117 HR 6865 EH: Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 117th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 6865 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Authorization Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. Sec. 103. Shoreside infrastructure and facilities. Sec. 104. Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional cutters. Title II—Coast Guard Subtitle A—Military Personnel Matters Sec. 201. Authorized strength. Sec. 202. Continuation of officers with certain critical skills on active duty. Sec. 203. Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list. Sec. 204. Coast Guard behavioral health policy. Sec. 205. Improving representation of women and of racial and ethnic minorities among Coast Guard active-duty members. Subtitle B—Operational Matters Sec. 206. Pilot project for enhancing Coast Guard cutter readiness through condition-based maintenance. Sec. 207. Unmanned systems strategy. Sec. 208. Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations. Sec. 209. Report on San Diego maritime domain awareness. Sec. 210. Great Lakes winter shipping. Sec. 211. Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response. Sec. 212. Study on laydown of Coast Guard cutters. Subtitle C—Other Matters Sec. 213. Responses of Commandant of the Coast Guard to safety recommendations. Sec. 214. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes. Sec. 215. Acquisition life-cycle cost estimates. Sec. 216. National Coast Guard Museum funding plan. Sec. 217. Report on Coast Guard explosive ordnance disposal. Sec. 218. Pribilof Island transition completion actions. Sec. 219. Notification of communication outages. Title III—Maritime Subtitle A—Shipping Sec. 301. Nonoperating individual. Sec. 302. Oceanographic research vessels. Sec. 303. Atlantic Coast port access routes briefing. Subtitle B—Vessel Safety Sec. 304. Fishing vessel safety. Sec. 305. Requirements for DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels. Sec. 306. Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passengers vessels. Sec. 307. Automatic identification system requirements. Subtitle C—Shipbuilding Program Sec. 308. Qualified vessel. Sec. 309. Establishing a capital construction fund. Title IV—Federal Maritime Commission Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Purposes. Sec. 403. Service contracts. Sec. 404. Shipping exchange registry. Sec. 405. Data collection. Sec. 406. National shipper advisory committee. Sec. 407. Annual report and public disclosures. Sec. 408. General prohibitions. Sec. 409. Prohibition on unreasonably declining cargo. Sec. 410. Detention and demurrage. Sec. 411. Assessment of penalties. Sec. 412. Investigations. Sec. 413. Injunctive relief. Sec. 414. Technical amendments. Sec. 415. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 416. NAS study on supply chain industry. Sec. 417. Temporary emergency authority. Sec. 418. Terms and vacancies. Title V—Miscellaneous Subtitle A—Navigation Sec. 501. Restriction on changing salvors. Sec. 502. Providing requirements for vessels anchored in established anchorage grounds. Sec. 503. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Sec. 504. Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture activities. Subtitle B—Other Matters Sec. 505. Information on type approval certificates. Sec. 506. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements. Sec. 507. Cargo waiting time reduction. Sec. 508. Limited indemnity provisions in standby oil spill response contracts. Sec. 509. Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer. Sec. 510. Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria. Sec. 511. Nonapplicability. Sec. 512. Report on enforcement of coastwise laws. Sec. 513. Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California. Sec. 514. Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response. Sec. 515. Prohibition on entry and operation. Sec. 516. St. Lucie River railroad bridge. Sec. 517. Assistance related to marine mammals. Sec. 518. Manning and crewing requirements for certain vessels, vehicles, and structures. Title VI—Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response Sec. 601. Definitions. Sec. 602. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial. Sec. 603. Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation. Sec. 604. Accommodation; notices. Sec. 605. Protection against discrimination. Sec. 606. Alcohol prohibition. Sec. 607. Surveillance requirements. Sec. 608. Master key control. Sec. 609. Safety management systems. Sec. 610. Requirement to report sexual assault and harassment. Sec. 611. Civil actions for personal injury or death of seamen. Sec. 612. Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits. Title VII—Technical and Conforming Provisions Sec. 701. Technical corrections. Sec. 702. Transportation worker identification credential technical amendments. Sec. 703. Reinstatement. Sec. 704. Determination of budgetary effects.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header> <section id="HBBEDF36C554447A2BAB92BB3DF1915B1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H80D103598D0542B1928CAD3E2EE88B73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>years 2020 and 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>years 2022 and 2023</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB5482D45C044779BC75A029CEC2289B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8C2050436B84000A7DB2CE23ABF9371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="H0237BBD987EA4F048EDA6C7B57BF3BFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$8,151,620,850 for fiscal year 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>$9,282,360,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE4D35A5EDF6443DCB09F23379D6B0DAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$8,396,169,475 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,210,596,000 for fiscal year 2023</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9150C99818514C18977CC69D9D46B6E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>$17,035,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$17,723,520</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25C769C4D8B94257B3F9A7D0964C0A9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>$17,376,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$18,077,990</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52D365AFF42F4A4C955345969DD7C515"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H228A46A830DC47908F41D4450B0745DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="HF30C317723DB42F1BC6F77B9BC89923D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$2,794,745,000 for fiscal year 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,312,114,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2CB047B1714D40EAB35FEA33AC71FBFF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$3,312,114,000 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,477,600,000 for fiscal year 2023</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD66BA9C15AB74B0B9555EE79C96E450D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HC2D8692DBBFA46F7ABC6F3C70D2EA376"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,400,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC674FFF6B1144BB7A66D310366C0D335"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,808,000 for fiscal year 2023</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBA2FC424802420AA0FAB9000B02BD20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H17FE2B90A7F5429C85258A5C98AEA704"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$13,834,000 for fiscal year 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>$14,393,220 for fiscal year 2022</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6398A4C63430418E9747D50B0075A482"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$14,111,000 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$14,681,084 for fiscal year 2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AC1D06E1D934BD893250CDE6C28C8F1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEE9495D0B7644BC99E3C0036D8906E10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$205,107,000 for fiscal year 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>$213,393,180 for fiscal year 2022</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5BF3460B2E2A4B278746288B20B85D55"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$209,209,000 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$217,661,044 for fiscal year 2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HAF6B55DDE26843CAB4A81DCA18D17899"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized levels of military strength and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4904 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7592E737F3974717A7F859B06F5953D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2020 and 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 and 2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9416692B3C54782AA06FBB1CFA854BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2020 and 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 and 2023</quote>. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="H49C5C3AD8ACF4F17AAA1837B7119D837"><enum>103.</enum><header>Shoreside infrastructure and facilities</header> <subsection id="H5A9AEFEF6185409DAF1E0D098FA19593"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(2)(A) of title 14, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, up to $585,000,000 shall be authorized for the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to fund the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, or improvement of Coast Guard shoreside infrastructure and facilities necessary to support Coast Guard operations and readiness.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H287C576A2DE44B5FBC7B6398407A59B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Baltimore Coast Guard Yard</header><text>Of the amounts set aside under subsection (a), up to $175,000,000 shall be authorized to improve facilities at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, including improvements to piers and wharves, dry dock, capital equipment utilities, or dredging necessary to facilitate access to such Yard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H26B775E9B17C422CA1F5A4C0264367C6" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training center Cape May</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts set aside under subsection (a), up to $60,000,000 shall be authorized to fund Phase I, in fiscal year 2022, and Phase II, in fiscal year 2023, for the recapitalization of the barracks at the United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD7E5344B5FA4482E95E7E11C84D3CC38"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mitigation of hazard risks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out projects with funds authorized under this section, the Coast Guard shall mitigate, to the greatest extent practicable, natural hazard risks identified in any Shore Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment for Phase I related to such projects.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H43A417B927EC49BF84DA8AEA20D6A1C4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fort Wadsworth, New York</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts set aside under subsection (a), up to $1,200,000 shall be authorized to fund a construction project to—</text> <paragraph id="HF4496B2CCB9B4E769120ED5DF2E048EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete repairs to the United States Coast Guard Station, New York, waterfront, including repairs to the concrete pier; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FE4F281611F48759746A8EFBD9DCCC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>replace floating piers Alpha and Bravo, the South Breakwater and Ice Screen, the North Breakwater and Ice Screen, and the seawall.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9D7D7355E45E4DE2B9A986B6C81561E2"><enum>104.</enum><header>Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional cutters</header> <subsection id="H2DA5B97D40204EDFB0ADA446828E8F8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under—</text> <paragraph id="H08808161AED84517BCF83FAD76D54C5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 4902(2)(A)(i) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this title, for fiscal year 2022;</text> <subparagraph id="H6ED051B65DC742EFBCC72F3FAC5FCEC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$300,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of a twelfth National Security Cutter; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF70DB2BF3DE4A54BD1AA8DF59AF10FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$210,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of 3 Fast Response Cutters; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0DB786828074013A8A7E077BC734FF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this title, for fiscal year 2023;</text> <subparagraph id="H706F45210ECA4B299D12A56421906B1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$300,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of a twelfth National Security Cutter; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DF5754CB9B94F229C310646C6BC4FBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$210,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of 3 Fast Response Cutters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H67F4BEFC108B4B33AEFB29A05128A994"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of acquired cutter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any cutter acquired using amounts authorized under subsection (a) shall be in addition to the National Security Cutters and Fast Response Cutters approved under the existing acquisition baseline in the program of record for the National Security Cutter and Fast Response Cutter.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H63DF0AB03CA249BCB7216E2533B78D66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Great Lakes icebreaker acquisition</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code—</text> <paragraph id="HBF805B36DC7F40ADA87F9625DA5F187C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2022, $350,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of a Great Lakes icebreaker at least as capable as Coast Guard Cutter <italic>Mackinaw</italic> (WLBB–30); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC551ECDA3EDB41148689EAB9EBDC43A8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2023, $20,000,000 shall be authorized for the design and selection of icebreaking cutters for operation in the Great Lakes, the Northeastern United States, and the Arctic, as appropriate, that are at least as capable as the Coast Guard 140-foot icebreaking tugs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H150C54B0FF884049B23C23A02907A57E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Drug and migrant interdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the Fast Response Cutters authorized for acquisition under subsection (a), at least 1 shall be used for drug and migrant interdiction in the Caribbean Basin (including the Gulf of Mexico).</text></subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Coast Guard</header> <subtitle id="H2743629CA9174804A9C8680FF4E3110C"><enum>A</enum><header>Military Personnel Matters</header> <section id="H2BF90ED7971E4EA7A41DA38A26C9A028" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorized strength</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3702 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HBF74116AB4A440499655FA358E9F4289" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H0DB828EE417E4701B80A4226D88732B0"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may vary the authorized end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves for a fiscal year by a number equal to not more than 3 percent of such end strength upon a determination by the Secretary that varying such authorized end strength is in the national interest.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HACE39160AAF44F66BE031AA17EB34DE9"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may increase the authorized end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized end strength upon a determination by the Commandant that such increase would enhance manning and readiness in essential units or in critical specialties or ratings.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H4CA5CB1DC2C74F0F910A57A0452E7D53" commented="no"><enum>202.</enum><header>Continuation of officers with certain critical skills on active duty</header> <subsection id="HB70BCD77C4114116B619F2D7713BF6EB" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/21">Chapter 21</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/2165">section 2165</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE12147D82FB142CDAB8DE3C1E4F9CF15" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HD5EE2120D1A0461E82909B8E4E5DFC2B" commented="no"><enum>2166.</enum><header>Continuation on active duty; Coast Guard officers with certain critical skills</header> <subsection id="H69947000909547D3BBC221817C369755" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may authorize an officer in a grade above grade O–2 to remain on active duty after the date otherwise provided for the retirement of such officer in section 2154 of this title, if the officer possesses a critical skill, or specialty, or is in a career field designated pursuant to subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H723ED5F0E0734637A00A7D7995AE6D3E" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Critical skills, specialty, or career field</header><text>The Commandant shall designate any critical skill, specialty, or career field eligible for continuation on active duty as provided in subsection (a). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H215987B1FE494799B8F8B645F0A70D2A" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of continuation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer continued on active duty pursuant to this section shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 40 years of active service.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H384CAD3833AC46BBA2EE25DD6F62B256" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall carry out this section by prescribing policy which shall specify the criteria to be used in designating any critical skill, specialty, or career field for purposes of subsection (b).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H9BC41931720A4C10BFEF4EF414FC4095" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/21">chapter 21</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/2165">section 2165</external-xref> the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H27349C8C45A6483694414F578CA5C895" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2166. Continuation on active duty; Coast Guard officers with certain critical skills.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H332102CBF047473585FEDD2D995DA509" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list</header> <subsection id="HB2808812178245E9A94A1FF3E9665EDE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum number of officers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2103(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE442ABD082D04DF7B367577E1DDE8042" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H7FE756A26DAA407682245EDDB4465BC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum total number</header> <paragraph id="H1D7A3E0AA9054A38801BA30BE5D53FFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of Coast Guard commissioned officers on the active duty promotion list, excluding warrant officers, shall not exceed—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E3A81F5D04648BDBF6A2657F3BDA3B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>7,100 in fiscal year 2022; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0640E37286141D0BB6114D7401EF815"><enum>(B)</enum><text>7,200 in fiscal year 2023; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6E9F2CED99B410D8266259ED56E587B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>7,300 in fiscal year 2024; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H823B5D49F44944679357EB2074008FE0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>7,400 in fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61CB376370EE45A49A782152F83A3217"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary increase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commandant may temporarily increase the total number of commissioned officers permitted under such paragraph by up to 2 percent for no more than 60 days following the date of the commissioning of a Coast Guard Academy class.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5C36234564943E7B3889CC268CDDD8B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after exceeding the total number of commissioned officers permitted under paragraph (1), and each 30 days thereafter until the total number of commissioned officers no longer exceeds the number of such officers permitted under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the number of officers on the active duty promotion list on the last day of the preceding 30-day period.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0C76AF0B211D4F5EB967C139AB29DCEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Officers not on active duty promotion list</header> <paragraph id="H6D019174F5E843158D6BF60C79CA3C3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/51">Chapter 51</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H6E6166F66B2341B39B4E3E05ED5FBC42" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HAC4F674BC2504E94AB756D92E2E894B1"><enum>5113.</enum><header>Officers not on active duty promotion list</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the number of Coast Guard officers serving at other Federal entities on a reimbursable basis but not on the active duty promotion list.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H05FA7E968C664DAABBA922C1135CEF53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H962A6A3AFBB940118BEB84ED8B6BAAA9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">5113. Officers not on active duty promotion list.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB9C74A19865549488298682405E57FBA" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>204.</enum><header>Coast Guard behavioral health policy</header> <subsection id="HFDA57DC45C944AA58F6FF372899DF06A" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interim behavioral health policy</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish an interim behavioral health policy for members of the Coast Guard equivalent to the policy described in section 5.28 (relating to behavioral health) of Department of Defense Instruction 6130.03, volume 2, <quote>Medical Standards for Military Service: Retention</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEA8BCFDE4A5D44E9A072021834235E68" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The interim policy established under subsection (a) shall remain in effect until the date on which the Commandant issues a permanent behavior health policy for members of the Coast Guard which is, to the extent practicable, equivalent to such section 5.28.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2856E8280CD848B99F4DCBA22637D8D5"><enum>205.</enum><header>Improving representation of women and of racial and ethnic minorities among Coast Guard active-duty members</header> <subsection id="HB18E65F36060449F85F2FCC5DF9FDEA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text> <paragraph id="H47C8BE59D7FF4CBF812E1AFF418CFE6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine which recommendations in the RAND representation report can practicably be implemented to promote improved representation in the Coast Guard of—</text> <subparagraph id="H7243B3B12AEB442094E2CE19BAC9C9AE" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>women; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33F5DFA7365B4CC6BFD579671E7E9B74" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>racial and ethnic minorities; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6F2ECA60D1B4C0D822736003EE20C42"><enum> (2)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the actions the Commandant has taken, or plans to take, to implement such recommendations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCD8EF01375B94E42851EED262FDCF358"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Curriculum and training</header><text>The Commandant shall update, to reflect actions described under subsection (a)(2), the curriculum and training materials used at—</text> <paragraph id="HE57794F2637E42AC8F6FB9145B5951A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>officer accession points, including the Coast Guard Academy and the Leadership Development Center;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A9C82D8258C4AC898350058B6CA8CD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enlisted member accession at the United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DDFA19EE58D41B7908A99F6DF7BE2AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the officer, enlisted member, and civilian leadership courses managed by the Leadership Development Center.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HECE97457D2F34738B0A068749943997C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>RAND representation report</term> means the report titled <quote>Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members</quote> issued by the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center of the RAND Corporation on August 11, 2021.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H62F221A3AF814338A177294D7E66212A"><enum>B</enum><header>Operational Matters</header> <section id="H03626AE43FD443EC8B955E76EF7676F4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>206.</enum><header>Pilot project for enhancing Coast Guard cutter readiness through condition-based maintenance</header> <subsection id="H9AA2DB6C2D2146AFA20EC1D8C1A29960"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct a pilot project to enhance cutter readiness and reduce lost patrol days through the deployment of commercially developed condition-based program standards for cutter maintenance, in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H548C9F1EE41947978D599D613DB2BD02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria for condition-Based maintenance evaluation</header><text>In conducting the pilot project under subsection (a), the Commandant shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF0B2841C07FE4BF1BEBE94B5D39E6C07" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">select at least 1 legacy cutter asset and 1 class of cutters under construction with respect to which the application of the pilot project would enhance readiness; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE666BDF63AD444FEAEBE4D5A8D34048A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use commercially developed condition-based program standards similar to those applicable to privately owned and operated vessels or vessels owned or operated by other Federal agencies (such as those currently operating under the direction of Military Sealift Command); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC9305E9B4F944EC9C17B623EF1B7689"><enum>(3)</enum><text>create and model a full ship digital twin for the cutters selected under paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74ACC77B4B2341B8B71C30323545C942"><enum>(4)</enum><text>install or modify instrumentation capable of producing full hull, mechanical, and electrical data necessary to analyze cutter operational conditions with active maintenance alerts; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA81067239814F87B700F2B4FE4AFA80"><enum>(5)</enum><text>deploy artificial intelligence, prognostic-based integrated maintenance planning modeled after standards described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H93289649813B445FA1C943D5881C277A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="HC51DCF192C534B76A19712DCC37751C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an interim report not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act on the progress in carrying out the pilot project described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0844313B25943EA8CB542AA0603258A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a final report not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act on the results of the pilot project described in subsection (a) that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HBAFB43C3CDAB471EBB34B6F2CFD9746E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>options to integrate commercially developed condition-based program standards for cutter maintenance to Coast Guard cutters; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41AC9A5EBBA84ADAA113447F06781D8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plans to deploy commercially developed condition-based program standards for cutter maintenance to Coast Guard cutters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H0AC7070AA46946ADAE7B53FE84CDEF33" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>207.</enum><header>Unmanned systems strategy</header> <subsection id="H8F418A17B2B24BF5BEE280EDCFCD35DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a detailed description of the strategy of the Coast Guard to implement unmanned systems across mission areas, including—</text> <paragraph id="HA3F3202673BC477E87F03ABED8D8653E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the steps taken to implement actions recommended in the consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published on November 12, 2020, titled <quote>Leveraging Unmanned Systems for Coast Guard Missions: A Strategic Imperative</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CE997BBA3B34628B8329A52C503861C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the strategic goals and acquisition strategies for proposed uses and procurements of unmanned systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7E9A100D97745EF917C086C15B2DF3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategy to sustain competition and innovation for procurement of unmanned systems and services for the Coast Guard, including defining opportunities for new and existing technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AACD206E7164C0695F1EA9600236271"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the timeline, costs, staff resources, technology, or other resources necessary to accomplish the strategy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H59A4AF733293479987A90E4C97770936" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot project</header> <paragraph id="H25690411ABD44301B620A3FC4F5B3413" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Autonomous control and computer vision technology</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard, acting through the Blue Technology Center of Expertise, shall conduct a pilot project to retrofit an existing Coast Guard small boat with—</text> <subparagraph id="H8DE6D3D5EFB0403288CEE86C3CAD7BEF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commercially available autonomous control and computer vision technology; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E43A3C6B48C43F4937D0C466C3D26DC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sensors and methods of communication as are necessary to demonstrate the ability of such control and technology to assist in conducting search and rescue, surveillance, and interdiction missions. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4AA1FC9097742EEB1DE7510CA90BB46" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collection of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pilot project under paragraph (1) shall evaluate commercially available products in the field and collect operational data to inform future requirements. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69B6CA919FC6416C84F6494E51DAB940" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 6 months after completing the pilot project required under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the evaluation of the data derived from the project. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7529265139494570A7A52ED89C64745E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations</header> <subsection id="H9444BD8FB15645DF8EE3DD374FEB6BB7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/51">Chapter 51</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HFE2E97248E4C49B19B8FBEB2AFDA82CC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H81BBFFEAFC664C778ECBA530632B0944"><enum>5114.</enum><header>Expenses of performing and executing defense readiness mission activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall include in the annual budget submission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, a dedicated budget line item that adequately represents a calculation of the annual costs and expenditures of performing and executing all defense readiness mission activities, including—</text> <paragraph id="H12E580855C5A4617B2040D9C8969CFB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all expenses related to the Coast Guard’s coordination, training, and execution of defense readiness mission activities in the Coast Guard’s capacity as an Armed Force (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 10) in support of Department of Defense national security operations and activities or for any other military department or defense agency (as such terms are defined in such section);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD63D0F23D160498388E8AA67A76F6089"><enum>(2)</enum><text>costs associated with Coast Guard detachments assigned in support of the Coast Guard’s defense readiness mission; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F623DE0CFDE47A2A134D6E669D17D5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other expenses, costs, or matters the Commandant determines appropriate or otherwise of interest to Congress.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H16BB3B47712E4B12829F5DB87311DA12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H28D9B671E1B145C8BCD584924A7B9C19" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">5114. Expenses of performing and executing defense readiness mission activities.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HABA5B79A83EA4BC6895809F196B31927" commented="no"><enum>209.</enum><header>Report on San Diego maritime domain awareness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing—</text> <paragraph id="H4DBF06A884314CF68A39505136EF96F4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an overview of the maritime domain awareness in the area of responsibility of the Coast Guard sector responsible for San Diego, California, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC921F3A570F74253B0FBFD7CA377287C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average volume of known maritime traffic that transited the area during fiscal years 2020 through 2022;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE34B7201F59A46C1B05C6F570FFDC711" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>current sensor platforms deployed by such sector to monitor illicit activity occurring at sea in such area; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56B1DE7D121045839A66DFA0F43978AF" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of illicit activity incidents at sea in such area that the sector responded to during fiscal years 2020 through 2022; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E170D7CC9044EAF9ADEA379DFD36D4B" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an estimate of the volume of traffic engaged in illicit activity at sea in such area and the type and description of any vessels used to carry out illicit activities that such sector responded to during fiscal years 2020 through 2022; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09C91FDE4AC94D0882981C65EEABCCA9" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the maritime domain awareness requirements to effectively meet the mission of such sector;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA93A103109E94E6087D6C37167B6EF42" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of current actions taken by the Coast Guard to partner with Federal, regional, State, and local entities to meet the maritime domain awareness needs of such area;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H006D48BE307B48C3AF4BA068BA6C5CD1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any gaps in maritime domain awareness within the area of responsibility of such sector resulting from an inability to meet the enduring maritime domain awareness requirements of the sector or adequately respond to maritime disorder;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89417F2DA94A43B28F29B2B1D13CF7CD" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an identification of current technology and assets the Coast Guard has to mitigate the gaps identified in paragraph (3);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4B1F8944BB24A42BCF7D50CF53850FC" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an identification of capabilities needed to mitigate such gaps, including any capabilities the Coast Guard currently possesses that can be deployed to the sector;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H26CE2A585A7546CA97E39E28F4EB10AA" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an identification of technology and assets the Coast Guard does not currently possess and are needed to acquire in order to address such gaps; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E89B2DC715541669F99197366FC21DB" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an identification of any financial obstacles that prevent the Coast Guard from deploying existing commercially available sensor technology to address such gaps.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HEBB6657EB087447CB22B06216A6F5EE3"><enum>210.</enum><header>Great Lakes winter shipping</header> <subsection id="H77A9D527C07E4F6CAF7091152199DC4C" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Great Lakes icebreaking operations</header> <paragraph id="H4E97AA2F252240018746DBCF5F8C1D4C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Government Accountability Office report</header> <subparagraph id="HFFE7625E7EBA4053B2C2BAB37CB2E108" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 Coast Guard icebreaking in the Great Lakes.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07AAB96F09574BD39BF9DF438B6DC9DE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause id="HA50AABF3532E48E59F65D5496327B11F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>evaluate—</text> <subclause id="HDFF38B148F2C4E40A8969E8A889946E6" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the economic impact related to vessel delays or cancellations associated with ice coverage on the Great Lakes;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF6385C5E36C34BFDBD1B7EC73D6E83ED" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the impact the standards proposed in paragraph (2) would have on Coast Guard operations in the Great Lakes if such standards were adopted;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H09A6D8BD0F9C49BA8EEC4E863E9251C6" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the fleet mix of medium icebreakers and icebreaking tugs necessary to meet the standards proposed in paragraph (2); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF44EFF9CB43343B0853F79F91D824BC6" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the resources necessary to support the fleet described in subclause (III), including billets for crew and operating costs; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HFFA94D8D74354578AE05F4A9289FD1C3" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make recommendations to the Commandant for improvements to the Great Lakes icebreaking program, including with respect to facilitating shipping and meeting all Coast Guard mission needs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0FF3EFDDEF1420F93D476F5F8E15268" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proposed standards for icebreaking operations</header><text>The proposed standards, the impact of the adoption of which is evaluated in subclauses (II) and (III) of paragraph (1)(B)(i), are the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H64DCDF32596246EFA0BB4E796180C9B4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes shall be open to navigation not less than 90 percent of the hours that vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries attempt to transit such ice-covered waterways.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB1B05F9B6ED4FED8EE29456F3C4A3F0" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a year in which the Great Lakes are not open to navigation, as described in subparagraph (A), because of ice of a thickness that occurs on average only once every 10 years, ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes shall be open to navigation at least 70 percent of the hours that vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries attempt to transit such ice-covered waterways.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB79881A4C2BF47289CF3773372B42BA9" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report by Commandant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Comptroller General submits the report under paragraph (1), 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 that includes the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HC30749D501444748ADF6B899D7E74592" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A plan for Coast Guard implementation of any recommendation made by the Comptroller General under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) with which the Commandant concurs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H204082004A9C4906987C5F789C683FED" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>With respect to any recommendation made under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) with which the Commandant does not concur, an explanation of the reasons why the Commandant does not concur.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29F01F4D67FB4FE19C2BBDC211B3A947" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A review of, and a proposed implementation plan for, the results of the fleet mix analysis under paragraph (1)(B)(i)(III).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9805EA1C36147AD81E7BC16EAAFD7C9" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any proposed modifications to current Coast Guard standards for icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97E8BC148BFA465EAF3700A38F77C6FF" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the 5 ice seasons following the date of enactment of this Act, the Coast Guard shall conduct a pilot program to determine the extent to which the current Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking cutter fleet can meet the proposed standards described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEC0B07BE1BA346F5927198CFC4DB8AC3" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data on icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes</header> <paragraph id="HFBEDCB2638674FED9C2D58966CB025B3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall collect, during ice season, archive, and disseminate data on icebreaking operations and transits on ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes of vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H350C9488197D4AEF83DF27452D323546" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data collected, archived, and disseminated under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H16501900FE494739BB392F5291F54C84" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voyages by vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries to transit ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes that are delayed or canceled because of the nonavailability of a suitable icebreaking vessel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H283448039F4444868B989E29A8FD42BF" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voyages attempted by vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries to transit ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes that do not reach their intended destination because of the nonavailability of a suitable icebreaking vessel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H695B365701034059A9E63C61B372F220" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of time that each vessel engaged in commercial service or ferry was delayed in getting underway or during a transit of ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes due to the nonavailability of a suitable icebreaking vessel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B96BDD6E55B412BBF9D062CB6CE35A6" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of time elapsed between each request for icebreaking assistance by a vessel engaged in commercial service or ferry and the arrival of a suitable icebreaking vessel and whether such icebreaking vessel was a Coast Guard or commercial asset.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3502A947148414A9589D6C9F814C9E7" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of hours that Great Lakes ice-covered waterways were open to navigation while vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries attempted to transit such waterways for each ice season after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBF586DF3EC542A982A7883DC39CFEA7" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relevant communications of each vessel engaged in commercial service or ferry with the Coast Guard or commercial icebreaking service providers with respect to subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8294754BF484EF0A48886DCD4E18CCF" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of any mitigating circumstance, such as Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaker diversions to higher priority missions, that may have contributed to the amount of time described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) or the percentage of time described in subparagraph (E).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83CD5F469A0843E281378F8029FFBA20" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Voluntary reporting</header><text>Any reporting by operators of commercial vessels engaged in commercial service or ferries under this section shall be voluntary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA66374E9506148159921BA7D80DFC341" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall make the data collected, archived, and disseminated under this subsection available to the public on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H780AACEC884A43E1B5572F91B45DB982" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation with industry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the Great Lakes icebreaking operations of the Coast Guard and the development of the data collected, archived, and disseminated under this subsection, the Commandant shall consult operators of—</text> <subparagraph id="H58E19031043E48F382F32EF1CC07C6E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>vessels engaged in commercial service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91F8D0B4FABF474AA8222C13F4DA8EC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ferries.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD7F3F96AC06640208A9C023497E5F1D9" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on common hull design</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8105 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3D203CDDE1734B159371E9FDEF348D55" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H4DCF0B979F5D4774B12E4BF457EF4F9E" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 operational benefits and limitations of a common hull design for icebreaking cutters for operation in the Great Lakes, the Northeastern United States, and the Arctic, as appropriate, that are at least as capable as the Coast Guard 140-foot icebreaking tugs. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H826010EA1A814F2CA11309F910F05404" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4B9A4FD857D743EFB039CD2951BF4026" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial service</header><text>The term <term>commercial service</term> has the meaning given such term in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA272D14037164BA3A23E653CDBC04A78" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Great Lakes</header><text>The term <term>Great Lakes</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E475BC7A4164911B4B7681C6480497C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the meaning given such term in section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D0CDE9EE3024F1E92ADE81D7C54B7B6" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes harbors adjacent to such waters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBFAF4418DC674DA8A8CDECAEC4689DA6" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ice-covered waterway</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ice-covered waterway</term> means any portion of the Great Lakes in which vessels engaged in commercial service or ferries operate that is 70 percent or greater covered by ice, but does not include any waters adjacent to piers or docks for which commercial icebreaking services are available and adequate for the ice conditions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCEB2C31D4D54FE69405CD08A96C918B" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Open to navigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>open to navigation</term> means navigable to the extent necessary to—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D6289F7F48340119CFAD0E85F9A33F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet the reasonable demands of shipping;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A6F8721270F49B8B87E7FAA8DA2A47A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize delays to passenger ferries;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29944CA3EF0549A9A6E219076F74FC1F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>extricate vessels and persons from danger;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H250FF6ECA7714E959BDB7AA367795836"><enum>(D)</enum><text>prevent damage due to flooding; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF13C8A407024753B31DAFC6F351D6E5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conduct other Coast Guard missions, as required.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCC50A22D0AB4995958F65F258C4B479" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reasonable demands of shipping</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>reasonable demands of shipping</term> means the safe movement of vessels engaged in commercial service and ferries transiting ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes to their intended destination, regardless of type of cargo.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H15E5ACDB65E94A4CB2F48BE113A83E98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 807(d) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/313">14 U.S.C. 313</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCC8AF791FE1342D38315018DFD32E635" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H5666E9A842434C23B1C75E2C3EECDE54"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Great Lakes</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H081462FC965E4DFD8F036C46C1CC578D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Lake Ontario;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0017C632DB1E4215B9FB759B2D531A68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Lake Erie;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02F639143415488D963C02ACDDCDDBE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80AABC846F01490193130ECDEFB6ACDB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Lake Michigan;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A40399E2D434884BFDE76BEE0BE0DCD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Lake Superior; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1F114C30759482F836C42805470CD41"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the connecting channels (including the following rivers and tributaries of such rivers: Saint Mary’s River, Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, Illinois River, Chicago River, Fox River, Grand River, St. Joseph River, St. Louis River, Menominee River, Muskegon River, Kalamazoo River, and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian border).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HB11CAD768BF84AC18E2FCBDC0F28C346"><enum>212.</enum><header>Study on laydown of Coast Guard cutters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study on the laydown of Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters to assess Coast Guard mission readiness and to identify areas of need for asset coverage. </text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H285859C5224E42A6BE27D8FD72341D83"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="HA782DBE64BEA4439B10D05E453D35740" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>Responses of Commandant of the Coast Guard to safety recommendations</header> <subsection id="H0251E1A32B094E7AA03A70B9654AE8E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/7">Chapter 7</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE6AA8624F4F346A08F4DAA37961C0AEA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H4E1F32AC039549A495B0575FB065151D"><enum>721.</enum><header>Responses to safety recommendations</header> <subsection id="H10F7945579A54A4488C462B4C627564D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the submission to the Commandant of the Coast Guard of a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board relating to transportation safety, the Commandant shall submit to the Board a written response to each recommendation, which shall include whether the Commandant—</text> <paragraph id="H6D4FE8EAB9204525BDB4D4AA8DD9F50D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>concurs with the recommendation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD1370AE230B49A7ACADB3E56F92B6A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>partially concurs with the recommendation; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BDF31A60AC9433A9EB19C448E9B2EA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>does not concur with the recommendation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEEED14B4F7054592BEACAB0F40673A6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Explanation of concurrence</header><text>A response under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H3F42BF0A043F44D993B99D8924E3F573"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a recommendation to which the Commandant concurs, an explanation of the actions the Commandant intends to take to implement such recommendation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC389E99D717D41CAB151DF2482125493"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a recommendation to which the Commandant partially concurs, an explanation of the actions the Commandant intends to take to implement the portion of such recommendation with which the Commandant partially concurs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B2BE2349F214BE4809F3FB179C01B3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a recommendation to which the Commandant does not concur, the reasons why the Commandant does not concur with such recommendation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H31A3F5EDA0D541CEA8753F707AFDDD3A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure To respond</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Board has not received the written response required under subsection (a) by the end of the time period described in such subsection, the Board shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that such response has not been received.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC4025AF5E93741CC93D37447690EFE3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/720">section 720</external-xref> the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H5C387A22A74445F4B22AB70CDBDFA0EB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">721. Responses to safety recommendations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H45F1AEA1610F430A8263A301D4147ADB"><enum>214.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes</header> <subsection id="HC1095DA8403F443DA41B7C5DCB8C7CCB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Redesignation and transfer</header> <paragraph id="H6E37FF09B4EB473A8747A101342A3238"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 914 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/281">Public Law 111–281</external-xref>) is transferred to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, inserted after section 508, redesignated as section 509, and amended so that the enumerator, section heading, typeface, and typestyle conform to those appearing in other sections in title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EF0539B980947DEAD3F3BABCD2EF2E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="H36A3BAD5CB7D42F79B55C40574454805"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/281">Public Law 111–281</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 914.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC99D5A749EC04128A1CDBC79A9867233"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Title 46</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/508">section 508</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H728033EAC0524E398B90A3392BC6B57F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">509. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED878D99C6D04C94B4F5057A0F53C7A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes</header><text>Section 509 of title 14, United States Code (as transferred and redesignated under subsection (a)), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3985ADCC83B74C15B4C3F67C4145DD93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H93FCE775D3A047FDB4DE08411F81CB18" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HBBB32F40D71F4894BEBF4FC19D02F839"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of the Commandant, the Administrator of the General Services Administration may transfer ownership of a Coast Guard vessel or aircraft to an eligible entity for use for educational, cultural, historical, charitable, recreational, or other public purposes if such transfer is authorized by law. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AFEEAF48A6F47A39B9FE052D553F6DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H28BDD6E1AB16465C8914E372BB5107A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H59AE1125D49143029384E30862CB9A23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>as if such a request were being processed</quote> after <quote>vessels</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H18FA11E16D8949749BD5210E29A3B4AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title></quote> after <quote>Code of Federal Regulations</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H881351D6FC614517B6135AC1CB786833"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title></quote> after <quote>such title</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1F565B09568944BB93866373C3FD9771" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Acquisition life-cycle cost estimates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1132(e) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H565F6A04418C42249FDD79519ADF627A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H42164224C66440FDB2249861F43F9A2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of estimates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition project or program, in addition to life-cycle cost estimates developed under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall require that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF888137A574C4635AB07CECB9E1AEEA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such life-cycle cost estimates be updated before—</text> <clause id="H790C5897D14C49C694CCAA22373B872A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each milestone decision is concluded; and </text></clause> <clause id="H98C22866BB8946B9BD143FF5F1068845"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project or program enters a new acquisition phase; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D756BA4FB4A42E28EFFBD9C20BBC1A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an independent cost estimate or independent cost assessment, as appropriate, be developed to validate such life-cycle cost estimates developed under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3BEF3CEC0F3540599829A6D3F5313DFA"><enum>216.</enum><header>National Coast Guard Museum funding plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 316(c)(4) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the Inspector General of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote> and inserting <quote>a third party entity qualified to undertake such a certification process</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H3DFF57269C9849C2BC5C17A7C70E43C8" commented="no"><enum>217.</enum><header>Report on Coast Guard explosive ordnance disposal</header> <subsection id="H41610F6CE1554227A9233B14C5081214" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the viability of establishing an explosive ordnance disposal program (hereinafter referred to as the <quote>Program</quote>) in the Coast Guard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H68BB29CFC6C841D0A99B4294DC52EDDC" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall contain, at a minimum, an explanation of the following with respect to such a Program:</text> <paragraph id="HD9A054F7F300405DA6FBB62D620F8C57" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Where within the organizational structure of the Coast Guard the Program would be located, including a discussion of whether the Program should reside in—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB3055F385C341A49BD8A8F28E6ABC15" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Maritime Safety and Security Teams;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3691E808D44D491199BF7107669D1465" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Maritime Security Response Teams;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3402A82E5D314C08A929D425002ACAF7" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a combination of the teams described under subparagraphs (A) and (B); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4160BB1236934D0987EB4218C4EEBE22" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>elsewhere within the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC166A2F352EA4B2D85055C07EA5D5206" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The vehicles and dive craft that are Coast Guard airframe and vessel transportable that would be required for the transportation of explosive ordnance disposal elements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E4E9763945A4D9395F3AB791D604EA4" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Coast Guard stations at which—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF9487E9C2984B0CAEA93C43EE7C1F7E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>portable explosives storage magazines would be available for explosive ordnance disposal elements; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB738EA0ED0BE448384923DF1AB1462F2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explosive ordnance disposal elements equipment would be pre-positioned.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C1D8D5894F84371803C40D84C167CA2" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>How the Program would support other elements within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and in wartime, the Department of Defense to—</text> <subparagraph id="H4123A125AF464C159827AE1FD0CDB69F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>counter improvised explosive devices;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC196D8E952BD48169E9FF992C659153B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>counter unexploded ordnance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B30DB924D964A5497A1E3C19F6C4228" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>combat weapons of destruction;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6694EEEF2C7440F49809C0B06A2CD274" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide service in support of the President; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C170716CCA3431C87E8D36A3377DEC6" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>support national security special events.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6849F1056B0447A5A5775BD57AA106EE" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The career progression of Coast Guardsman participating in the Program from—</text> <subparagraph id="HDB043F27F8C747D19F7CE2118DFA4EAB" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Seaman Recruit to Command Master Chief Petty Officer;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H836D92D4CE854AE9B705CD4F4654FDFB" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Chief Warrant Officer 2 to that of Chief Warrant Officer 4; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83BF8CA291614A2C88ED8C2E1A6FE553" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Ensign to that of Rear Admiral.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE889C167E31C47EF8FE682A855DD428B" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Initial and annual budget justification estimates on a single program element of the Program for—</text> <subparagraph id="HA44A44855AA24B668E8A9E9F4CEA8BC6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>civilian and military pay with details on military pay, including special and incentive pays such as—</text> <clause id="H8833787EEDA04AE78B1C20088E1E7164" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>officer responsibility pay;</text></clause> <clause id="H627291BE3DED404F95E5F60E0F513980" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>officer SCUBA diving duty pay;</text></clause> <clause id="H2B57BA39EAE945399B85E22E0353FE92" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>officer demolition hazardous duty pay;</text></clause> <clause id="HAC33FA7273084184B5516A41F2358CAD" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>enlisted SCUBA diving duty pay;</text></clause> <clause id="H888DBE1376844B0BB3C0395A5E8F77F8" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>enlisted demolition hazardous duty pay;</text></clause> <clause id="H6A1C995D954643DAA5E571AE6F6C3B0E" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>enlisted special duty assignment pay at level special duty-5;</text></clause> <clause id="H333EA33C28084DD68005E6244B72BFB3" commented="no"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>enlisted assignment incentive pays;</text></clause> <clause id="H50FE3581D36147CA81A2C720E619D74E" commented="no"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>enlistment and reenlistment bonuses;</text></clause> <clause id="H27FBA06CFB5A4C72B0A620EF394115AF" commented="no"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>officer and enlisted full civilian clothing allowances;</text></clause> <clause id="H10D5ED4D72324D5A817BAA030896047F" commented="no"><enum>(x)</enum><text>an exception to the policy allowing a third hazardous duty pay for explosive ordnance disposal-qualified officers and enlisted; and</text></clause> <clause id="H44FA7746126D4ECCAA2F58D1B8D255BC" commented="no"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>parachutist hazardous duty pay;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4CE76955AD154C5D8D803C737B8AD4B3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research, development, test, and evaluation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27870098CBF1461BA7579C7F2B1A93F8" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>procurement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19288B46AC664A83BE38C6CD771EB4FD" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other transaction agreements;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E537FC279FB4A0AB8F29601578C4F5E" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>operations and support; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1B8690FCAFEC465E96E8B74168440659" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>overseas contingency operations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC72656E416114AA0A943D4F39187AC50"><enum>218.</enum><header>Pribilof Island transition completion actions</header> <subsection id="H5E98C27539F74B81810DAD1D5B5B80E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 524 of the <short-title>Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2016</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF78796ACC1C44CF09A9C7BFDB5379AA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5) by striking <quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>6 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE56F016D6B38408E807F856EBA7F4BBD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3) by striking <quote>60 days</quote> and inserting <quote>120 days</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H650852EBFE67425D97C55AF06EAE335B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actual use and occupancy reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing—</text> <paragraph id="H3A15FD5747054986867568930EFAA8A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the degree to which Coast Guard personnel and equipment are deployed to St. Paul Island, Alaska, in actual occupancy of the facilities, as required under section 524 of the Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69CBE606AC854D18AB9B99B5D380789E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the status of the activities described in subsections (c) and (d) until such activities have been completed.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H03DD87B62DBB4FB19ABDE66D5BF91B19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aircraft hanger</header><text>The Secretary may—</text> <paragraph id="H06627EC7646B4662ADFCF34B7B3EDEBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enter into a lease for a hangar to house deployed Coast Guard aircraft if such hanger was previously under lease by the Coast Guard for purposes of housing such aircraft; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5B628FC28894378BC05CE94C0D7E52B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may enter into an agreement with the lessor of such a hanger in which the Secretary may carry out repairs necessary to support the deployment of such aircraft and the cost such repairs may be offset under the terms of the lease.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7B71FA7ACA3541A0AE7C965E90780576"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fuel tank</header> <paragraph id="HC93809E02DD246DFAD18399C7B91F964"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine whether the fuel tank located on St. Paul Island, Alaska, that is owned by the Coast Guard is needed for Coast Guard operations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H893EE97247A2495BA088EA240B39DB26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (3), if the Secretary determines such tank is not needed for operations, the Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after making such determination, transfer such tank to the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island, Alaska.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4EAB7E582B847A89BB419FC65FCEC14"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fair market value exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may only carry out a transfer under paragraph (2) if the fair market value of such tank is less than the aggregate value of any lease payments for the property on which the tank is located that the Coast Guard would have paid to the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island, Alaska, had such lease been extended at the same rate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H88415BE736A141BB940F3EF9D5625BBF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any rights of the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul to receive conveyance of all or part of the lands and improvements related to Tract 43 under the same terms and conditions as prescribed in section 524 of the <short-title>Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2016</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H3DEC2443F88641EEA6B43C066BD899F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><header>Notification of communication outages</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that—</text> <paragraph id="H4FBA903871934849A47BCAAB9CCE2852"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains a plan for the Coast Guard to notify mariners of radio outages for towers owned and operated by the Coast Guard in District 17;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA9EF188C17B4C3DB3AEB1BB7B05D499"><enum>(2)</enum><text>address in such plan how the Coast Guard in District 17 will—</text> <subparagraph id="H80425E3C93CA4A33BC5F39D5E5ADA7C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disseminate outage updates regarding outages on social media at least every 48 hours;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H157D095FEA094063934870CE0F2040B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide updates on a publicly accessible website at least every 48 hours;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H353F5ACF28BD415DB96109EDE9F0B818"><enum>(C)</enum><text>develop methods for notifying mariners where cellular connectivity does not exist;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2863B4BA2E744E53B12F9EBD0BAE546B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>generate receipt confirmation and acknowledgment of outages from mariners; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2256D5C6DAEB4916B17524E86AD46D1A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop and advertise a web-based communications update hub on AM/FM radio for mariners; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF58A201A1D244E9A802B95D862A7FEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies technology gaps necessary to implement the plan and provide a budgetary assessment necessary to implement the plan. </text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>III</enum><header>Maritime</header> <subtitle id="H211424BFC4214BE38FC42D624A9032ED"><enum>A</enum><header>Shipping</header> <section id="HA4F2BC09BAD84F438CA9BBCFCD3BD26F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Nonoperating individual</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8313(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2025</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H1F37A5FCA8B744FC9FD4DFC1C56A7FF4"><enum>302.</enum><header>Oceanographic research vessels</header> <subsection id="HA4CF77D3FE214EE8A57CE738D8A358B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report detailing the total number of vessels known or estimated to operate or to have operated under section 50503 of title 46, United States Code, during each of the past 10 fiscal years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5672B0BF92F046E184619A3C4C0B9331"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following elements:</text> <paragraph id="HE4F3B8F44D1F4A05A6FA95DE7D73D655"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The total number of foreign-flagged vessels known or estimated to operate or to have operated as oceanographic research vessels (as such term is defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) during each of the past 10 fiscal years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2FDAA8F69DE40EAA9AC1189A62D6AEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The total number of United States-flagged vessels known or estimated to operate or to have operated as oceanographic research vessels (as such term is defined section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) during each of the past 10 fiscal years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8324766A3B314B0E8B15FCC6C374A26B" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>303.</enum><header>Atlantic Coast port access routes briefing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter until the requirements of section 70003 of title 46, United States Code, are fully executed with respect to the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on any progress made to execute such requirements. </text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H5AD8229D23DB4AEC9C310EE9B7960177"><enum>B</enum><header>Vessel Safety</header> <section id="H3FB8BE5BAB9F4CD99F985909DB44637B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Fishing vessel safety</header> <subsection id="H5A05715BB73C42DF8783E30F07C83C49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/45">Chapter 45</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1A1211C2B0DE4EBC9159318D2FE76351"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 4502(f)(2) by striking <quote>certain vessels described in subsection (b) if requested by the owner or operator; and</quote> and inserting </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB7AB5AC760024565831449415E457DA6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessels described in subsection (b) if—</text> <subparagraph id="HE6384142478E4CF5BDB532FFDF7E9ABA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requested by an owner or operator; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE2A3307A2FB45A3BA597FCD83BC1BC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the vessel is—</text> <clause id="HB9CAF6E435664A86BD6FEDD63A1EE925"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 50 feet overall in length;</text></clause> <clause id="H1AF7479B2B774FB383CC06BF7AC1915D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>built before July 1, 2013; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8EC4170D71AD4841BDD0301AF3F99F45"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 years of age or older; and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1EFB07198C1485DABA0051AC8E6EF5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 4503(b) by striking <quote>Except as provided in section 4503a, subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>Subsection (a)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H084E74C994CB44069CBBB464CDE0E823"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by repealing section 4503a.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA0EAAF64242140E6BCDB2D1DE5BC09BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternative safety compliance agreements</header><text>Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to affect or apply to any alternative compliance and safety agreement entered into by the Coast Guard that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H30A281BDB54C40958DA8DBD08E2730CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>The table of sections in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/45">chapter 45</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 4503a.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H71C822CB2BA341689A1E52E1BEBEA678" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>305.</enum><header>Requirements for DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels</header> <subsection id="HDF528F66E18047FF97DBA63DBE36C8E7" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall issue regulations for DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as defined in section 2.38 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5382DB43AD874217BDF3830FDF1CF6B7" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for compliance</header><text>The regulations issued under subsection (a) shall take effect not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H81261235AA4241ADBAAED19FB733C220" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDAB332C1EBC240C1A3A77F62EE53F0DD" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A requirement that operators of DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels provide reserve buoyancy for such vessels through passive means, including watertight compartmentalization, built-in flotation, or such other means as determined appropriate by the Commandant, in order to ensure that such vessels remain afloat and upright in the event of flooding, including when carrying a full complement of passengers and crew.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34A0111C6AC34C34A395FAA7FA774781" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A requirement that an operator of a DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessel—</text> <subparagraph id="H07B68BBF4B8D48298AF7EB4C1009ABDC" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and notate the forecast of the National Weather Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the logbook of the vessel before getting underway and periodically while underway; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H133CDA5C61A54EC095D5CF387686A58A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proceed to the nearest harbor or safe refuge in any case in which a watch or warning is issued for wind speeds exceeding the wind speed equivalent used to certify the stability of such DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessel; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11A341F920584EBD816F6C6945F3684B" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>maintain and monitor a weather monitor radio receiver at the operator station of the vessel that is automatically activated by the warning alarm device of the National Weather Service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52AD4CAD77AE4BEE8479CB185E2F88BC" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A requirement that—</text> <subparagraph id="HB1FC355F25334EB4989C6175FBBF3D0A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operators of DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels inform passengers that seat belts may not be worn during waterborne operations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F42A0CBA4E446229253672287E874C9" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>before the commencement of waterborne operations, a crew member shall visually check that the seatbelt of each passenger is unbuckled; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HADB02181FA7A434480EB13C4C3797DE6" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operators or crew maintain a log recording the actions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2E12F74228C474EACB55E6668F77263" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A requirement for annual training for operators and crew of DUKW-type amphibious passengers vessels, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H386CE285E80346AA95D52577DE49B828" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>training for personal flotation and seat belt requirements, verifying the integrity of the vessel at the onset of each waterborne departure, identification of weather hazards, and use of National Weather Service resources prior to operation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67C9D7C6837C4702A494784DF4A290C4" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training for crew to respond to emergency situations, including flooding, engine compartment fires, man-overboard situations, and in water emergency egress procedures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF64A28065ABB4100AAE601BB9D5B9B93"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In issuing the regulations required under subsection (a), the Commandant shall consider whether personal flotation devices should be required for the duration of the waterborne transit of a DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H92DD0893B49C443FAE363CA85781FCAD" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Interim requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date on which the regulations under subsection (a) are issued, the Commandant shall require that operators of DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels that are not in compliance with such regulations shall be subject to the following requirements:</text> <paragraph id="HD69F2F6EF02F4718BFE7D5989D82989B" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Remove the canopies and any window coverings of such vessels for waterborne operations, or install in such vessels a canopy that does not restrict horizontal or vertical escape by passengers in the event of flooding or sinking.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD60CDF4C35B344E78CE9D22F39021382" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If a canopy and window coverings are removed from any such vessel pursuant to paragraph (1), require that all passengers wear a personal flotation device approved by the Coast Guard before the onset of waterborne operations of such vessel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H736C48BE69934A09BEAA0DAEEECC1534" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Reengineer such vessels to permanently close all unnecessary access plugs and reduce all through-hull penetrations to the minimum number and size necessary for operation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C03AAD31F2A4216AB8C543F757303D0" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Install in such vessels independently powered electric bilge pumps that are capable of dewatering such vessels at the volume of the largest remaining penetration in order to supplement an operable Higgins pump or a dewatering pump of equivalent or greater capacity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97F0C450E31E4A2A90AE103AA3ACCCA6" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Install in such vessels not fewer than 4 independently powered bilge alarms.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12EB77BB3B7A4E889AADE47B57326057" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Conduct an in-water inspection of any such vessel after each time a through-hull penetration of such vessel has been removed or uncovered.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC60144775B54C29AF5406B3C0C7A809" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Verify through an in-water inspection the watertight integrity of any such vessel at the outset of each waterborne departure of such vessel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H71D66F8E3ED9440CA72C67D24A6B5950" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Install underwater LED lights that activate automatically in an emergency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EB7151B2B1A40B1A6AF37CFD0EB1DCF" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Otherwise comply with any other provisions of relevant Coast Guard guidance or instructions in the inspection, configuration, and operation of such vessels.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H631C9656F0914CCDA5506F2B3753F743" commented="no"><enum>306.</enum><header>Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passengers vessels</header> <subsection id="HB2E9468486F7481EA819D3B4C426F893" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Restructuring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/305">Chapter 305</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0A81C15200AB404A90BE5BE352406AD8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting the following before section 30501 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1892ED7743C946E4BB4EF1054C6CFEB5"> <subchapter id="H9428118178BC46918B03591C3F9FD6D1" style="OLC" commented="no"><enum>I</enum><header>General Provisions</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CDDF2584260489A9F4A210CDF3916B2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting the following before section 30503:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H752168E97A4245A98D245A2D576200F0"> <subchapter id="H4169FE59AA584B28A710AC5E8A3834B7" style="OLC" commented="no"><enum>II</enum><header>Exoneration and Limitation of Liability</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" commented="no">and</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H333832CC2D214DC392149E8ADA038E5B" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 30503 through 30512 as sections 30521 through 30530, respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4CC3D5885D9944BC9F8886AD649874D6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D39AAD36DD44F79AE66FF5E571B7DA"> <section id="H328FB08EF99544C2A33738A7D0410F97" commented="no"><enum>30501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter:</text> <paragraph id="H0CDF3E59FF6640169E2E46826CBAD7EC" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered small passenger vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered small passenger vessel</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="HF79F407996C147F19078A376AE82C209" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means a small passenger vessel, as defined in section 2101 that is—</text> <clause id="HEBBE6DF018714FF8879E990995E5FE7F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not a wing-in-ground craft; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD6CB7352D4BD4D35BA33A19E8E73D91B" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>carrying—</text> <subclause id="H3CE7DF6B8FD64DFAA9F687FC48D0FF55" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not more than 49 passengers on an overnight domestic voyage; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H86BD260C883A453392D122A4736D2004" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not more than 150 passengers on any voyage that is not an overnight domestic voyage; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1FC1A5844E84DD7AC81025665AE0A58" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any wooden vessel constructed prior to March 11, 1996, carrying at least 1 passenger for hire.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H203FC756C3D0472F966F101C1EBEEC36" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Owner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>owner</term> includes a charterer that mans, supplies, and navigates a vessel at the charterer's own expense or by the charterer’s own procurement.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H12DB0A774EDC4359A929D4C23A0825D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 30501 in the analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/305">chapter 305</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H40AF2AA6EE7249D981688DE29B01CBD9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">30501. Definitions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2A1BD31D910B41768CB7F55C4050F408" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>as to covered small passenger vessels, and</quote> before <quote>as otherwise provided</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HF70493CBBC40424EADBA3431FAC692E0" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Provisions requiring notice of claim or limiting time for bringing action</header><text>Section 30526 of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE6D6A45002494A4AA6EF11A2E6223A6E" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and covered small passenger vessels</quote> after <quote>seagoing vessels</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC39676762644DFABEBE6355D54056AF" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>6 months</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE09E88F6244549418DADE32E3F0E6E6B" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAC93927A4DC242A481F1A448BE24946A" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Tables of subchapters and tables of sections</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/305">chapter 305</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6F3046BEC12C4B599CD526B0744CE94C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting before section 30501 the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A7F617D967B411FBC43FC96343BF86A"> <toc> <toc-entry level="subchapter" idref="H9428118178BC46918B03591C3F9FD6D1">SUBCHAPTER I—General provisions</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC8016158BCC41ED9707B2A835E41352" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 30502 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB994A61B49AA4AD0A969A5F8B6F42325"> <toc> <toc-entry level="subchapter" idref="H4169FE59AA584B28A710AC5E8A3834B7">SUBCHAPTER II—Exoneration and limitation of liability</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" commented="no">and</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E5D58A0DCE9494F877010FC27E9B9DA" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating the items relating to sections 30503 through 30512 as items relating to sections 30521 through 30530, respectively. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9670BBA0F22E4C72B477280FC02DE136" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Title 46, United States Code, is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H275288B821BA4CE882827239504D248A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 14305(a)(5), by striking <quote>section 30506</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30524</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC03741AE6CC1481186FA6093A1D6E893" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 30523(a), as redesignated by subsection (a), by striking <quote>section 30506</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30524</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6C77ADC75364437BEEEE376E4CFA8B0" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 30524(b), as redesignated by subsection (a), by striking <quote>section 30505</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30523</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B4D07873AB540B69F8C4B156490B6D0" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 30525, as redesignated by subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H106CB280AE58446D80E15D5B5DB59A76" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>sections 30505 and 30506</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 30523 and 30524</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA974D4831B4247128FEDCCFFFF5E5220" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>section 30505</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30523</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H651AF04D3AEF44C59249E29FAD6BCC03" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>section 30506(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30524(b)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H99C1B3A7C74A4738980662FD0DB47D3B"><enum>307.</enum><header>Automatic identification system requirements</header> <subsection id="H3BFF22EE2B5B457981D3CE917BF5B2C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for fishing vessels To have automatic identification systems</header><text>Section 70114(a)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCE2BDF330B0442948FC8F50E257A6872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, while operating on the navigable waters of the United States,</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3E2B9D51E6348E5A7008BE5B406883B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6594553A6C04B419DF35CFDA0B1BF0B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before clauses (i) through (iv), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HEB7F4A4D0DFE4FB2BC6074312982B2C2" style="USC"> <subparagraph id="H31899E5144E84C9B847CA8C356877EDD" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>While operating on the navigable waters of the United States:</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF9CC14D16F84152BC9C82B9E958B5BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block id="HD746003D8B304E40828E26CED3F05956" style="USC"> <subparagraph id="H8107400BAFEC435E9EB901E36EBA2D6A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vessel of the United States that is more than 65 feet overall in length, while engaged in fishing, fish processing, or fish tendering operations on the navigable waters of the United States or in the United States exclusive economic zone.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H53A7135CC2FD452BB6DB36A8655956D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal year 2022, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to purchase automatic identification systems for fishing vessels, fish processing vessels, fish tender vessels more than 50 feet in length, as described under this section and the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA74C228133C948F8AA83A00554CE1086"><enum>C</enum><header>Shipbuilding Program</header> <section id="H56D422D03B4E4028A19EFF0C22448F89" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>308.</enum><header>Qualified vessel</header> <subsection id="H0D07229E111F4AAEBACC53BD79F128BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 53501(2) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6BE011170CEA4AC1915D37CD13779E48" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F9DACEA31D94C3592AE1EA64C7DD173"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(v) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4767B1ACF17B472B9662F3542BD5DB3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE6289121972F42879D392083A1909B52" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H72B38D7AABF5401792CD968FBE5CCC5F" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a ferry, as such term is defined in section 2101; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB6023061416458AA5D969B681ACBC6B" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a passenger vessel or small passenger vessel, as such terms are defined in section 2101, that has a passenger capacity of 50 passengers or greater.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9EE2B73AFB48487AABA4E4647848181C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 53501(5) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCB51C826E414422C9F0189CA973E6408" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED7764B49C334AB486C4761C446D01E2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(v) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6243687639E485BB01F5FBF3836D5C8" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H177B452DDC1A4EDCB9146AE39A8B9E93" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H487EA1BA86D64BFD9D1EB92140308530" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a ferry, as such term is defined in section 2101; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H01B6929B4D2B4B2DAC4F8FC624F7E8B2" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a passenger vessel or small passenger vessel, as such terms are defined in section 2101, that has a passenger capacity of 50 passengers or greater.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H5A239C223D22424C941BA42BA5DE2FD6"><enum>309.</enum><header>Establishing a capital construction fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 53503(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(including transportation on a ferry, passenger vessel, or small passenger vessel, as such terms are defined in section 2101, that has a passenger capacity of 50 passengers or greater)</quote> after <quote>short sea transportation</quote>. </text></section></subtitle> <enum>IV</enum><header>Federal Maritime Commission</header> <section id="H8C699A2FC6884F1096A7635E23BB3FB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H24DCBBC733724B1794223C00BD61BE0A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2) through (4) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HECE798DDD5084B52A7DC72741E33120F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H384C02BB36A7403CB2CC1B476E7BAFA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure an efficient and competitive transportation system for the common carriage of goods by water in the foreign commerce of the United States that is, as far as possible, in harmony with fair and equitable international shipping practices;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF517664D338B41BCBB0EB9846F686CF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>encourage the development of a competitive and efficient liner fleet of vessels of the United States capable of meeting national security and commerce needs of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3608B0B5B42405BBB8EBDD4678B2B30"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support the growth and development of United States exports through a competitive and efficient system for the common carriage of goods by water in the foreign commerce of the United States and by placing a greater reliance on the marketplace; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00E5F99440B3424C9283B43F91C0353F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>promote reciprocal trade in the common carriage of goods by water in the foreign commerce of the United States.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H450001DFDDC34FCCB452EDA699FBEEE0"><enum>403.</enum><header>Service contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 40502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3346A67E515E4F6189307B68AB234F40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H95A00F3E718049CCAFC7F68740BB167B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3EC7FB22E35149B6B769D3F0506575E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC09BE56999E04962AA49ED0E7CF5CD0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE410627B20F14D81BB12356102E3F442" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H8C519A1B989B494FBB48EBED405B1B53"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any other essential terms or minimum contract requirements that the Federal Maritime Commission determines necessary or appropriate.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D08358EE25045F3928CFD5C48534C73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H98E4BF305C8C47AB9B61387B4DA59D19" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB897C2B3AF0E4916A5CE7E95CDC99C83"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Service contract requirement</header><text>With respect to service contracts entered into under this section, a common carrier shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to essential terms and minimum contract requirements the Commission determines are necessary or appropriate under subsection (c)(9).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H4E3F3D7595194C9486BF7E9B8B3A08CB"><enum>404.</enum><header>Shipping exchange registry</header> <subsection id="H3E50C8D3071A47DF8790B20F2FCBD67A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/405">Chapter 405</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HEF2C84755A4C4A64BDBBFC6E5D30FF7D" style="USC"> <section id="HB37971F1746140BC8A757A07BDF10007"><enum>40504.</enum><header>Shipping exchange registry</header> <subsection id="HE86F078685AF48E09B1B33534332AFEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No person may operate a shipping exchange involving ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States unless the shipping exchange is registered as a national shipping exchange under the terms and conditions provided in this section and the regulations issued pursuant to this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H72886C05AE704D2AB4E7149080E27335"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>A person shall register a shipping exchange by filing with the Federal Maritime Commission an application for registration in such form as the Commission, by rule, may prescribe containing the rules of the exchange and such other information and documents as the Commission, by rule, may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1138EFF75B0641D99B598EDE8BA7E2C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The Commission may exempt, conditionally or unconditionally, a shipping exchange from registration and licensing under this section if the Commission finds that the shipping exchange is subject to comparable, comprehensive supervision and regulation by the appropriate governmental authorities in the home country of the shipping exchange.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H684D52EAD5AD41E58968EC4D9951E9AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>In issuing regulations pursuant to subsection (a), the Commission shall set standards necessary to carry out subtitle IV for registered national shipping exchanges, including the minimum requirements for service contracts established under section 40502, and issue licenses for registered national shipping exchanges.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB3B257BA4C284BADB7A5ABCD431886D8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>shipping exchange</term> means a platform, digital, over-the-counter or otherwise, which connects shippers with common carriers (both vessel-operating and non-vessel-operating) for the purpose of entering into underlying agreements or contracts for the transport of cargo, by vessel or other modes of transportation.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H71AFF5346E3E45D4B57BB6B0B5256A8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The registration requirement under section 40504 of title 46, United States Code (as added by this section), shall take effect on the date on which the Federal Maritime Commission issues regulations required under subsection (d) of such section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4870BB78ABD74E5CB191EA3B31DF4344"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/405">chapter 405</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0898272D44214B56A4EC9B831F37376E" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">40504. Shipping exchange registry.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H7D54BCB5605642D6ABE5975BFA9BE244"><enum>405.</enum><header>Data collection</header> <subsection id="HF9A48C94FCC34CDF814269B74210728F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/411">Chapter 411</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H7F556A4896044D74B031FC8C41A4E766" style="USC"> <section id="HCC721B0E7DC849AEAA4382A2DD8B4D71"><enum>41110.</enum><header>Data collection</header> <subsection id="HA495A91EA64B42009377097EBEDE6A83"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Common carriers covered under this chapter shall submit to the Federal Maritime Commission a calendar quarterly report that describes the total import and export tonnage and the total loaded and empty 20-foot equivalent units per vessel (making port in the United States, including any territory or possession of the United States) operated by such common carrier.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4E3E4C33FFF84F63A1E7F4EEB3DA48B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on duplication</header><text>Data required to be reported under subsection (a) may not duplicate information—</text> <paragraph id="HED33556ECFE8451BA57E2CEE8E3D1858"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submitted to the Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 11 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes</quote>, approved September 22, 1922 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/555">33 U.S.C. 555</external-xref>), by an ocean common carrier acting as a vessel operator; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H405CDB5EEFF346B08B915E5E61B027FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submitted pursuant to section 481 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1481">19 U.S.C. 1481</external-xref>) to U.S. Customs and Border Protection by merchandise importers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3141A4936D0E4253AEB19A07C72551F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/411">chapter 411</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H239B3A3C85A94E639B61FBC19EB8689F" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">41110. Data collection.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H00231C3F06B44374B9B25D237691A0A3"><enum>406.</enum><header>National shipper advisory committee</header> <subsection id="HF6FD259B53014223AE037BC9FC253B25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National shipper advisory committee</header><text>Section 42502(c)(3) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including customs brokers or freight forwarders</quote> after <quote>ocean common carriers</quote> each place such term occurs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7C6823284A4E4D5C8E2483F51278BD2A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/425">chapter 425</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 42501 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HFEE12AA4CE7845D1BB9C4372834A5614" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H23E9AF8A35BD4C22964CFF2A176A13C8"><enum>407.</enum><header>Annual report and public disclosures</header> <subsection id="HACF78EC54AEE41C5BAAC4B6D8C382D46"><enum>(a)</enum><header> Report on foreign laws and practices</header><text>Section 46106(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB19F3BB0852B4B308ABCCB9B1F87DB6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DA111B67552453BA41F55F7CAD4C443"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF0AAA4CB44E74F709D04DE5721829B55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under this part</quote> and inserting <quote>under chapter 403</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H43DB61DF4DAC4943B7E5A1C57B785809"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F0C2A4D68054817B706DA0B0FED1E86"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HCEAEC06C05F84AFFB5EDC72ABC4B033A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5A8AFCAAF19645529FE2F7633989CD3F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an identification of any anticompetitive or nonreciprocal trade practices by ocean common carriers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBBB40401912427A9FAAEDD744C1CE4F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an analysis of any trade imbalance resulting from the business practices of ocean common carriers, including an analysis of the data collected under section 41110; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BB818B38F294AC9B970E0345A38D2FB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>an identification of any otherwise concerning practices by ocean common carriers, particularly such carriers that are—</text> <subparagraph id="H8C8A3C22F14546EABF4C5D92D7B03BD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State-owned or State-controlled enterprises; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A1FA257C2F543BBABFCA26CC7C67ACA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary of, or is otherwise related legally or financially (other than a minority relationship or investment) to a corporation based in a country—</text> <clause id="H5A9722A0C59540FEAD11475940792D8C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identified as a nonmarket economy country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of ( U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this paragraph;</text></clause> <clause id="H393F462035084E0290234DE1F5BDE894"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identified by the United States Trade Representative in the most recent report required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2242">19 U.S.C. 2242</external-xref>) as a priority foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; or</text></clause> <clause id="HED1728B6C5384A5180E459EC970B03D8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2416">19 U.S.C. 2416</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA7EAB405CCA4493A8595E82AAA17AAA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public disclosure</header> <paragraph id="H5D8E73ADC9CF442B90CAFCD480F57CCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 46106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD123C0DEF6344283A27CCC2DF86717ED" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H65897789A7B446B8B05DED68B5006BC8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public disclosures</header><text>The Federal Maritime Commission shall publish, and annually update, on the website of the Commission—</text> <paragraph id="H2E5FEDCF152346DB8BC326E908FA1697"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all findings by the Commission of false certifications by common carriers or marine terminal operators under section 41104(a)(15); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B391EDBBD7E4C09B8F71DBA7452689E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all penalties imposed or assessed against common carriers or marine terminal operators, as applicable, under sections 41107, 41108, and 41109, listed by each common carrier or marine terminal operator.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA8CC9BC907D4798AC4B7AD8815D7938" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming and clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="HDE356F4C322144E7B6D93ABEFDE14601"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading for section 46106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">and public disclosure</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">report</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDC89DA5C69043FD8D4D0101C3E74549"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/461">chapter 461</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related to section 46106 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HB82BFAC73B454575BCC4E9A9147DF897" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">46106. Annual report and public disclosure.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6828955E435344C68FABD0A3DBAFD7BC"><enum>408.</enum><header>General prohibitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 41102 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HEB63446B238D4DE297E6A5C34DEEBDE8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF2ECE0526B0542CDBC4D5631EFAE5D19"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on retaliation</header><text>A common carrier, marine terminal operator, or ocean transportation intermediary, either alone or in conjunction with any other person, directly or indirectly, may not retaliate against a shipper, a shipper’s agent, or a motor carrier by refusing, or threatening to refuse, cargo space accommodations when available, or resort to other unfair or unjustly discriminatory methods because the shipper has patronized another carrier, has filed a complaint, or for any other reason.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5E74865BF8254FCCB15969E7C2F89070"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>A common carrier or marine terminal operator shall not charge any other person demurrage or detention charges under a tariff, marine terminal schedule, service contract, or any other contractual obligation unless accompanied by an accurate certification that such charges comply with all rules and regulations concerning demurrage or detention issued by the Commission. The certification requirement only applies to the entity that establishes the charge, and a common carrier or marine terminal operator that collects a charge on behalf of another common carrier or marine terminal operator is not responsible for providing the certification, except that an invoice from a common carrier or marine terminal operator collecting a charge on behalf of another must include a certification from the party that established the charge.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H948B4082788A4DFF88AFB4B339318182"><enum>409.</enum><header>Prohibition on unreasonably declining cargo</header> <subsection id="H29804F58468449BFB08638AF646FCC6F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unreasonably declining cargo</header><text>Section 41104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H085D14DB1A454AD49988ED6F6E7A7F27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDFAB75E623E64A11B5F2E9863C067704" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDB1B149C1D8340638B9BC6503E9ABB9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>engage in practices that unreasonably reduce shipper accessibility to equipment necessary for the loading or unloading of cargo;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EF87D820B034DA88147459BC34FDDD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (12) by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6F09C9B2D5D4344B3B50A6AD2368EC9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (13) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15970633CA0C4666BBCC8B71DB16D62F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H66BC9D759BDE49868A7DA8FC8FFA366A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA18044E4B07545D585260379AD862307"><enum>(14)</enum><text>fail to furnish or cause a contractor to fail to furnish containers or other facilities and instrumentalities needed to perform transportation services, including allocation of vessel space accommodations, in consideration of reasonably foreseeable import and export demands; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H250FBE329D0A4F7DA638B49226F74DE2"><enum>(15)</enum><text>unreasonably decline export cargo bookings if such cargo can be loaded safely and timely, as determined by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and carried on a vessel scheduled for the immediate destination of such cargo.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6712450622104AD6A39099F166F83DDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking on unreasonably declining cargo</header> <paragraph id="H93BF87F507244C82A7696A5AA31C6426"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to define the term <quote>unreasonably decline</quote> for the purposes of subsection (a)(15) of section 41104 of title 46, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9905EB115E4D42EE88367F9598E5281F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The rulemaking under paragraph (1) shall address the unreasonableness of ocean common carriers prioritizing the shipment of empty containers while excluding, limiting, or otherwise reducing the shipment of full, loaded containers when such containers are readily available to be shipped and the appurtenant vessel has the weight and space capacity available to carry such containers if loaded in a safe and timely manner.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF549278C6D224DAE9D69337D703934DF" commented="no"><enum>410.</enum><header>Detention and demurrage</header> <subsection id="HE91CC2F4C4DC414DBBAF6935C3B5FA90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41104 of title 46, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H48BEA4C35BEF443495EF9E8BB652E692" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBF4356FDB08D47AAAF1943D9B198B4B9" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Failure of a common carrier to include a certification under section 41102(e) alongside any demurrage or detention charge shall eliminate any obligation of the charged party to pay the applicable charge.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFB29B232EDD74920A4D8ECB066C51B27" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Demurrage and detention practices and charges</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law and not later than 30 days of the date of enactment of this subsection, a common carrier or marine terminal operator, shall—</text> <paragraph id="H9FCF74C6C413498CB4E06F8C7E53695D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>act in a manner consistent with any rules or regulations concerning demurrage or detention issued by the Commission; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H264B84AA56654FA386E2BAAA46651644" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maintain all records supporting the assessment of any demurrage or detention charges for a period of 5 years and provide such records to the invoiced party or to the Commission on request; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2385879E64AA4EE78561E5647C4BE263" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>bear the burden of establishing the reasonableness of any demurrage or detention charges which are the subject of any complaint proceeding challenging a common carrier or marine terminal operator demurrage or detention charges as unjust and unreasonable.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3E4A87479FD946D7A2541F9479232BCB" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Penalties for false or inaccurate certified demurrage or detention charges</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event of a finding that the certification under section 41102(e) was inaccurate, or false after submission under section 41301, penalties under section 41107 shall be applied if the Commission determines, in a separate enforcement proceeding, such certification was inaccurate or false.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF3C72C0B473149ADA99A80DDE7661C43" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking on detention and demurrage</header> <paragraph id="HEACC58EEF2524C89BBD1075F8E28CC40" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Maritime Commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish rules prohibiting common carriers and marine terminal operators from adopting and applying unjust and unreasonable demurrage and detention rules and practices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59CF079434254B058AE608E22675BF9E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The rulemaking under paragraph (1) shall address the issues identified in the final rule published on May 18, 2020, titled <quote>Interpretive Rule on Demurrage and Detention Under the Shipping Act</quote> (85 Fed. Reg. 29638), including the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HA070245926264FB4B38676E1BE21784F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Establishing clear and uniform definitions for demurrage, detention, cargo availability for retrieval and associated free time, and other terminology used in the rule, including establishing a definition for cargo availability for retrieval that accounts for government inspections.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51F0E84E76054A7FA8129975341CB9B4" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Establishing that demurrage and detention rules are not independent revenue sources but incentivize efficiencies in the ocean transportation network, including the retrieval of cargo and return of equipment.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE745129ACA554B4C8B9665A9D6FAF6BB" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Prohibiting the consumption of free time or collection of demurrage and detention charges when obstacles to the cargo retrieval or return of equipment are within the scope of responsibility of the carrier or their agent and beyond the control of the invoiced or contracting party.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB658ED2BB71846DFA07F8FDB7C0C208A" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Prohibiting the commencement or continuation of free time unless cargo is available for retrieval and timely notice of cargo availability has been provided.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H277DD508A28A4401BA236248316FD17A" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibiting the consumption of free time or collection of demurrage charges when marine terminal appointments are not available during the free time period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9426296578F54113928B3B63D2DCDC94" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Prohibiting the consumption of free time or collection of detention charges on containers when the marine terminal required for return is not open or available.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED2CBC3C9037488687995C85382504F7" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Requiring common carriers to provide timely notice of—</text> <clause id="HA7389CDC2D214463B7EEB950A661543A" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cargo availability after vessel discharge;</text></clause> <clause id="HE387F38EEAE2416E9C585F46BFE2E69C" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>container return locations; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1E51EA292DD744B2A6DA28144FD585D1" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>advance notice for container early return dates.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60EF2C2BA46F4AB8A5D38DE50C7E5692" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Establishing minimum billing requirements, including timeliness and supporting information that shall be included in or with invoices for demurrage and detention charges that will allow the invoiced party to validate the charges.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42906188D8084C6CAFF79122B1C68060" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Requiring common carriers and marine terminal operators to establish reasonable dispute resolution policies and practices.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE07B44ECAC440E78B2EE05ED1293F8D" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Establishing the responsibilities of shippers, receivers, and draymen with respect to cargo retrieval and equipment return.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0E9B0A3EBC946E4B9FF057900DF5558" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Clarifying rules for the invoicing of parties other than the shipper for any demurrage, detention, or other similar per container charges, including determining whether such parties should be billed at all.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H85080B33B6944BFE99223D41FAEF25D6" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking on minimum service standards</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to incorporate subsections (d) through (f) of 41104 of title 46, United States Code, (as added by section 410) which shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="HA37DD52FE33F48069D51281E077EA4FE" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The obligation to adopt reasonable rules and practices related to or connected with the furnishing and allocation of adequate and suitable equipment, vessel space accommodations, containers, and other instrumentalities necessary for the receiving, loading, carriage, unloading and delivery of cargo.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC89C619D71624084BFA0C3DB5D3BE854" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The duty to perform the contract of carriage with reasonable dispatch.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B01C730294640F4A91E79FD74D3BD56" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The requirement to carry United States export cargo if such cargo can be loaded safely and timely, as determined by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and carried on a vessel scheduled for such cargo’s immediate destination.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBBCEEB455B24D48A6C39CCF9C8F440F" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The requirement of ocean common carriers to establish contingency service plans to address and mitigate service disruptions and inefficiencies during periods of port congestion and other market disruptions.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6F5E611F48E64663988F8BB15E4AC18E"><enum>411.</enum><header>Assessment of penalties</header> <subsection id="H51A4CE3F5E224E1B88CDC3E5F860C23B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment of penalties</header><text>Section 41109 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9753E382F9AF4B3497192E273ED9515C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA61089FA72A47D5B0FAB9E89520BA17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or, in addition to or in lieu of a civil penalty, order the refund of money</quote> after <quote>this part</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H87FCE07F47E6453CBF5B42C647C30800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or refund of money</quote> after <quote>conditions, a civil penalty</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE606185ED4944808FF3CFF67AAF3C16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c) by inserting <quote>or refund of money</quote> after <quote>civil penalty</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC49E6B7D59F34E5BB731CCE5EC3D22B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e) by inserting <quote>or order a refund of money</quote> after <quote>civil penalty</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00A9128470F944B5B2D31BE6304B9F3A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f) by inserting <quote>or who is ordered to refund money</quote> after <quote>civil penalty is assessed</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H771EF1D16E8649ECAD2EBCAFD292D97B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional penalties</header><text>Section 41108(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 41104(1), (2), or (7)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (d) or (e) of section 41102 or paragraph (1), (2), (7), (14), or (15) of section 41104(a)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H20F08A38A34446BFA6A53D5B23722B13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 41309 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H53776B50D8B341AD942AE2BE84776348"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD94593D6A9EE435A8092A556217AEB9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or refund of money</quote> after <quote>payment of reparation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9BC216F94D3548F2AF38E00B5841B402"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or to whom the refund of money was ordered</quote> after <quote>award was made</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8EC5210D13F490191F08A7F78AD7C0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by inserting <quote>or refund of money</quote> after <quote>award of reparation</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE18F900A96014BE6B670CAC1244BBAF2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Award of reparations</header><text>Section 41305(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8674A5BE40B84ACF97488BBFF1AEFE04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or (c)</quote> after <quote>41102(b)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4D23C47E4E44E3EBA6DE35027810C58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, or if the Commission determines that a violation of section 41102(e) was made willfully or knowingly</quote> after <quote>of this title</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4B3C591773BD4829844F7A6990632BD5"><enum>412.</enum><header>Investigations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 41302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>or agreement</quote> and inserting <quote>, agreement, fee, or charge</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H9C549878592646F1A80717CF1D175F3E"><enum>413.</enum><header>Injunctive relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 41307(b) to title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H166C9E85134B40CC8C160652204F65F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0A6ED7494C72427A9D36F399FAD30E25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">and third parties</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H430A7B418058465E99A384206B1D76AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5DED7CC726745F8BE9333877E7321D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H5F2C5FCB00504C14BD37FC0EA7F81AB0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H123AE918A4AF4D0DB20C2FC90F32E89D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Third party intervention</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court may allow a third party to intervene in a civil action brought under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H913F6BEA267148BD85C941A1046451A3"><enum>414.</enum><header>Technical amendments</header> <subsection id="HA8E096C8C05842339022301AD8B6196D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal maritime commission</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/461">chapter 461</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the first item relating to chapter 461.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCEDD5560737A47B4B8A0413C464C5094"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment of penalties</header><text>Section 41109(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 41104(1) or (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1) or (2) of section 41104(a)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1BC08BAAB2AF41258C0399C9643D3AE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National shipper advisory committee</header><text>Section 42502(c)(3) of title 46, United States Code is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">Representation</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>Members</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Representation</header-in-text>.—Members</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H05AE0A6EFBD5494AB7AB5946A1629951"><enum>415.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 46108 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$29,086,888 for fiscal year 2020 and $29,639,538 for fiscal year 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$32,603,492 for fiscal year 2022 and $35,863,842 for fiscal year 2023</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H9CD6F5AB67BE4297B3DC41A9D8F4E39C"><enum>416.</enum><header>NAS study on supply chain industry</header> <subsection id="H8FCE16F4E1C646C996D104FB618CFD22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy shall conduct a study on the United States supply chain that examines data constraints that impede the flow of maritime cargo and add to supply chain inefficiencies and that identifies data sharing systems that can be employed to improve the functioning of the United States supply chain. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H5ACBB324BCD34C9480825C6805AF7904"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study required under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HBD635396CF47417BA81D81317FC694D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of where bottlenecks or chokepoints are most prominent within the United States supply chain;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7CB1EBB6A6E49E987520C638DCB0960"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of what common shipping data is created with each hand-off of a container through the United States supply chain and how such data is stored and shared;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2615450D8E7E491DAC22C74B4318D045"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of critical data elements used by any entity covered by subsection (c), including the key elements used for various supply chain business processes;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H188B24DA94374E8D8F8ADD66430EFA3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the methodology used to store, access, and disseminate shipping data across the United States supply chain and evaluation of the inefficiencies in such methodology;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39AA6384D32043D78FFD930683B974DB" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of existing and potential impediments to the free flow of information among entities covered by subsection (c), including—</text> <subparagraph id="HBF6DEBDF364F4864A0A43E1EEEC53BF5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identification of barriers that prevent carriers, terminals, and shippers from having access to commercial data; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF15DEF21C2B7463A91A19D12584954B6" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any inconsistencies in—</text> <clause id="H1D208B9DAE494B77B7D04A2155C8AA8F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminology used across data elements connected to the shipment, arrival, and unloading of a shipping container; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCECACA9100034B75BCCC54F9BCDD4C4D" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the classification systems used across the United States supply chain, including inconsistencies in the names of entities covered by subsection (c), geographical names, and terminology;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF1E6BCA063D4FDABB41D9970C64CBF9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of information to be included in an improved data sharing system designed to plan, execute, and monitor the optimal loading and unloading of maritime cargo; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED756A0D7E7A44B89B91D8E890674005"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of existing software and data sharing platforms available to facilitate propagation of information to all agents involved in the loading and unloading of maritime cargo and evaluate the effectiveness of such software and platforms if implemented.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDCB1719B9EAA473589C893685B3E9CD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collection of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study required under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall collect information from—</text> <paragraph id="HCB14786C51A5494AA74BE995C8609573"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessel operating common carriers and non-vessel operating common carriers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBFE37E363F0842C889262DA5D8A97C2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>marine terminal operators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9334712D1C74ECAA77D6AAAEFA1F976"><enum>(3)</enum><text>commercial motor vehicle operators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H627B69BBB733431782EEA8EBC40A2F17"><enum>(4)</enum><text>railroad carriers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H334446963172470B93C6D30573DE06FB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>chassis providers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50ED6914851542F2BF08D74EB5573E1F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ocean transportation intermediaries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CB45E0349A64C958E7BEC1823898970"><enum>(7)</enum><text>custom brokers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H416B25D19A0D4E4083DC4611D4E92BD2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>freight forwarders;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D11DDF7BA2A4487BBF24862A86DF66F"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shippers and cargo owners;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC09FE37F429C47459EFB08D110B5D7C4"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Shipper Advisory Committee;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB117B050F54B415A989EE55AA26B8B3D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>relevant government agencies, such as the Federal Maritime Commission, the Surface Transportation Board, and the United States Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76BBFFED402E4D4FAF70EC8950B10803"><enum>(12)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, representatives of foreign countries and maritime jurisdictions outside of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD89B266D0026427C949B911FE87E0120"><enum>(13)</enum><text>any other entity involved in the transportation of ocean cargo and the unloading of cargo upon arrival at a port.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H91D43978ADCA480CB58909DD9DBEC469" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Facilitation of data sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences may solicit information from any relevant agency relating to the United States supply chain. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H036B9BFAD88F45BEA325B3B4DE00C41D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after entering into an arrangement with the Secretary under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and make available on a publicly accessible website, a report containing—</text> <paragraph id="H69E48CDD44D74168A3D5DA0475C357C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the study required under subsection (a);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD05AE958E30146BD9E135E01A50A58C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information collected under subsections (b) and (c), excluding any personally identifiable information or sensitive business information; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3FD10F803EC463389C4B6716B65B9F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any recommendations for—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA533D98D1884247ACCF9BF41B13AD66"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">common data standards to be used in the United States supply chain; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC3A1C85F7FC44F7B2ACC4F43D9FB6B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>policies and protocols that would streamline information sharing across the United States supply chain.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA7729B8E6D83416FB6F36833CD1CA214"><enum>417.</enum><header>Temporary emergency authority</header> <subsection id="H961D68FC2230469AA7DF8D56754FC15F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public input on information sharing</header> <paragraph id="H6F9D59CFD1A54C57BC0F916C3C37B9AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Maritime Commission shall issue a request for information seeking public comment regarding— </text> <subparagraph id="HBB9CC1F8FF154EA9AFF7D5C0C57AACF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether congestion of the common carriage of goods has created an emergency situation of a magnitude such that there exists a substantial adverse effect on the competitiveness and reliability of the international ocean transportation supply system; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89B043AA253F4F83886EF6C299D12448"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether an emergency order described in subsection (b) would alleviate such an emergency situation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1717FBFA5554B70A38D8B18401C621E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the appropriate scope of such an emergency order, if applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE9314C8AD1F44EDB4293D3A0768EC8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the public comment period under paragraph (1), the Commission may consult, as the Commission determines to be appropriate, with— </text> <subparagraph id="HC72CF9683AB743989E28A5E1D6297FEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other Federal departments and agencies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A10A16C0AC945EF89BE7CC232883A66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>persons with expertise relating to maritime and freight operations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D0704F17A0245ADBF1E82FD5EB285EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority to issue emergency order requiring information sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On making a unanimous determination described in subsection (c), the Commission may issue an emergency order requiring any common carrier or marine terminal operator to share directly with relevant shippers, rail carriers, or motor carriers information relating to cargo throughput and availability, in order to ensure the efficient transportation, loading, and unloading of cargo to or from—</text> <paragraph id="HD68A55A0A5D14F438C82990BA789125E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any inland destination or point of origin; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14AEFEF4AF404280A59626526FF423A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any vessel; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD064456B64274EDCB59A5DA18965FE7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any point on a wharf or terminal.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H85B7F969B9354D13B6A192825A1AD01C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Description of determination</header> <paragraph id="H7D7902F8DD204D8C8FF21A98A679AEDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination referred to in subsection (b) is a unanimous determination by the Commission that congestion of common carriage of goods has created an emergency situation of a magnitude such that there exists a substantial adverse effect on the competitiveness and reliability of the international ocean transportation supply system.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7511A0F8A6049238355D83A9182A7DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Factors for consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In issuing an emergency order under subsection (b), the Commission shall ensure that such order includes parameters relating to temporal and geographic scope, taking into consideration the likely burdens on ocean carriers and marine terminal operators and the likely benefits on congestion relating to the purposes described in section 40101 of title 46, United States Code. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7C72E3C9E89E47A4B096447A44A20DB0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Petitions for exception</header> <paragraph id="H8C5BAFC5A1B14349BA9F07800D7F5035"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A common carrier or marine terminal operator subject to an emergency order issued under this section may submit to the Commission a petition for exception from 1 or more requirements of the emergency order, based on a showing of undue hardship or other condition rendering compliance with such a requirement impractical.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0224C6E503FA459EA2ED99E13A9A4A65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 21 days after the date on which a petition for exception under paragraph (1) is submitted, the Commission shall determine whether to approve or deny such petition by majority vote.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H814C3F4ABC3B4CADA87D5C202C8A325E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inapplicability pending review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of an emergency order that is the subject of a petition for exception under this subsection shall not apply to a petitioner during the period for which the petition is pending. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4FB1DA1C1864884A80AC4E53EAE5851"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <paragraph id="H5FBCBA4538E144BCAF3D083D7556967E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An emergency order issued under this section shall remain in effect for a period of not longer than 60 days.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1761DA30A82F490D84F5B7A92C98D326"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>The Commission may renew an emergency order issued under this section for an additional term by a unanimous determination by the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7C6010D80A64EEC9FA4E2A995246E0C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority provided by this section shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC89ED76D54BE43E1A2714E056AC224E6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HAB84128DE3614FE59C085899E56F2F81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Common carrier</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>common carrier</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H19C0028918FD43FC80DF0EE0F730D8EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Motor carrier</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>motor carrier</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B5836A5CD5E42DF87BF519D943189C3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rail carrier</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rail carrier</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 10102 of title 49, United States Code. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48476E2B7BF04F1E8A0DAA82A793915C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Shipper</header><text>The term <quote>shipper</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H15908DF5F37E4F4BB72F9DFD31504FDF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>418.</enum><header>Terms and vacancies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 46101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by—</text> <paragraph id="H4CE966CC852B468982132FB6AB5B14A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H327110D7912346FB88B915F445D51048"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEE129B613579429F9397E4D517C1ACC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 terms</quote> and inserting <quote>3 terms</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCBA0280ACA8A489E8F6FF63839C0E3FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA684553F36554532B3D76489180F0380"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the individual being succeeded</quote> and inserting <quote>to which such individual is appointed</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H784A232D5F13489EAE247A46E3C4E5DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 terms</quote> and inserting <quote>3 terms</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H493A3829D4A847A486DB1587F6A21BF8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the predecessor of that</quote> and inserting <quote>such</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <subtitle id="H91B3ED449B634A22B45C70799324F2D4"><enum>A</enum><header>Navigation</header> <section id="H55C905789E8C44A588BB57F2FFA3D156" commented="no"><enum>501.</enum><header>Restriction on changing salvors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(c)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFBAA31BB4DEA43E792392C6B96691F71" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HA49625C7C8A64857A9F7ECA1A459C05B" commented="no" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An owner or operator may not change salvors as part of a deviation under subparagraph (B) in cases in which the original salvor satisfies the Coast Guard requirements in accordance with the National Contingency Plan and the applicable response plan required under subsection (j).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FCC961C97834643BAB34D271757ADF3" commented="no" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In any case in which the Coast Guard authorizes a deviation from the salvor as part of a deviation under subparagraph (B) from the applicable response plan required under subsection (j), the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing the deviation and the reasons for such deviation. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HE919382D51E94BF5B249EF0C66072C8A" commented="no"><enum>502.</enum><header>Providing requirements for vessels anchored in established anchorage grounds</header> <subsection id="H16781D2CBD3F45DBADAFC6FC13C55003" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 70006 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block id="H70A37A51073044FABAF6246DE4C6AA9A" style="USC"> <section id="H65C8BC75E8AD41ACB219AFF4377A9CA6" commented="no"><enum>70006.</enum><header>Anchorage grounds</header> <subsection id="H46299531EE3144B395CAA7063FB0BF0E" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Anchorage grounds</header> <paragraph id="H2F386C22188F418AA70B03D049735FE5" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall define and establish anchorage grounds in the navigable waters of the United States for vessels operating in such waters.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB35297066CE84A11AA6ED0B4638C8F15" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relevant factors for establishment</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account all relevant factors concerning navigational safety, protection of the marine environment, proximity to undersea pipelines and cables, safe and efficient use of Marine Transportation System, and national security.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6B0C277AC05C49BB8CBE1A40812F31F8" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vessel requirements</header><text>Vessels, of certain sizes or type determined by the Secretary, shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3EA6BD0038B14117ABB5F7C908CAC156" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>set and maintain an anchor alarm for the duration of an anchorage;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF24F3FF30C84A868FA5D77BD19ECAD7" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>comply with any directions or orders issued by the Captain of the Port; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69477EA8E8C4427CB1E7A287792BF527"><enum>(3)</enum><text>comply with any applicable anchorage regulations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3004F3A9A71943CA891B0DDB7E8DF327" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vessel may not—</text> <paragraph id="H2439B5CF7AB942369572751388265740" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>anchor in any Federal navigation channel unless authorized or directed to by the Captain of the Port;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB856CEC20CBB4D6FA749E899C6A543E1" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>anchor in near proximity, within distances determined by the Coast Guard, to an undersea pipeline or cable, unless authorized or directed to by the Captain of the Port; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE80F8EE27DC4AB8887D985670B6208A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>anchor or remain anchored in an anchorage ground during any period in which the Captain of the Port orders closure of the anchorage ground due to inclement weather, navigational hazard, a threat to the environment, or other safety or security concern.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF5B5D3BC693A448CB12262620C306D43" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Safety exception</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a vessel from taking actions necessary to maintain the safety of the vessel or to prevent the loss of life or property.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HAF620437BB904CC788F3A0770DE87C98" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulatory review</header> <paragraph id="HFD7AD281DBD74B588D34531C648C68C2" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall complete a review of existing anchorage regulations and identify regulations that may need modification—</text> <subparagraph id="HAE2ABB04A6914EEEB1DBF0FC67D763AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the interest of marine safety, security, and environmental concerns, taking into account undersea pipelines, cables, or other infrastructure; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H125C4564B4EF49A7B529C9AE9FC8B7C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to implement the amendments made by this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBCD3421473F4F7991AFDFB4CAE3D2E9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Upon completion of the review under paragraph (1), but not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that summarizes the review.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8F49BBCBDB444BFABD07DCDAEAC6713" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/700">chapter 700</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 70006 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H65CF7B54DC4248E08AF02030B146B275" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">70006. Anchorage grounds.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0140CC3D0E294FC883567FBA2F35BCBE" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (a) may not be construed to alter any existing rules, regulations, or final agency actions issued under section 70006 of title 46, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act until all regulations required under subsection (b) take effect. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H92E7C26EA2234A4D94F718CB55F96B5D"><enum>503.</enum><header>Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force</header> <subsection id="HC4B9783AAE8240E992F2896EC168B3F4" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recreational vessel defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1003 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4702">16 U.S.C. 4702</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0837132F661F46A8A0344CA2C8BD16D3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (17) as paragraphs (15) through (19), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A2803F4C59C4005BDD42205CE56C1C9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7778B7F016804B049425342D66B680CB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H325B8EF5CBCD40808133801BB99377EF" commented="no"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>State</quote> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13FDAFF18295456DB42F6125E7EFE977"><enum>(14)</enum><text><quote>recreational vessel</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1362">33 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>); </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEA202D85D7FA454F84A16DBA03DE0572"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Observers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4721">16 U.S.C. 4721</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H01D979BF5BC14BADB1A5E9915436F57F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H9A35224731E34F3BA7789D49B633510F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Observers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) may invite representatives of nongovernmental entities to participate as observers of the Task Force.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7D738FF0D2914254827F76339BE1A6DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force</header><text>Section 1201(b) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4721">16 U.S.C. 4721(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD9241E5F690E4CBFADAE2CFA1B6A43F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CE9793EFB2247768E5D568714137B66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (10); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCDFAEF9AA9C14237A9877111CF18AD49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="" id="H144F47D94FB842DA881958AA52BD9482" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9D049789757249F29445966FED0CEB5F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Director of the National Park Service;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11C3F7D470D743268DA8088DB1F0CD3F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Director of the Bureau of Land Management;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46F26441B627487DBCD6DB75968A0A46"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Commissioner of Reclamation; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0800F6A69CED47619273C0A0F31AF242"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Aquatic nuisance species program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1202 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4722">16 U.S.C. 4722</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCD909E5ED169429BB7AE242052547FDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e) by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H960B764484714CC1873F46E30224DDAB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HC437DE6723F3448B969B5B735EF8B408"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance and recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force may provide technical assistance and recommendations for best practices to an agency or entity engaged in vessel inspections or decontaminations for the purpose of—</text> <subparagraph id="H481487FBB544429A9518D200B37B88F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>effectively managing and controlling the movement of aquatic nuisance species into, within, or out of water of the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF5870030252147B9942DAFF6AEEB6639"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inspecting recreational vessels in a manner that minimizes disruptions to public access for boating and recreation in non-contaminated vessels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69ED609DD5B8423AA58CE9BAE8228048"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out paragraph (4), including the development of recommendations, the Task Force may consult with—</text> <subparagraph id="H56833066E8004331A119FFD23299B39A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State fish and wildlife management agencies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDACEDE8581834BB4BA3E612F74291311"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other State agencies that manage fishery resources of the State or sustain fishery habitat; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ADF27CB5A84483FA694DC443C772F7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>relevant nongovernmental entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37B7E6A0B2F64E5BA20DDDFF158D0576"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k) by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30870EAA3BDA41A394D6C5E694FEB74A"> <paragraph id="HD58979D8C5DB4415A9477FDA9FD49BFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, the Task Force shall submit a report to Congress recommending legislative, programmatic, or regulatory changes to eliminate remaining gaps in authorities between members of the Task Force to effectively manage and control the movement of aquatic nuisance species.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFCEAC29233D14229A766D196AE1F8AA2" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical corrections and conforming amendments</header><text>The Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4701">16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA5CCCEC9F1C74427A2438C6E3BB87AB7" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 1002(b)(2), by inserting a comma after <quote>funded</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA841FCED2F20403DB0A8950D72077DEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 1003, in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>Canandian</quote> and inserting <quote>Canadian</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BC4B2338EA046C59854C6D181B5C296"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 1203(a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H10A1F916F4A24EE2B9DEDDA2CF3FBECB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(F), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>research,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD89D7AB1CA6445A292935FC145E221D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>encourage</quote> and inserting <quote>encouraged</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1788E10C62F24A8CA30C362311C4A07A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 1204(b)(4), in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Adminisrative</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Administrative</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF91D3D3D191B468BB4D851412B0F21AA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 1209, by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1202(a)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE1C9A7B734C647C58FE812B58B235584"><enum>504.</enum><header>Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture activities</header> <subsection id="H7856101568764A1DAE4CF3B99E8F51DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H47E50FBEF37E49D0BDFB7461A44B3255"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC"><enum-in-header>(a)</enum-in-header> In general.—</header-in-text></quote> before the first sentence; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38165E2AAFCA4C0FA85545BA9FCC3929"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H59CAE6A9F8804E8FA85817776DCBEC84" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD2B3B60A3D9A4C4EBBBC75060A4670D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on recovery by aquaculture workers</header> <paragraph id="HC5A5FD9D23384AC2917C393501387B46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), the term <term>seaman</term> does not include an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H717093C580574D2399899BA041CFC6D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is an aquaculture worker if State workers’ compensation is available to such individual; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED90BACDD8A543FD8BEADB42C8B83C49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was, at the time of injury, engaged in aquaculture in a place where such individual had lawful access.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3AEAF22B33C4D2DB2E4DFE56E7A4FEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aquaculture worker defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>aquaculture worker</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H475BA2C535C4482FB8782B4ACBF38143"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is employed by a commercial enterprise that is involved in the controlled cultivation and harvest of aquatic plants and animals, including—</text> <clause id="H740BE9CF0BC9448AB68E702D2B413A75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cleaning, processing, or canning of fish and fish products;</text></clause> <clause id="H54D96AF7DA6F4133B69C796920D488AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cultivation and harvesting of shellfish; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0A4975CFDBA5430DB1EE9ED099144373"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the controlled growing and harvesting of other aquatic species;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H954340E2318540BBBADF0E9E8A4A57CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not hold a license issued under section 7101(c); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35629C873E794C4D9DD1E4DD6ADCEE4B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not required to hold a merchant mariner credential under part F of subtitle II.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF199ADB8F7D94339938C2C8484C3CF17"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to an injury incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HCEA6EAEC4EBA479980CDF15E811DDF96"><enum>B</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="H6F403DD9550D4DA79BF24E316A47B8F2"><enum>505.</enum><header>Information on type approval certificates</header> <subsection id="H3B8E5DD1D9C44DED992E296B7B9E321F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IX of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/282">Public Law 115–282</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H59B3B53E51FC4AC68B933E756995FD26" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HFF680AC796C64D4CB8E64ADA8BAE635A"><enum>904.</enum><header>Information on type approval certificates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall, upon request by any State, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States, provide all data possessed by the Coast Guard pertaining to challenge water quality characteristics, challenge water biological organism concentrations, post-treatment water quality characteristics, and post-treatment biological organism concentrations data for a ballast water management system with a type approval certificate approved by the Coast Guard pursuant to subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations. </text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HDE80069CA4454B3D986D70221C3D6487" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/282">Public Law 115–282</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 903 the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4692AF7BFAAD43B7AEA1AED7470C8095" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">904. Information on type approval certificates.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HAEF7430750CA4A2298CCA34A5C098C2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header>Passenger vessel security and safety requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3507(k)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H183C67D596CD47868B2D8399C505BB60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>at least 250</quote> and inserting <quote>250 or more</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H161D6D8724594CD0AD9EAC3C474CA1BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H8BDF374AA7C147D0B8D755503FEF98C8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HE7F13E22F6344A39BF08C00346EAF80A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has overnight accommodations for 250 or more passengers; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H9BEB7AE42CC44761A32B445FD82ACBF3"><enum>507.</enum><header>Cargo waiting time reduction</header> <subsection id="H42DC3925AFB84434A69A8AB0AFD828C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interagency task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall, acting through the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force established under Executive Order 14017 (relating to supply chains) of February 24, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 11849) (hereinafter referred to as the <quote>Task Force</quote>), carry out the duties described in subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE981D717C94447EC9205F49C0F2C3994"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Task Force shall—</text> <paragraph id="H08B2AD8DF6974A658CF01C010A5D9AD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate and quantify the economic and environmental impact of cargo backlogs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68C63FEE86294BAB9173B93ED896091F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate and quantify the costs incurred by each Federal agency represented on the Task Force, and by State and local governments, due to such cargo backlogs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H150CF793530440C29C432FA16CE0E236"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluate the responses of each such Federal agency to such cargo backlogs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0481FB6A918A4FB58FA5BFEFF01101C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E2DE68D800540FDBDDE518812640FDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop a plan to—</text> <clause id="H675EED8E21634DDCB8C730F6F1D95025"><enum>(i)</enum><text>significantly reduce or eliminate such cargo backlog; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDAAB9EF5274A4E7BBE4A0C60AF5018BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reduce nationwide cargo processing delays, including the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA76474EF18214F7CBD7A53208F26E24C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the plan developed under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5CABADDE1E644729EE6DDB0FD97514A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report of the Commandant</header><text>No later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on cargo backlogs that includes—</text> <paragraph id="H8E5820AD917C4FD48D1417879A404A47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an explanation of the extent to which vessels carrying cargo are complying with the requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/700">chapter 700</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H647C82BC457948839BE87E0702F583CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the status of the investigation on the cause of the oil spill that occurred in October 2021 on the waters over the San Pedro Shelf related to an anchor strike, including the expected date on which the Marine Casualty Investigation Report with respect to such spill will be released; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F995A19D45647BFB68BB0C59FE90267"><enum>(3)</enum><text>with respect to such vessels, a summary of actions taken or planned to be taken by the Commandant to—</text> <subparagraph id="H0AFE2A1BE4C44AE0A385E0CDEC22E899"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide additional protections against oil spills caused by anchor strikes; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD2A5954793D4182B27A0317FFFD2DE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>address other safety concerns and environmental impacts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6F4DAF12BE7C48AFA9D0B44079FE3B38"><enum>508.</enum><header>Limited indemnity provisions in standby oil spill response contracts</header> <subsection id="HADB71D5FCCAE4BB2AEFCFBD85774BFA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a contract for the containment or removal of a discharge entered into by the President under section 311(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(c)</external-xref>) shall contain a provision to indemnify a contractor for liabilities and expenses incidental to the containment or removal arising out of the performance of the contract that is substantially identical to the terms contained in subsections (d) through (h) of section H.4 (except for paragraph (1) of subsection (d)) of the contract offered by the Coast Guard in the solicitation numbered DTCG89–98– A–68F953, dated November 17, 1998.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H08D39A28056B481494840E7981882DD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="H0C4B5C87AE664C78915AB37A768A954E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Source of funds</header><text>The provision required under subsection (a) shall include a provision that the obligation to indemnify is limited to funds available in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund established by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9509">section 9509(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 at the time the claim for indemnity is made.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA065A9E1FCE54565A6F156CBC2053463"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uncompensated removal</header><text>A claim for indemnity under a contract described in subsection (a) shall be made as a claim for uncompensated removal costs under section 1012(a)(4) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2712">33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(4)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FE840001B7440779B21ADA2EB410DD2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total indemnity for a claim under a contract described in subsection (a) may not be more than $50,000 per incident.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEE4AE548FDD6415ABAF7C9ED0C1EACE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability of exemptions</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the United States shall not be obligated to indemnify a contractor for any act or omission of the contractor carried out pursuant to a contract entered into under this section where such act or omission is grossly negligent or which constitutes willful misconduct.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H526FF709B5DF4C38996F1B87F0BE7407" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header>Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 541 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD1104E6E329C4BAAA165D5FC95DD7AAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HC93DF6E333EA4043AE8E6ECCBEAB7174" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HB52BEB0D75F74A359B4E7814FA53C097"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">BSNC (to serve as Council Chair).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H919EE8072F0145C7BFC3EE9C0085B206"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EFF9F58C4EF4756A77BC4ED02E377C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Oil Spill Response Organization that serves the area in which such Port is located.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC85013DB1B364A5DB2750E46E11B042F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The State.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9DE033EF040403487B7B4C1F45EB97D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B993DEA24534A319BCFA981AB9D3A85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2DA059CEB5A64B85BDAE32CD634E0779"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1D89949B07514E6A82DD149F996DFCAE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HFAB41DD0E66F4E59A1ED9CB56EE22E31"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">land use planning and development at Point Spencer in support of the following activities within the Bearing Sea, the Chukchi Sea, and the Arctic Ocean:</text> <clause id="H9E516A87AE9647DA821B019134FFCE97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Search and rescue. </text></clause> <clause id="H678D10ABDD2049AAACB079447121BADA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Shipping safety.</text></clause> <clause id="H0978A1505C624D08B8AF7EE46FED9B6C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Economic development.</text></clause> <clause id="HF7BBEC5A3FBF43B9B325B837DDAB3A3C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Oil spill prevention and response.</text></clause> <clause id="H2CC125614A4049F2B6B15A2896C42093"><enum>(v)</enum><text>National security.</text></clause> <clause id="H869B70C3331845D8ADE0076DB8F0DDE5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Major marine casualties.</text></clause> <clause id="H79AC798CF541447F9610DE7DD1ADFB30"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Protection of Alaska Native archaeological and cultural resources.</text></clause> <clause id="H846FF4080B264CF2B13C39A9C2987A31"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Port of refuge, arctic research, and maritime law enforcement.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8E6ABC0436F4D109AC77DF70A90A8CF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c)(3) to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1BFFE9220EC9425EA17B7168255F4DDF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0BC0E091F95041728E63D8EB496B733E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilitate coordination among members of the Council on the development and use of the land and coastline of Point Spencer, as such development and use relate to activities of the Council at the Port of Point Spencer. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13C3DFAC2A434B3F95A862AE191B98FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEA4053B386424E0F9EA4C5DF37F2F260"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Operations and management costs</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9CC6A8BE198E488EB6C9421F1C2C9867" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H07CCF6B31200485B81BC3AA9913FBB72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination of costs</header><text>Operations and management costs</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H375C37A45CBD4DA987A4321AF47B2630"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBCAD07E3F6A34B7BBDDCE18F055026D6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HCB083CC107494B1BA5C32908106A24BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>To facilitate the mooring buoy system in Port Clarence and to assist the Council in the development of other oil spill prevention and response infrastructure, including reactivating the airstrip at Point Spencer with appropriate technology and safety equipment in support of response operations, there is authorized to be made available $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 from the interest generated from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H454DA90EDF5644F8804582855FD64EC6"><enum>510.</enum><header>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header> <subsection id="HB4B18584FFB740649B4CFD5E4F5181FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header><text>Section 311(j)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC47D160A14E9469A8F1AB98CFD0C8E0A" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HCF22E368B0F34FE48E7C6CA87B9BA974"><enum>(J)</enum> <clause id="H426A56364A2D4D3C8C6FD92443E73E61" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Except as provided in clause (iv) (including with respect to Cook Inlet), in any case in which the Secretary has determined that the national planning criteria established pursuant to this subsection are inappropriate for a vessel operating in the area of responsibility of the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone, a response plan required under this paragraph with respect to a discharge of oil for the vessel shall comply with the planning criteria established under clause (ii), which planning criteria shall, with respect to a discharge of oil from the vessel, apply in lieu of any alternative planning criteria approved for vessels operating in such area.</text></clause> <clause id="H43143817B1CD422F9B89D16298F12B79" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The President shall establish planning criteria for a worst case discharge of oil, and a substantial threat of such a discharge, within the area of responsibility of Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone, including planning criteria for the following:</text> <subclause id="H8B92E8B6AF134C2DA0A83B4F2DB0E686"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Oil spill response resources that are required to be located within such area.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H65381442D76D4CDA8463E990F1AFD53E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Response times for mobilization of oil spill response resources and arrival on the scene of a worst case discharge of oil, or substantial threat of such a discharge, occurring within such area.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0DD13C5F1A864D09B6EAD5015B9CE387"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Pre-identified vessels for oil spill response that are capable of operating in the ocean environment and required to be located within such area.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFA56EAD60C7E437F972016FEC1B66616"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Real-time continuous vessel tracking, monitoring, and engagement protocols that detect and address vessel operation anomalies.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA8E5983547C748F683F4C52A2466DFA1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Vessel routing measures consistent with international routing measure deviation protocols.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H14468BA28B46436E919E8CDAA5BB1933"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Ensuring the availability of at least one oil spill removal organization that is classified by the Coast Guard and that—</text> <item id="H68F0370774154DF88D36C8801453DB7E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is capable of responding in all operating environments in such area;</text></item> <item id="H4F5DC7C434604EBC97DA7278157B5C92"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>controls oil spill response resources of dedicated and nondedicated resources within such area, through ownership, contracts, agreements, or other means approved by the President, sufficient to mobilize and sustain a response to a worst case discharge of oil and to contain, recover, and temporarily store discharged oil; and</text></item> <item id="H4FB98D14336045D18535F3275AF03F74"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>has pre-positioned oil spill response resources in strategic locations throughout such area in a manner that ensures the ability to support response personnel, marine operations, air cargo, or other related logistics infrastructure.</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H294E287330664FB79ED4973625A6FE72"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Temporary storage capability using both dedicated and non-dedicated assets located within such area.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H27242537AAD74BB0AB2C4E30C2E461C9"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Non-mechanical oil spill response resources, to be available under contracts, agreements, or other means approved by the President, capable of responding to both a discharge of persistent oil and a discharge of non-persistent oil, whether the discharged oil was carried by a vessel as fuel or cargo.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0B7CA4681F174CB5AC3EB541D2450244"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>With respect to tank barges carrying non-persistent oil in bulk as cargo, oil spill response resources that are required to be carried on board.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBDA4E5C518A14986837211AC07DD2610" commented="no"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Ensuring that oil spill response resources required to comply with this subparagraph are separate from and in addition to resources otherwise required to be included in a response plan for purposes of compliance with salvage and marine firefighting planning requirements under this subsection.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBD0044F641CA41C09BCD09A79A198BEB"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Specifying a minimum length of time that approval of a response plan under this subparagraph is valid.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9F0AC630CDF6440492C3802B87783AC6" commented="no"><enum>(XII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring compliance with requirements for the preparation and submission of vessel response plans established by regulations pursuant to this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H898FF4F5B11F4F9EBB6C567111340E23" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The President may approve a response plan for a vessel under this subparagraph only if the owner or operator of the vessel demonstrates the availability of the oil spill response resources required to be included in the response plan under the planning criteria established under clause (ii).</text></clause> <clause id="H878BACC338634E2692BB51163DF23F9A" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Nothing in this subparagraph affects—</text> <subclause id="H49973627A91145A98D9E1629D57921A8" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements under this subsection applicable to vessel response plans for vessels operating within the area of responsibility of the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone within Cook Inlet, Alaska;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB7D3F2CA55EE4AC88841A9F8D438F9B6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the requirements applicable to tank vessels operating within Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone that are subject to section 5005 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2735">33 U.S.C. 2735</external-xref>); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H330C488BE8DF4594BE45949DE7A36F59" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of a Federal On-Scene Coordinator to use any available resources when responding to an oil spill.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H69063E81D5AB4651A16D551E71FBFC7C" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review any determination that the national planning criteria are inappropriate for a vessel operating in the area of responsibility of Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone not less frequently than once every five years.</text></clause> <clause id="H2961E55F51FC457EB158EE2941165444" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subparagraph, the term <term>Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone</term> means the area described in section 3.85–15 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H02C8854E69B14ECCAE7420D676F6B2DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header> <paragraph id="H32BAB7B00A464C679B16276FF83D05C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish the planning criteria required to be established under subparagraph (J) of section 311(j)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(5)</external-xref>), as added by this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54F11EF463EC45888556B740D81F9CE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In establishing such planning criteria, the President shall consult with the State of Alaska, owners and operators of vessels subject to such planning criteria, oil spill removal organizations, Alaska Native organizations, and environmental nongovernmental organizations located within the State of Alaska.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67D38D7C6FF3443B8967D56E0E065177" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vessels in Cook Inlet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard, a vessel may only operate in Cook Inlet, Alaska, under a vessel response plan that meets the requirements of the national planning criteria established pursuant to section 311(j)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(5)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H11DA2CB360854E768D53FB85B0DC7891"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to Congress a report regarding the status of implementing the requirements of subparagraph (J) of section 311(j)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(5)</external-xref>), as added by this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H76D565571672465E8D7451540FF7861B"><enum>511.</enum><header>Nonapplicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Requirements under sections 3507(d), 3507(e), 3508, and 3509 of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to the passenger vessel <italic>American Queen</italic> (U.S. Coast Guard Official Number 1030765) or any other passenger vessel—</text> <paragraph id="H98D621ABF3264B6AAEABB7453D499CFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on which construction identifiable with the specific vessel begins prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2716C4A277224ADD8EEFD2AB67B0A675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to which sections 3507 and 3508 would otherwise apply when such vessels are operating inside the boundary line.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H8722FF251D0945D4AF74BB567227F6AF"><enum>512.</enum><header>Report on enforcement of coastwise laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to Congress a report describing any changes to the enforcement of chapters 121 and 551 of title 46, United States Code, as a result of the amendments to section 4(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1333">43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(1)</external-xref>) made by section 9503 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>).</text></section> <section id="HCC4FC2E51EC145A28B0DDE5C0A54AF51"><enum>513.</enum><header>Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall complete the land conveyance required under section 2833 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>).</text></section> <section id="H96809D7A44F24602865B678A665A58FB"><enum>514.</enum><header>Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response</header> <subsection id="HD66714AC093B4B439856BAA37F104EA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response (referred to in this section as the <quote>Center of Expertise</quote>) in accordance with section 313 of title 14, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H83FC94C5670E4BAD9015325A7E0D7FFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Location</header><text>The Center of Expertise shall be located in close proximity to—</text> <paragraph id="HAD06C3C4260E4CFBAD0EECD8A46D2CB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an area of the country with quick access to State, Federal, and international waters, port and marine environments, coastal and estuary environments, and the intercoastal waterway;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1E3E913F99A4F8E998F7262B5A260A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>multiple Coast Guard sea and air stations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5266FAF31706410D8C200977EA4C1A36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>multiple Federal agencies that are engaged in coastal and fisheries management;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CB81F0211F94DA19C438F6B2AF01A81"><enum>(4)</enum><text>one or more designated national estuaries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H140D125195B54352A96E61597E6F6F58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>State coastal and wildlife management agencies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H36CF8D63524D4812A2B45C88187FE63D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an institution of higher education with adequate marine science search laboratory facilities and capabilities and expertise in coastal marine ecology, ecosystems, environmental chemistry, fish and wildlife management, coastal mapping, water resources, and marine technology development.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H107DFF726CE341A891CDC9E2D46843C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The Center of Expertise shall—</text> <paragraph id="HD2112EC5565B420D94B8D375508D06CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>monitor and assess, on an ongoing basis, the state of knowledge regarding training, education, and technology development for marine environmental response protocols in State, Federal, and international waters, port and marine environments, coastal and estuary environments, and the intercoastal waterway;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC93D187FC3CA45FBBC12E02E9F4F5B46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify any significant gaps in research related to marine environmental response protocols, including an assessment of major scientific or technological deficiencies in responses to past incidents in these waterways that are interconnected, and seek to fill such gaps;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H628615A0AE8442868038E06C333D4781"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation for marine environmental response equipment, technologies, and techniques to mitigate and respond to environmental incidents in these waterways;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC336F41B3A948F8880353ADBA269623"><enum>(4)</enum><text>educate and train Federal, State, and local first responders in—</text> <subparagraph id="H0848103EBCCE4E5BB85ADDB4B15FABD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the incident command system structure;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A5B8DE9FDC4494BBE3C33A58EE80B01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>marine environmental response techniques and strategies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H654694813C3B412EA639360E8E18453D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public affairs; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DBD11B7EC7B4AE4B0692753FFD9FFED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>work with academic and private sector response training centers to develop and standardize marine environmental response training and techniques.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE622EB85A85F400BB2C2D4A84129AA30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Marine environmental response defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>marine environmental response</quote> means any response to incidents that—</text> <paragraph id="H99F403071DA54DB693A804D550CED01A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>impacts—</text> <subparagraph id="HA529FF99EA0643E2B21A37A14061ACE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the marine environment of State, Federal or international waterways;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A5E46E2E8B3417EBA21682CA2F37654"><enum>(B)</enum><text>port and marine environments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B5DF0D33A144622BD4729FF81A5FFB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coastal and estuary environments; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA2704CE1740A4A9699B0695E6E29E312"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the intercoastal waterway; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74203CF15F7C49CD98F03D0BB533D62F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promotes—</text> <subparagraph id="HF214D4D90C98453FA7A0BD94F60BBA54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the protection and conservation of the marine environment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC664E05D55EF4894A7CBBCE3AA131562"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the health of fish, animal populations, and endangered species; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7214E5D7838B42AB97A11922D7BE6E03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the resilience of coastal ecosystems and infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H818409B65E724AD9869B84564AEEA8F2"><enum>515.</enum><header>Prohibition on entry and operation</header> <subsection id="H2F0064CE24BF4234B3F5A2ED26848D3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header> <paragraph id="HB9EE10783A5D4EBEB4108F6900E7A668"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, during the period in which Executive Order 14065 (87 Fed. Reg. 10293, relating to blocking certain Russian property or transactions), or any successor Executive Order is in effect, no vessel described in subsection (b) may enter or operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5FBE4F0EB6AA485DB7F9A687CCA7E2C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations on application</header><text>—</text> <subparagraph id="H2FB692793FF54B699240C3C51B722AD8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to vessel described in subsection (b) if the Secretary of State determines that—</text> <clause id="HDD72BEA8CC094582B3FEF981CAA2D69D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the vessel is owned or operated by a Russian national or operated by the government of the Russian Federation; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBCBCFBD67BAE4359BD7BF5414D44F20F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>it is in the national security interest not to apply the prohibition to such vessel.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2198E3A6074E4B8FAFA3CCE3A5CF6287"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Not later than 15 days after making a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate written notice of the determination and the basis upon which the determination was made.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC17C0FD2B5A34226B54C7039A112400E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary of State shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of each determination made under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF29EEEBAD80A4CDC99E4B9B02576BB18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vessels described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vessel referred to in subsection (a) is a vessel owned or operated by a Russian national or operated by the government of the Russian Federation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC90D1B3F8BCB4070AC3D4052922982D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information and publication</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall—</text> <paragraph id="H5E2A60C756C5439A88B64B05CF12DFFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain timely information on the registrations of all foreign vessels owned or operated by or on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation, a Russian national, or a entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any jurisdiction within the Russian Federation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H629C9F8CCB7C40EC9CF2B7E66DBDDCAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>periodically publish in the Federal Register a list of the vessels described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7B62BA2217834FED85A1B8DCB2286709"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification of governments</header> <paragraph id="HF0F92504A5854FA7BC7AB1E9D33F6026"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall notify each government, the agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a registration of a foreign vessel that is included on a list published under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 days after such publication, that all vessels registered under such government’s authority are subject to subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B306E039B8C403C8E13604DC7C7F058"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional notification</header><text>In the case of a government that continues to maintain a registration for a vessel that is included on such list after receiving an initial notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue an additional notification to such government not later than 120 days after the publication of a list under subsection (c)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9834AF1AFF304DD3A8C68BD6948AC32F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification of vessels</header><text>Upon receiving a notice of arrival under section 70001(a)(5) of title 46, United States Code, from a vessel described in subsection (b), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall notify the master of such vessel that the vessel may not enter or operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, unless—</text> <paragraph id="H1D113AFAACDD49BE8ECD3F011245DA81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of State has made a determination under subsection (a)(2); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1E3DD80CF24449F94B3C45D33FFD21C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating allows provisional entry of the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the vessel, under subsection (f).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H26BF15617D5248939CC47BD756AAB886"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Provisional entry or cargo transfer</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may allow provisional entry of, or transfer of cargo from, a vessel, if such entry or transfer is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H42BBFBD53F024C12A86DA537DFE64FF9"><enum>516.</enum><header>St. Lucie River railroad bridge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall take such actions as are necessary to implement any recommendations for the St. Lucie River railroad bridge made by the Coast Guard in the document titled <quote>Waterways Analysis and Management System for Intracoastal Waterway Miles 925-1005 (WAMS #07301)</quote> published by Coast Guard Sector Miami in 2018.</text></section> <section id="HC186A2BBFE6F445493EF499EDB39FE9D"><enum>517.</enum><header>Assistance related to marine mammals</header> <subsection id="H6513CFA5C7BF4888BF25E9F1C4DFCBDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maritime environmental and technical assistance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 50307(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2A57448BB3344FC2B3AC0E309490FC5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(D) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H044EF554D8954964BE5477151AEB1012"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking the period and insert <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE67CCAC5547444FA11C22204EFE7E5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF66599BBB7F245B19422D5A7B974B92A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4B961BBD4CF44D05B658B18204E0C8B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technologies that quantifiably reduce underwater noise from marine vessels, including noise produced incidental to the propulsion of marine vessels.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H550D00F318354B6AA4CBA0313E4DB451"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance to reduce impacts of vessel strikes and noise on marine mammals</header> <paragraph id="H78FB28188A9D45AB9FC3CC60596BE9E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/541">Chapter 541</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H4A157E1576AB462DA6E14A3EEC1D5EAC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HEE40C2314E4D4BF69A5365EA2DA2A218"><enum>54102.</enum><header>Assistance to reduce impacts of vessel strikes and noise on marine mammals</header> <subsection id="H211FC786071440DDBAF38E8B09E9A32D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Maritime Administration, in coordination with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, may make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, academic, public, private, and nongovernmental entities to develop and implement mitigation measures that will lead to a quantifiable reduction in—</text> <paragraph id="HDFF62E0FE5744E35A15D6D0865B5264F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>impacts to marine mammals from vessels; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2CFD0C5F5D74DCCA0DE590C9C582D71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>underwater noise from vessels, including noise produced incidental to the propulsion of vessels.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H714648DB4C6A4662846623BCA7F8AA7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance under this section may be used to develop, assess, and carry out activities that reduce threats to marine mammals by—</text> <paragraph id="H5C5BFE90B9C745BA91BC7B19A0FACF19"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing—</text> <subparagraph id="HC468C3E08E244C58AC75DEBACB02AEF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>stressors related to vessel traffic; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FA57AA15E3E4A74A65C182AC903726C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>vessel strike mortality, and serious injury; or </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA40654DAD2CE4CFF83AD62EF8D1529AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>monitoring—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A12D6797B944130A54430CECE3C68DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sound; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE43FC4DE7D284806949CD4F606B73436"><enum>(B)</enum><text>vessel interactions with marine mammals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7214E6346F864748897F3D3C64ACB8DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall prioritize assistance under this section for projects that—</text> <paragraph id="HB9DA211629B742A583C32D7F44163FB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is based on the best available science on methods to reduce threats related to vessels traffic;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED63D87010B740BFA7CC0D8F8FB37D62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collect data on the reduction of such threats; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H328B9E7DE22F40B3B0CBF1AF02BCB924"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduce—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF04361F601E44698BD543A5381A2B04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disturbances from vessel presence;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE572179888E04CEF95EBED9DA881DD21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mortality risk; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D64C316D43946829D122DAF2DA700FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>serious injury from vessel strikes; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD85AD140518E4774B035D93E9A45E512"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct risk assessments, or tracks progress toward threat reduction.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8BFAD46897994781A5EE7A6815906BA6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, an annual briefing that includes the following:</text> <paragraph id="H5B06F34F68D5474CB1C250D3998AB640"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The name and location of each entity receiving a grant under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAB21488C108413DB20368966B7CDF64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount of each such grant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC0A599098C1485489FF226D3CA755E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the activities carried out with assistance provided under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01C41D4BAB5648379CFF5244DE249252"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An estimate of the impact that a project carried out with such assistance has on the reduction of threats to marine mammals.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H12F30CEA764E470B986FA87131B228A8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEF182200B384BD59B2D53A85EF040B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/541">chapter 541</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HD220308B65E24491BD20AA9E39B2DB98" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">54102. Assistance to reduce impacts of vessel strikes and noise on marine mammals.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D2D1F829C5D48C6A825741DC1668213"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large whales</header> <paragraph id="H2A787035FF854F0998DBF6BB78816E77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part of A of subtitle V of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H02F87D19A53440DC9F8AF9C566C09094" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <chapter id="H43B75BD6A0384B26A9BB5FDB1F5500A3"><enum>507</enum><header>Monitoring and Mitigation </header> <toc container-level="chapter-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">50701. Near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large whales.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">50702. Pilot project.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="H14638DDE8D194D1AA304193FDF4F61EE"><enum>50701.</enum><header>Near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large whales</header> <subsection id="H3E94E7B98BAD44D083EBB2FF81FDB7FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator of the Maritime Administration, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall design and deploy a near real-time large whale monitoring and mitigation program (in this section referred to as the Program) informed by the technologies, monitoring methods, and mitigation protocols developed pursuant to the pilot program required under section 50702.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1B74F47928B44B20BCF341424230B86F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the Program will be to reduce the risk to large whales of vessel collisions and to minimize other impacts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBC4A60A1FF2E40149757B8E62DE5F8B6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In designing and deploying the Program, the Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph id="HDF564A6E44D34917B2BBC8BE7E2AFBFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prioritize species of large whales for which vessel collision impacts are of particular concern;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD27ED81271D141C197426449F7E18A53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prioritize areas where such vessel impacts are of particular concern;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEDB7B388A71457393CD8E16BEBFCD73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop technologies capable of detecting and alerting individuals and enforcement agencies of the probable location of large whales on a near real-time basis, to include real time data whenever possible;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85E79B81E75A4A7DB56A42D3F76EAED9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>inform sector-specific mitigation protocols to effectively reduce takes of large whales; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3FC4CFDF43D40ADA9323C0461F0ABC6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>integrate technology improvements as such improvements become available.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB75489E8F55842DD9E58F8EA8E2B2A14"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Administrator may make grants or enter into and contracts, leases, or cooperative agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section on such terms as the Administrator considers appropriate, consistent with Federal acquisition regulations.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H66FA54944766451FBD29FF4F4F2313F1" commented="no"><enum>50702.</enum><header>Pilot project</header> <subsection id="HDD1EC7DB091C4EF4B1FCB4F239646EFE" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall carry out a pilot monitoring and mitigation project for North Atlantic right whales (in this section referred to as the <quote>Pilot Program</quote>) for purposes of informing a cost-effective, efficient, and results-oriented near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large whales under 50701.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2AFF9C7ED2AA4542AF97E2C76F75400F" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot project requirements</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program, the Administrator, in coordination with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, using best available scientific information, shall identify and ensure coverage of—</text> <paragraph id="HB1D6755B0D7A46A09BF3DAF0A01BF355" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>core foraging habitats of North Atlantic right whales, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H1888F06C803046508501ECC820CF328B" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the South of the Islands core foraging habitat;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15CBBA8B206B4D59B0F1FB5C579B15C8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Cape Cod Bay Area core foraging habitat;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC01668910DA24BB0B1C9D705FC88DB32" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Great South Channel core foraging habitat; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAA46D2DBC7A4DD090B46A059BA99E29" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Gulf of Maine; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA07BEDBFA0F147FBBC8E7A6A80740469" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>important feeding, breeding, calving, rearing, or migratory habitats of North Atlantic right whales that co-occur with areas of high risk of mortality, serious injury, or other impacts to such whales, including from vessels or vessel strikes.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H68C163D15A8843629FE80A7F21FFE854" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot project components</header> <paragraph id="H5E2DEF76132C4127898FBC2E9A96EA7A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, the Administrator, in consultation with the Commandant, Tribal governments, and with input from affected stakeholders, shall design and deploy a near real-time monitoring system for North Atlantic right whales that—</text> <subparagraph id="H6392E449484B4ABC9602C2A29F4C73A8" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comprises the best available detection and survey technologies to detect North Atlantic right whales within core foraging habitats;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8015371854E4F14BDE8DE790CD76D10" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>uses dynamic habitat suitability models to inform the likelihood of North Atlantic right whale occurrence in core foraging habitat at any given time;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A18510EE311471EAE3797101F214A6C" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinates with the Integrated Ocean Observing System and Coast Guard vessel traffic service centers, and may coordinate with Regional Ocean Partnerships to leverage monitoring assets;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H741819F4E30A4009B6DD2FA16B901476" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>integrates historical data;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF08E73EC374644F39B49873424132107" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>integrates new near real-time monitoring methods and technologies as they become available;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D3E73FDA51B4C05962299E0A911CD42" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>accurately verifies and rapidly communicates detection data;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D1332D0B0F64BFB9AE31817AE9ECE74" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>creates standards for allowing ocean users to contribute data to the monitoring system using comparable near real-time monitoring methods and technologies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34372295D3354F42819BBA468B4A535C" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communicates the risks of injury to large whales to ocean users in a way that is most likely to result in informed decision making regarding the mitigation of those risks.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H595ED19BD6DE4E06AFACE8645CDC29AC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National security considerations</header><text>All monitoring methods, technologies, and protocols under this section shall be consistent with national security considerations and interests.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1452A5E4D49D4FA18AFE32544FA693E9" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access to data</header><text>The Administrator shall provide access to data generated by the monitoring system deployed under paragraph (1) for purposes of scientific research and evaluation, and public awareness and education, including through the NOAA Right Whale Sighting Advisory System and WhaleMap or other successive public web portals, subject to review for national security considerations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2627855B6174496A9D6A5567830AFA91" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mitigation protocols</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Commandant, and with input from affected stakeholders, develop and deploy mitigation protocols that make use of the near real-time monitoring system deployed under subsection (c) to direct sector-specific mitigation measures that avoid and significantly reduce risk of serious injury and mortality to North Atlantic right whales.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H419FB9BFEF704B0F86EC3547DBEAB993" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header> <paragraph id="HC7A1D3F81EB84F9C8D0D4C6D89A515F9" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preliminary report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, the Administrator, in consultation with the Commandant, shall submit to the appropriate Congressional Committees and make available to the public a preliminary report which shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H7FF2489099314879A0147662BE2C13DA" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the monitoring methods and technology in use or planned for deployment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H955F8E4D0DA0424A9F5571EACBC47261" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>analyses of the efficacy of the methods and technology in use or planned for deployment for detecting North Atlantic right whales;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71771AC7E49B4E7084AE3E84DD26080B" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the monitoring system is directly informing and improving North American right whale management, health, and survival;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H370A4C056BF2469DA0CEDA22B9FC4704" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a prioritized identification of technology or research gaps;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A58FB5EFFD847A1BEC42A57AEAE8D7E" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a plan to communicate the risks of injury to large whales to ocean users in a way that is most likely to result in informed decision making regarding the mitigation of those risks; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09F7B9841CCB4174BB9B323B6EE8F77D" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional information, as appropriate. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC691E87F2A9941049402F9A702D68986" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, the Administrator, in consultation with the Commandant, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public a final report, addressing the components in subparagraph (A) and including—</text> <subparagraph id="H7C123B73ED324F36BB34AAD09DBEA494" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the benefits and efficacy of the near real-time monitoring and mitigation program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95FC3437C36C4D1C8A3243EC8325FC37" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a strategic plan to expand the pilot program to provide near real-time monitoring and mitigation measures;</text> <clause id="H08F40D96B1B24E20B4324F0277C8A295" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to additional large whale species of concern for which such measures would reduce risk of serious injury or death; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB6C7A371A59B4E29B140486D01B39148" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in important feeding, breeding, calving, rearing, or migratory habitats of whales that co-occur with areas of high risk of mortality or serious injury of such whales from vessel strikes or disturbance;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H668EA1E374C640D2A0A6627CE8C5578C" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a prioritized plan for acquisition, deployment, and maintenance of monitoring technologies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11A223B7781E4033ACC4708632D14859" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the locations or species for which the plan would apply; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55A77A19B84E48C48A92A17226E28C69" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a budget and description of funds necessary to carry out the strategic plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBEB56BBB89C442758BE37C803C6A8281" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text>The Administrator may make grants enter into contracts, leases, or cooperative agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section on such terms as the Administrator considers appropriate, consistent with Federal acquisition regulations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H083C57C3B19E44DEBFAF26BD0D45073B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBBA0A04DEBEE400FAFEB6CEE43F62C10" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section and section 50701:</text> <paragraph id="HABA4F1C4B167489D86723A8678DD524A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means the Committee Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09E3706DC023459491EFA3E649B9759A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Core foraging habitats</header><text>The term <quote>core foraging habitats</quote> means areas with biological and physical oceanographic features that aggregate Calanus finmarchicus and where North Atlantic right whales foraging aggregations have been well documented.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FBCA268BD3C46638FC4128958C62041" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Near real-time</header><text>The term <quote>near real-time</quote> means detected activity that is visual, acoustic, or in any other form, of North Atlantic right whales that are transmitted and reported as soon as technically feasible after such detected activity has occurred.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE8607C1ED5344FE9B1C3F568E4B49D8" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Large whale</header><text>The term <quote>large whale</quote> means all Mysticeti species and species within the genera Physeter and Orcinus.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A0C4CB4095049D8AC203024549370C7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of chapters for subtitle V of title 46, United States Code is amended by adding after the item related to chapter 505 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H7939E0FCC16F47909A06F60DDD1A55C2" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry level="section" bold="on"><toc-enum>507.</toc-enum><level-header level="section" bold="on">Monitoring and Mitigation</level-header><target>50701</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBF10B4DBA0304ED780DA1012CFD7E4CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>518.</enum><header>Manning and crewing requirements for certain vessels, vehicles, and structures</header> <subsection id="HA40ABCA790DD4BE5BD41EC0108DFEE2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of limited exemptions from manning and crew requirement</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/81">Chapter 81</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block id="HC3F53A82EBC04C1F882B2D3ADC594F57" style="USC"> <section id="H2ECA76DEF99D4491B996D3EC20BA9F39"><enum>8108.</enum><header>Exemptions from manning and crew requirements </header> <subsection id="H804AAFAB4159461AB5A184AF13D2569F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide an exemption described in subsection (b) to the owner or operator of a covered facility if each individual who is manning or crewing the covered facility is—</text> <paragraph id="H0628613322444F96A262DAEEC2F31F23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a citizen of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39D4472471E947D3BFB6BD6EF1980378"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H16F801942E184532B0A7EBD5F444B30B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a citizen of the nation under the laws of which the vessel is documented.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H427D5042929C40FC970DDE2A9AEF9908"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for eligibility for exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An exemption under this subsection is an exemption from the regulations established pursuant to section 30(a)(3) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1356">43 U.S.C. 1356(a)(3)</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB9A558D117EF41E2A86562298A59A3D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>An exemption under this section— </text> <paragraph id="H88659FC2841D4A439790940B0F95B903"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall provide that the number of individuals manning or crewing the covered facility who are described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed two and one- half times the number of individuals required to man or crew the covered facility under the laws of the nation under the laws of which the covered facility is documented; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C7A31A609B444C0BEE966DC9D943DDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be effective for not more than 12 months, but may be renewed by application to and approval by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC5FB28B55DC94EE4931C8C2271A4F46C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible for an exemption or a renewal of an exemption under this section, the owner or operator of a covered facility shall apply to the Secretary with an application that includes a sworn statement by the applicant of all information required for the issuance of the exemption.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC21614BCA0174623A35524C9F10DDDC6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Revocation</header> <paragraph id="H43A68128CC314F79A87FD77178C97B31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H508CEC89431B4FC18266B8868750776B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may revoke an exemption for a covered facility under this section if the Secretary determines that information provided in the application for the exemption was false or incomplete, or is no longer true or complete; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4AC8D6480EF24D4896902140F5647224"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall immediately revoke such an exemption if the Secretary determines that the covered facility, in the effective period of the exemption, was manned or crewed in a manner not authorized by the exemption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EB5FD3EB5044B73A2EEDAB2B0049DCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice required</header><text>The Secretary shall provides notice of a determination under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) to the owner or operator of the covered facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H777190CFBD794DB1B010699F6BFCDA46"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Review of compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall periodically, but not less than once annually, inspect each covered facility that operates under an exemption under this section to verify the owner or operator of the covered facility’s compliance with the exemption. During an inspection under this subsection, the Secretary shall require all crew members serving under the exemption to hold a valid transportation security card issued under section 70105.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6E2ECFE55D9C47EFADA22102563AEA6A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>In addition to revocation under subsection (e), the Secretary may impose on the owner or operator of a covered facility a civil penalty of $10,000 per day for each day the covered facility—</text> <paragraph id="HA70C0989D9344C4D825CD636086F0289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is manned or crewed in violation of an exemption under this subsection; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA17FF4D65674D28867403912091A102"><enum>(2)</enum><text>operated under an exemption under this subsection that the Secretary determines was not validly obtained.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD18C75D363F746D890893AB4680480F1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Notification of Secretary of State</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the Secretary of State of each exemption issued under this section, including the effective period of the exemption.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H879FD2B5122A4A16B8C3D34371EF27E0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H795931E12F504D5998D21684F58F5A12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>covered facility</quote> means any vessel, rig, platform, or other vehicle or structure, over 50 percent of which is owned by citizens of a foreign nation or with respect to which the citizens of a foreign nation have the right effectively to control, except to the extent and to the degree that the President determines that the government of such foreign nation or any of its political subdivisions has implemented, by statute, regulation, policy, or practice, a national manning requirement for equipment engaged in the exploring for, developing, or producing resources, including non-mineral energy resources in its offshore areas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA960D9FAFB04092A3700A774CDF7075"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC144064D347B43AE8FA463FEC06C7F5E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report</header> <paragraph id="H3FA4DC6A28694A2292A9CB0B83EF40A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing information on each letter of nonapplicability of section 8109 of title 46, United States Code, with respect to a covered facility that was issued by the Secretary during the preceding year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H16C0E7F74E58471C94CA0174A45BAC2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include, for each covered facility—</text> <subparagraph id="H1D47F3BDE0EC4814B0258D5A2CD3B72C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name and International Maritime Organization number;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0288135182294C1C88E01EF76A81AEF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nation in which the covered facility is documented;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H62DD02508BF64CA8B2B49A7C87211F4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the nationality of owner or owners; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0E7FB157F694F4DA253DB09DD606FCC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any covered facility that was previously issued a letter of nonapplicability in a prior year, any changes in the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C48D4CB48AA487292594AC91A0B95D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations that specify the documentary and other requirements for the issuance of an exemption under the amendment made by this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9F371578BA7B4A409FC21597D373B313"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Existing exemptions</header> <paragraph id="H1CDDBF985CA94359B40BB067612948E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect of amendments; termination</header><text>Each exemption under section 30(c)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1356">43 U.S.C. 1356(c)(2)</external-xref>) issued before the date of the enactment of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="HC3D2553CF63E414AA155B9F4C13019C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not be affected by the amendments made by this section during the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F01B32EA12640CCB1A9C86D2F5A052F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be effective after such period.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55B712324986457BA5FA0FA5315CFC39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification of holders</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall notify all persons that hold such an exemption that it will expire as provided in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE7043CBB2A184D7DA78B8693EE756C6D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 81 of the title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H1A6F7B2AC12D4E7AA1819AE9DE1745BF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">8108. Exemptions from manning and crew requirements.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> </subtitle> <enum>VI</enum><header>Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response</header> <section id="H996D791418FE4A70BEEE969DBFA46939" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>601.</enum><header>Definitions</header> <subsection id="HC85B329F02254CB59C63186451A0C18B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4CFA2FB40A7F4732B5DFC70CC1E4E7A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (45) through (54) as paragraphs (47) through (56), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9169E311048844F694E4F37F2EE0BE92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (44) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0C2395B1B1A840FA8A378EBEDBFFD331" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H5E335485E446414C8095BBA7C31619AD"><enum>(45)</enum><text><quote>sexual assault</quote> means any form of abuse or contact as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/109A">chapter 109A</external-xref> of title 18, or a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal offense.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6FB067303B8420E974B3276AADA6048"><enum>(46)</enum><text><quote>sexual harassment</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H754C39170DC34EF0A791586B631F5479"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct that—</text> <clause id="H2170ED886B2948DF90C48659E2FFE841"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or deliberate or repeated offensive comments or gestures of a sexual nature if any—</text> <subclause id="HA97A2C00A46C486695A91C4CA18A6465"><enum>(I)</enum><text>submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment, pay, career, benefits, or entitlements of the individual; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H0F8E23239D7C4942955E9DF133C294E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>submission to, or rejection, of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for decisions affecting that individual’s job, pay, career, benefits, or entitlements;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9DB749B09E8B4035B366D9C30ACDED43"><enum>(III)</enum><text>such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8E8D9F92D0324836B5DAE70388C5BABC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>conduct may have been by an individual’s supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or another credentialed mariner; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HEF90BE86E85E493DADF495CDFF6E8675"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is so severe or pervasive that a reasonable person would perceive, and the victim does perceive, the environment as hostile or offensive;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCEF19083C3A947CE842AB92DCC9424A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any use or condonation associated with first-hand or personal knowledge, by any individual in a supervisory or command position, of any form of sexual behavior to control, influence, or affect the career, pay, benefits, entitlements, or employment of a subordinate; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4ED9C2FF038C4B04AF1F6281ABE0A020"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any deliberate or repeated unwelcome verbal comment or gesture of a sexual nature by any fellow employee of the complainant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6017A6F23B4B42CD8684A656AD2A3F42" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing any changes the Commandant may propose to the definitions added by the amendments in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEED7F08C03DE45228EF277B15C2D8D25"><enum>602.</enum><header>Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial</header> <subsection id="H0A0982CD83CE49FF8B56425E5FB9FD58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/75">Chapter 75</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H58641C75525B4FE6ADACB4A74E657784" style="USC"> <section id="H6890881A83354778A96C7B726166CE4C"><enum>7511.</enum><header>Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial</header> <subsection id="HAD2B48E90D1D47A08CA787FB7DDB16A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sexual abuse</header><text>A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part shall be denied to an individual who has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/109A">chapter 109A</external-xref> of title 18, except for subsection (b) of section 2244 of title 18, or a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal offense.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H515CC5EC068C4857B02F71BED2DAB816"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Abusive sexual contact</header><text>A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued under this part may be denied to an individual who within 5 years before applying for the license, certificate, or document, has been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under subsection (b) of section 2244 of title 18, or a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal offense.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H47B11782142545F7866A739E5D22F5DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/75">chapter 75</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HCE9D8A1E7F0A445AB172C30861BBCCA2" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HD62E7C66B58B4D598D5018D38505317C"><enum>603.</enum><header>Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation</header> <subsection id="HC0089165DAFA4E31AF71C78E5FBA7C33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/77">Chapter 77</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/7704">section 7704</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H97414BC214E549EB8C679E54E3A865EE" style="USC"> <section id="HF2FC752D90BF4DC88895C0DDBEF46AD1"><enum>7704a.</enum><header>Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation</header> <subsection id="HA007BCDDBA4F41B08A6A84B35FFE29E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sexual harassment</header><text>If it is shown at a hearing under this chapter that a holder of a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under this part, within 5 years before the beginning of the suspension and revocation proceedings, is the subject of an official finding of sexual harassment, then the license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document may be suspended or revoked.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1AED7E45B9F04C069DDA207E8B56CFAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sexual assault</header><text>If it is shown at a hearing under this chapter that a holder of a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under this part, within 10 years before the beginning of the suspension and revocation proceedings, is the subject of an official finding of sexual assault, then the license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document shall be revoked.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H571E885249814706B3706A617B456C2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Official finding</header> <paragraph id="HB008E130C5F44E919D73FFDE5E99DE96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>official finding</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H8DD455D440DE45A0AE16F7198472282B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a legal proceeding or agency finding or decision that determines the individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault in violation of any Federal, State, local, or Tribal law or regulation; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1A4F1256E17404E94DE81ED84E9C18A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a determination after an investigation by the Coast Guard that, by a preponderance of the evidence, the individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault if the investigation affords appropriate due process rights to the subject of the investigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H222D8040351D4DACB0E7B58810F67386"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investigation by the Coast Guard</header><text>An investigation by the Coast Guard under paragraph (1)(B) shall include, at a minimum, evaluation of the following materials that, upon request, shall be provided to the Coast Guard:</text> <subparagraph id="H051E5467A64044FE80C4ABE41F4EF3DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any inquiry or determination made by the employer or former employer of the individual as to whether the individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1B91EF598034AD0BFF2E0741785D98E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any investigative materials, documents, records, or files in the possession of an employer or former employer of the individual that are related to the claim of sexual harassment or sexual assault by the individual.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEEC3F44D25AA43E39C67FAE6AC7BD1F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative Law Judge review</header> <subparagraph id="H00A7143CE02B49F884403F25109ABEA2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coast Guard investigation</header><text>A determination under paragraph (1)(B) shall be reviewed and affirmed by an administrative law judge within the same proceeding as any suspension or revocation of a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document under subsection (a) or (b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB7F624B27FB40F192EADC26734D4BEC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Legal proceeding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination under paragraph (1)(A) that an individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault is conclusive in suspension and revocation proceedings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE497492279984ED19599F8354C91B8BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The chapter analysis of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/77">chapter 77</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/7704">section 7704</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H27C51F507A884396914B06D210043A1D" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">7704a. Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension or revocation. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H92FA6BFF40C24AF685786B4BA83620E9"><enum>604.</enum><header>Accommodation; notices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3158A3E6C06F4954A8C3F52CC2EEDAFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H943ECC61776A40CA8BF8E02947719030"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAF9ECB1833845B18E9DA1EAED0E417C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HFAF93C6F5278424E9D790E63D80B29DF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H420828DC0E7D497385FBDE75E1D20F64"><enum>(5)</enum><text>each crew berthing area shall be equipped with information regarding—</text> <subparagraph id="HDAC0D273EF6943FEAF87BF1D8F7EE0FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vessel owner or company policies prohibiting sexual assault and sexual harassment, retaliation, and drug and alcohol usage; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47BE5B4E3FB5430686FE2CB803620BF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>procedures and resources to report crimes, including sexual assault and sexual harassment, including information—</text> <clause id="HC6592FC68CD94AFD9D993E04521414E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the contact information, website address, and mobile application to the Coast Guard Investigative Services for reporting of crimes and the Coast Guard National Command Center;</text></clause> <clause id="H6B6ADEEC4FD94C3197AAA9C16B536473"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on vessel owner or company procedures to report violations of company policy and access resources;</text></clause> <clause id="H2C8254F739384FA986E4CC66283A1AC6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on resources provided by outside organizations such as sexual assault hotlines and counseling; </text></clause> <clause id="HB0081D984D8240EDA594D977BC9FF9D3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>on the retention period for surveillance video recording after an incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault is reported; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2A8EDDDC71D94C9EA9879AEE90792E70"><enum>(v)</enum><text>additional items specified in regulations issued by, and at the discretion of, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C5E82610DDF455A9DEF60C1A91D3F7B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: <quote>In each washing space in a visible location there shall be information regarding procedures and resources to report crimes upon the vessel, including sexual assault and sexual harassment, and vessel owner or company policies prohibiting sexual assault and sexual harassment, retaliation, and drug and alcohol usage.</quote>. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="HF7C951B061B14A9CB68658C7CFDD9F6E"><enum>605.</enum><header>Protection against discrimination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2114(a)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H82186F355DDB46929C2D3D240A383D46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (H), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7D9B717EF8E49BC9E713C96B620C6ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HB904443F4504494AAB96E1DE77825A7E" style="USC"> <subparagraph id="H2B504F7D954D4A28ABA7A32D9C489F54" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the seaman in good faith has reported or is about to report to the vessel owner, Coast Guard or other appropriate Federal agency or department sexual harassment or sexual assault against the seaman or knowledge of sexual harassment or sexual assault against another seaman;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HED44B6C61D1A40FDA3A9CA1FB2471905" commented="no"><enum>606.</enum><header>Alcohol prohibition</header> <subsection id="HAA1F745E1F4744569E8CD9064C76CC19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="H8AE2CC70A9F84DFBA56022094D46EC78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall, taking into account the safety and security of every individual on documented vessels, issue such regulations as are necessary relating to alcohol consumption on documented vessels, according to the following requirements:</text> <subparagraph id="HFC4D7DEACC234876BC63E58CEFA2DA31"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine safe levels of alcohol consumption by crewmembers aboard documented vessels engaged in commercial service.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA110F1FB83F418482A07F18E885AAB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines there is no alcohol policy that can be implemented to ensure a safe environment for crew and passengers, the Secretary shall implement a prohibition on possession and consumption of alcohol by crewmembers while aboard a vessel, except when possession is associated with the commercial sale or gift to non-crew members aboard the vessel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H00D6D77A092D4B4EA705DC6790323DBA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent a policy establishes safe levels of alcohol consumption in accordance with subparagraph (A), such policy shall not supersede a vessel owner’s discretion to further limit or prohibit alcohol on its vessels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A50A44BFB624EB79C0B61E64567926C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Immunity from civil liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any crewmember who reports an incident of sexual assault or sexual harassment that is directly related to a violation of the regulations issued under paragraph (1) is immune from civil liability for any related violation of such regulations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HEED7B7963B20456AB96D4FD6B78D78D7"><enum>607.</enum><header>Surveillance requirements</header> <subsection id="H51DB0C9A6FD7455F9693232991D26155"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part B of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HFD712E8733DD47E58CF218D176597D17" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <chapter id="HC8EE0B0CABCA418593EAEF5AA0EEBE53"><enum>49</enum><header>Oceangoing Non-Passenger Commercial Vessels</header> <toc container-level="chapter-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HC8EE0B0CABCA418593EAEF5AA0EEBE53" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H7FF26C15620D4633AE39A9F791BD4870" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">4901. Surveillance requirements.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="H7FF26C15620D4633AE39A9F791BD4870"><enum>4901.</enum><header>Surveillance requirements</header> <subsection id="H7F2D3A48C9774CC4AC69690BBF85B693"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A vessel engaged in commercial service that does not carry passengers, shall maintain a video surveillance system.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFFB12303C18A44E5838508AEA87CE8C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The requirements in this section shall apply to—</text> <paragraph id="H2F4E2B89A9454CEE9690EAEE20BE99C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>documented vessels with overnight accommodations for at least 10 persons on board—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B0094CF6E0D4969994C9D26A07C45F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is on a voyage of at least 600 miles and crosses seaward of the Boundary Line; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1810B929265B4FEF878ACCD3376AF6F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is at least 24 meters (79 feet) in overall length and required to have a load line under chapter 51; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30861134B5E744E687B10245EAE63963"><enum>(2)</enum><text>documented vessels of at least 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 on an international voyage; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H721FBE03F41F4170BBCB21035D2C4841"><enum>(3)</enum><text>vessels with overnight accommodations for at least 10 persons on board that are operating for no less than 72 hours on waters superjacent to the Outer Continental Shelf.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H028EEAEC8D1B4DE7A7389775FD7DDE67"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Placement of video and audio surveillance equipment</header> <paragraph id="HBE851866D495475DB3F426D9B47B267F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall install video and audio surveillance equipment aboard the vessel not later than 2 years after enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, or during the next scheduled drydock, whichever is later.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H473838D302434C46A23404796600F7F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Locations</header><text>Video and audio surveillance equipment shall be placed in passageways on to which doors from staterooms open. Such equipment shall be placed in a manner ensuring the visibility of every door in each such passageway.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7C6F32920EBB4E869E325E491BB4BD30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice of video and audio surveillance</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall provide clear and conspicuous signs on board the vessel notifying the crew of the presence of video and audio surveillance equipment.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEB85151E08E04E57B675890F996AF5A4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Access to video and audio records</header> <paragraph id="H4F5311F0FFF1464C83B98354792768EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall provide to any Federal, state, or other law enforcement official performing official duties in the course and scope of a criminal or marine safety investigation, upon request, a copy of all records of video and audio surveillance that the official believes is relevant to the investigation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA57427E6548F41908AFD6AD41E3405A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil actions</header><text>Except as proscribed by law enforcement authorities or court order, the owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall, upon written request, provide to any individual or the individual’s legal representative a copy of all records of video and audio surveillance—</text> <subparagraph id="H089C414FC7194DAD9BCC05D922819EBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in which the individual is a subject of the video and audio surveillance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D72CF2BE32F4D8387029FAC187CD59B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the request is in conjunction with a legal proceeding or investigation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99B852981D4B4B5F958CFE626D58E562"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that may provide evidence of any sexual harassment or sexual assault incident in a civil action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DBB273154B24D5492852F6DF3FA181B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limited access</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall ensure that access to records of video and audio surveillance is limited to the purposes described in this paragraph and not used as part of a labor action against a crew member or employment dispute unless used in a criminal or civil action.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H656E7B914FC241579365C0250B370E82"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retention requirements</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall retain all records of audio and video surveillance for not less than 150 days after the footage is obtained. Any video and audio surveillance found to be associated with an alleged incident should be preserved for not less than 4 years from the date of the alleged incident. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Coast Guard are authorized access to all records of video and audio surveillance relevant to an investigation into criminal conduct.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBCEF002895A14814A0B14AB565F1C386"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>owner</quote> means the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or other individual in charge of a vessel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB471FD461CB448BF9FAF2D09FDB6109E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>Fishing vessels, fish processing vessels, and fish tender vessels are exempt from this section.</text></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H200EB1989F3B4331B0D5951C9953C7DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of chapters for subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item related to chapter 47 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H050B8CFE643A433BB467EE0CADF01E7D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry level="section" bold="on"><toc-enum>49.</toc-enum><level-header level="section" bold="on">Oceangoing Non-Passenger Commercial Vessels</level-header><target>4901</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H106A830B7056421FB54D4405F7A258D0"><enum>608.</enum><header>Master key control</header> <subsection id="H60FDD4212C244D6CB8986578AF8C48DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/31">Chapter 31</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H4309B5ACD3734192BB980A89924F0132" style="USC"> <section id="HE8340A7F77EE4F5F92E8F7BDF5D1FA54"><enum>3106.</enum><header>Master key control system</header> <subsection id="HF69745FF30C34D70A1079C172207C1D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a vessel subject to inspection under section 3301 shall—</text> <paragraph id="H955082D611734A0A860E62C9392D2DBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that such vessel is equipped with a vessel master key control system, manual or electronic, which provides controlled access to all copies of the vessel’s master key of which access shall only be available to the individuals described in paragraph (2);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDB487ED434D4C9CAC77655CBFABFDE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a list of all crew, identified by position, allowed to access and use the master key and maintain such list upon the vessel, within owner records and included in the vessel safety management system;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H406FBB16450045C283951A1A8B8C32FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>record in a log book information on all access and use of the vessel’s master key, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H8F122B4328114F63BF35F2F2A90A93DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dates and times of access;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8CE2B925C3F4AD7B3CB408606DA716F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the room or location accessed; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6D509B365A240DE8D4DFDD6F6BE34D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the name and rank of the crew member that used the master key; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27348F0807F14FCFAE7F0E0B8590148A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>make the list under paragraph (2) and the log book under paragraph (3) available upon request to any agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, any member of the Coast Guard, and any law enforcement officer performing official duties in the course and scope of an investigation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39221567BD824D1584C0A3BE1D6E325D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibited use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crew not included on the list described in subsection (a)(2) shall not have access to or use the master key unless in an emergency and shall immediately notify the master and owner of the vessel following use of such key.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H20D95549A5C84CAF903B85ADA13DC5CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for log book</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The log book described in subsection (a)(3) and required to be included in a safety management system under section 3203(a)(6)—</text> <paragraph id="H414A6E08BD294130934550A9496263F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may be electronic; and </text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6990D5DF98074598BBF3812A6B735D7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be located in a centralized location that is readily accessible to law enforcement personnel.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD19221B4D39F4148BCD42CFD25EE2A55"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Any crew member who uses the master key without having been granted access pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall be liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 and may be subject to suspension or revocation under section 7703.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1FEC2687E1684B0BA58FE909F84FD036"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to vessels subject to section 3507(f).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF65529000C7E4D038E7BC680188AFDD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H56259891FBE643259E23EFF0E385F150" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">3106. Master key control system.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H784FA53E09884EE5B238DDDE2E16CE04"><enum>609.</enum><header>Safety management systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3203 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H08B9025C05514A38AEC2930471CF47BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5622ABDB793D407EB565DD1483DDB170"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA488004234904981B2224027B83A1B83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0F2A0B5524C44BF4A8637F8663228FA7" style="USC"> <paragraph id="HF08EDC0F8FEE4455A9FA10968B9E4369"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to sexual harassment and sexual assault, procedures for, and annual training requirements for all shipboard personnel on—</text> <subparagraph id="H8AB9C29876AD4B4696AE8D7E2AEC96AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prevention;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6F3375573864BDAA5D447816212B96F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>bystander intervention;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE6984E0771F4D648DF21AEEC060E4B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reporting;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC954A532CAF540D583D6EA6F5940340C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>response; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1403D9FDC4A242F18297CBBB97D4CE7E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>investigation;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14C8F0901019497CB460AD95D855B9A6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the log book required under section 3106;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H19213A341BA14DE5B028C61671F15810"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BC61A6A81EE43B48C001463AE6D7000"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H49BA4A0BDA2E47AD954C0F1F0C3C6D9E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H0F4769E25E5245C2AE32C85BB6405A83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures and training requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In prescribing regulations for the procedures and training requirements described in subsection (a)(5), such procedures and requirements shall be consistent with the requirements to report sexual harassment or sexual assault under section 10104.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HD873CEEB0A5E43978F3BB6AB9C9F54EE"><enum>610.</enum><header>Requirement to report sexual assault and harassment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HA149C26ABC864F638FD708CC59149DD2" style="USC"> <subsection id="HF9604451B85F4AFDB852E257F22F9693"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory reporting by crew member</header> <paragraph id="H2DA572CC8819410B877411DDE84AB053"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A crew member of a documented vessel shall report to the Secretary any complaint or incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault of which the crewmember has first-hand or personal knowledge.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20218863681C4DD7B33989A9B8E6DF71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>A crew member with first-hand or personal knowledge of a sexual assault or sexual harassment incident on a documented vessel who knowingly fails to report in compliance with paragraph (a)(1) is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6040A5F2BCA745A1933EAE025913C7F8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amnesty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crew member who fails to make the required reporting under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the penalty described in paragraph (2) if—</text> <subparagraph id="HD15DE7FCFF7148C8A7645310A4EAB8B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the crew member is the victim of such sexual assault or sexual harassment incident;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H422633483E9E45529C37CBF961761735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the complaint is shared in confidence with the crew member directly from the victim; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2AF8F7D947242C598607AE46BB9E50E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the crew member is a victim advocate as defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H96502EAF9B254CD8884371F64BD17262"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandatory reporting by vessel owner</header> <paragraph id="H940B8C5B016A48BA9122386631D71FEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A vessel owner or managing operator of a documented vessel or the employer of a seafarer on that vessel shall report to the Secretary any complaint or incident of harassment, sexual harassment, or sexual assault in violation of employer policy or law, of which such vessel owner or managing operator of a vessel engaged in commercial service, or the employer of the seafarer is made aware. Such reporting shall include results of any investigation into the incident, if applicable, and any action taken against the offending crewmember.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H90FB25513488454C99AC4EDFA2659867"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>A vessel owner or managing operator of a vessel engaged in commercial service, or the employer of a seafarer on that vessel who knowingly fails to report in compliance with paragraph (1) is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8FEEEEA8CBA14923B39B4F4CF3F7C43B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting procedures</header> <paragraph id="HA24F0E60EC6D40D3B12686797E1F00D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Crew member reporting</header><text>A report required under subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0C7FAF63E1204D928EE914D7129715AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to a crew member, shall be made as soon as practicable, but no later than 10 days after the crew member develops first-hand or personal knowledge of the sexual assault or sexual harassment incident to the Coast Guard National Command Center by the fastest telecommunication channel available; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAD75F9C6CF6421D96C11D2B66A701F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a master, shall be made immediately after the master develops first-hand or personal knowledge of a sexual assault incident to the Coast Guard National Command Center by the fastest telecommunication channel available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12882E42DCFD4D379B9EF740ED654015"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vessel owner reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A report required under subsection (b) shall be made immediately after the vessel owner, managing operator, or employer of the seafarer gains knowledge of a sexual assault or sexual harassment incident by the fastest telecommunication channel available, and such report shall be made to the Coast Guard National Command Center and to—</text> <subparagraph id="H0D325127C7FE42CCBF589E6CEB636A52"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nearest Coast Guard Captain of the Port; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H44733CCD7909436E862451CB60BA4FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the appropriate officer or agency of the government of the country in whose waters the incident occurs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6A1346E9A16486F90E105CC00D44663"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A report required under subsections (a) and (b) shall include, to the best of the reporter’s knowledge—</text> <subparagraph id="H9426F90E9ED747DC813A6F2AFCCD37C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name, official position or role in relation to the vessel, and contact information of the individual making the report;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6176DD24E1E248DAAF816851F84A2EB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name and official number of the documented vessel;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB9A7D4F8A6D9483681B6AA2F4507DAA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the time and date of the incident;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D4B590AC96A4056B0D896D46ADB0E5C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the geographic position or location of the vessel when the incident occurred; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDEDE924D332844D9A42D0B38576108C1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a brief description of the alleged sexual harassment or sexual assault being reported.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47773EC4FCDD47C79EBEFF473F77FB23"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information collection</header><text>After receipt of the report made under this subsection, the Coast Guard will collect information related to the identity of each alleged victim, alleged perpetrator, and witness through means designed to protect, to the extent practicable, the personal identifiable information of such individuals.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB34F1E9FBA4A4E09A63A5015B3C0727F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The requirements of this section are effective as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>. The Secretary may issue additional regulations to implement the requirements of this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H44FD213E1E704CB8881DB8332616AFCD"><enum>611.</enum><header>Civil actions for personal injury or death of seamen</header> <subsection id="H601ECDC4044E4DFEBED26D3081E6CEBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Personal injury to or death of seamen</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30104(a) of title 46, United States Code, as so designated by section 505(a)(1), is amended by inserting <quote>, including an injury resulting from sexual assault or sexual harassment,</quote> after <quote>in the course of employment</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H37882C2BF4774897A6ED93DB182EF014"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Time limit on bringing maritime action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0B24F323341C4E18A1103FC1EF81241A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">for personal injury or death</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6C2143161BC486496E62FB168DFF16F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as otherwise</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H35AD1AC3B6D342689836A66C4B0BB14D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H83FA3FB1A0244315BFC55CDE421B6C9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75D3D3EA089C49C29DD0677533A54E9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HCCF8881C1EF444D99D63699776D8BB8D" style="USC"> <subsection id="H1B05F63602D64442A29DC12BFD62A90A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension for sexual offense</header><text>A civil action under subsection (a) arising out of a maritime tort for a claim of sexual harassment or sexual assault shall be brought not more than 5 years after the cause of action for a claim of sexual harassment or sexual assault arose.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H19556D56B94D4A82A28C5DAECB4022CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/301">chapter 301</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related to section 30106 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H68A0BF46EE754860AD5AB34B686D83C8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">30106. Time limit on bringing maritime action.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HB0299ABDE2004FF59CDF7E3ACB4F6DDE"><enum>612.</enum><header>Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits</header> <subsection id="H4F8FDCAD9E0A47B6A54628B2C1901552"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H5C21473026D2445282C9C505BBD9744C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HFB8C77C52C544C61A87D93DFB86BB1DC"><enum>564.</enum><header>Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits</header> <subsection id="HED66FF017AE143DB8CF9F81147335ECA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Coast Guard vessel that embarks on a covered voyage shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H5C007551854543348A6BE1DA9DCECA9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>equipped with no less than 2 sexual assault and forensic examination kits; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7F4827BC4CF4DEB8151DEE758E03AE2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>staffed with at least 1 medical professional qualified and trained to administer such kits.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H27CCF0DAD0EF4D6D84707A8FA0C44116"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered voyage defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term ‘covered voyage’ means a prescheduled voyage of a Coast Guard vessel that, at any point during such voyage—</text> <paragraph id="HB0C52C5E5F1146A0947C66CE38B00510"><enum>(1)</enum><text>would require the vessel to travel 5 consecutive days or longer at 20 knots per hour to reach a land-based or afloat medical facility; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06F51D97EFF3424193A61D85583F5299"><enum>(2)</enum><text>aeromedical evacuation will be unavailable during the travel period referenced in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H24438B49C73441B39C5B50D32D3C9454"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE7AE9B47CC6C47D98ED03CDE394BF09F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">564. Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <enum>VII</enum><header>Technical and Conforming Provisions</header> <section id="HBED61CEBF5FB4D1088ED33B5D470A4F7"><enum>701.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header> <subsection id="H090BA182045F4CEBBCE9ADD9A91C1C51"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 319(b) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40101">49 U.S.C. 40101</external-xref> note)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 44801 of title 49</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0288F60EB4134097BCDC29AD2207A2B2"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1156(c) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/40101">49 U.S.C. 40101</external-xref> note)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 44801 of title 49</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8B3117CA302E4C56AB84F4F6396EBD3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header>Transportation worker identification credential technical amendments</header> <subsection id="HE7FEFFFD0BFC4C27A740DAF93BBBB5FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4D1CF90CD5A54A168431B7CF1806BE0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">security cards</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">worker identification credentials</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H70FD080EC800420C9ADBFE55C5AC8122"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>transportation security card</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>transportation worker identification credential</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H201BC5D9DAB748A782BC31E5DDEAC4F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>transportation security cards</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>transportation worker identification credentials</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C46B80FDE4347A4BEA11E90BECCA367"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>card</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>credential</quote></text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H654990BCF54D4BA68B1DE31F9944FE2C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the heading for subsection (b) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">cards</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">credentials</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F82DBBE39494BFB926DF890BAC242F2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for</quote> and inserting <quote>Administrator of</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5FD359E303545B191150AA817EE1808"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (i) and redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59E97FCBC2B34118A8D59BE9DE8AD48F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking subsection (l) and redesignating subsections (m) through (q) as subsections (k) through (o), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF427C15E78AF4880A82308BD06FC1958"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (j), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="HB08036B05DDC41E0A348E0D933C2DC56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">security card</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">worker identification credential</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H203578DC3F964EE6A99AD823016E1A2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the heading for paragraph (2) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">security cards</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">worker identification credential</header-in-text></quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A7DB2AEE5B74A7CB83D01A43C7F5C9C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(1), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (k)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)(3)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9482900F5184452D832AA1D6A3ACB0AA"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (o), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="HBCE01FB548BB4108B05BF3415A44754B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">security card</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">worker identification credential</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BEC7AFE10E94E3498F1779FE3F9E0DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H034493F7C6F747369DA439224915817E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (k)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)(3)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H029D3CD74E304F2EBF536D810E1811DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>This plan shall</quote> and inserting <quote>Such receipt and activation shall</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C8513C299B549A39D1935D3E933B150"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>on-site activation capability</quote> and inserting <quote>on-site receipt and activation of transportation worker identification credentials</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE7E331F60FE14A69A294913EDFC926B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/701">chapter 701</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related to section 70105 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HD128004741E84F6CAA43176E123B70C4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">70105. Transportation worker identification credentials.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HDF39C7DF6EDF42AC81708DB8804DB70A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><header>Reinstatement</header> <subsection id="H0DF0F2F1F6E043A9AFE3DDF429C52768"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reinstatement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The text of section 12(a) of the Act of June 21, 1940 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/522">33 U.S.C. 522(a)</external-xref>), popularly known as the Truman-Hobbs Act, is—</text> <paragraph id="HE5F6D1E3013945A0BF2F3CC7F0B155AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reinstated as it appeared on the day before the date of enactment of section 8507(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2999E090DCF748998A1134664087DA8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">redesignated as the sole text of section 12 of the Act of June 21, 1940 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/522">33 U.S.C. 522</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA72C8D9DDE6742B1A0C43AFBA6ECCC46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The provision reinstated by subsection (a) shall be treated as if such section 8507(b) had never taken effect.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H793D1285EC024A1292ACEA16F5C843D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The provision reinstated under subsection (a) is amended by striking <quote>, except to the extent provided in this section</quote>. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H283258CAF2314DA49E1EEB7542B86883" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><header>Determination of budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act</quote>, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text></section> Passed the House of Representatives March 29, 2022.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk.