(e) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2023''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 508. PLAN EVALUATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 303(b)(7) of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, 
Protection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3952(b)(7)) is amended by 
inserting ``and improvements made to the quality of fish and wildlife 
habitat conditions'' after ``enhancing coastal wetlands''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 509. REPORT TO CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service shall annually evaluate and report on the administrative 
services of such Service for the trust fund to the States and the 
sportfishing community, including the following categories of 
information:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The percent of grant actions completed within 
        45 days of receipt, average number of days to process new 
        grants, and average number of days to process grant 
        amendments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Which wildlife and sport fish restoration 
        policies are currently being updated, the start time for each 
        update, and the anticipated completion time.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The number of Federal assistance workshops 
        held with States and such Service in efforts to communicate 
        fiscal policies and procedures with the State 
        agencies.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The response time to States based on initial 
        notification or assistance requests initiated by a 
        State.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The number of States with unresolved 
        reconciliation of land records and number of corrective action 
        plans with open actions.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The number of employees of such Service with 
        grants management training and outstanding training 
        requirements and the percent of State fish and wildlife staff 
        to have received training from Wildlife and Sport Fish 
        Restoration Fund Program of such Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The number of full-time equivalents 
        contributing to grant processing and related grant management 
        in each region.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) The number of in-field state project reviews 
        and site visits by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Fund 
        Program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) The number of audits per year originating from 
        such Service and response time to related actions and 
        correspondence.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>TITLE VI--CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Subtitle A--Conveyance of Coast Guard Property in Point 
                       Spencer, Alaska</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 601. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Major shipping traffic is increasing through 
        the Bering Strait, the Bering and Chukchi Seas, and the Arctic 
        Ocean and will continue to increase whether or not development 
        of the outer Continental Shelf of the United States is 
        undertaken in the future and will increase further if such 
        outer Continental Shelf development is undertaken.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) There is a compelling national, State, Alaska 
        Native, and private sector need for permanent infrastructure 
        development and for a presence in the Arctic region of Alaska 
        by appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, particularly 
        in proximity to the Bering Strait, to support and facilitate 
        search and rescue, shipping safety, economic development, oil 
        spill prevention and response, protection of Alaska Native 
        archaeological and cultural resources, port of refuge, Arctic 
        research, and maritime law enforcement on the Bering Sea, the 
        Chukchi Sea, and the Arctic Ocean.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The United States owns a parcel of land, known 
        as Point Spencer, located between the Bering Strait and Port 
        Clarence and adjacent to some of the best potential deepwater 
        port sites on the coast of Alaska in the Arctic.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Prudent and effective use of Point Spencer may 
        be best achieved through marshaling the energy, resources, and 
        leadership of the public and private sectors.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) It is in the national interest to develop 
        infrastructure at Point Spencer that would aid the Coast Guard 
        in performing its statutory duties and functions in the Arctic 
        on a more permanent basis and to allow for public and private 
        sector development of facilities and other infrastructure to 
        support purposes that are of benefit to the United 
        States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this subtitle:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Arctic.--The term ``Arctic'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and 
        Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) BSNC.--The term ``BSNC'' means the Bering 
        Straits Native Corporation authorized under section 7 of the 
        Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Port 
        Coordination Advisory Council established under section 
        604(a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Plan.--The term ``Plan'' means the Port 
        Management Coordination Plan developed under section 
        604(c).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Point spencer.--The term ``Point Spencer'' 
        means the land known as ``Point Spencer'' located between the 
        Bering Strait and Port Clarence and withdrawn by Public Land 
        Order 2650 (published in the Federal Register on April 12, 
        1962), and located in Townships 2, 3, and 4 South, Range 40 
        West, Kateel River Meridian, Alaska.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Secretary.--Except as otherwise specifically 
        provided, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Alaska.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Tract.--The term ``Tract'' means Tract 1, 
        Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 6, as 
        appropriate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) Tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.--The terms 
        ``Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, and Tract 6'' 
        each mean the land generally depicted as Tract 1, Tract 2, 
        Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 6, respectively, and 
        generally depicted as such Tract on the map entitled the 
        ``Point Spencer Land Retention and Conveyance Map'', dated 
        January 2015, and on file with the Department of Homeland 
        Security and the Department of the Interior.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 603. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY LAND IN POINT SPENCER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authority To Convey Tracts 1, 3, and 4.--The Secretary 
of the Interior shall convey, subject to valid existing rights, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface 
and subsurface estates of Tract 1, Tract 3, and Tract 4 in accordance 
with subsection (d) if the Secretary notifies the Secretary of the 
Interior that the Coast Guard no longer needs to retain jurisdiction 
over any portion of Tract 1, Tract 3, or Tract 4 and the requirements 
of subsection (f) are met for each such Tract to be conveyed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authority To Convey Tracts 2 and 5.--The Secretary of 
the Interior shall convey, subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface and 
subsurface estates of Tract 2 and Tract 5 in accordance with subsection 
(d) if the requirements of subsection (f) are met for each such Tract 
to be conveyed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Authority To Transfer Tract 6.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey, subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface and 
subsurface estates of Tract 6 in accordance with subsection (e) if the 
requirements of subsection (f) are met.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Order of Offer To Convey Tract 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Determination and offer.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Tract 1, 3, or 4.--If the Secretary 
                makes the determination under subsection (a) and the 
                requirements of subsection (f) are met for Tract 1, 3, 
                or 4, or a portion of such Tract, the Secretary of the 
                Interior shall offer such Tract or portion of such 
                Tract for conveyance to BSNC under the Alaska Native 
                Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
                seq.).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Tract 2 or 5.--If the requirements of 
                subsection (f) are met for Tract 2 or Tract 5, the 
                Secretary of the Interior shall offer such Tract for 
                conveyance to BSNC under the Alaska Native Claims 
                Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Offer to bsnc.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Acceptance by bsnc.--If BSNC chooses 
                to accept an offer of conveyance of a Tract under 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                consider such Tract as within BSNC's entitlement under 
                section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
                Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) and shall convey such Tract 
                to BSNC.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Decline by bsnc.--If BSNC declines to 
                accept an offer of conveyance of a Tract under 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                offer such Tract for conveyance to the State under the 
                Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the ``Alaska 
                Statehood Act'') (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public Law 
                85-508).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Offer to state.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Acceptance by state.--If the State 
                chooses to accept an offer of conveyance of a Tract 
                under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of the Interior 
                shall consider such Tract as within the State's 
                entitlement under the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly 
                known as the ``Alaska Statehood Act'') (48 U.S.C. note 
                prec. 21; Public Law 85-508) and shall convey such 
                Tract to the State.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Decline by state.--If the State 
                declines to accept an offer of conveyance of a Tract 
                offered under paragraph (2)(B), such Tract shall be 
                disposed of pursuant to applicable public land 
                laws.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Order of Offer To Convey Tract 6.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Offer.--If the requirements under subsection 
        (f) are met for Tract 6, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        offer such Tract for conveyance to the State.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Offer to state.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Acceptance by state.--If the State 
                chooses to accept an offer of conveyance of Tract 6 
                under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior 
                shall consider Tract 6 as within the State's 
                entitlement under the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly 
                known as the ``Alaska Statehood Act'') (48 U.S.C. note 
                prec. 21; Public Law 85-508) and shall convey Tract 6 
                to the State.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Decline by state.--If the State 
                declines to accept an offer of conveyance of Tract 6 
                under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior 
                shall offer Tract 6 for conveyance to BSNC under the 
                Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
                seq.).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Offer to bsnc.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Acceptance by bsnc.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In general.--Subject to clause 
                        (ii), if BSNC chooses to accept an offer of 
                        conveyance of Tract 6 under paragraph (2)(B), 
                        the Secretary of the Interior shall consider 
                        Tract 6 as within BSNC's entitlement under 
                        section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims 
                        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) and shall 
                        convey Tract 6 to BSNC.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Lease by the state.--The 
                        conveyance of Tract 6 to BSNC shall be subject 
                        to BSNC negotiating a lease of Tract 6 to the 
                        State at no cost to the State, if the State 
                        requests such a lease.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Decline by bsnc.--If BSNC declines to 
                accept an offer of conveyance of Tract 6 under 
                paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                dispose of Tract 6 pursuant to the applicable public 
                land laws.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Terms of Conveyance.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Environmental compliance.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Tract 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In general.--The Secretary of 
                        the Interior shall not convey Tract 1, Tract 2, 
                        Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 6 under 
                        this section until--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) the Secretary 
                                certifies that the applicable 
                                requirements under section 120(h) of 
                                the Comprehensive Environmental 
                                Response, Compensation, and Liability 
                                Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) and 
                                other applicable environmental laws 
                                have been satisfied for land in such 
                                Tract; or</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) the Board of 
                                Directors of BSNC adopts and submits to 
                                the Secretary of the Interior a 
                                resolution stating that BSNC is willing 
                                to accept Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3, 
                                Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 6, as 
                                appropriate, ``as is'' at the time of 
                                such conveyance, based on known 
                                contamination.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) As is.--In this subparagraph, 
                        the term ``as is'' means the physical condition 
                        of Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, 
                        or Tract 6, as appropriate, at the time of the 
                        conveyance of such Tract, including with 
                        respect to any known contamination by hazardous 
                        materials or substances.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Land to be conveyed to the state or 
                bsnc.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Environmental compliance.--To 
                        the extent cleanup and remediation of hazardous 
                        substances on land in a Tract to be conveyed to 
                        the State or to BSNC are required by existing 
                        law, all environmental compliance activities 
                        pursuant to section 120(h) of the Comprehensive 
                        Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) and 
                        other applicable environmental laws shall be 
                        satisfied.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Monitoring of known 
                        contamination.--Notwithstanding section 120(h) 
                        of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
                        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and 
                        other applicable environmental laws, any known 
                        contamination in a Tract to be conveyed that 
                        does not pose an immediate or long-term health 
                        or environmental risk may be routinely 
                        monitored and managed by the State or BSNC, as 
                        applicable, through institutional controls in 
                        accordance with the laws of the 
                        State.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) Later found contamination.--
                        If preexisting contamination from hazardous 
                        materials and substances are found to be 
                        present in a Tract after the date the Tract is 
                        conveyed to the State or BSNC, responsibility 
                        for cleanup and remediation of such 
                        contamination shall continue to be governed by 
                        section 120(h)(3) of the Comprehensive 
                        Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)), 
                        applicable provisions of chapter 19 of title 
                        14, United States Code, and applicable laws of 
                        the State.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Land to be retained by the coast 
                guard.--With respect to land in Tract 1, Tract 3, or 
                Tract 4 to be retained by the Coast Guard, nothing in 
                this section may be construed to limit the obligation 
                of the Coast Guard to comply with applicable 
                environmental law, including section 120(h) of the 
                Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Airstrip use.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Use by coast guard.--All conveyances 
                under this section shall be subject to--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) an easement granting unlimited 
                        use of all existing and future landing pads, 
                        airstrips, runways, and taxiways that are 
                        located on such Tract conveyed, at no cost to 
                        the Coast Guard; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the right to access such 
                        landing pads, airstrips, runways, and taxiways, 
                        at no cost to the Coast Guard.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Use by state.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) In general.--For any Tract 
                        conveyed to BSNC under this section, BSNC shall 
                        provide to the State, if requested and pursuant 
                        to negotiated terms with the State, for no 
                        compensation--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) an easement over all 
                                existing and future airstrips, runways, 
                                and taxiways located on such Tract; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) a right of access to 
                                and from such airstrips, runways, and 
                                taxiways.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Right of access.--If the 
                        State requests a right of access for a road 
                        from the airstrip to the southern tip of Point 
                        Spencer, the location of such right of access 
                        shall be determined by the State, in 
                        consultation with the Secretary and BSNC, so 
                        that such access is compatible with other 
                        existing or planned infrastructure development 
                        at Point Spencer.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Relationship to public land order 2650.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Tracts not conveyed.--Any Tract that 
                is not conveyed under this section shall remain 
                withdrawn pursuant to Public Land Order 2650 (published 
                in the Federal Register on April 12, 1962).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Tracts conveyed.--For any Tract 
                conveyed under this section, Public Land Order 2650 
                shall automatically terminate upon issuance of a 
                conveyance document for such Tract.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Archeological and cultural resources.--
        Conveyance of any Tract under this section shall not affect 
        criminal jurisdiction and responsibilities regarding the 
        potential theft or vandalism of archeological or cultural 
        resources located in or on such tracts.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Personal property.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Cash sales authorized.--The Secretary 
                of Homeland Security is authorized to make cash sales 
                of personal property that is located on Tract 4 to BSNC 
                or to the State.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Value.--The total value of the 
                personal property referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 
                be deemed to be $5,580,000.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Proceeds.--Pursuant to section 559 of 
                the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
                2010 (Public Law 111-83; 123 Stat. 2180), the proceeds 
                from the sale of Coast Guard property referred to in 
                subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) shall be deposited as 
                        offsetting collections into the Coast Guard 
                        Environmental Compliance and Restoration 
                        Account;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) shall be available without 
                        further appropriation for environmental 
                        compliance and restoration activities 
                        associated with any tract conveyed or to be 
                        conveyed under this Act; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) shall remain available until 
                        expended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Unexpended balances.--If unexpended 
                balances remain in the Coast Guard Environmental 
                Compliance and Restoration Account after the completion 
                of the activities described in subparagraph (C)(ii), 
                such balances may be expended for any other 
                environmental compliance and restoration activities of 
                the Coast Guard.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Preparation of maps and legal description.--As 
        soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare maps and legal 
        descriptions of Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, 
        and Tract 6. In doing so, the Secretary of the Interior may use 
        metes and bounds legal descriptions based upon the official 
        survey plats of Point Spencer accepted on December 6, 
        1978.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Legal effect.--The maps and legal descriptions 
        shall have the same force and effect as if the maps and legal 
        descriptions were included in this Act, except that the 
        Secretary of the Interior may correct any clerical and 
        typographical errors in the maps and legal 
        descriptions.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Availability.--Copies of the maps and legal 
        descriptions shall be available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the United States Coast 
                Guard.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Survey.--Not later than 5 years after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
        shall survey Tracts conveyed and patent the Tracts in 
        accordance with the official plats of survey.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Public Access Easements.--No public access easements 
may be reserved to the United States under section 17(b) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)) with respect to the 
land conveyed under this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 604. PORT COORDINATION ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR POINT 
              SPENCER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Port 
Coordination Advisory Council for the Port of Point Spencer.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Membership.--The Council shall consist of a 
representative appointed by each of the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The State.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) BSNC.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Council are as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) To develop a Port Management Coordination Plan 
        to help coordinate infrastructure development and operations at 
        the Port of Point Spencer, that includes plans for--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) construction;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) funding eligibility;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) land use planning and development; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) public interest use and access, 
                emergency preparedness, law enforcement, protection of 
                Alaska Native archaeological and cultural resources, 
                and other matters that are necessary for public and 
                private entities to function in proximity together in a 
                remote location.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Update the Plan annually for the first 5 years 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially 
        thereafter.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Facilitate coordination among stakeholders at 
        Point Spencer, including the Coast Guard, on the development 
        and use of the land and coastline as such development relates 
        to activities at the Port of Point Spencer.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Assess the need, benefits, efficacy, and 
        desirability of establishing in the future a port authority at 
        Point Spencer under State law and act upon that assessment, as 
        appropriate, including taking steps for the potential formation 
        of such a port authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Plan.--The Plan shall be developed and implemented by 
the Council in such a manner so as to facilitate and support, and not 
interfere with nor impede, the statutory missions, duties, and 
operations of the Coast Guard in the Arctic.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Costs.--Operations and management costs for airstrips, 
runways, and taxiways at Point Spencer shall be determined pursuant to 
provisions of the Plan, as negotiated by the Council.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 605. WAIVER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 229 of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-281; 128 Stat. 3040) shall 
not be construed to prohibit any transfer or conveyance of lands under 
to this Act or any actions that involve the dismantling or disposal of 
infrastructure that supported the former LORAN system that are 
associated with the transfer or conveyance of lands under this 
subtitle.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Subtitle B--Other Conveyance of Coast Guard Property</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 611. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN POINT REYES 
              STATION, CALIFORNIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Conveyance.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
        may convey to the County of Marin all right, title, and 
        interest of the United States in and to the covered property--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) for fair market value, provided for in 
                paragraph (2);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) subject to the conditions required by 
                this section; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) subject to any other term or condition 
                that the Commandant considers appropriate to protect 
                the interests of the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Fair market value.--The fair market value of 
        the covered property shall be--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) determined by a real estate appraiser, 
                who has been selected by the County and is licensed to 
                practice in California; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) approved by the Commandant, who shall 
                base such approval on considerations of equity and 
                fairness, including the use required under this section 
                of the covered property.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Proceeds.--The Commandant shall deposit the 
        proceeds from a conveyance under paragraph (1) in the Coast 
        Guard Housing Fund established by section 687 of title 14, 
        United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Condition of Conveyance.--As a condition of any 
conveyance of covered property under this section, the Commandant shall 
require that all right, title, and interest in and to the covered 
property revert to the United States if the covered property or any 
part thereof ceases to be used for affordable housing, as defined by 
the County and the Commandant at conveyance, or to provide a public 
benefit approved by the County.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to affect or limit the application of or obligation to comply 
with any environmental law, including section 120(h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Commandant.--The term ``Commandant'' means the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) County.--The term ``County'' means the County 
        of Marin, California.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Covered property.--The term ``covered 
        property'' means the 32 acres of Federal land (including all 
        buildings, structures, utilities, and miscellaneous facilities 
        on the land) that are located in Point Reyes Station in the 
        County of Marin, California, and that are under the 
        administrative control of the Coast Guard and identified by the 
        Coast Guard as ``CAMSPAC Housing''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Expiration.--The authority to convey the covered 
property under this section shall expire on the date that is four years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 612. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN TOK, 
              ALASKA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard may convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the covered property, upon payment to the United States of the 
fair market value of the covered property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Right of First Refusal.--The Tanana Chiefs' Conference 
shall have the right of first refusal with respect to purchase of the 
covered property under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of 
the covered property shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to 
the Commandant.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Fair Market Value.--The fair market value of the 
covered property shall be--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) determined by appraisal; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) subject to the approval of the 
        Commandant.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Costs of Conveyance.--The responsibility for all 
reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and 
environmental documentation costs, associated with a conveyance under 
this section shall be determined by the Commandant and the 
purchaser.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Commandant may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a 
conveyance under this section as the Commandant considers appropriate 
and reasonable to protect the interests of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Deposit of Proceeds.--Any proceeds received by the 
United States from a conveyance under this section shall be deposited 
in the Coast Guard Housing Fund established under section 687 of title 
14, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Covered Property Defined.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--In this section, the term 
        ``covered property'' means the approximately 3.25 acres of real 
        property (including all improvements located on the property) 
        that are--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) located in Tok, Alaska;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) under the administrative control of 
                the Coast Guard; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) described in paragraph (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Description.--The property described in this 
        paragraph is the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Lots 11, 12, and 13, block ``G'', 
                Second Addition to Hartsell Subdivision, Section 20, 
                Township 18 North, Range 13 East, Copper River 
                Meridian, Alaska as appears by Plat No. 72-39 filed in 
                the Office of the Recorder for the Fairbanks Recording 
                District of Alaska, bearing seal dated 25 September 
                1972, all containing approximately 1.25 Acres and 
                commonly known as 2-PLEX - Jackie Circle, Units A and 
                B.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Beginning at a point being the SE 
                corner of the SE \1/4\ of the SE \1/4\ Section 24, 
                Township 18 North, Range 12 East, Copper River 
                Meridian, Alaska; thence running westerly along the 
                south line of said SE \1/4\ of the NE \1/4\ 260 feet; 
                thence northerly parallel to the east line of said SE 
                \1/4\ of the NE \1/4\ 335 feet; thence easterly 
                parallel to the south line 260 feet; then south 335 
                feet along the east boundary of Section 24 to the point 
                of beginning; all containing approximately 2.0 acres 
                and commonly known as 4-PLEX - West ``C'' and Willow, 
                Units A, B, C, and D.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 701. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON OIL POLLUTION 
              RESEARCH.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 7001(a) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761(a)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (3)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``Minerals Management 
                Service'' and inserting ``Bureau of Safety and 
                Environmental Enforcement, the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
                Management,''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting ``the United States 
                Arctic Research Commission,'' after ``National 
                Aeronautics and Space Administration,''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Vice chairperson.--A representative of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a 
        representative of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
        Enforcement, and a representative of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency shall serve, on a rotating basis, as vice 
        chairperson of the Committee.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Technical Amendments.--Section 7001 of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (b)(2), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``Department of Transportation'' 
        and inserting ``department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)(8)(A), by striking 
        ``(1989)'' and inserting ``(2010)''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 702. ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT NOTIFICATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 9 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, 
and Job Creation Act of 2011 (49 U.S.C. 60117 note; Public Law 112-90) 
is amended by striking subsection (c), and that subsection shall be 
deemed not to have been enacted.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 703. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO BRIDGES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Act of March 3, 1899.--The Act of March 3, 1899 
(commonly known as the ``Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 
1899''), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 9 (33 U.S.C. 401), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
        Guard is operating'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 12 (33 U.S.C. 406)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking the section designation 
                and all that follows through the first sentence and 
                inserting the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 12. PENALTY FOR WRONGFUL CONSTRUCTION; REMOVAL OF 
              STRUCTURES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Penalty for Wrongful Construction.--Each individual 
or entity that violates an applicable provision of section 9, 10, or 
11, or any rule or regulation promulgated by the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating pursuant to section 9 
or the Secretary of the Army pursuant to section 11, shall be--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) guilty of a misdemeanor; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) on conviction, punished by, at the 
        discretion of the applicable court--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a fine of not less than $500 nor 
                more than $2,500;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) imprisonment (in the case of an 
                individual) for not more than 1 year; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) both the punishments described in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B).''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in the second sentence--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``And further, the 
                        removal'' and inserting the 
                        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Removal of Structures.--The removal''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``the provisions 
                        of'' and all that follows through 
                        ``exercising'' and inserting ``a provision 
                        described in subsection (a) may be enforced by 
                        the injunction of any district court 
                        exercising''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsections (a) and (c) of section 18 (33 
        U.S.C. 502), by striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of the department in 
        which the Coast Guard is operating''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Act of March 23, 1906.--The Act of March 23, 1906 
(commonly known as the ``Bridge Act of 1906''), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the first section (33 U.S.C. 491), by 
        striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 4 (33 U.S.C. 494), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Homeland Security'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
        Guard is operating''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 5 (33 U.S.C. 495), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
        Guard is operating''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Act of August 18, 1894.--Section 5 of the Act of 
August 18, 1894 (33 U.S.C. 499), is amended by striking ``Secretary of 
Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Act of June 21, 1940.--The Act of June 21, 1940 
(commonly known as the ``Truman-Hobbs Act''), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 1 (33 U.S.C. 511), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 3 (33 U.S.C. 513)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the section heading, by striking 
                ``hearing'' and inserting ``meeting'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in the first sentence--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``hearing'' and 
                        inserting ``meeting''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``evidence'' and 
                        inserting ``supporting data''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``hearing'' and inserting ``a meeting'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 4 (33 U.S.C. 514), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in section 7 (33 U.S.C. 517), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
        Guard is operating''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in section 13 (33 U.S.C. 523), in the proviso, 
        by striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Act of July 16, 1952.--Section 3 of the Act of July 
16, 1952 (33 U.S.C. 524), is amended by striking ``hearings'' and 
inserting ``meetings''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) General Bridge Act of 1946.--The General Bridge Act 
1946 is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 502(b) (33 U.S.C. 525(b)), by 
        striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 510 (33 U.S.C. 533), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
        Guard is operating''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) International Bridge Act of 1972.--The International 
Bridge Act of 1972 is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 5 (33 U.S.C. 535c), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 8 (33 U.S.C. 535e)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``Secretary of 
                Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``the department in which the Coast Guard is 
                operating''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b), in the second 
                sentence, by striking ``, and the provisions of section 
                6 of this Act shall not apply''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by striking section 11 (33 U.S.C. 
        535h).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 704. INTERNATIONAL PORT AND FACILITY INSPECTION 
              COORDINATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 825(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2010 (6 U.S.C. 945 note; Public Law 111-281) is amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``the department in which the 
        Coast Guard is operating'' and inserting ``Homeland Security''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``they are integrated and 
        conducted by the Coast Guard'' and inserting ``the assessments 
        are coordinated between the Coast Guard and Customs and Border 
        Protection''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 705. REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Distant Water Tuna Fleet.--Section 421(d) of the Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-241; 46 
U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended by striking ``On March 1, 2007, and 
annually thereafter'' and inserting ``Not later than July 1 of each 
year,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Elimination of Reports.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Annual updates on limits to liability.--
        Section 603(c)(3) of the Coast Guard and Maritime 
        Transportation Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 2704 note) is amended by 
        striking ``on an annual basis.'' and inserting ``not later than 
        January 30 of the year following each year in which an oil 
        discharge from a vessel or nonvessel source that results or is 
        likely to result in removal costs and damages (as those terms 
        are defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
        (33 U.S.C. 2701)) that exceed liability limits established 
        under section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
        2704).''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) International bridge act of 1972.--The 
        International Bridge Act of 1972 is amended by striking section 
        11 (33 U.S.C. 535h).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 706. SAFE VESSEL OPERATION IN THE GREAT LAKES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-281) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 610, by--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) striking the section enumerator and 
                heading and inserting the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 610. SAFE VESSEL OPERATION IN THE GREAT 
              LAKES.'';</DELETED>

                <DELETED>    (B) striking ``existing boundaries and any 
                future expanded boundaries of the Thunder Bay National 
                Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve'' and 
                inserting ``boundaries of any National Marine Sanctuary 
                that preserves shipwrecks or maritime heritage in the 
                Great Lakes''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by inserting before the period at the 
                end the following: ``, unless the designation documents 
                for such Sanctuary do not allow taking up or 
                discharging ballast water in such Sanctuary''; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in the table of contents in section 2, by 
        striking the item relating to section 610 and inserting the 
        following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 610. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 707. COASTWISE ENDORSEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Notwithstanding section 12132 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 F/V RONDYS (O.N. 291085).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 708. INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Requirement for Report.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes 
the current operations to perform the International Ice Patrol mission 
and on alternatives for carrying out that mission, including satellite 
surveillance technology.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Alternatives.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include whether an alternative--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) provides timely data on ice conditions with 
        the highest possible resolution and accuracy;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is able to operate in all weather conditions 
        or any time of day; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) is more cost effective than the cost of 
        current operations.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2015''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                        TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 101. Authorizations.
Sec. 102. Conforming amendments.

                         TITLE II--COAST GUARD

Sec. 201. Vice Commandant.
Sec. 202. Vice admirals.
Sec. 203. Professional development.
Sec. 204. Senior enlisted member continuation boards.
Sec. 205. Coast Guard member pay.
Sec. 206. Recall.
Sec. 207. Exchange of medical goods and services.
Sec. 208. Coast Guard remission of indebtedness.
Sec. 209. Coast Guard communities.
Sec. 210. Major acquisition programs.
Sec. 211. Major acquisitions assessment.
Sec. 212. Polar Icebreakers.
Sec. 213. Participation of the Coast Guard Academy in Federal, State, 
                            or other educational research grants.
Sec. 214. Venue.
Sec. 215. National Coast Guard Museum.
Sec. 216. Investigations.
Sec. 217. Clarification of eligibility of members of the Coast Guard 
                            for combat-related special compensation.
Sec. 218. Maternity leave policies for the Coast Guard.
Sec. 219. Technical and clerical amendments to title 14, United States 
                            Code.

                   TITLE III--SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

Sec. 301. Whistleblower protections.
Sec. 302. Maritime drug law enforcement.
Sec. 303. Carriage of liquid dangerous cargo.
Sec. 304. Maritime transportation of hazardous material.
Sec. 305. Recreational vessel operator education.
Sec. 306. Nondisclosure of certain information.
Sec. 307. Higher volume port area regulatory definition change.
Sec. 308. Recognition of port security assessments conducted by other 
                            entities.
Sec. 309. Model years for recreational vessels.
Sec. 310. Recreational vessel engine weights.
Sec. 311. Vessel replacement.
Sec. 312. Fishing vessel and fish tender vessel certification.
Sec. 313. Title 46, United States Code, technical corrections.

                 TITLE IV--FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 402. Duties of the chairman.

    TITLE V--SPORTFISH RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY 
                            REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 503. Division of annual appropriations.
Sec. 504. Extension of exception to limitation on transfers to fund.
Sec. 505. Recreational boating safety allocations.
Sec. 506. Recreational boating safety.
Sec. 507. National Boating Safety Advisory Council.
Sec. 508. Plan evaluation.
Sec. 509. Report to Congress.

              TITLE VI--CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY

Subtitle A--Conveyance of Coast Guard Property in Point Spencer, Alaska

Sec. 601. Findings.
Sec. 602. Definitions.
Sec. 603. Authority to convey land in Point Spencer.
Sec. 604. Port Coordination Advisory Council for Point Spencer.
Sec. 605. Waiver.

          Subtitle B--Other Conveyance of Coast Guard Property

Sec. 611. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Point Reyes Station, 
                            California.
Sec. 612. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Tok, Alaska.

                        TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 701. Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research.
Sec. 702. Accident and incident notification.
Sec. 703. Technical corrections relating to bridges.
Sec. 704. International port and facility inspection coordination.
Sec. 705. Reports.
Sec. 706. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes.
Sec. 707. Coastwise endorsement.
Sec. 708. International Ice Patrol.
Sec. 709. Pribilof Islands.
Sec. 710. No charge for parking facilities.
Sec. 711. Assessment of oil spill response and cleanup activities in 
                            the Great Lakes.
Sec. 712. Report on status of technology detecting passengers who have 
                            fallen overboard.

              TITLE VIII--VESSEL INCIDENTAL DISCHARGE ACT

Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Findings; purpose.
Sec. 803. Definitions.
Sec. 804. Regulation and enforcement.
Sec. 805. Uniform national standards and requirements for the 
                            regulation of discharges incidental to the 
                            normal operation of a vessel.
Sec. 806. Treatment technology certification.
Sec. 807. Exemptions.
Sec. 808. Alternative compliance program.
Sec. 809. Judicial review.
Sec. 810. Effect on State authority.
Sec. 811. Application with other statutes.

                        TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

     ``PART III--COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS

``Chap.                                                            Sec.
``27. Authorizations........................................       2701
``29. Reports...............................................       2901

                      ``CHAPTER 27--AUTHORIZATIONS

``Sec.
``2702. Authorization of appropriations.
``2704. Authorized levels of military strength and training.
``Sec. 2702. Authorization of appropriations
    ``Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2016 and 2017 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:
            ``(1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, 
        not otherwise provided for--
                    ``(A) $6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(B) $6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2017.
            ``(2) For the acquisition, construction, renovation, and 
        improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, 
        and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, and for 
        maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
        and equipment--
                    ``(A) $1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(B) $1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2017.
            ``(3) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including 
        operations and maintenance of the program, personnel and 
        training costs, equipment, and services--
                    ``(A) $140,016,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(B) $140,016,000 for fiscal year 2017.
            ``(4) For the environmental compliance and restoration 
        functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of this title--
                    ``(A) $16,701,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(B) $16,701,000 for fiscal year 2017.
            ``(5) 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, and for 
        maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
        and equipment--
                    ``(A) $19,890,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(B) $19,890,000 for fiscal year 2017.
``Sec. 2704. Authorized levels of military strength and training
    ``(a) Active Duty Strength.--The Coast Guard is authorized an end-
of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017.
    ``(b) Military Training Student Loads.--The Coast Guard is 
authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017 as follows:
            ``(1) For recruit and special training, 2,500 student 
        years.
            ``(2) For flight training, 165 student years.
            ``(3) For professional training in military and civilian 
        institutions, 350 student years.
            ``(4) For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.

                         ``CHAPTER 29--REPORTS

``Sec.''.
    (b) Requirement for Prior Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 
662 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating such section as section 2701;
            (2) by transferring such section to appear before section 
        2702 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this 
        section); and
            (3) by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, 
        not otherwise provided for.
            ``(2) For the acquisition, construction, renovation, and 
        improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, 
        and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, and for 
        maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
        and equipment.
            ``(3) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including 
        operations and maintenance of the program, personnel and 
        training costs, equipment, and services.
            ``(4) For the environmental compliance and restoration 
        functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of this title.
            ``(5) For research, development, test, and evaluation of 
        technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to 
        improving the performance of the Coast Guard.
            ``(6) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable 
        waters of the United States constituting obstructions to 
        navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs 
        associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program.''.
    (c) Authorization of Personnel End Strengths.--Section 661 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating such section as section 2703; and
            (2) by transferring such section to appear before section 
        2704 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this 
        section).
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) Transmission of annual coast guard authorization 
        request.--Section 662a of title 14, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating such section as section 2901;
                    (B) by transferring such section to appear as the 
                first section in chapter 29 of such title (as added by 
                subsection (a) of this section); and
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1) by striking 
                        ``described in section 661'' and inserting 
                        ``described in section 2703''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking 
                        ``described in section 662'' and inserting 
                        ``described in section 2701''.
            (2) Capital investment plan.--Section 663 of title 14, 
        United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating such section as section 2902; 
                and
                    (B) by transferring such section to appear after 
                section 2901 of such title (as so redesignated and 
                transferred by paragraph (1) of this subsection).
            (3) Major acquisitions.--Section 569a of title 14, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating such section as section 2903;
                    (B) by transferring such section to appear after 
                section 2902 of such title (as so redesignated and 
                transferred by paragraph (2) of this subsection); and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ``of this 
                subchapter''.
    (e) Icebreaking Assets.--
            (1) Finding.--Congress finds that icebreaking assets are 
        critical to the United States Arctic and Antarctic capabilities 
        and readiness, and the execution of national priorities, 
        including national security, shipping, maritime domain 
        awareness, search and rescue, and environmental response.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts 
        authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 2702(2) of 
        title 14, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), there 
        is authorized to be appropriated to the Coast Guard $4,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2016 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, for 
        preacquisition activities for a new polar icebreaker, including 
        initial specification development and feasibility studies.
    (f) Additional Submissions.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives--
            (1) each plan required under section 2904 of title 14, 
        United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section;
            (2) each plan required under section 2903(e) of title 14, 
        United States Code, as added by section 206 of this Act;
            (3) each plan required under section 2902 of title 14, 
        United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (d) of this 
        section; and
            (4) each mission need statement required under section 569 
        of title 14, United States Code.

SEC. 102. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Analysis for Title 14.--The analysis for title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to part II 
the following:

``III. Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress...    2701''.
    (b) Analysis for Chapter 15.--The analysis for chapter 15 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 569a.
    (c) Analysis for Chapter 17.--The analysis for chapter 17 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to 
sections 661, 662, 662a, and 663.
    (d) Analysis for Chapter 27.--The analysis for chapter 27 of title 
14, United States Code, as added by section 101(a) of this Act, is 
amended by inserting--
            (1) before the item relating to section 2702 the following:

``2701. Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations.'';
        and
            (2) before the item relating to section 2704 the following:

``2703. Authorization of personnel end strengths.''.
    (e) Analysis for Chapter 29.--The analysis for chapter 29 of title 
14, United States Code, as added by section 101(a) of this Act, is 
amended by adding after ``Sec.'' the following:

``2901. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request.
``2902. Capital investment plan.
``2903. Major acquisitions.''.
    (f) Mission Need Statement.--Section 569(b) of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``in section 569a(e)'' and 
        inserting ``in section 2903''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``under section 
        663(a)(1)'' and inserting ``under section 2902(a)(1)''.

                         TITLE II--COAST GUARD

SEC. 201. VICE COMMANDANT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in section 41, by striking ``an admiral,'' and 
        inserting ``admirals;'';
            (2) in section 47, by striking ``vice admiral'' in the 
        fourth sentence and inserting ``admiral''; and
            (3) in section 51--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``admiral or'' 
                before ``vice admiral,'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``admiral or'' 
                before ``vice admiral,'' each place it appears; and
                    (C) in subsection (c), by inserting ``admiral or'' 
                before ``vice admiral,''.
    (b) Treatment of Incumbent; Transition.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the officer who, on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is serving as Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard--
            (1) shall continue to serve as Vice Commandant;
            (2) shall have the grade of admiral with pay and allowances 
        of that grade; and
            (3) shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of 
        the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 202. VICE ADMIRALS.

    Section 50 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph (1):
    ``(1) The President may--
            ``(A) designate, within the Coast Guard, no more than 5 
        positions of importance and responsibility that shall be held 
        by officers who, while so serving, shall have the grade of vice 
        admiral, with the pay and allowances of that grade, and shall 
        perform such duties as the Commandant may prescribe (and if the 
        President designates 5 such positions, 1 position shall be the 
        Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard); and
            ``(B) designate within the Executive branch, other than 
        within the Coast Guard, positions of importance and 
        responsibility that shall be held by officers who, while so 
        serving, shall have the grade of vice admiral, with the pay and 
        allowances of that grade.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``under 
                paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``under paragraph 
                (1)(A)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
            ``(C) at the discretion of the Secretary, while awaiting 
        orders after being relieved from the position, beginning on the 
        day the officer is relieved from the position, but not for more 
        than 60 days; and''.

SEC. 203. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that toxic 
leadership can have an adverse effect on subordinates and the service, 
and result in degraded mission performance and the Coast Guard should 
develop policies consistent with those of the Department of Defense to 
prevent, identify, and correct toxic leadership.
    (b) Report on Leadership Development.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding after section 428 the following:
``Sec. 429. Multirater assessment of certain personnel
    ``(a) Multirater Assessment of Certain Personnel.--
            ``(1) In general.--Commencing not later than one year after 
        the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 
        of 2015, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall develop and 
        implement a plan to conduct every two years a multirater 
        assessment for each of the following:
                    ``(A) Each flag officer of the Coast Guard.
                    ``(B) Each member of the Senior Executive Staff of 
                the Coast Guard.
                    ``(C) Each officer of the Coast Guard nominated for 
                promotion to the grade of captain.
            ``(2) Post-assessment elements.--Following an assessment of 
        an individual pursuant to paragraph (1), the individual shall 
        be provided appropriate post-assessment counseling and 
        leadership coaching.
    ``(b) Report on Leadership Development.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2015, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 
report on the feasibility of including a multirater assessment as part 
of the personnel development programs of the Coast Guard. The report 
shall include the following:
            ``(1) An assessment of the feasibility of--
                    ``(A) all officers (other than officers covered by 
                subsection (a)) completing a multirater assessment;
                    ``(B) all members (other than officers covered by 
                subsection (a)) in command positions completing a 
                multirater assessment;
                    ``(C) all enlisted members in a supervisory 
                position completing a multirater assessment; and
                    ``(D) members completing periodic multirater 
                assessments.
            ``(2) Such recommendations as the Commandant considers 
        appropriate for the implementation or expansion of a multirater 
        assessment in the personnel development programs of the Coast 
        Guard.
            ``(3) An overview of each of the current leadership 
        development courses of the Coast Guard, an assessment of the 
        feasibility of the expansion of any such course, and a 
        description of the resources, if any, required to expand such 
        courses.
            ``(4) An assessment on the state of leadership training in 
        the Coast Guard, and recommendations on the implementation of a 
        policy to combat toxic leadership including--
                    ``(A) a description of methods that will be used by 
                the Coast Guard to identify, monitor, and counsel 
                individuals who may be identified as toxic leaders;
                    ``(B) the implementation of toxic leadership 
                recognition training (in self and others);
                    ``(C) the establishment of procedures for the 
                administrative separation of toxic leaders; and
                    ``(D) a description of the resources needed to 
                implement this section.
    ``(c) Multirater Assessment Defined.--In this section, the term 
`multirater assessment' means a review that seeks opinion from members 
senior to the reviewee and the peers and subordinates of the 
reviewee.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting 
        after the item related to section 428 the following new item:

``Sec. 429. Multirater assessment of certain personnel.''.
    (c) Training Course on Workings of Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 60. Training course on workings of Congress
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, the Commandant, 
in consultation with the civilian and permanent commissioned teaching 
staff of the Department of Humanities at the Coast Guard Academy and 
such other individuals and organizations as the Commandant considers 
appropriate, shall develop an annual training course for all Coast 
Guard flag officers newly appointed or assigned to billets in the 
National Capital Region and all Coast Guard senior executive service 
personnel employed in the National Capital Region to educate them on 
the workings of Congress.
    ``(b) Course Subject Matter.--The training course required by this 
section shall cover a variety of subjects related to Congress and the 
Federal legislative process, including--
            ``(1) the history and structure of Congress and the 
        committee systems of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate, including the functions and responsibilities of the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate;
            ``(2) the documents used by Congress, including bills, 
        resolutions, committee reports, and conference reports, and the 
        purposes they serve;
            ``(3) the legislative processes of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, including similarities and 
        differences between the two processes;
            ``(4) the roles of Members of Congress and congressional 
        staff in the legislative process;
            ``(5) the congressional budget process;
            ``(6) the congressional authorization-appropriation 
        process;
            ``(7) the Senate advice and consent process for 
        presidential nominees;
            ``(8) the Senate advice and consent process for treaty 
        ratification;
            ``(9) the concept and underlying purposes of congressional 
        oversight; and
            ``(10) best practices that promote effective and successful 
        interactions with Congress.
    ``(c) Lecturers and Panelists.--
            ``(1) Outside experts.--The Commandant shall ensure that 
        not less than 60 percent of the lecturers, panelists, and other 
        individuals providing education and instruction as part of the 
        training course required by this section are experts on 
        Congress and the Federal legislative process who are not 
        employed by the executive branch of the Federal Government, 
        such as the Congressional Research Service.
            ``(2) Authority to accept pro bono services.--In satisfying 
        the requirement under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall seek, 
        and is authorized to accept, educational and instructional 
        services of lecturers, panelists, and other individuals and 
        organizations provided to the Coast Guard on a pro bono basis.
    ``(d) Completion of Required Training.--
            ``(1) Current flag officers and employees.--A Coast Guard 
        flag officer appointed or assigned to a billet in the National 
        Capital Region on the date of the enactment of this section, 
        and a Coast Guard senior executive service employee employed in 
        the National Capital Region on the date of the enactment of 
        this section, shall complete a training course that meets the 
        requirements of this section within 60 days of the date on 
        which the Commandant completes the development of the training 
        course.
            ``(2) New flag officers and employees.--A Coast Guard flag 
        officer who is newly appointed or assigned to a billet in the 
        National Capital Region, and a Coast Guard senior executive 
        service employee who is newly employed in the National Capital 
        Region, shall complete a training course that meets the 
        requirements of this section not later than 60 days after 
        reporting for duty.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by adding at 
        the end the following new item:

``60. Training course on workings of Congress.''.

SEC. 204. SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBER CONTINUATION BOARDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 357 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) through (h) and subsection 
        (j);
            (2) in subsection (i), by striking ``(i)''.
    (b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is 
        amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 357. Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 357 and inserting the following 
        new item:

``357. Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay.''.

SEC. 205. COAST GUARD MEMBER PAY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report on alternative methods for notifying members 
of the Coast Guard of their monthly earnings. The report shall 
include--
            (1) an assessment of the feasibility of providing members a 
        monthly notification of their earnings, categorized by pay and 
        allowance type; and
            (2) a description and assessment of mechanisms that may be 
        used to provide members with notification of their earnings, 
        categorized by pay and allowance type.
    (b) Annual Audit of Pay and Allowances of Members Undergoing 
Permanent Change of Station.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 13 of title 14, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 519. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing 
              permanent change of station
    ``The Commandant shall conduct each calendar year an audit of 
member pay and allowances for the members who transferred to new units 
during such calendar year. The audit for a calendar year shall be 
completed by the end of the calendar year.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 13 of such title is amended adding at the 
        end the following new item:

``519. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing 
                            permanent change of station.''.

SEC. 206. RECALL.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 421 the following new section:
``Sec. 421a. Involuntary recall to active duty
    ``The Commandant may recall a retired member of the Coast Guard who 
is subject to section 802 of title 10 and order that member to active 
duty, without the member's consent, for the purpose of any of the 
following:
            ``(1) A preliminary hearing under section 832 of title 10.
            ``(2) Trial by court-martial under chapter 47 of title 10.
            ``(3) Nonjudicial punishment under section 815 of title 
        10.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 421 the following new item:

``421a. Involuntary recall to active duty.''.

SEC. 207. EXCHANGE OF MEDICAL GOODS AND SERVICES.

    Notwithstanding section 1085 of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in lieu of reimbursement, 
transfer, from amounts appropriated for the operating expenses of the 
Coast Guard, an amount, determined by the Department of Defense Board 
of Actuaries established pursuant to section 183 of title 10 United 
States Code, that represents the value of care that the Department of 
Defense or a military department, during the fiscal year in which funds 
are made available, provides to a member or former member of the Coast 
Guard (or a dependent of such member or former member).

SEC. 208. COAST GUARD REMISSION OF INDEBTEDNESS.

    (a) Expansion of Authority To Remit Indebtedness.--Section 461 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 461. Remission of indebtedness
    ``The Secretary may have remitted or cancelled any part of a 
person's indebtedness to the United States or any instrumentality of 
the United States if--
            ``(1) the indebtedness was incurred while the person served 
        on active duty as a member of the Coast Guard; and
            ``(2) the Secretary determines that remitting or cancelling 
        the indebtedness is in the best interest of the United 
        States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 14 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 461 and inserting the following new item:

``461. Remission of indebtedness.''.

SEC. 209. COAST GUARD COMMUNITIES.

    Section 409 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 (14 U.S.C. 
639 note) is amended by striking ``90 days'' in the second sentence and 
inserting ``30 days''.

SEC. 210. MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

    Section 2903 of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated by 
section 101 of this Act, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection (e):
    ``(e) Quarterly Reports on Risks of Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days after the end of 
        each fiscal year quarter, the Commandant shall submit to the 
        committees of Congress specified in subsection (a) a report 
        setting forth a current assessment of the risks associated with 
        all current major acquisition programs.
            ``(2) Elements.--Each report under this subsection shall 
        set forth, for each current major acquisition program, the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The top five current risks to such program.
                    ``(B) Any failure of such program to demonstrate a 
                key performance parameter or threshold during 
                operational test and evaluation conducted during the 
                fiscal year quarter preceding such report.
                    ``(C) Whether there has been any decision during 
                such fiscal year quarter to order full rate production 
                before all key performance parameters or thresholds are 
                met.
                    ``(D) Whether there has been any breach of major 
                acquisition program cost (as defined by the Major 
                Systems Acquisition Manual) during such fiscal year 
                quarter.
                    ``(E) Whether there has been any breach of major 
                acquisition program schedule (as so defined) during 
                such fiscal year quarter.''.

SEC. 211. MAJOR ACQUISITIONS ASSESSMENT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 
report that assesses the effect of any new major acquisition on the 
stated Program of Record and the Capital Investment Plan of the Coast 
Guard. The report shall include life-cycle funding requirements, an 
assessment of impact on delivery dates of current acquisitions projects 
and programs, an assessment of impact on planned construction or 
improvement projects, and recommendations on funding levels necessary 
to simultaneously support any proposed and current acquisitions 
projects and programs.

SEC. 212. POLAR ICEBREAKERS.

    (a) Classification of Polar Icebreakers.--Section 573(c) of title 
14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``or Polar 
        Icebreaker'' after ``National Security Cutter''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or Polar Icebreaker'' 
        after ``National Security Cutter''.
    (b) Incremental Funding Authority for Polar Class Icebreakers.--In 
fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard is granted the authority to enter into a contract or 
contracts for the acquisition of Polar Icebreakers and associated 
equipment using incremental funding.
    (c) ``Polar Sea'' Materiel Condition Assessment and Service Life 
Extension Decision.--Section 222 of the Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-213; 126 Stat. 1560) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, the Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall--
            ``(1) complete a materiel condition assessment with respect 
        to the Polar Sea;
            ``(2) make a determination whether it is cost effective to 
        reactivate the Polar Sea when compared with other options to 
        provide icebreaking services as part of a strategy to maintain 
        polar icebreaking services; and
            ``(3) submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representative and the Committee 
        on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate--
                    ``(A) the assessment required under paragraph (1); 
                and
                    ``(B) written notification of the determination 
                required under paragraph (2).'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``analysis'' and 
        inserting ``written notification'';
            (3) by striking subsection (c);
            (4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as 
        subsections (c) through (g), respectively;
            (5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (4) of 
        this section)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``based 
                        on the analysis required''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
                        ``analysis'' and inserting ``written 
                        notification''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Decommissioning.--If the Secretary makes a 
        determination under subsection (a) that it is not cost 
        effective to reactivate the Polar Sea, then, not later than 180 
        days after written notification of that determination is 
        submitted under that subsection, the Commandant of the Coast 
        Guard may decommission the Polar Sea.''; and
            (6) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (4) of 
        this section) by striking ``in subsection (d)'' and inserting 
        ``in subsection (c)''.

SEC. 213. PARTICIPATION OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN FEDERAL, STATE, 
              OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS.

    Section 196 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before 
        ``Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Authority.--
            ``(1) Contract or cooperative agreement.--Notwithstanding 
        chapter 63 of title 31 and chapter 137 of title 10, the 
        Commandant may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement 
        with a nonprofit organization, described under section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
        taxation under section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast 
        Guard Academy Alumni Association may establish for the purpose 
        of supporting academic research and applying for and 
        administering Federal, State, or other educational research 
        grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy. Notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law or policy to the contrary, the 
        Commandant may enter such contract or cooperative agreement on 
        a sole source basis.
            ``(2) Lease or license.--The Commandant may enter into a 
        lease or license with a nonprofit organization, described under 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code, that 
        the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association may establish for 
        the purpose of supporting academic research and applying for 
        and administering Federal, State, or other educational research 
        grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy.
    ``(c) Use of Coast Guard Personal Property.--The Commandant may 
allow a nonprofit organization, described under section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni 
Association may establish to use, at no cost, personal property of the 
Coast Guard to assist the non-profit organization in supporting 
academic research and applying for and administering Federal, State, or 
other educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy.
    ``(d) Acceptance of Support.--
            ``(1) Support received from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
        organization.--Notwithstanding section 93 of this title, the 
        Commandant may accept funds, supplies, and services from a 
        nonprofit organization, described under section 501(c)(3) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
        under section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast Guard Academy 
        Alumni Association may establish for the support of academic 
        research and applying for and administering Federal, State, or 
        other educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard 
        Academy. For purposes of this subsection, employees or 
        personnel of such nonprofit organization shall not be employees 
        of the United States.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Commandant shall ensure that 
        contributions under this subsection do not reflect unfavorably 
        on the ability of the Coast Guard, any of its employees, or any 
        member of the armed forces to carry out any responsibility or 
        duty in a fair and objective manner, or compromise the 
        integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the 
        Coast Guard, or any individual involved in such a program.
    ``(e) Retention and Use of Funds.--Funds received under this 
section may be retained for use in support of academic research and 
applying for and administering Federal, State, or other educational 
research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard Academy and shall remain 
available until expended.
    ``(f) Conditions.--The authority provided in this section with 
respect to a nonprofit organization, described under section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of that Code, that the Coast Guard Academy Alumni 
Association may establish is valid only so long as such nonprofit 
organization continues to--
            ``(1) qualify as a nonprofit organization, described under 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code, and 
        operates in accordance with this section, the laws of the State 
        of Connecticut, and the constitution and bylaws of the 
        nonprofit organization; and
            ``(2) operate exclusively to support academic research and 
        applying for and administering Federal, State, or other 
        educational research grants on behalf of the Coast Guard 
        Academy.''.

SEC. 214. VENUE.

    Section 311(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(d)) is amended by striking the second 
sentence and inserting ``In the case of Hawaii or any possession of the 
United States in the Pacific Ocean, the appropriate court is the United 
States District Court for the District of Hawaii, except that in the 
case of Guam and Wake Island, the appropriate court is the United 
States District Court for the District of Guam, and in the case of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the appropriate court is the United States 
District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.

SEC. 215. NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM.

    Section 98 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (b) and (c), respectively.

SEC. 216. INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, as 
amended by section 203(b), is further amended by adding after section 
429 the following:
``Sec. 430. Investigations of Flag Officers and Senior Executive 
              Service
    ``An investigation into an allegation of misconduct by a senior 
official shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the policies of 
the Department of Defense for such an investigation. The Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall consult with the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense any time a report of an 
allegation of misconduct is made against a senior official.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 11 of such title, as amended by section 203(b), is further 
amended by inserting after the item related to section 429 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 430. Investigations of Flag Officers and Senior Executive 
                            Service.''.

SEC. 217. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD 
              FOR COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION.

    (a) Guidance on Consideration of Eligibility.--Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall issue guidance and procedures for the boards 
and personnel of the Coast Guard necessary to ensure that, in 
determining whether the disability of a member of the Coast Guard is a 
combat-related disability for purposes of the eligibility of such 
member for combat-related special compensation under section 1413a of 
title 10, United States Code, such boards and personnel shall consider 
the criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to 
subsection (e)(2) of such section in the same manner as boards and 
personnel of the military departments consider such criteria in 
determining whether the disability of a member of the Armed Forces is a 
combat-related disability for purposes of the eligibility of such 
member for combat-related special compensation under such section, 
including a disability incurred--
            (1) in the performance of combat-related eligible duties 
        (as described under criteria prescribed by the Secretary of 
        Defense) while permanently or temporarily assigned to a 
        combatant command or other unit of the Department of Defense or 
        while executing a mission or training in support of the 
        Department; or
            (2) in the case of a member of the Coast Guard when it was 
        not operating as a service in the Navy--
                    (A) during activities described in subsection (e) 
                of such section (as described under criteria prescribed 
                by the Secretary of Defense), except that hazardous 
                service otherwise referred to in paragraph (2)(B) of 
                that subsection shall include aviation duty, diving 
                duty, rescue swimmer or similar duty, and hazardous 
                service onboard a small vessel, such as duty as a 
                surfman;
                    (B) in the performance of duties for which special 
                or incentive pay was paid pursuant to section 301, 
                301a, 304, 307, 334, or 351 of title 37, United States 
                Code;
                    (C) in the performance of a homeland security 
                mission (as that term is defined in section 888(a)(2) 
                of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
                468(a)(2));
                    (D) in the performance of a search and rescue 
                mission; or
                    (E) while engaged in a training exercise for the 
                performance of a mission or duty covered by this 
                paragraph.
    (b) Applicability of Guidance.--The guidance issued pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall apply to disabilities described in that subsection 
that are incurred on or after the effective date provided in section 
636(a)(2) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 116 Stat. 2574; 10 U.S.C. 1413a 
note).
    (c) Reapplication for Compensation.--Any member of the Coast Guard 
who was denied combat-related special compensation under section 1413a 
of title 10, United States Code, during the period beginning on the 
effective date specified in subsection (b) and ending on the date of 
the issuance of the guidance required by subsection (a) may reapply for 
combat-related special compensation under such section on the basis of 
such guidance in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall specify.

SEC. 218. MATERNITY LEAVE POLICIES FOR THE COAST GUARD.

    Not later than 1 year after the date the Secretary of Defense or 
the Secretary of the Navy promulgates a new rule, policy, or memorandum 
with respect to maternity leave pursuant to section 704 of title 10, 
United States Code, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall promulgate a similar rule, policy, or 
memorandum, as appropriate, consistent with whichever maternity leave 
policy is greater in terms of both duration and compensation.

SEC. 219. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 14, UNITED STATES 
              CODE.

    Title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the table of chapters at the beginning of part I, by 
        striking ``Coast Guard'' in the item relating to chapter 19;
            (2) in section 46(a), by striking ``subsection'' and 
        inserting ``section'';
            (3) in section 47, by striking the section heading and 
        inserting the following new section heading:
``Sec. 47. Vice Commandant; appointment'';
            (4) in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 9, 
        by striking ``Safety'' in the item relating to section 199 and 
        inserting ``safety'';
            (5) in section 427(b)(2), by striking ``this chapter'' and 
        inserting ``chapter 61 of title 10'';
            (6) in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
        15, by striking ``Sec.'' that follows the heading for 
        subchapter II;
            (7) in section 581(5)(B), by striking ``$300,000,0000,'' 
        and inserting ``$300,000,000,'';
            (8) in section 637(c)(3), by inserting ``it is'' before 
        ``any'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A);
            (9) in section 641(d)(3), by striking ``Guard, 
        installation'' and inserting ``Guard installation'';
            (10) in section 691(c)(3), by striking ``state'' and 
        inserting ``State'';
            (11) in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
        21--
                    (A) by striking ``reserve'' in the item relating to 
                section 709 and inserting ``Reserve''; and
                    (B) by striking ``from active'' in the item 
                relating to section 740 and inserting ``from an 
                active'';
            (12) in section 742(c), by striking ``subsection (a)and'' 
        and inserting ``subsections (a) and'';
            (13) in section 821(b)(1), by striking ``26'' and inserting 
        ``171''; and
            (14) in section 823a(b)(1), by striking ``26'' and 
        inserting ``171''.

                   TITLE III--SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

SEC. 301. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.

    Subparagraph (A) of section 2114(a)(1) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) the seaman in good faith has reported or is about to 
        report to the Coast Guard, another appropriate Federal 
        department or agency, the vessel owner, the vessel operator, or 
        the seaman's employer that the seaman believes that a violation 
        of a maritime safety or maritime environmental protection law 
        or regulation prescribed under that law or regulation has 
        occurred;''.

SEC. 302. MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 705 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 70509. Destruction of evidence during maritime counter-drug 
              operations
    ``(a) In General.--Whoever, while on board a vessel used to commit, 
or to facilitate the commission of, an offense under section 70503 of 
this title, knowingly or intentionally destroys (including jettisoning 
any item or scuttling, burning, or hastily cleaning a vessel), or 
attempts or conspires to destroy, property that is subject to 
forfeiture under section 511(a) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse 
Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)) shall be fined in 
accordance with section 3571 of title 18, imprisoned not more than 15 
years, or both.
    ``(b) Prima Facie Evidence of Violation.--Practices commonly 
recognized as smuggling tactics may provide prima facie evidence of 
intent to use a vessel to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, 
an offense under section 70503 of this title, even in the absence of 
controlled substances aboard the vessel. The following indicia, among 
others, may be considered, in the totality of the circumstances, to be 
prima facie evidence that a vessel is intended to be used to commit, or 
to facilitate the commission of, such an offense:
            ``(1) The construction or adaptation of the vessel in a 
        manner that facilitates smuggling, including--
                    ``(A) the configuration of the vessel to ride low 
                in the water or present a low hull profile to avoid 
                being detected visually or by radar;
                    ``(B) the presence of any compartment or equipment 
                that is built or fitted out for smuggling, not 
                including items such as a safe or lock-box reasonably 
                used for the storage of personal valuables;
                    ``(C) the presence of an auxiliary tank not 
                installed in accordance with applicable law or 
                installed in such a manner as to enhance the vessel's 
                smuggling capability;
                    ``(D) the presence of engines that are excessively 
                overpowered in relation to the design and size of the 
                vessel;
                    ``(E) the presence of materials used to reduce or 
                alter the heat or radar signature of the vessel and 
                avoid detection;
                    ``(F) the presence of a camouflaging paint scheme, 
                or of materials used to camouflage the vessel, to avoid 
                detection; or
                    ``(G) the display of false vessel registration 
                numbers, false indicia of vessel nationality, false 
                vessel name, or false vessel homeport.
            ``(2) The presence or absence of equipment, personnel, or 
        cargo inconsistent with the type or declared purpose of the 
        vessel.
            ``(3) The presence of excessive fuel, lube oil, food, 
        water, or spare parts, inconsistent with legitimate vessel 
        operation, inconsistent with the construction or equipment of 
        the vessel, or inconsistent with the character of the vessel's 
        stated purpose.
            ``(4) The operation of the vessel without lights during 
        times lights are required to be displayed under applicable law 
        or regulation and in a manner of navigation consistent with 
        smuggling tactics used to avoid detection by law enforcement 
        authorities.
            ``(5) The failure of the vessel to stop or respond or heave 
        to when hailed by government authority, especially where the 
        vessel conducts evasive maneuvering when hailed.
            ``(6) The declaration to government authority of false 
        information about the vessel, crew, or voyage or the failure to 
        identify the vessel by name or country of registration when 
        requested to do so by government authority.
            ``(7) The presence of controlled substance residue on the 
        vessel, on an item aboard the vessel, or on an individual 
        aboard the vessel, of a quantity or other nature that 
        reasonably indicates manufacturing or distribution activity.
            ``(8) The use of petroleum products or other substances on 
        the vessel to foil the detection of controlled substance 
        residue.
            ``(9) The presence of a controlled substance in the water 
        in the vicinity of the vessel, where given the currents, 
        weather conditions, and course and speed of the vessel, the 
        quantity or other nature is such that it reasonably indicates 
        that the controlled substance was transported in the subject 
        vessel.
    ``(c) Extension Beyond Territorial Jurisdiction.--Subsection (a) 
applies even though the act is committed outside the territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States.
``Sec. 70510. Maritime bulk cash smuggling
    ``(a) Criminal Offense.--Whoever, while aboard a vessel used to 
commit, or to facilitate the commission of, an offense under section 
70503 of this title, or whoever, while aboard a vessel outfitted for 
smuggling, knowingly conceals, attempts to conceal, or conspires to 
conceal more than $100,000 in currency or other monetary instruments on 
the person of such individual or in any conveyance, article of luggage, 
merchandise, or other container, or compartment of or aboard such 
vessel shall be fined in accordance with section 3571 of title 18, 
imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
    ``(b) Prima Facie Evidence of Violation.--Practices commonly 
recognized as smuggling tactics may provide prima facie evidence of 
intent to use a vessel to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, 
an offense under section 70503 of this title or prima facie evidence of 
a vessel outfitted for smuggling, even in the absence of controlled 
substances aboard the vessel. The following indicia, among others, may 
be considered, in the totality of the circumstances, to be prima facie 
evidence that a vessel is intended to be used to commit, or to 
facilitate the commission of, such an offense or is outfitted for 
smuggling:
            ``(1) The construction or adaptation of the vessel in a 
        manner that facilitates smuggling, including--
                    ``(A) the configuration of the vessel to ride low 
                in the water or present a low hull profile to avoid 
                being detected visually or by radar;
                    ``(B) the presence of any compartment or equipment 
                that is built or fitted out for smuggling, not 
                including items such as a safe or lock-box reasonably 
                used for the storage of personal valuables;
                    ``(C) the presence of an auxiliary tank not 
                installed in accordance with applicable law or 
                installed in such a manner as to enhance the vessel's 
                smuggling capability;
                    ``(D) the presence of engines that are excessively 
                overpowered in relation to the design and size of the 
                vessel;
                    ``(E) the presence of materials used to reduce or 
                alter the heat or radar signature of the vessel and 
                avoid detection;
                    ``(F) the presence of a camouflaging paint scheme, 
                or of materials used to camouflage the vessel, to avoid 
                detection; or
                    ``(G) the display of false vessel registration 
                numbers, false indicia of vessel nationality, false 
                vessel name, or false vessel homeport.
            ``(2) The presence or absence of equipment, personnel, or 
        cargo inconsistent with the type or declared purpose of the 
        vessel.
            ``(3) The presence of excessive fuel, lube oil, food, 
        water, or spare parts, inconsistent with legitimate vessel 
        operation, inconsistent with the construction or equipment of 
        the vessel, or inconsistent with the character of the vessel's 
        stated purpose.
            ``(4) The operation of the vessel without lights during 
        times lights are required to be displayed under applicable law 
        or regulation and in a manner of navigation consistent with 
        smuggling tactics used to avoid detection by law enforcement 
        authorities.
            ``(5) The failure of the vessel to stop or respond or heave 
        to when hailed by government authority, especially where the 
        vessel conducts evasive maneuvering when hailed.
            ``(6) The declaration to government authority of false 
        information about the vessel, crew, or voyage or the failure to 
        identify the vessel by name or country of registration when 
        requested to do so by government authority.
    ``(c) Forfeiture.--
            ``(1) Criminal forfeiture.--The court in imposing sentence 
        for any violation of subsection (a), or any attempt or 
        conspiracy to commit such violation, shall order the defendant 
        to forfeit all property, real or personal, involved in the 
        offence and any property traceable thereto. Forfeitures under 
        this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures established 
        in section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
        853).
            ``(2) Civil forfeiture.--Any property, real or personal, 
        involved in a violation of subsection (a), or the attempt or a 
        conspiracy to commit such violation, and any property, real or 
        personal, traceable to such violation or conspiracy, may be 
        seized and forfeited to the United States. Forfeitures under 
        this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures governing 
        civil forfeitures in money laundering cases pursuant to section 
        981(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code.
    ``(d) Extension Beyond Territorial Jurisdiction.--Subsection (a) 
applies even though the act is committed outside the territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 705 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``70509. Destruction of evidence during maritime counter-drug 
                            operations.
``70510. Maritime bulk cash smuggling.''.

SEC. 303. CARRIAGE OF LIQUID DANGEROUS CARGO.

    Section 3702(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this chapter does not 
apply to a fishing or fish tender vessel of not more 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 when engaged only in the 
fishing industry.
    ``(2) A vessel described in paragraph (1) is subject to regulation 
by the Secretary under this chapter if the vessel is carrying flammable 
or combustible liquid cargoes in bulk.''.

SEC. 304. MARITIME TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5129. Maritime transportation of hazardous material
    ``For the purposes of enforcing this chapter, the Secretary and the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
establish policies and practices to ensure that the authorities set 
forth in this chapter are enforced in the same manner and to the same 
extent, and the civil and criminal penalties are assessed or 
recommended in the same manner and to the same extent.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item:

``5129. Maritime Transportation of Hazardous Material.''.

SEC. 305. RECREATIONAL VESSEL OPERATOR EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 131 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 13111. Recreational vessel operator education
    ``(a) Authority To Develop Model Curriculum.--The Secretary may 
develop and propose a model for a national recreational vessel training 
curriculum and education standards for operators of recreational 
vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the model curriculum developed under 
subsection (a) is to promote uniformity of boating safety awareness and 
education and improve reciprocity of recreational vessel operator 
certificates and licenses among the States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item:

``13111. Recreational vessel operator education.''.

SEC. 306. NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.

    (a) Inapplicability of Disclosure Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--The requirement to make information 
        available under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 
        shall not apply to--
                    (A) a question from any examination for a merchant 
                seamen license, certificate, or document that the 
                Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
                operating is authorized to issue pursuant to title 46, 
                United States Code;
                    (B) the answer to such question, including any 
                correct or incorrect answer that may be presented with 
                such question; and
                    (C) any quality or characteristic of such question, 
                including--
                            (i) the manner in which such question has 
                        been, is, or may be selected for an 
                        examination;
                            (ii) the frequency of such selection; and
                            (iii) the frequency that an examinee 
                        correctly or incorrectly answered such 
                        question.
            (2) Statutory construction.--This section constitutes a 
        specific exemption within the meaning of section 552(b)(3) of 
        title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Authority To Release Certain Exam Questions.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating is authorized, for the purpose of exam preparation 
by the general public, to release an exam question and answer that the 
Secretary has retired, is not presently on or part of an exam, or that 
the Secretary determines is appropriate for release.
    (c) Examinations for Merchant Seaman Licenses, Certificates, and 
Documents.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 71 of title 46, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 7116. Examinations for merchant seaman licenses, certificates, 
              and documents
    ``(a) Requirement for Sample Exams.--The Secretary shall develop a 
sample merchant mariner exam and outline of merchant mariner exam 
topics on an annual basis.
    ``(b) Public Availability.--Each sample exam and outline of topics 
developed under subsection (a) shall be readily available to the 
public.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``7116. Examinations for merchant seaman licenses, certificates, and 
                            documents.''.
    (d) Disclosure to Congress.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the withholding of information from an 
appropriate inspector general or the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 307. HIGHER VOLUME PORT AREA REGULATORY DEFINITION CHANGE.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 710 of the Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-281; 124 Stat. 2986) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Higher Volume Ports.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the requirements of subparts D, F, and G of part 155 of 
        title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, that apply to the higher 
        volume port area for the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Port 
        Angeles, Washington (including any water area within 50 
        nautical miles seaward), to and including Puget Sound, shall be 
        deemed to apply, in the same manner, and to the same extent, to 
        the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Cape Flattery, Washington 
        (including any water area within 50 nautical miles seaward), to 
        and including Puget Sound.
            ``(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect on 
        the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 
        of 2015.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended by striking ``the modification of the higher volume port area 
definition required by subsection (a).'' and inserting ``higher volume 
port requirements made applicable under subsection (a).''.

SEC. 308. RECOGNITION OF PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED BY OTHER 
              ENTITIES.

    Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f) Recognition of Assessment Conducted by Other Entities.--
            ``(1) Certification and treatment of assessments.--For the 
        purposes of this section and section 70109, the Secretary may 
        treat an assessment that a foreign government (including, for 
        the purposes of this subsection, an entity of or operating 
        under the auspices of the European Union) or international 
        organization has conducted as an assessment that the Secretary 
        has conducted for the purposes of subsection (a), provided that 
        the Secretary certifies that the foreign government or 
        international organization has--
                    ``(A) conducted the assessment in accordance with 
                subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) provided the Secretary with sufficient 
                information pertaining to its assessment (including, 
                but not limited to, information on the outcome of the 
                assessment).
            ``(2) Authorization to enter into an agreement.--For the 
        purposes of this section and section 70109, the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, may enter into an 
        agreement with a foreign government (including, for the 
        purposes of this subsection, an entity of or operating under 
        the auspices of the European Union) or international 
        organization, under which parties to the agreement--
                    ``(A) conduct an assessment, required under 
                subsection (a);
                    ``(B) share information pertaining to such 
                assessment (including, but not limited to, information 
                on the outcome of the assessment); or
                    ``(C) both.
            ``(3) Limitations.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to--
                    ``(A) require the Secretary to recognize an 
                assessment that a foreign government or an 
                international organization has conducted; or
                    ``(B) limit the discretion or ability of the 
                Secretary to conduct an assessment under this 
                section.''.

SEC. 309. MODEL YEARS FOR RECREATIONAL VESSELS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4302 of title 46, United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) If in prescribing regulations under this section the 
Secretary establishes a model year for recreational vessels and 
associated equipment, such model year shall, except as provided in 
paragraph (2)--
            ``(A) begin on June 1 of a year and end on July 31 of the 
        following year; and
            ``(B) be designated by the year in which it ends.
    ``(2) Upon the request of a recreational vessel manufacturer to 
which this chapter applies, the Secretary may alter a model year for a 
model of recreational vessel of the manufacturer and associated 
equipment, by no more than 6 months from the model year described in 
paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall only 
apply with respect to recreational vessels and associated equipment 
constructed or manufactured, respectively, on or after June 1, 2015.
    (c) Guidance.--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 publish guidance to implement subsection 
(e)(2) of section 4302 of title 46, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 310. RECREATIONAL VESSEL ENGINE WEIGHTS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall issue regulations amending table 4 to subpart H of part 
183 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (related to Weights 
(Pounds) of Outboard Motor and Related Equipment for Various Boat 
Horsepower Ratings) as appropriate to reflect ``Standard 30-Outboard 
Engine and Related Equipment Weights'' published by the American Boat 
and Yacht Council, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 311. VESSEL REPLACEMENT.

    (a) Loans and Guarantees.--Chapter 537 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 53701--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (14) as 
                paragraphs (9) through (15), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) Historical uses.--The term `historical uses' 
        includes--
                    ``(A) refurbishing, repairing, rebuilding, or 
                replacing equipment on a fishing vessel, without 
                materially increasing harvesting capacity;
                    ``(B) purchasing a used fishing vessel;
                    ``(C) purchasing, constructing, expanding, or 
                reconditioning a fishery facility;
                    ``(D) refinancing existing debt;
                    ``(E) reducing fishing capacity; and
                    ``(F) making upgrades to a fishing vessel, 
                including upgrades in technology, gear, or equipment, 
                that improve--
                            ``(i) collection and reporting of fishery-
                        dependent data;
                            ``(ii) bycatch reduction or avoidance;
                            ``(iii) gear selectivity;
                            ``(iv) adverse impacts caused by fishing 
                        gear; or
                            ``(v) safety.''; and
            (2) in section 53702(b), by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(3) Minimum obligations available for historical uses.--
        Of the direct loan obligations issued by the Secretary under 
        this chapter, the Secretary shall make a minimum of $59,000,000 
        available each fiscal year for historical uses.
            ``(4) Use of obligations in limited access fisheries.--In 
        addition to the other eligible purposes and uses of direct loan 
        obligations provided for in this chapter, the Secretary is 
        authorized to issue direct loan obligations for the purpose 
        of--
                    ``(A) financing the construction or reconstruction 
                of a fishing vessel in a fishery managed under a 
                limited access system; or
                    ``(B) financing the purchase of harvesting rights 
                in a fishery that is federally managed under a limited 
                access system.''.
    (b) Limitation on Application to Certain Fishing Vessels of 
Prohibition Under Vessel Construction Program.--Section 302(b)(2) of 
the Fisheries Financing Act (title III of Public Law 104-297; 46 U.S.C. 
53706 note) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``or in'' and inserting ``, in''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting before the period the following: 
                ``, in fisheries that are under the jurisdiction of the 
                North Pacific Fishery Management Council and managed 
                under a fishery management plan issued under the 
                Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
                Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or in the Pacific whiting 
                fishery that is under the jurisdiction of the Pacific 
                Fishery Management Council and managed under a fishery 
                management plan issued under that Act''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``Any fishing vessel operated in fisheries under the 
        jurisdiction of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
        and managed under a fishery management plan issued under the 
        Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or in the Pacific whiting fishery under 
        the jurisdiction of the Pacific Fishery Management Council and 
        managed under a fishery management plan issued under that Act, 
        and that is replaced by a vessel that is constructed or rebuilt 
        with a loan or loan guarantee provided by the Federal 
        Government may not be used to harvest fish in any fishery under 
        the jurisdiction of any Regional Fishery Management Council, 
        other than a fishery under the jurisdiction of the North 
        Pacific Fishery Management Council or the Pacific Fishery 
        Management Council.''.

SEC. 312. FISHING VESSEL AND FISH TENDER VESSEL CERTIFICATION.

    Section 4503(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by designating the existing matter as paragraph (1); 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) This section does not apply to a fishing or fish tender 
vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies, if--
            ``(A) the vessel is at least 50 feet overall in length, and 
        not more than 190 feet overall in length;
            ``(B) the vessel is built after January 1, 2016;
            ``(C) the vessel is designed by a registered professional 
        engineer, and the design incorporates standards equivalent to 
        those prescribed by a classification society designated under 
        section 3316 of this title or another qualified organization 
        approved by the Secretary;
            ``(D) construction of such vessel is overseen and certified 
        as being in accordance with its design by a marine surveyor of 
        an organization accepted by the Secretary; and
            ``(E) the vessel--
                    ``(i) completes a stability test performed by a 
                qualified individual;
                    ``(ii) has written stability and loading 
                instructions from a qualified individual that are 
                provided to the owner or operator; and
                    ``(iii) has an assigned loading mark.
    ``(3) The person who owns a vessel meeting the requirements of 
paragraph (2) shall--
            ``(A) not modify or substantially change such vessel unless 
        such modification or change is reviewed and approved by a 
        registered professional engineer prior to beginning any 
        modification or change;
            ``(B) complete a condition survey at least biennially to 
        the satisfaction of a marine surveyor of an organization 
        accepted by the Secretary;
            ``(C) complete an out-of-water survey at least once every 
        five years to the satisfaction of a certified marine surveyor 
        of an organization accepted by the Secretary;
            ``(D) update the requirements specified in paragraph (2)(E) 
        once every five years or at the time of a modification or 
        substantial change to such vessel; and
            ``(E) for the life of the vessel, maintain records to 
        demonstrate compliance with this subsection, and make such 
        records readily available for inspection by an official 
        authorized to enforce this chapter.''.

SEC. 313. TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    Title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 103, by striking ``(33 U.S.C. 151).'' and 
        inserting ``(33 U.S.C. 151(b)).'';
            (2) in section 2118--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by striking ``title,'' and inserting 
                ``subtitle,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``title'' and 
                inserting ``subtitle'';
            (3) in the analysis for chapter 35--
                    (A) by adding a period at the end of the item 
                relating to section 3507; and
                    (B) by adding a period at the end of the item 
                relating to section 3508;
            (4) in section 3715(a)(2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (5) in section 4506, by striking ``(a)'';
            (6) in section 8103(b)(1)(A)(iii), by striking ``Academy.'' 
        and inserting ``Academy; and'';
            (7) in the analysis for chapter 701--
                    (A) by adding a period at the end of the item 
                relating to section 70107A;
                    (B) in the item relating to section 70112, by 
                striking ``security advisory committee.'' and inserting 
                ``Security Advisory Committee.''; and
                    (C) in the item relating to section 70122, by 
                striking ``watch program.'' and inserting ``Watch 
                Program.'';
            (8) in section 70105(c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(xv)--
                            (i) by striking ``18, popularly'' and 
                        inserting ``18 (popularly''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Act'' and inserting 
                        ``Act)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(D) paragraph'' 
                and inserting ``(D) of paragraph'';
            (9) in section 70107--
                    (A) in paragraph (b)(2), by striking 
                ``5121(j)(8)),'' and inserting ``5196(j)(8)),''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (m)(3)(C)(iii), by striking ``that 
                is'' and inserting ``that the applicant'';
            (10) in section 70122, in the section header, by striking 
        ``watch program'' and inserting ``Watch Program''; and
            (11) in the analysis for chapter 705, by adding a period at 
        the end of the item relating to section 70508.

                 TITLE IV--FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations
    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Maritime 
Commission $24,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for the 
activities of the Commission authorized under this chapter and subtitle 
IV.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 3 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``308. Authorization of appropriations.''.

SEC. 402. DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN.

    Section 301(c)(3)(A) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii) by striking ``units, but only after 
        consultation with the other Commissioners;'' and inserting 
        ``units (with such appointments subject to the approval of the 
        Commission);'';
            (2) in clause (iv) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (v) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) prepare and submit to the President 
                        and Congress requests for appropriations for 
                        the Commission (with such requests subject to 
                        the approval of the Commission).''.

    TITLE V--SPORTFISH RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY 
                            REAUTHORIZATION

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration and 
Recreational Boating Safety Act''.

SEC. 502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting 
``57.42 percent''.

SEC. 503. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``2014 and for the period beginning on October 
                1, 2014, and ending on May 31, 2015,'' and inserting 
                ``2023,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``18.5 percent'' 
                and inserting ``18.54 percent'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``18.5 percent'' 
                and inserting ``18.04 percent''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end ``Not 
                more than 25 percent of such amount may be used for 
                capital improvement and infrastructure projects to 
                support facilities that meet State requirements for 
                minimizing the introduction of pollutants into the 
                waterways.'';
            (2) by amending the heading in subsection (b) to read as 
        follows: ``Set-Asides.--'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2014, and 
                for the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending 
                on May 31, 2015,'' and inserting ``2023,'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i), 
                (ii), and (iii), and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) for each of the fiscal years 2016 
                        through 2023, 1.8468 percent of total annual 
                        collections under this Act for such fiscal 
                        year; and
                            ``(ii) not withstanding clause (i), an 
                        amount that is less than or equal to 
                        $12,299,000.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Set-aside for boating safety.--
                            ``(i) In general.--From the annual 
                        appropriation made in accordance with section 
                        3, for each fiscal year through 2023, the 
                        Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of 
                        the department in which the Coast Guard is 
                        operating--
                                    ``(I)(aa) 0.3435 percent of total 
                                annual collections under this Act to 
                                pay the costs of investigations, 
                                personnel, and activities related to 
                                administering those programs under 
                                section 4(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)); 
                                and
                                    ``(bb) notwithstanding item (aa), 
                                an amount that is less than or equal to 
                                $2,300,000; and
                                    ``(II) $1,500,000 shall be made 
                                available for the National Recreational 
                                Boating Survey, that shall be available 
                                until expended and may be awarded as a 
                                contract or grant by the Secretary.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--The amounts specified 
                        in clause (i) for a fiscal year may not be 
                        included in the amount of the annual 
                        appropriation distributed under subsection (a) 
                        of this section for the fiscal year.'';
            (4) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``under 
                paragraph (1) shall remain available for obligation for 
                use under that paragraph'' and inserting ``under 
                paragraph (1)(B) shall remain available for obligation 
                for use under paragraph (1)(A)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``under paragraph (1)'' and 
                        inserting ``under paragraph (1)(B)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection (e)'' and 
                        inserting ``subsection (c)'';
            (5) in subsection (c), by striking ``57 percent'' and 
        inserting ``57.42 percent'';
            (6) in subsection (d), by striking ``So much of any sum not 
        allocated'' and inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in 
        this section, so much of any sum not allocated''; and
            (7) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``those 
                subsections'' and inserting ``those paragraphs'';
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Maximum amount.--For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary 
        of the Interior may use not more than $1,200,000 in accordance 
        with paragraph (1). For each fiscal year thereafter, the 
        maximum amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use in 
        accordance with paragraph (1) shall be determined under 
        paragraph (3).''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Annual adjusted maximum amount.--The maximum amount 
        referred to in paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2016 and each 
        fiscal year thereafter shall be the sum of--
                    ``(A) the available maximum amount for the 
                preceding fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) the amount determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the available maximum amount for the 
                        preceding fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) the change, relative to the 
                        preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 
                        Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
                        Department of Labor.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 9 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777h) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``section 4(b)'' and 
        inserting ``section 4(b)(1)(B)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``section 4(b)'' and 
        inserting ``section 4(b)(1)(B)''.

SEC. 504. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS TO FUND.

    Section 9504(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ``August 1, 2015,'' and inserting ``October 1, 2023,''.

SEC. 505. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ALLOCATIONS.

    Section 13104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (c).

SEC. 506. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.

    Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) Subject to 
                paragraph (2) and subsection (c),'' and inserting 
                ``Subject to subsection (c),''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``title,'' and all 
        that follows through the end and inserting ``title--
                    ``(A) including the funding of the National Boating 
                Safety Advisory Council established under section 13110 
                of this title and the authorized activities of the 
                Council, including travel for the council; and
                    ``(B) of the funds referred to in paragraph (1), 
                not less than $2,500,000 shall be available to the 
                Secretary only to ensure compliance with chapter 43 of 
                this title.''.

SEC. 507. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 13110(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2023''.

SEC. 508. PLAN EVALUATION.

    Section 303(b)(7) of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3952(b)(7)) is amended by inserting ``and 
improvements made to the quality of fish and wildlife habitat 
conditions'' after ``enhancing coastal wetlands''.

SEC. 509. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall 
annually evaluate and report on the administrative services of such 
Service for the trust fund to the States and the sportfishing 
community, including the following categories of information:
            (1) The percent of grant actions completed within 45 days 
        of receipt, average number of days to process new grants, and 
        average number of days to process grant amendments.
            (2) Which wildlife and sport fish restoration policies are 
        currently being updated, the start time for each update, and 
        the anticipated completion time.
            (3) The number of Federal assistance workshops held with 
        States and such Service in efforts to communicate fiscal 
        policies and procedures with the State agencies.
            (4) The response time to States based on initial 
        notification or assistance requests initiated by a State.
            (5) The number of States with unresolved reconciliation of 
        land records and number of corrective action plans with open 
        actions.
            (6) The number of employees of such Service with grants 
        management training and outstanding training requirements and 
        the percent of State fish and wildlife staff to have received 
        training from Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Fund Program 
        of such Service.
            (7) The number of full-time equivalents contributing to 
        grant processing and related grant management in each region.
            (8) The number of in-field state project reviews and site 
        visits by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Fund Program.
            (9) The number of audits per year originating from such 
        Service and response time to related actions and 
        correspondence.

              TITLE VI--CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY

Subtitle A--Conveyance of Coast Guard Property in Point Spencer, Alaska

SEC. 601. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Major shipping traffic is increasing through the Bering 
        Strait, the Bering and Chukchi Seas, and the Arctic Ocean and 
        will continue to increase whether or not development of the 
        outer Continental Shelf of the United States is undertaken in 
        the future and will increase further if such outer Continental 
        Shelf development is undertaken.
            (2) There is a compelling national, State, Alaska Native, 
        and private sector need for permanent infrastructure 
        development and for a presence in the Arctic region of Alaska 
        by appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, particularly 
        in proximity to the Bering Strait, to support and facilitate 
        search and rescue, shipping safety, economic development, oil 
        spill prevention and response, protection of Alaska Native 
        archaeological and cultural resources, port of refuge, Arctic 
        research, and maritime law enforcement on the Bering Sea, the 
        Chukchi Sea, and the Arctic Ocean.
            (3) The United States owns a parcel of land, known as Point 
        Spencer, located between the Bering Strait and Port Clarence 
        and adjacent to some of the best potential deepwater port sites 
        on the coast of Alaska in the Arctic.
            (4) Prudent and effective use of Point Spencer may be best 
        achieved through marshaling the energy, resources, and 
        leadership of the public and private sectors.
            (5) It is in the national interest to develop 
        infrastructure at Point Spencer that would aid the Coast Guard 
        in performing its statutory duties and functions in the Arctic 
        on a more permanent basis and to allow for public and private 
        sector development of facilities and other infrastructure to 
        support purposes that are of benefit to the United States.

SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle:
            (1) Arctic.--The term ``Arctic'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 
        1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
            (2) BSNC.--The term ``BSNC'' means the Bering Straits 
        Native Corporation authorized under section 7 of the Alaska 
        Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606).
            (3) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Port 
        Coordination Advisory Council established under section 604(a).
            (4) Plan.--The term ``Plan'' means the Port Management 
        Coordination Plan developed under section 604(c).
            (5) Point spencer.--The term ``Point Spencer'' means the 
        land known as ``Point Spencer'' located between the Bering 
        Strait and Port Clarence and withdrawn by Public Land Order 
        2650 (published in the Federal Register on April 12, 1962), and 
        located in Townships 2, 3, and 4 South, Range 40 West, Kateel 
        River Meridian, Alaska.
            (6) Secretary.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
        the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the department in 
        which the Coast Guard is operating.
            (7) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
            (8) Tract.--The term ``Tract'' means Tract 1, Tract 2, 
        Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 6, as appropriate.
            (9) Tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.--The terms ``Tract 1, 
        Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, and Tract 6'' each mean the 
        land generally depicted as Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, 
        Tract 5, or Tract 6, respectively, and generally depicted as 
        such Tract on the map entitled the ``Point Spencer Land 
        Retention and Conveyance Map'', dated January 2015, and on file 
        with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of 
        the Interior.

SEC. 603. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY LAND IN POINT SPENCER.

    (a) Authority To Convey Tracts 1, 3, and 4.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey, subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface and 
subsurface estates of Tract 1, Tract 3, and Tract 4 in accordance with 
subsection (d) if the Secretary notifies the Secretary of the Interior 
that the Coast Guard no longer needs to retain jurisdiction over any 
portion of Tract 1, Tract 3, or Tract 4 and the requirements of 
subsection (f) are met for each such Tract to be conveyed.
    (b) Authority To Convey Tracts 2 and 5.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey, subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface and 
subsurface estates of Tract 2 and Tract 5 in accordance with subsection 
(d) if the requirements of subsection (f) are met for each such Tract 
to be conveyed.
    (c) Authority To Transfer Tract 6.--The Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey, subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the surface and subsurface 
estates of Tract 6 in accordance with subsection (e) if the 
requirements of subsection (f) are met.
    (d) Order of Offer To Convey Tract 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.--
            (1) Determination and offer.--
                    (A) Tract 1, 3, or 4.--If the Secretary makes the 
                determination under subsection (a) and the requirements 
                of subsection (f) are met for Tract 1, 3, or 4, or a 
                portion of such Tract, the Secretary of the Interior 
                shall offer such Tract or portion of such Tract for 
                conveyance to BSNC under the Alaska Native Claims 
                Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
                    (B) Tract 2 or 5.--If the requirements of 
                subsection (f) are met for Tract 2 or Tract 5, the 
                Secretary of the Interior shall offer such Tract for 
                conveyance to BSNC under the Alaska Native Claims 
                Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
            (2) Offer to bsnc.--
                    (A) Acceptance by bsnc.--If BSNC chooses to accept 
                an offer of conveyance of a Tract under paragraph (1), 
                the Secretary of the Interior shall consider such Tract 
                as within BSNC's entitlement under section 14(h)(8) of 
                the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
                1613(h)(8)) and shall convey such Tract to BSNC.
                    (B) Decline by bsnc.--If BSNC declines to accept an 
                offer of conveyance of a Tract under paragraph (1), the 
                Secretary of the Interior shall offer such Tract for 
                conveyance to the State under the Act of July 7, 1958 
                (commonly known as the ``Alaska Statehood Act'') (48 
                U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public Law 85-508).
            (3) Offer to state.--
                    (A) Acceptance by state.--If the State chooses to 
                accept an offer of conveyance of a Tract under 
                paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                consider such Tract as within the State's entitlement 
                under the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the 
                ``Alaska Statehood Act'') (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; 
                Public Law 85-508) and shall convey such Tract to the 
                State.
                    (B) Decline by state.--If the State declines to 
                accept an offer of conveyance of a Tract offered under 
                paragraph (2)(B), such Tract shall be disposed of 
                pursuant to applicable public land laws.
    (e) Order of Offer To Convey Tract 6.--
            (1) Offer.--If the requirements under subsection (f) are 
        met for Tract 6, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer such 
        Tract for conveyance to the State.
            (2) Offer to state.--
                    (A) Acceptance by state.--If the State chooses to 
                accept an offer of conveyance of Tract 6 under 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                consider Tract 6 as within the State's entitlement 
                under the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the 
                ``Alaska Statehood Act'') (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; 
                Public Law 85-508) and shall convey Tract 6 to the 
                State.
                    (B) Decline by state.--If the State declines to 
                accept an offer of conveyance of Tract 6 under 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                offer Tract 6 for conveyance to BSNC under the Alaska 
                Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
            (3) Offer to bsnc.--
                    (A) Acceptance by bsnc.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), if 
                        BSNC chooses to accept an offer of conveyance 
                        of Tract 6 under paragraph (2)(B), the 
                        Secretary of the Interior shall consider Tract 
                        6 as within BSNC's entitlement under section 
                        14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
                        Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) and shall convey 
                        Tract 6 to BSNC.
                            (ii) Lease by the state.--The conveyance of 
                        Tract 6 to BSNC shall be subject to BSNC 
                        negotiating a lease of Tract 6 to the State at 
                        no cost to the State, if the State requests 
                        such a lease.
                    (B) Decline by bsnc.--If BSNC declines to accept an 
                offer of conveyance of Tract 6 under paragraph (2)(B), 
                the Secretary of the Interior shall dispose of Tract 6 
                pursuant to the applicable public land laws.
    (f) Terms of Conveyance.--
            (1) Environmental compliance.--
                    (A) Tract 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.--
                            (i) In general.--The Secretary of the 
                        Interior shall not convey Tract 1, Tract 2, 
                        Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 6 under 
                        this section until--
                                    (I) the Secretary certifies that 
                                the applicable requirements under 
                                section 120(h) of the Comprehensive 
                                Environmental Response, Compensation, 
                                and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
                                9620(h)) and other applicable 
                                environmental laws have been satisfied 
                                for land in such Tract; or
                                    (II) the Board of Directors of BSNC 
                                adopts and submits to the Secretary of 
                                the Interior a resolution stating that 
                                BSNC is willing to accept Tract 1, 
                                Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or 
                                Tract 6, as appropriate, ``as is'' at 
                                the time of such conveyance, based on 
                                known contamination.
                            (ii) As is.--In this subparagraph, the term 
                        ``as is'' means the physical condition of Tract 
                        1, Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, or Tract 
                        6, as appropriate, at the time of the 
                        conveyance of such Tract, including with 
                        respect to any known contamination by hazardous 
                        materials or substances.
                    (B) Land to be conveyed to the state or bsnc.--
                            (i) Environmental compliance.--To the 
                        extent cleanup and remediation of hazardous 
                        substances on land in a Tract to be conveyed to 
                        the State or to BSNC are required by existing 
                        law, all environmental compliance activities 
                        pursuant to section 120(h) of the Comprehensive 
                        Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) and 
                        other applicable environmental laws shall be 
                        satisfied.
                            (ii) Monitoring of known contamination.--
                        Notwithstanding section 120(h) of the 
                        Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
                        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and 
                        other applicable environmental laws, any known 
                        contamination in a Tract to be conveyed that 
                        does not pose an immediate or long-term health 
                        or environmental risk may be routinely 
                        monitored and managed by the State or BSNC, as 
                        applicable, through institutional controls in 
                        accordance with the laws of the State.
                            (iii) Later found contamination.--If 
                        preexisting contamination from hazardous 
                        materials and substances are found to be 
                        present in a Tract after the date the Tract is 
                        conveyed to the State or BSNC, responsibility 
                        for cleanup and remediation of such 
                        contamination shall continue to be governed by 
                        section 120(h)(3) of the Comprehensive 
                        Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
                        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)), 
                        applicable provisions of chapter 19 of title 
                        14, United States Code, and applicable laws of 
                        the State.
                    (C) Land to be retained by the coast guard.--With 
                respect to land in Tract 1, Tract 3, or Tract 4 to be 
                retained by the Coast Guard, nothing in this section 
                may be construed to limit the obligation of the Coast 
                Guard to comply with applicable environmental law, 
                including section 120(h) of the Comprehensive 
                Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
                of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)).
            (2) Airstrip use.--
                    (A) Use by coast guard.--All conveyances under this 
                section shall be subject to--
                            (i) an easement granting unlimited use of 
                        all existing and future landing pads, 
                        airstrips, runways, and taxiways that are 
                        located on such Tract conveyed, at no cost to 
                        the Coast Guard; and
                            (ii) the right to access such landing pads, 
                        airstrips, runways, and taxiways, at no cost to 
                        the Coast Guard.
                    (B) Use by state.--
                            (i) In general.--For any Tract conveyed to 
                        BSNC under this section, BSNC shall provide to 
                        the State, if requested and pursuant to 
                        negotiated terms with the State, for no 
                        compensation--
                                    (I) an easement over all existing 
                                and future airstrips, runways, and 
                                taxiways located on such Tract; and
                                    (II) a right of access to and from 
                                such airstrips, runways, and taxiways.
                            (ii) Right of access.--If the State 
                        requests a right of access for a road from the 
                        airstrip to the southern tip of Point Spencer, 
                        the location of such right of access shall be 
                        determined by the State, in consultation with 
                        the Secretary and BSNC, so that such access is 
                        compatible with other existing or planned 
                        infrastructure development at Point Spencer.
            (3) Relationship to public land order 2650.--
                    (A) Tracts not conveyed.--Any Tract that is not 
                conveyed under this section shall remain withdrawn 
                pursuant to Public Land Order 2650 (published in the 
                Federal Register on April 12, 1962).
                    (B) Tracts conveyed.--For any Tract conveyed under 
                this section, Public Land Order 2650 shall 
                automatically terminate upon issuance of a conveyance 
                document for such Tract.
            (4) Archeological and cultural resources.--Conveyance of 
        any Tract under this section shall not affect criminal 
        jurisdiction and responsibilities regarding the potential theft 
        or vandalism of archeological or cultural resources located in 
        or on such tracts.
            (5) Personal property.--
                    (A) Cash sales authorized.--The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security is authorized to make cash sales of 
                personal property that is located on Tract 4 to BSNC or 
                to the State.
                    (B) Value.--The total value of the personal 
                property referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be 
                deemed to be $5,580,000.
                    (C) Proceeds.--Pursuant to section 559 of the 
                Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
                2010 (Public Law 111-83; 123 Stat. 2180), the proceeds 
                from the sale of Coast Guard property referred to in 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) shall be deposited as offsetting 
                        collections into the Coast Guard Environmental 
                        Compliance and Restoration Account;
                            (ii) shall be available without further 
                        appropriation for environmental compliance and 
                        restoration activities associated with any 
                        tract conveyed or to be conveyed under this 
                        Act; and
                            (iii) shall remain available until 
                        expended.
                    (D) Unexpended balances.--If unexpended balances 
                remain in the Coast Guard Environmental Compliance and 
                Restoration Account after the completion of the 
                activities described in subparagraph (C)(ii), such 
                balances may be expended for any other environmental 
                compliance and restoration activities of the Coast 
                Guard.
    (g) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
            (1) Preparation of maps and legal description.--As soon as 
        practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall prepare maps and legal 
        descriptions of Tract 1, Tract 2, Tract 3, Tract 4, Tract 5, 
        and Tract 6. In doing so, the Secretary of the Interior may use 
        metes and bounds legal descriptions based upon the official 
        survey plats of Point Spencer accepted on December 6, 1978.
            (2) Legal effect.--The maps and legal descriptions shall 
        have the same force and effect as if the maps and legal 
        descriptions were included in this Act, except that the 
        Secretary of the Interior may correct any clerical and 
        typographical errors in the maps and legal descriptions.
            (3) Availability.--Copies of the maps and legal 
        descriptions shall be available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management; and
                    (B) the United States Coast Guard.
            (4) Survey.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        survey Tracts conveyed and patent the Tracts in accordance with 
        the official plats of survey.
    (h) Public Access Easements.--No public access easements may be 
reserved to the United States under section 17(b) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)) with respect to the land 
conveyed under this Act.

SEC. 604. PORT COORDINATION ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR POINT SPENCER.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Port Coordination 
Advisory Council for the Port of Point Spencer.
    (b) Membership.--The Council shall consist of a representative 
appointed by each of the following:
            (1) The State.
            (2) BSNC.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Council are as follows:
            (1) To develop a Port Management Coordination Plan to help 
        coordinate infrastructure development and operations at the 
        Port of Point Spencer, that includes plans for--
                    (A) construction;
                    (B) funding eligibility;
                    (C) land use planning and development; and
                    (D) public interest use and access, emergency 
                preparedness, law enforcement, protection of Alaska 
                Native archaeological and cultural resources, and other 
                matters that are necessary for public and private 
                entities to function in proximity together in a remote 
                location.
            (2) Update the Plan annually for the first 5 years after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially 
        thereafter.
            (3) Facilitate coordination among stakeholders at Point 
        Spencer, including the Coast Guard, on the development and use 
        of the land and coastline as such development relates to 
        activities at the Port of Point Spencer.
            (4) Assess the need, benefits, efficacy, and desirability 
        of establishing in the future a port authority at Point Spencer 
        under State law and act upon that assessment, as appropriate, 
        including taking steps for the potential formation of such a 
        port authority.
    (d) Plan.--The Plan shall be developed and implemented by the 
Council in such a manner so as to facilitate and support, and not 
interfere with nor impede, the statutory missions, duties, and 
operations of the Coast Guard in the Arctic.
    (e) Costs.--Operations and management costs for airstrips, runways, 
and taxiways at Point Spencer shall be determined pursuant to 
provisions of the Plan, as negotiated by the Council.

SEC. 605. WAIVER.

    Section 229 of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-281; 128 Stat. 3040) shall 
not be construed to prohibit any transfer or conveyance of lands under 
to this Act or any actions that involve the dismantling or disposal of 
infrastructure that supported the former LORAN system that are 
associated with the transfer or conveyance of lands under this 
subtitle.

          Subtitle B--Other Conveyance of Coast Guard Property

SEC. 611. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN POINT REYES STATION, 
              CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Conveyance.--
            (1) In general.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard may 
        convey to the County of Marin all right, title, and interest of 
        the United States in and to the covered property--
                    (A) for fair market value, provided for in 
                paragraph (2);
                    (B) subject to the conditions required by this 
                section; and
                    (C) subject to any other term or condition that the 
                Commandant considers appropriate to protect the 
                interests of the United States.
            (2) Fair market value.--The fair market value of the 
        covered property shall be--
                    (A) determined by a real estate appraiser, who has 
                been selected by the County and is licensed to practice 
                in California; and
                    (B) approved by the Commandant, who shall base such 
                approval on considerations of equity and fairness, 
                including the use required under this section of the 
                covered property.
            (3) Proceeds.--The Commandant shall deposit the proceeds 
        from a conveyance under paragraph (1) in the Coast Guard 
        Housing Fund established by section 687 of title 14, United 
        States Code.
    (b) Condition of Conveyance.--As a condition of any conveyance of 
covered property under this section, the Commandant shall require that 
all right, title, and interest in and to the covered property revert to 
the United States if the covered property or any part thereof ceases to 
be used for affordable housing, as defined by the County and the 
Commandant at conveyance, or to provide a public benefit approved by 
the County.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to affect or limit the application of or obligation to comply 
with any environmental law, including section 120(h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commandant.--The term ``Commandant'' means the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard.
            (2) County.--The term ``County'' means the County of Marin, 
        California.
            (3) Covered property.--The term ``covered property'' means 
        the 32 acres of Federal land (including all buildings, 
        structures, utilities, and miscellaneous facilities on the 
        land) that are located in Point Reyes Station in the County of 
        Marin, California, and that are under the administrative 
        control of the Coast Guard and identified by the Coast Guard as 
        ``CAMSPAC Housing''.
    (e) Expiration.--The authority to convey the covered property under 
this section shall expire on the date that is four years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 612. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN TOK, ALASKA.

    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard may 
convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the covered property, upon payment to the United States of the fair 
market value of the covered property.
    (b) Right of First Refusal.--The Tanana Chiefs' Conference shall 
have the right of first refusal with respect to purchase of the covered 
property under this section.
    (c) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the covered 
property shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
Commandant.
    (d) Fair Market Value.--The fair market value of the covered 
property shall be--
            (1) determined by appraisal; and
            (2) subject to the approval of the Commandant.
    (e) Costs of Conveyance.--The responsibility for all reasonable and 
necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental 
documentation costs, associated with a conveyance under this section 
shall be determined by the Commandant and the purchaser.
    (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Commandant may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance 
under this section as the Commandant considers appropriate and 
reasonable to protect the interests of the United States.
    (g) Deposit of Proceeds.--Any proceeds received by the United 
States from a conveyance under this section shall be deposited in the 
Coast Guard Housing Fund established under section 687 of title 14, 
United States Code.
    (h) Covered Property Defined.--
            (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``covered 
        property'' means the approximately 3.25 acres of real property 
        (including all improvements located on the property) that are--
                    (A) located in Tok, Alaska;
                    (B) under the administrative control of the Coast 
                Guard; and
                    (C) described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Description.--The property described in this paragraph 
        is the following:
                    (A) Lots 11, 12, and 13, block ``G'', Second 
                Addition to Hartsell Subdivision, Section 20, Township 
                18 North, Range 13 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska 
                as appears by Plat No. 72-39 filed in the Office of the 
                Recorder for the Fairbanks Recording District of 
                Alaska, bearing seal dated 25 September 1972, all 
                containing approximately 1.25 Acres and commonly known 
                as 2-PLEX - Jackie Circle, Units A and B.
                    (B) Beginning at a point being the SE corner of the 
                SE \1/4\ of the SE \1/4\ Section 24, Township 18 North, 
                Range 12 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska; thence 
                running westerly along the south line of said SE \1/4\ 
                of the NE \1/4\ 260 feet; thence northerly parallel to 
                the east line of said SE \1/4\ of the NE \1/4\ 335 
                feet; thence easterly parallel to the south line 260 
                feet; then south 335 feet along the east boundary of 
                Section 24 to the point of beginning; all containing 
                approximately 2.0 acres and commonly known as 4-PLEX - 
                West ``C'' and Willow, Units A, B, C, and D.

                        TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 701. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Section 7001(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
(33 U.S.C. 2761(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``Minerals Management Service'' and 
                inserting ``Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
                Enforcement, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``the United States Arctic 
                Research Commission,'' after ``National Aeronautics and 
                Space Administration,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Vice chairperson.--A representative of the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a representative of the 
        Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and a 
        representative of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
        serve, on a rotating basis, as vice chairperson of the 
        Committee.''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--Section 7001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2761) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``Department of Transportation'' 
        and inserting ``department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(8)(A), by striking ``(1989)'' and 
        inserting ``(2010)''.

SEC. 702. ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT NOTIFICATION.

    Section 9 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job 
Creation Act of 2011 (49 U.S.C. 60117 note; Public Law 112-90) is 
amended by striking subsection (c), and that subsection shall be deemed 
not to have been enacted.

SEC. 703. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO BRIDGES.

    (a) Act of March 3, 1899.--The Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly known 
as the ``Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899''), is amended--
            (1) in section 9 (33 U.S.C. 401), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating'';
            (2) in section 12 (33 U.S.C. 406)--
                    (A) by striking the section designation and all 
                that follows through the first sentence and inserting 
                the following:

``SEC. 12. PENALTY FOR WRONGFUL CONSTRUCTION; REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES.

    ``(a) Penalty for Wrongful Construction.--Each individual or entity 
that violates an applicable provision of section 9, 10, or 11, or any 
rule or regulation promulgated by the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating pursuant to section 9 or the 
Secretary of the Army pursuant to section 11, shall be--
            ``(1) guilty of a misdemeanor; and
            ``(2) on conviction, punished by, at the discretion of the 
        applicable court--
                    ``(A) a fine of not less than $500 nor more than 
                $2,500;
                    ``(B) imprisonment (in the case of an individual) 
                for not more than 1 year; or
                    ``(C) both the punishments described in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B).''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``And further, the 
                        removal'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Removal of Structures.--The removal''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``the provisions of'' and 
                        all that follows through ``exercising'' and 
                        inserting ``a provision described in subsection 
                        (a) may be enforced by the injunction of any 
                        district court exercising''; and
            (3) in subsections (a) and (c) of section 18 (33 U.S.C. 
        502), by striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary of the department in which 
        the Coast Guard is operating''.
    (b) Act of March 23, 1906.--The Act of March 23, 1906 (commonly 
known as the ``Bridge Act of 1906''), is amended--
            (1) in the first section (33 U.S.C. 491), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        the department in which the Coast Guard is operating'';
            (2) in section 4 (33 U.S.C. 494), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Homeland Security'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''; and
            (3) in section 5 (33 U.S.C. 495), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''.
    (c) Act of August 18, 1894.--Section 5 of the Act of August 18, 
1894 (33 U.S.C. 499), is amended by striking ``Secretary of 
Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating''.
    (d) Act of June 21, 1940.--The Act of June 21, 1940 (commonly known 
as the ``Truman-Hobbs Act''), is amended--
            (1) in section 1 (33 U.S.C. 511), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of the department 
        in which the Coast Guard is operating'';
            (2) in section 3 (33 U.S.C. 513)--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking 
                ``hearings'' and inserting ``meetings'';
                    (B) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``hearing'' and inserting 
                        ``meeting''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``evidence'' and inserting 
                        ``supporting data''; and
                    (C) in the second sentence, by striking ``hearing'' 
                and inserting ``a meeting'';
            (3) in section 4 (33 U.S.C. 514), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of the department 
        in which the Coast Guard is operating'';
            (4) in section 7 (33 U.S.C. 517), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''; and
            (5) in section 13 (33 U.S.C. 523), in the proviso, by 
        striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''.
    (e) Act of July 16, 1952.--Section 3 of the Act of July 16, 1952 
(33 U.S.C. 524), is amended by striking ``hearings'' and inserting 
``meetings''.
    (f) General Bridge Act of 1946.--The General Bridge Act 1946 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 502(b) (33 U.S.C. 525(b)), by striking 
        ``Secretary of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        the department in which the Coast Guard is operating''; and
            (2) in section 510 (33 U.S.C. 533), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating''.
    (g) International Bridge Act of 1972.--The International Bridge Act 
of 1972 is amended--
            (1) in section 5 (33 U.S.C. 535c), by striking ``Secretary 
        of Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of the department 
        in which the Coast Guard is operating'';
            (2) in section 8 (33 U.S.C. 535e)--
                    (A) by striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``the department in 
                which the Coast Guard is operating'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``Secretary of 
                Transportation's'' in the heading; and
                    (C) in subsection (b), in the second sentence, by 
                striking ``, and the provisions of section 6 of this 
                Act shall not apply''; and
            (3) by striking section 11 (33 U.S.C. 535h).

SEC. 704. INTERNATIONAL PORT AND FACILITY INSPECTION COORDINATION.

    Section 825(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (6 
U.S.C. 945 note; Public Law 111-281) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``the department in which the Coast Guard 
        is operating'' and inserting ``Homeland Security''; and
            (2) by striking ``they are integrated and conducted by the 
        Coast Guard'' and inserting ``the assessments are coordinated 
        between the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection''.

SEC. 705. REPORTS.

    (a) Distant Water Tuna Fleet.--Section 421(d) of the Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-241; 46 U.S.C. 
8103 note) is amended by striking ``On March 1, 2007, and annually 
thereafter'' and inserting ``Not later than July 1 of each year,''.
    (b) Annual Updates on Limits to Liability.--Section 603(c)(3) of 
the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 2704 
note) is amended by striking ``on an annual basis.'' and inserting 
``not later than January 30 of the year following each year in which an 
oil discharge from a vessel or nonvessel source that results or is 
likely to result in removal costs and damages (as those terms are 
defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2701)) that exceed liability limits established under section 1004 of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704).''.

SEC. 706. SAFE VESSEL OPERATION IN THE GREAT LAKES.

    The Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113-281) is amended--
            (1) in section 610, by--
                    (A) striking the section enumerator and heading and 
                inserting the following:

``SEC. 610. SAFE VESSEL OPERATION IN THE GREAT LAKES.'';

                    (B) striking ``existing boundaries and any future 
                expanded boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine 
                Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve'' and inserting 
                ``boundaries of any National Marine Sanctuary that 
                preserves shipwrecks or maritime heritage in the Great 
                Lakes''; and
                    (C) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, unless the designation documents for 
                such Sanctuary do not allow taking up or discharging 
                ballast water in such Sanctuary''; and
            (2) in the table of contents in section 2, by striking the 
        item relating to section 610 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 610. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes.''.

SEC. 707. COASTWISE ENDORSEMENT.

    Notwithstanding section 12132 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 F/V RONDYS (O.N. 291085).

SEC. 708. INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL.

    (a) Requirement for Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives a report that describes the current operations 
to perform the International Ice Patrol mission and on alternatives for 
carrying out that mission, including satellite surveillance technology.
    (b) Alternatives.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include whether an alternative--
            (1) provides timely data on ice conditions with the highest 
        possible resolution and accuracy;
            (2) is able to operate in all weather conditions or any 
        time of day; and
            (3) is more cost effective than the cost of current 
        operations.

SEC. 709. PRIBILOF ISLANDS.

    (a) Transfer and Disposition of Property.--
            (1) Transfer.--To further accomplish the settlement of land 
        claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
        1602 et seq.), the Secretary of Commerce shall, subject to 
        paragraph (2), and notwithstanding section 105(a) of the 
        Pribilof Islands Transition Act (16 U.S.C. 1161 note; Public 
        Law 106-562), convey all right, title, and interest in the 
        following property to the native village corporation for St. 
        Paul Island:
                    (A) Lots 4, 5, and 6A, Block 18, Tract A, U.S. 
                Survey 4943, noted on Bureau of Land Management 
                supplemental master title plat for sec. 25, T. 35 S., 
                R. 132 W., Seward Meridian, and on Sheet 3 of 3, of U. 
                S. Survey 4943, files on January 20, 2004.
                    (B) On the termination of the license described in 
                paragraph (2)(C), tract 43, located in sec. 18, T. 35 
                S., R. 131 W., Seward Meridian and shown on township 
                survey filed, May 14, 1986.
            (2) Federal use.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the department in 
                which the Coast Guard is operating may operate, 
                maintain, keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace 
                any Federal aid to navigation located on the property 
                described in paragraph (1) as long as the aid is needed 
                for navigational purposes.
                    (B) Administration.--In carrying out paragraph (1), 
                the Secretary may enter the property, at any time for 
                as long as the aid is needed for navigational purposes, 
                without notice to the extent that it is not practicable 
                to provide advance notice.
                    (C) License.--The Secretary of the Department in 
                which the Coast Guard is operating may maintain a 
                license in effect on the date of enactment of this Act 
                with respect to the real property and improvements 
                under paragraph (1) until the termination of the 
                license.
                    (D) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
                of enactment of this Act and not less than once every 2 
                years thereafter, the Secretary of the department in 
                which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                and Transportation of the Senate a report on--
                            (i) efforts taken to remediate contaminated 
                        soils on tract 43 described in paragraph 
                        (1)(B);
                            (ii) a schedule for the completion of 
                        contaminated soil remediation on tract 43; and
                            (iii) any use of tract 43 to carry out 
                        Coast Guard navigation activities.
            (3) Agreement on transfer of other property on st. paul 
        island.--
                    (A) In general.--In addition to the property 
                transferred under paragraph (1), not later than 60 days 
                after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
                of Commerce and the presiding officer of the Alaska 
                Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island shall 
                enter into an agreement to exchange of property on 
                Tracts 50 and 38 on St. Paul Island and to finalize the 
                recording of deeds, to reflect the boundaries and 
                ownership of Tracts 50 and 38 as depicted on a survey 
                of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
                to be filed with the office of the recorder for the 
                Department of Natural Resources for the State of 
                Alaska.
                    (B) Easements.--The survey described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall include respective easements 
                granted to the Secretary and the Village Corporation 
                for the purpose of utilities, drainage, road access, 
                and salt lagoon conservation.
    (b) Transfer of Property Not Otherwise Specified for Transfer.--
Section 105 of the Pribilof Islands Transition Act (16 U.S.C. 1161 
note; Public Law 106-562) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Notifications.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        Secretary of Commerce makes a determination under subsection 
        (f) that land on St. Paul Island, Alaska, not specified for 
        transfer in the document entitled `Transfer of Property on the 
        Pribilof Islands: Descriptions, Terms and Conditions' or 
        section 709(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, 
        are in excess of the needs of the Secretary and the Federal 
        Government, the Secretary shall notify the Alaska Native 
        Village Corporation for St. Paul Island of the determination.
            ``(2) Election to receive.--Not later than 60 days after 
        the date receipt of the notification of the Secretary under 
        paragraph (1), the Village Corporation for St. Paul Island 
        shall notify the Secretary in writing whether the Village 
        Corporation elects to receive all right, title and interest in 
        the land or a portion of the land.
            ``(3) Transfer.--If the Village Corporation provides notice 
        under paragraph (2) that the Village Corporation elects to 
        receive all right, title and interest in the land or a portion 
        of the land, the Secretary shall transfer all right, title, and 
        interest in the land or portion to the Village Corporation at 
        no cost.
            ``(4) Other disposition.--If the Village Corporation does 
        not provide notice under paragraph (2) that the Village 
        Corporation elects to receive all right, title and interest in 
        the land or a portion of the land, the Secretary may dispose of 
        the land in accordance with other applicable law.
    ``(f) Determination.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection and not less than once every 5 
        years thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall determine 
        whether property located on St. Paul Island and not transferred 
        to the Natives of the Pribilof Islands is in excess of the 
        smallest practicable tract enclosing land--
                    ``(A) needed by the Secretary for the purposes of 
                carrying out the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1151 
                et seq.);
                    ``(B) in the case of land withdrawn by the 
                Secretary on behalf of other Federal agencies, needed 
                for carrying out the missions of those agencies for 
                which land was withdrawn; or
                    ``(C) actually used by the Federal Government in 
                connection with the administration of any Federal 
                installation on St. Paul Island.
            ``(2) Report of determination.--When a determination is 
        made under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall report the 
        determination to--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
                House of Representatives;
                    ``(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science and 
                Transportation of the Senate; and
                    ``(C) the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. 
                Paul Island.''.
    (c) Notice of Certification.--Section 105 of the Pribilof Islands 
Transition Act (16 U.S.C. 1161 note; Public Law 106-562) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
        inserting ``Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and effective 
        beginning on the date the Secretary publishes the notice of 
        certification required by subsection (b)(5), the Secretary'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``section 205 
                of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1165)'' and 
                inserting ``section 205(a) of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 
                (16 U.S.C. 1165(a))''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Notice of certification.--The Secretary shall 
        promptly publish and submit to the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate notice that 
        the certification described in paragraph (2) has been made.''; 
        and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``makes the certification described in 
                subsection (b)(2)'' and inserting ``publishes the 
                notice of certification required by subsection 
                (b)(5)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Section 205'' 
                and inserting ``Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of 
                section 205''.

SEC. 710. NO CHARGE FOR PARKING FACILITIES.

    Section 611(a)(1) of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-281; 128 Stat. 3064) is 
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``at no cost to 
the Coast Guard, its members, or employees.''.

SEC. 711. ASSESSMENT OF OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND CLEANUP ACTIVITIES IN 
              THE GREAT LAKES.

    (a) Assessment.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the head of any other agency the Commandant 
determines appropriate, shall conduct an assessment of the 
effectiveness of oil spill response activities specific to the Great 
Lakes. Such assessment shall include--
            (1) an evaluation of new research into oil spill impacts in 
        fresh water under a wide range of conditions; and
            (2) an evaluation of oil spill prevention and clean up 
        contingency plans, in order to improve understanding of oil 
        spill impacts in the Great Lakes and foster innovative 
        improvements to safety technologies and environmental 
        protection systems.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 
to Congress a report on the results of the assessment required by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 712. REPORT ON STATUS OF TECHNOLOGY DETECTING PASSENGERS WHO HAVE 
              FALLEN OVERBOARD.

    Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit a report to 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives that--
            (1) describes the status of technology for immediately 
        detecting passengers who have fallen overboard;
            (2) includes a recommendation to cruise lines on the 
        feasibility of implementing technology that immediately detects 
        passengers who have fallen overboard, factoring in cost and the 
        risk of false positives;
            (3) includes data collected from cruise lines on the status 
        of the integration of the technology described in paragraph (2) 
        on cruise ships, including--
                    (A) the number of cruise ships that have the 
                technology to capture images of passengers who have 
                fallen overboard;
                    (B) the number of cruise lines that have tested 
                technology that can detect passengers who have fallen 
                overboard; and
                    (C) the number of cruise ships that have integrated 
                technology that can detect passengers who have fallen 
                overboard; and
            (4) includes information on any other available 
        technologies that cruise ships could integrate to assist in 
        facilitating the search and rescue of a passenger who has 
        fallen overboard.

              TITLE VIII--VESSEL INCIDENTAL DISCHARGE ACT

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Vessel Incidental Discharge Act''.

SEC. 802. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Beginning with enactment of the Act to Prevent 
        Pollution from Ships in 1980 (22 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), the 
        United States Coast Guard has been the principal Federal 
        authority charged with administering, enforcing, and 
        prescribing regulations relating to the discharge of pollutants 
        from vessels engaged in maritime commerce and transportation.
            (2) The Coast Guard estimates there are approximately 
        21,560,000 State-registered recreational vessels, 75,000 
        commercial fishing vessels, and 33,000 freight and tank barges 
        operating in United States waters.
            (3) From 1973 to 2005, certain discharges incidental to the 
        normal operation of a vessel were exempted by regulation from 
        otherwise applicable permitting requirements.
            (4) Over the 32 years during which this regulatory 
        exemption was in effect, Congress enacted statutes on a number 
        of occasions dealing with the regulation of discharges 
        incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including--
                    (A) the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 
                U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) in 1980;
                    (B) the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention 
                and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.);
                    (C) the National Invasive Species Act of 1996 (110 
                Stat. 4073);
                    (D) section 415 of the Coast Guard Authorization 
                Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 3434) and section 623 of the 
                Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (33 
                U.S.C. 1901 note), which established interim and 
                permanent requirements, respectively, for the 
                regulation of vessel discharges of certain bulk cargo 
                residue;
                    (E) title XIV of division B of Appendix D of the 
                Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 2763), 
                which prohibited or limited certain vessel discharges 
                in certain areas of Alaska;
                    (F) section 204 of the Maritime Transportation 
                Security Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 1902a), which 
                established requirements for the regulation of vessel 
                discharges of agricultural cargo residue material in 
                the form of hold washings; and
                    (G) title X of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
                2010 (33 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), which provided for the 
                implementation of the International Convention on the 
                Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to provide for the 
establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards 
and requirements for the management of discharges incidental to the 
normal operation of a vessel.

SEC. 803. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Aquatic nuisance species.--The term ``aquatic nuisance 
        species'' means a nonindigenous species (including a pathogen) 
        that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or 
        the ecological stability of navigable waters or commercial, 
        agricultural, aquacultural, or recreational activities 
        dependent on such waters.
            (3) Ballast water.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``ballast water'' means 
                any water, including any sediment suspended in such 
                water, taken aboard a vessel--
                            (i) to control trim, list, draught, 
                        stability, or stresses of the vessel; or
                            (ii) during the cleaning, maintenance, or 
                        other operation of a ballast water treatment 
                        technology of the vessel.
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term ``ballast water'' does 
                not include any pollutant that is added to water 
                described in subparagraph (A) that is not directly 
                related to the operation of a properly functioning 
                ballast water treatment technology under this title.
            (4) Ballast water performance standard.--The term ``ballast 
        water performance standard'' means the numerical ballast water 
        discharge standard set forth in section 151.2030 of title 33, 
        Code of Federal Regulations or section 151.1511 of title 33, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, as applicable, or a revised 
        numerical ballast water performance standard established under 
        subsection (a)(1)(B), (b), or (c) of section 805 of this title.
            (5) Ballast water treatment technology or treatment 
        technology.--The term ``ballast water treatment technology'' or 
        ``treatment technology'' means any mechanical, physical, 
        chemical, or biological process used, alone or in combination, 
        to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of 
        aquatic nuisance species within ballast water.
            (6) Biocide.--The term ``biocide'' means a substance or 
        organism, including a virus or fungus, that is introduced into 
        or produced by a ballast water treatment technology to reduce 
        or eliminate aquatic nuisance species as part of the process 
        used to comply with a ballast water performance standard under 
        this title.
            (7) Discharge incidental to the normal operation of a 
        vessel.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``discharge incidental to 
                the normal operation of a vessel'' means--
                            (i) a discharge into navigable waters from 
                        a vessel of--
                                    (I)(aa) ballast water, graywater, 
                                bilge water, cooling water, oil water 
                                separator effluent, anti-fouling hull 
                                coating leachate, boiler or economizer 
                                blowdown, byproducts from cathodic 
                                protection, controllable pitch 
                                propeller and thruster hydraulic fluid, 
                                distillation and reverse osmosis brine, 
                                elevator pit effluent, firemain system 
                                effluent, freshwater layup effluent, 
                                gas turbine wash water, motor gasoline 
                                and compensating effluent, 
                                refrigeration and air condensate 
                                effluent, seawater pumping biofouling 
                                prevention substances, boat engine wet 
                                exhaust, sonar dome effluent, exhaust 
                                gas scrubber washwater, or stern tube 
                                packing gland effluent; or
                                    (bb) any other pollutant associated 
                                with the operation of a marine 
                                propulsion system, shipboard 
                                maneuvering system, habitability 
                                system, or installed major equipment, 
                                or from a protective, preservative, or 
                                absorptive application to the hull of a 
                                vessel;
                                    (II) weather deck runoff, deck 
                                wash, aqueous film forming foam 
                                effluent, chain locker effluent, non-
                                oily machinery wastewater, underwater 
                                ship husbandry effluent, welldeck 
                                effluent, or fish hold and fish hold 
                                cleaning effluent; or
                                    (III) any effluent from a properly 
                                functioning marine engine; or
                            (ii) a discharge of a pollutant into 
                        navigable waters in connection with the 
                        testing, maintenance, or repair of a system, 
                        equipment, or engine described in subclause 
                        (I)(bb) or (III) of clause (i) whenever the 
                        vessel is waterborne.
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term ``discharge incidental to 
                the normal operation of a vessel'' does not include--
                            (i) a discharge into navigable waters from 
                        a vessel of--
                                    (I) rubbish, trash, garbage, 
                                incinerator ash, or other such material 
                                discharged overboard;
                                    (II) oil or a hazardous substance 
                                as those terms are defined in section 
                                311 of the Federal Water Pollution 
                                Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321);
                                    (III) sewage as defined in section 
                                312(a)(6) of the Federal Water 
                                Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
                                1322(a)(6)); or
                                    (IV) graywater referred to in 
                                section 312(a)(6) of the Federal Water 
                                Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
                                1322(a)(6));
                            (ii) an emission of an air pollutant 
                        resulting from the operation onboard a vessel 
                        of a vessel propulsion system, motor driven 
                        equipment, or incinerator; or
                            (iii) a discharge into navigable waters 
                        from a vessel when the vessel is operating in a 
                        capacity other than as a means of 
                        transportation on water.
            (8) Geographically limited area.--The term ``geographically 
        limited area'' means an area--
                    (A) with a physical limitation, including 
                limitation by physical size and limitation by 
                authorized route such as the Great Lakes and St. 
                Lawrence River, that prevents a vessel from operating 
                outside the area, as determined by the Secretary; or
                    (B) that is ecologically homogeneous, as determined 
                by the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 
                other Federal departments or agencies as the Secretary 
                considers appropriate.
            (9) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' means a person 
        engaged in the manufacture, assemblage, or importation of 
        ballast water treatment technology.
            (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
            (11) Vessel.--The term ``vessel'' means every description 
        of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or 
        practically or otherwise capable of being used, as a means of 
        transportation on water.

SEC. 804. REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Administrator, shall establish and implement enforceable uniform 
national standards and requirements for the regulation of discharges 
incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. The standards and 
requirements shall--
            (1) be based upon the best available technology 
        economically achievable; and
            (2) supersede any permitting requirement or prohibition on 
        discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel under 
        any other provision of law.
    (b) Administration and Enforcement.--The Secretary shall administer 
and enforce the uniform national standards and requirements under this 
title. Each State may enforce the uniform national standards and 
requirements under this title.

SEC. 805. UNIFORM NATIONAL STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 
              REGULATION OF DISCHARGES INCIDENTAL TO THE NORMAL 
              OPERATION OF A VESSEL.

    (a) Requirements.--
            (1) Ballast water management requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the requirements set forth in the 
                final rule, Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' 
                Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters (77 Fed. Reg. 
                17254 (March 23, 2012), as corrected at 77 Fed. Reg. 
                33969 (June 8, 2012)), shall be the management 
                requirements for a ballast water discharge incidental 
                to the normal operation of a vessel until the Secretary 
                revises the ballast water performance standard under 
                subsection (b) or adopts a more stringent State 
                standard under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
                    (B) Adoption of more stringent state standard.--If 
                the Secretary makes a determination in favor of a State 
                petition under section 810, the Secretary shall adopt 
                the more stringent ballast water performance standard 
                specified in the statute or regulation that is the 
                subject of that State petition in lieu of the ballast 
                water performance standard in the final rule described 
                under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Initial management requirements for discharges other 
        than ballast water.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Administrator, shall issue a final rule establishing best 
        management practices for discharges incidental to the normal 
        operation of a vessel other than ballast water.
    (b) Revised Ballast Water Performance Standard; 8-Year Review.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the feasibility review under 
        paragraph (2), not later than January 1, 2022, the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Administrator, shall issue a final 
        rule revising the ballast water performance standard under 
        subsection (a)(1) so that a ballast water discharge incidental 
        to the normal operation of a vessel will contain--
                    (A) less than 1 organism that is living or has not 
                been rendered harmless per 10 cubic meters that is 50 
                or more micrometers in minimum dimension;
                    (B) less than 1 organism that is living or has not 
                been rendered harmless per 10 milliliters that is less 
                than 50 micrometers in minimum dimension and more than 
                10 micrometers in minimum dimension;
                    (C) concentrations of indicator microbes that are 
                less than--
                            (i) 1 colony-forming unit of toxicogenic 
                        Vibrio cholera (serotypes O1 and O139) per 100 
                        milliliters or less than 1 colony-forming unit 
                        of that microbe per gram of wet weight of 
                        zoological samples;
                            (ii) 126 colony-forming units of 
                        Escherichia coli per 100 milliliters; and
                            (iii) 33 colony-forming units of intestinal 
                        enterococci per 100 milliliters; and
                    (D) concentrations of such additional indicator 
                microbes and of viruses as may be specified in 
                regulations issued by the Secretary in consultation 
                with the Administrator and such other Federal agencies 
                as the Secretary and the Administrator consider 
                appropriate.
            (2) Feasibility review.--
                    (A) In general.--Not less than 2 years before 
                January 1, 2022, the Secretary, in consultation with 
                the Administrator, shall complete a review to determine 
                the feasibility of achieving the revised ballast water 
                performance standard under paragraph (1).
                    (B) Criteria for review of ballast water 
                performance standard.--In conducting a review under 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider whether 
                revising the ballast water performance standard will 
                result in a scientifically demonstrable and substantial 
                reduction in the risk of introduction or establishment 
                of aquatic nuisance species, taking into account--
                            (i) improvements in the scientific 
                        understanding of biological and ecological 
                        processes that lead to the introduction or 
                        establishment of aquatic nuisance species;
                            (ii) improvements in ballast water 
                        treatment technology, including--
                                    (I) the capability of such 
                                treatment technology to achieve a 
                                revised ballast water performance 
                                standard;
                                    (II) the effectiveness and 
                                reliability of such treatment 
                                technology in the shipboard 
                                environment;
                                    (III) the compatibility of such 
                                treatment technology with the design 
                                and operation of a vessel by class, 
                                type, and size;
                                    (IV) the commercial availability of 
                                such treatment technology; and
                                    (V) the safety of such treatment 
                                technology;
                            (iii) improvements in the capabilities to 
                        detect, quantify, and assess the viability of 
                        aquatic nuisance species at the concentrations 
                        under consideration;
                            (iv) the impact of ballast water treatment 
                        technology on water quality; and
                            (v) the costs, cost-effectiveness, and 
                        impacts of--
                                    (I) a revised ballast water 
                                performance standard, including the 
                                potential impacts on shipping, trade, 
                                and other uses of the aquatic 
                                environment; and
                                    (II) maintaining the existing 
                                ballast water performance standard, 
                                including the potential impacts on 
                                water-related infrastructure, 
                                recreation, propagation of native fish, 
                                shellfish, and wildlife, and other uses 
                                of navigable waters.
                    (C) Lower revised performance standard.--
                            (i) In general.--If the Secretary, in 
                        consultation with the Administrator, determines 
                        on the basis of the feasibility review and 
                        after an opportunity for a public hearing that 
                        no ballast water treatment technology can be 
                        certified under section 806 to comply with the 
                        revised ballast water performance standard 
                        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
                        require the use of the treatment technology 
                        that achieves the performance levels of the 
                        best treatment technology available.
                            (ii) Implementation deadline.--If the 
                        Secretary, in consultation with the 
                        Administrator, determines that the treatment 
                        technology under clause (i) cannot be 
                        implemented before the implementation deadline 
                        under paragraph (3) with respect to a class of 
                        vessels, the Secretary shall extend the 
                        implementation deadline for that class of 
                        vessels for not more than 36 months.
                            (iii) Compliance.--If the implementation 
                        deadline under paragraph (3) is extended, the 
                        Secretary shall recommend action to ensure 
                        compliance with the extended implementation 
                        deadline under clause (ii).
                    (D) Higher revised performance standard.--
                            (i) In general.--If the Secretary, in 
                        consultation with the Administrator, determines 
                        that ballast water treatment technology exists 
                        that exceeds the revised ballast water 
                        performance standard under paragraph (1) with 
                        respect to a class of vessels, the Secretary 
                        shall revise the ballast water performance 
                        standard for that class of vessels to 
                        incorporate the higher performance standard.
                            (ii) Implementation deadline.--If the 
                        Secretary, in consultation with the 
                        Administrator, determines that the treatment 
                        technology under clause (i) can be implemented 
                        before the implementation deadline under 
                        paragraph (3) with respect to a class of 
                        vessels, the Secretary shall accelerate the 
                        implementation deadline for that class of 
                        vessels. If the implementation deadline under 
                        paragraph (3) is accelerated, the Secretary 
                        shall provide not less than 24 months notice 
                        before the accelerated deadline takes effect.
            (3) Implementation deadline.--The revised ballast water 
        performance standard under paragraph (1) shall apply to a 
        vessel beginning on the date of the first drydocking of the 
        vessel on or after January 1, 2022, but not later than December 
        31, 2024.
            (4) Revised performance standard compliance deadlines.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may establish a 
                compliance deadline for compliance by a vessel (or a 
                class, type, or size of vessel) with a revised ballast 
                water performance standard under this subsection.
                    (B) Process for granting extensions.--In issuing 
                regulations under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
                establish a process for an owner or operator to submit 
                a petition to the Secretary for an extension of a 
                compliance deadline with respect to the vessel of the 
                owner or operator.
                    (C) Period of extensions.--An extension issued 
                under subparagraph (B) may--
                            (i) apply for a period of not to exceed 18 
                        months from the date of the applicable deadline 
                        under subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) be renewable for an additional period 
                        of not to exceed 18 months.
                    (D) Factors.--In issuing a compliance deadline or 
                reviewing a petition under this paragraph, the 
                Secretary shall consider, with respect to the ability 
                of an owner or operator to meet a compliance deadline, 
                the following factors:
                            (i) Whether the treatment technology to be 
                        installed is available in sufficient quantities 
                        to meet the compliance deadline.
                            (ii) Whether there is sufficient shipyard 
                        or other installation facility capacity.
                            (iii) Whether there is sufficient 
                        availability of engineering and design 
                        resources.
                            (iv) Vessel characteristics, such as engine 
                        room size, layout, or a lack of installed 
                        piping.
                            (v) Electric power generating capacity 
                        aboard the vessel.
                            (vi) Safety of the vessel and crew.
                    (E) Consideration of petitions.--
                            (i) Determinations.--The Secretary shall 
                        approve or deny a petition for an extension of 
                        a compliance deadline submitted by an owner or 
                        operator under this paragraph.
                            (ii) Deadline.--If the Secretary does not 
                        approve or deny a petition referred to in 
                        clause (i) on or before the last day of the 90-
                        day period beginning on the date of submission 
                        of the petition, the petition shall be deemed 
                        approved.
    (c) Future Revisions of Vessel Incidental Discharge Standards; 
Decennial Reviews.--
            (1) Revised ballast water performance standards.--The 
        Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall 
        complete a review, 10 years after the issuance of a final rule 
        under subsection (b) and every 10 years thereafter, to 
        determine whether further revision of the ballast water 
        performance standard would result in a scientifically 
        demonstrable and substantial reduction in the risk of the 
        introduction or establishment of aquatic nuisance species.
            (2) Revised standards for discharges other than ballast 
        water.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, 
        may include in a decennial review under this subsection best 
        management practices for discharges covered by subsection 
        (a)(2). The Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to revise 1 
        or more best management practices for such discharges after a 
        decennial review if the Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Administrator, determines that revising 1 or more of such 
        practices would substantially reduce the impacts on navigable 
        waters of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a 
        vessel other than ballast water.
            (3) Considerations.--In conducting a review under paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary, the Administrator, and the heads of other 
        appropriate Federal agencies as determined by the Secretary, 
        shall consider the criteria under section 805(b)(2)(B).
            (4) Revision after decennial review.--The Secretary shall 
        initiate a rulemaking to revise the current ballast water 
        performance standard after a decennial review if the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Administrator, determines that 
        revising the current ballast water performance standard would 
        result in a scientifically demonstrable and substantial 
        reduction in the risk of the introduction or establishment of 
        aquatic nuisance species.
    (d)  Great Lakes Requirements.--In addition to the other standards 
and requirements imposed by this section, in the case of a vessel that 
enters the Great Lakes through the St. Lawrence River after operating 
outside the exclusive economic zone of the United States the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Administrator, shall establish a requirement 
that the vessel conduct saltwater flushing of all ballast water tanks 
onboard prior to entry.

SEC. 806. TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION.

    (a) Certification Required.--Beginning 1 year after the date that 
the requirements for testing protocols are issued under subsection (i), 
no manufacturer of a ballast water treatment technology shall sell, 
offer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction into 
interstate commerce, or import into the United States for sale or 
resale, a ballast water treatment technology for a vessel unless the 
treatment technology has been certified under this section.
    (b) Certification Process.--
            (1) Evaluation.--Upon application of a manufacturer, the 
        Secretary shall evaluate a ballast water treatment technology 
        with respect to--
                    (A) the effectiveness of the treatment technology 
                in achieving the current ballast water performance 
                standard when installed on a vessel (or a class, type, 
                or size of vessel);
                    (B) the compatibility with vessel design and 
                operations;
                    (C) the effect of the treatment technology on 
                vessel safety;
                    (D) the impact on the environment;
                    (E) the cost effectiveness; and
                    (F) any other criteria the Secretary considers 
                appropriate.
            (2) Approval.--If after an evaluation under paragraph (1) 
        the Secretary determines that the treatment technology meets 
        the criteria, the Secretary may certify the treatment 
        technology for use on a vessel (or a class, type, or size of 
        vessel).
            (3) Suspension and revocation.--The Secretary shall 
        establish, by regulation, a process to suspend or revoke a 
        certification issued under this section.
    (c) Certification Conditions.--
            (1) Imposition of conditions.--In certifying a ballast 
        water treatment technology under this section, the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Administrator, may impose any 
        condition on the subsequent installation, use, or maintenance 
        of the treatment technology onboard a vessel as is necessary 
        for--
                    (A) the safety of the vessel, the crew of the 
                vessel, and any passengers aboard the vessel;
                    (B) the protection of the environment; or
                    (C) the effective operation of the treatment 
                technology.
            (2) Failure to comply.--The failure of an owner or operator 
        to comply with a condition imposed under paragraph (1) shall be 
        considered a violation of this section.
    (d) Period for Use of Installed Treatment Equipment.--
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this title or any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall allow a vessel on which a system 
is installed and operated to meet a ballast water performance standard 
under this title to continue to use that system, notwithstanding any 
revision of a ballast water performance standard occurring after the 
system is ordered or installed until the expiration of the service life 
of the system, as determined by the Secretary, so long as the system--
            (1) is maintained in proper working condition; and
            (2) is maintained and used in accordance with the 
        manufacturer's specifications and any treatment technology 
        certification conditions imposed by the Secretary under this 
        section.
    (e) Certificates of Type Approval for the Treatment Technology.--
            (1) Issuance.--If the Secretary approves a ballast water 
        treatment technology for certification under subsection (b), 
        the Secretary shall issue a certificate of type approval for 
        the treatment technology to the manufacturer in such form and 
        manner as the Secretary determines appropriate.
            (2) Certification conditions.--A certificate of type 
        approval issued under paragraph (1) shall specify each 
        condition imposed by the Secretary under subsection (c).
            (3) Owners and operators.--A manufacturer that receives a 
        certificate of type approval for the treatment technology under 
        this subsection shall provide a copy of the certificate to each 
        owner and operator of a vessel on which the treatment 
        technology is installed.
    (f) Inspections.--An owner or operator who receives a copy of a 
certificate under subsection (e)(3) shall retain a copy of the 
certificate onboard the vessel and make the copy of the certificate 
available for inspection at all times while the owner or operator is 
utilizing the treatment technology.
    (g) Biocides.--The Secretary may not approve a ballast water 
treatment technology under subsection (b) if--
            (1) it uses a biocide or generates a biocide that is a 
        pesticide, as defined in section 2 of the Federal Insecticide, 
        Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136), unless the 
        biocide is registered under that Act or the Secretary, in 
        consultation with Administrator, has approved the use of the 
        biocide in such treatment technology; or
            (2) it uses or generates a biocide the discharge of which 
        causes or contributes to a violation of a water quality 
        standard under section 303 of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313).
    (h) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        use of a ballast water treatment technology by an owner or 
        operator of a vessel shall not satisfy the requirements of this 
        title unless it has been approved by the Secretary under 
        subsection (b).
            (2) Exceptions.--
                    (A) Coast guard shipboard technology evaluation 
                program.--An owner or operator may use a ballast water 
                treatment technology that has not been certified by the 
                Secretary to comply with the requirements of this 
                section if the technology is being evaluated under the 
                Coast Guard Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program.
                    (B) Ballast water treatment technologies certified 
                by foreign entities.--An owner or operator may use a 
                ballast water treatment technology that has not been 
                certified by the Secretary to comply with the 
                requirements of this section if the technology has been 
                certified by a foreign entity and the certification 
                demonstrates performance and safety of the treatment 
                technology equivalent to the requirements of this 
                section, as determined by the Secretary.
    (i) Testing Protocols.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary, shall issue requirements for land-based and shipboard 
testing protocols or criteria for--
            (1) certifying the performance of each ballast water 
        treatment technology under this section; and
            (2) certifying laboratories to evaluate such treatment 
        technologies.

SEC. 807. EXEMPTIONS.

    (a) In General.--No permit shall be required or prohibition 
enforced under any other provision of law for, nor shall any standards 
regarding a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel 
under this title apply to--
            (1) a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a 
        vessel if the vessel is less than 79 feet in length and engaged 
        in commercial service (as defined in section 2101(5) of title 
        46, United States Code);
            (2) a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a 
        vessel if the vessel is a fishing vessel, including a fish 
        processing vessel and a fish tender vessel, (as defined in 
        section 2101 of title 46, United States Code);
            (3) a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a 
        vessel if the vessel is a recreational vessel (as defined in 
        section 2101(25) of title 46, United States Code);
            (4) the placement, release, or discharge of equipment, 
        devices, or other material from a vessel for the sole purpose 
        of conducting research on the aquatic environment or its 
        natural resources in accordance with generally recognized 
        scientific methods, principles, or techniques;
            (5) any discharge into navigable waters from a vessel 
        authorized by an on-scene coordinator in accordance with part 
        300 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or part 153 of 
        title 33, Code of Federal Regulations;
            (6) any discharge into navigable waters from a vessel that 
        is necessary to secure the safety of the vessel or human life, 
        or to suppress a fire onboard the vessel or at a shoreside 
        facility; or
            (7) a vessel of the armed forces of a foreign nation when 
        engaged in noncommercial service.
    (b) Ballast Water Discharges.--No permit shall be required or 
prohibition enforced under any other provision of law for, nor shall 
any ballast water performance standards under this title apply to--
            (1) a ballast water discharge incidental to the normal 
        operation of a vessel determined by the Secretary to--
                    (A) operate exclusively within a geographically 
                limited area;
                    (B) take up and discharge ballast water exclusively 
                within 1 Captain of the Port Zone established by the 
                Coast Guard unless the Secretary determines such 
                discharge poses a substantial risk of introduction or 
                establishment of an aquatic nuisance species;
                    (C) operate pursuant to a geographic restriction 
                issued as a condition under section 3309 of title 46, 
                United States Code, or an equivalent restriction issued 
                by the country of registration of the vessel; or
                    (D) continuously take on and discharge ballast 
                water in a flow-through system that does not introduce 
                aquatic nuisance species into navigable waters;
            (2) a ballast water discharge incidental to the normal 
        operation of a vessel consisting entirely of water suitable for 
        human consumption; or
            (3) a ballast water discharge incidental to the normal 
        operation of a vessel in an alternative compliance program 
        established pursuant to section 808.
    (c) Vessels With Permanent Ballast Water.--No permit shall be 
required or prohibition enforced under any other provision of law for, 
nor shall any ballast water performance standard under this title apply 
to, a vessel that carries all of its permanent ballast water in sealed 
tanks that are not subject to discharge.
    (d) Vessels of the Armed Forces.--Nothing in this title shall be 
construed to apply to a vessel as follows:
            (1) A vessel owned or operated by the Department of Defense 
        (other than a time-chartered or voyage-chartered vessel).
            (2) A vessel of the Coast Guard, as designated by the 
        Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
        operating.

SEC. 808. ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Administrator, may promulgate regulations establishing 1 or more 
compliance programs as an alternative to ballast water management 
regulations issued under section 805 for a vessel that--
            (1) has a maximum ballast water capacity of less than 8 
        cubic meters;
            (2) is less than 3 years from the end of the useful life of 
        the vessel, as determined by the Secretary; or
            (3) discharges ballast water into a facility for the 
        reception of ballast water that meets standards promulgated by 
        the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary.
    (b) Promulgation of Facility Standards.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in 
consultation with the Secretary, shall promulgate standards for--
            (1) the reception of ballast water from a vessel into a 
        reception facility; and
            (2) the disposal or treatment of the ballast water under 
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 809. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--An interested person may file a petition for 
review of a final regulation promulgated under this title in the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
    (b) Deadline.--A petition shall be filed not later than 120 days 
after the date that notice of the promulgation appears in the Federal 
Register.
    (c) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), a petition that is 
based solely on grounds that arise after the deadline to file a 
petition under subsection (b) has passed may be filed not later than 
120 days after the date that the grounds first arise.

SEC. 810. EFFECT ON STATE AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--No State or political subdivision thereof may 
adopt or enforce any statute or regulation of the State or political 
subdivision with respect to a discharge incidental to the normal 
operation of a vessel after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Savings Clause.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State or 
political subdivision thereof may adopt or enforce a statute or 
regulation of the State or political subdivision with respect to 
ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel 
that specifies a ballast water performance standard that is more 
stringent than the ballast water performance standard under section 
805(a)(1)(A) if the Secretary, after consultation with the 
Administrator and any other Federal department or agency the Secretary 
considers appropriate, makes a determination that--
            (1) compliance with any performance standard specified in 
        the statute or regulation can in fact be achieved and detected;
            (2) the technology and systems necessary to comply with the 
        statute or regulation are commercially available; and
            (3) the statute or regulation is consistent with 
        obligations under relevant international treaties or agreements 
        to which the United States is a party.
    (c) Petition Process.--
            (1) Submission.--The Governor of a State seeking to adopt 
        or enforce a statute or regulation under subsection (b) shall 
        submit a petition to the Secretary requesting the Secretary to 
        review the statute or regulation.
            (2) Contents; timing.--A petition shall be accompanied by 
        the scientific and technical information on which the petition 
        is based, and may be submitted within 1 year of the date of 
        enactment of this Act and every 10 years thereafter.
            (3) Determinations.--The Secretary shall make a 
        determination on a petition under this subsection not later 
        than 90 days after the date that the petition is received.

SEC. 811. APPLICATION WITH OTHER STATUTES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this title shall be the 
exclusive statutory authority for regulation by the Federal Government 
of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel to which 
this title applies. Except as provided under section 805(a)(1)(A), any 
regulation in effect on the date immediately preceding the effective 
date of this Act relating to any permitting requirement for or 
prohibition on discharges incidental to the normal operation of a 
vessel to which this title applies shall be deemed to be a regulation 
issued pursuant to the authority of this title and shall remain in full 
force and effect unless or until superseded by new regulations issued 
hereunder.
                                                       Calendar No. 302

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1611

                          [Report No. 114-168]

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                                 A BILL

 To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 
                   and 2017, and for other purposes.

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                           November 30, 2015

                       Reported with an amendment