116 S4802 IS: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022
U.S. Senate
2022-09-08
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definition of Commandant.TITLE I—AuthorizationsSec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training.Sec. 103. Authorization for shoreside infrastructure and facilities.Sec. 104. Authorization for acquisition of vessels.Sec. 105. Authorization for the childcare subsidy program.TITLE II—Coast GuardSubtitle A—Infrastructure and assetsSec. 201. Report on shoreside infrastructure and facilities needs.Sec. 202. Fleet mix analysis and shore infrastructure investment plan.Sec. 203. Acquisition life-cycle cost estimates.Sec. 204. Report and briefing on resourcing strategy for Western Pacific Region.Sec. 205. Study and report on national security and drug trafficking threats in the Florida Straits and Caribbean region, including Cuba.Sec. 206. Coast Guard Yard.Sec. 207. Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts and grants to procure cost-effective technology for mission needs.Sec. 208. Improvements to infrastructure and operations planning.Subtitle B—Great LakesSec. 211. Great Lakes winter commerce.Sec. 212. Database on icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes.Sec. 213. Great Lakes snowmobile acquisition plan.Sec. 214. Great Lakes barge inspection exemption.Sec. 215. Study on sufficiency of Coast Guard aviation assets to meet mission demands.Subtitle C—ArcticSec. 221. Establishment of the Arctic Security Cutter Program Office.Sec. 222. Arctic activities.Sec. 223. Study on Arctic operations and infrastructure.Subtitle D—Maritime cyber and artificial intelligenceSec. 231. Enhancing maritime cybersecurity.Sec. 232. Establishment of unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project.Sec. 233. Artificial intelligence strategy.Sec. 234. Review of artificial intelligence applications and establishment of performance metrics.Sec. 235. Cyber data management.Sec. 236. Data management.Sec. 237. Study on cyber threats to the United States marine transportation system.Subtitle E—AviationSec. 241. Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft: program authorization and eligible recipients.Sec. 242. Report on Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hangar.Sec. 243. Study on the operational availability of Coast Guard aircraft and strategy for Coast Guard aviation.Subtitle F—Workforce readinessSec. 251. Authorized strength.Sec. 252. Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list.Sec. 253. Continuation on active duty of officers with critical skills.Sec. 254. Career incentive pay for marine inspectors.Sec. 255. Expansion of the ability for selection board to recommend officers of particular merit for promotion.Sec. 256. Pay and allowances for certain members of the Coast Guard during funding gap.Sec. 257. Modification to education loan repayment program.Sec. 258. Retirement of Vice Commandant.Sec. 259. Report on resignation and retirement processing times and denial.Sec. 260. Calculation of active service.Sec. 261. Physical disability evaluation system procedure review.Sec. 262. Expansion of authority for multirater assessments of certain personnel.Sec. 263. Promotion parity.Sec. 264. Partnership program to diversify the Coast Guard.Sec. 265. Expansion of Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.Sec. 266. Improving representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities among Coast Guard active-duty members.Sec. 267. Strategy to enhance diversity through recruitment and accession.Sec. 268. Support for Coast Guard Academy.Sec. 269. Training for congressional affairs personnel.Sec. 270. Strategy for retention of cuttermen.Sec. 271. Study on extremism in the Coast Guard.Sec. 272. Study on performance of Coast Guard Force Readiness Command.Sec. 273. Study on frequency of weapons training for Coast Guard personnel.Subtitle G—Miscellaneous provisionsSec. 281. Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations.Sec. 282. Coast Guard assistance to United States Secret Service.Sec. 283. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes.Sec. 284. Coast Guard intelligence activities and emergency and extraordinary expenses.Sec. 285. Transfer and conveyance.Sec. 286. Transparency and oversight.Sec. 287. Study on safety inspection program for containers and facilities.TITLE III—EnvironmentSec. 301. Definition of Secretary.Subtitle A—Marine mammalsSec. 311. Definitions.Sec. 312. Assistance to ports to reduce the impacts of vessel traffic and port operations on marine mammals.Sec. 313. Near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large cetaceans.Sec. 314. Pilot program to establish a Cetacean Desk for Puget Sound region.Sec. 315. Monitoring ocean soundscapes.Subtitle B—Oil spillsSec. 321. Improving oil spill preparedness.Sec. 322. Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria.Sec. 323. Accident and incident notification relating to pipelines.Sec. 324. Coast Guard claims processing costs.Sec. 325. Calculation of interest on debt owed to the national pollution fund.Sec. 326. Per-incident limitation.Sec. 327. Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.Sec. 328. Cost-reimbursable agreements.Sec. 329. Oil spill response review.Sec. 330. Review and report on limited indemnity provisions in standby oil spill response contracts.Sec. 331. Additional exceptions to regulations for towing vessels.Subtitle C—Environmental complianceSec. 341. Review of anchorage regulations.Sec. 342. Study on impacts on shipping and commercial, Tribal, and recreational fisheries from the development of renewable energy on the West Coast.Subtitle D—Environmental issuesSec. 351. Modifications to the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund administration.Sec. 352. Improvements to Coast Guard communication with North Pacific maritime and fishing industry.Sec. 353. Fishing safety training grants program.Sec. 354. Load lines.Subtitle E—Illegal fishing and forced labor preventionSec. 361. Definitions.Chapter 1—Combating Human Trafficking Through Seafood Import MonitoringSec. 362. Enhancement of Seafood Import Monitoring Program Automated Commercial Environment Message Set.Sec. 363. Data sharing and aggregation.Sec. 364. Import audits.Sec. 365. Availability of fisheries information.Sec. 366. Authority to hold fish products.Sec. 367. Report on Seafood Import Monitoring Program.Sec. 368. Authorization of appropriations.Chapter 2—Strengthening international fisheries management To combat human traffickingSec. 370. Denial of port privileges.Sec. 371. Identification and certification criteria.Sec. 372. Equivalent conservation measures.Sec. 373. Capacity building in foreign fisheries.Sec. 374. Training of United States observers.Sec. 375. Regulations.TITLE IV—Support for Coast Guard workforceSubtitle A—Support for Coast Guard members and familiesSec. 401. Coast Guard child care improvements.Sec. 402. Armed Forces access to Coast Guard child care facilities.Sec. 403. Cadet pregnancy policy improvements.Sec. 404. Pilot program for fertility treatments.Sec. 405. Combat-related special compensation.Sec. 406. Restoration of amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to veterans of the Coast Guard with combat-related injuries.Sec. 407. Modification of basic needs allowance for members of the Coast Guard.Sec. 408. Study on food security.Subtitle B—HealthcareSec. 421. Development of medical staffing standards for the Coast Guard.Sec. 422. Healthcare system review and strategic plan.Sec. 423. Data collection and access to care.Sec. 424. Behavioral health policy.Sec. 425. Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.Sec. 426. Improvements to the Physical Disability Evaluation System and transition program.Sec. 427. Expansion of access to counseling.Sec. 428. Expansion of postgraduate opportunities for members of the Coast Guard in medical and related fields.Sec. 429. Study on Coast Guard telemedicine program.Sec. 430. Study on Coast Guard medical facilities needs.Subtitle C—HousingSec. 441. Strategy to improve quality of life at remote units.Sec. 442. Study on Coast Guard housing access, cost, and challenges.Subtitle D—Other mattersSec. 451. Report on availability of emergency supplies for Coast Guard personnel.TITLE V—MaritimeSubtitle A—Vessel safetySec. 501. Abandoned Seafarer Fund amendments.Sec. 502. Receipts; international agreements for ice patrol services.Sec. 503. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements.Sec. 504. At-sea recovery operations pilot program.Sec. 505. Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passenger vessels.Sec. 506. Moratorium on towing vessel inspection user fees.Sec. 507. Certain historic passenger vessels.Sec. 508. Coast Guard digital registration.Sec. 509. Responses to safety recommendations.Sec. 510. Comptroller General of the United States study and report on the Coast Guard’s oversight of third-party organizations.Subtitle B—Other mattersSec. 521. Definition of a stateless vessel.Sec. 522. Report on enforcement of coastwise laws.Sec. 523. Study on multi-level supply chain security strategy of the Department of Homeland Security.Sec. 524. Study to modernize the merchant mariner licensing and documentation system.Sec. 525. Study and report on development and maintenance of mariner records database.TITLE VI—Sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention and responseSec. 601. Definitions.Sec. 602. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.Sec. 603. Accommodation; notices.Sec. 604. Protection against discrimination.Sec. 605. Alcohol at sea.Sec. 606. Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension and revocation.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.Sec. 613. Reports to Congress.Sec. 614. Policy on requests for permanent changes of station or unit transfers by persons who report being the victim of sexual assault.Sec. 615. Sex offenses and personnel records.Sec. 616. Study on Coast Guard oversight and investigations.Sec. 617. Study on Special Victims' Counsel program.TITLE VII—National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSubtitle A—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer CorpsSec. 701. Definitions.Sec. 702. Requirement for appointments.Sec. 703. Repeal of requirement to promote ensigns after 3 years of service.Sec. 704. Authority to provide awards and decorations.Sec. 705. Retirement and separation.Sec. 706. Licensure of health-care professionals.Sec. 707. Improving professional mariner staffing.Sec. 708. Legal assistance.Sec. 709. Acquisition of aircraft for extreme weather reconnaissance.Sec. 710. Report on professional mariner staffing models.Subtitle B—Other MattersSec. 711. Conveyance of certain property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Juneau, Alaska.TITLE VIII—Technical, conforming, and clarifying amendments Sec. 801. Technical corrections.Sec. 802. Reinstatement.Sec. 803. Terms and vacancies.2.In this Act, the term Commandant means the Commandant of the Coast Guard. <enum>I</enum><header>Authorizations</header><section id="id10aa26cac2b64ebab3323b25d6980a83"><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="id1aea867f51524ed1bf782aacc0f25d1a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2020 and 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 and 2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb87679102acc4b1a84c177203e52d9ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id2880d531352b4cd78a43b2d9612a0bf0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabee5a2c2d764853b1248d31388cea4a"><clause id="id5b60c04038a34a5298777a9fa50ff027"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></clause><clause id="id29cca4d3b9d34b72bc078eaca58028cb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$10,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2346cf2f478422bbf0c61da999512bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>$17,035,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$23,456,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7548921bb47642d3ae08befbece85fa8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>, (A)(ii) $17,376,000</quote> and inserting <quote>(A)(ii), $24,353,000</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc495530e86ef45c7b40969c36ca4c783"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="idfdbb8737e3594b18a984e2a15b527f0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf6538bdd2364bcdbf2f23cb3899e40e"><clause id="id98a4ab2b3e694e0694eba9b8bfa6c76d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,459,100,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></clause><clause id="idfc08b38530e9419ca833083893d02398"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$3,477,600,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5e85e6985afe4a81874ea1d7e68bc7a1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce6a945ff76841e88f02b31f6c5d701d"><clause id="id3b071137b7b74270a70e8b370e657878"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$20,400,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></clause><clause id="id4374fe30d64d41308d7d6f1394f0d490"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$20,808,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idce9eafd1d140492abec2da42ee0301cf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64f16e8d42714e728756b05f6bdd1c1b"><subparagraph id="id3899ee51e25f40919f501961d4de6b55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$7,476,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8d17e308910c46ad9a09791c20425f1f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$14,681,084 for fiscal year 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id6725002f814b47c4b29130036f5d1b8e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id294146f254ee4b87a11b38c1df1aedb2"><subparagraph id="id2abdb05440f14725ac2c10bc40f669eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$240,577,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56f4268bc05b447e918411b8ad965d76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$252,887,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id416e46eea361419e82b14a8e76aa27fe"><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="id79e0cae2387c41b8938f4983e50d2e00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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="idd73ea03b89684777b09a1fe8ae039e22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2020 and 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 and 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idacaadb488af24e04b8ee4a73e6eb612a"><enum>103.</enum><header>Authorization for shoreside infrastructure and facilities</header><subsection id="idf1688023e3694efc82c04f543ce48d5f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(2)(A) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, for fiscal years 2023 through 2028—</text><paragraph id="id589902e1f84545108a071f77988bf903"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 is authorized to fund maintenance, new construction, and repairs needed for Coast Guard shoreside infrastructure;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idff4ea7af4355410590ee0ec07cca886f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$160,000,000 is authorized to fund phase two of the recapitalization project at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey, to improve recruitment and training of a diverse Coast Guard workforce; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd2a73aea4a1e4da280315137d0fad1fa"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$80,000,000 is authorized for the construction of additional new childcare development centers not constructed using funds authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>; 135 Stat. 429).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id77757563cea540e5a2ca1e1724f0ccb5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coast Guard Yard resilient infrastructure and construction improvement</header><text>In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act—</text><paragraph id="id18e311bfa34c430685694d9b748e52fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$400,000,000 is authorized for fiscal years 2023 through 2028 for the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for the purposes of improvements to facilities of the Yard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id568c917affc64dea8e7d59b3918ebf52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$236,000,000 is authorized for the acquisition of a new floating drydock, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idec0ad7b24f8044bf934b5e9c5ea8f0ac"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authorization for acquisition of vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, for fiscal years 2023 through 2028—</text><paragraph id="idbaf0417ae29943279da619102ae54056"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$350,000,000 is authorized for the acquisition of a Great Lakes icebreaker that is at least as capable as Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw (WLBB–30);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcce8f42390e34606b2e7f8a7f6b98a29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$172,500,000 is authorized for the program management, design, and acquisition of 12 Pacific Northwest heavy weather boats that are at least as capable as the Coast Guard 52-foot motor surfboat;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18ecfac5a8cb437cb76734061378c2b4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$841,000,000 is authorized for the third Polar Security Cutter;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id236b28a4db7a4c169e4525a6f4d6b701"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$20,000,000 is authorized for initiation of activities to support acquisition of the Arctic Security Cutter class, including program planning and requirements development to include the establishment of an Arctic Security Cutter Program Office;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62d196fae8b84bcea9c5693103b2acd3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$650,000,000 is authorized for the continued acquisition of Offshore Patrol Cutters; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70eb49e1da6d45959068b0639c472747"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$650,000,000 is authorized for a twelfth National Security Cutter.</text></paragraph></section><section id="iddc85eaea581641628993484edcd49d4e"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authorization for the childcare subsidy program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(1)(A) of title 14, United States Code, $25,000,000 is authorized to the Commandant for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for the childcare subsidy program.</text></section><enum>II</enum><header>Coast Guard</header><subtitle id="id9c41e3beb4c049959775c5ed0e38fd95"><enum>A</enum><header>Infrastructure and assets</header><section id="id1c5631e4bd684a5789d345058ba21391"><enum>201.</enum><header>Report on shoreside infrastructure and facilities needs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not less frequently than annually, 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—</text><paragraph id="id1a143d4b24d842a48428bb180d29c7a9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed list of shoreside infrastructure needs for all Coast Guard facilities located within each Coast Guard District in the order of priority, including recapitalization, maintenance needs in excess of $25,000, and other shoreside infrastructure needs of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3547baf533bc4c109e5e8079a6633601"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the estimated cost of projects to fulfill such needs, to the extent available; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id509edd13ca3a4a759ea474067eb87df2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a general description of the state of planning for each such project.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id952ecec365b44238930ed01d331e1e52"><enum>202.</enum><header>Fleet mix analysis and shore infrastructure investment plan</header><subsection id="idc8cac365f6574928a10e3bf06634cfda"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fleet mix analysis</header><paragraph id="id9185715eee8045e4b55f45fc9a8609d0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall conduct an updated fleet mix analysis that provides for a fleet mix sufficient, as determined by the Commandant—</text><subparagraph id="idb519d23c1772491085fae5171ca5b974"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out—</text><clause id="id315acf810bc04f37a5dff4ba697208c2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the missions of the Coast Guard; and</text></clause><clause id="id36ed17b97a5b44ea9cfe0899b412b42b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>emerging mission requirements; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9185a8e973584275a81537426a5cc1a9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to address—</text><clause id="id2c43557600cd42cf896842875d125612"><enum>(i)</enum><text>national security threats; and</text></clause><clause id="iddf3ef95641a84aef9810679ea13bcec4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the global deployment of the Coast Guard to counter great power competitors.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id814632877b064d34ab26fbcbfc1b4dae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the updated fleet mix analysis required by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id905d13b740dc46a89ba0246b98094afc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Shore infrastructure investment plan</header><paragraph id="id7849d1c6524449bc9b47290b02b4210f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall develop an updated shore infrastructure investment plan that includes—</text><subparagraph id="id204a7bb806594406a94242e486c5247e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction of additional facilities to accommodate the updated fleet mix described in subsection (a)(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd28c53e38fb44d2faef6abb0cfaaeb22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improvements necessary to ensure that existing facilities meet requirements and remain operational for the lifespan of such fleet mix, including necessary improvements to information technology infrastructure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a4cbce40bb14a6f9c8cc4563b78ffcc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a timeline for the construction and improvement of the facilities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3284183946b4e1bac9bc7dec57b2796"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a cost estimate for construction and life-cycle support of such facilities, including for necessary personnel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd07d0b0860554813bf974c240224b96f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the report under subsection (a)(2) is submitted, the Commandant shall submit to Congress a report on the plan required by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1319bca174ad48e2807178772e7b1786"><enum>203.</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="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4bad5aab80004c32a70400638268bed5"><paragraph id="id054e32bd0ad24975ac01b24d3c1a6609"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of estimates</header><text>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—</text><subparagraph id="idd252dbfe2e92411daded8750981c1b56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such life-cycle cost estimates to be updated before—</text><clause id="id53fabdf9c6f441ad802ef11a6ba07d69"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each milestone decision is concluded; and</text></clause><clause id="id11164da3db62410582f74c59b794edf2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project or program enters a new acquisition phase; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id774ac4bda38f4c63b645c9d5a7dd8bde"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an independent cost estimate or independent cost assessment, as appropriate, to be developed to validate such life-cycle cost estimates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ida1cd3c55982647f59f1a15ff81a97252"><enum>204.</enum><header>Report and briefing on resourcing strategy for Western Pacific Region</header><subsection id="id3b1951322d7c4d0cabb8a642d22d34df"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="idBC6CAD3B51314760AA39BE60991F0295"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in consultation with the Coast Guard Commander of the Pacific Area, the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, 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 outlining the Coast Guard’s resourcing needs to achieve optimum operations in the Western Pacific region.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8fb68eacbd48444aa08522288e9bde57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id5d6bedb7378f415395508a4b7e52a758"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of the risks and associated needs—</text><clause id="id0eed098b519545918ce6d81f0adb34c3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to United States strategic maritime interests, in particular such interests in areas west of the International Date Line, including risks to bilateral maritime partners of the United States, posed by not fully staffing and equipping Coast Guard operations in the Western Pacific region;</text></clause><clause id="idbfb6578b2f3a41adaaa333144edcf793"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the Coast Guard mission and force posed by not fully staffing and equipping Coast Guard operations in the Western Pacific region; and</text></clause><clause id="id6850b33b3d1544bd9f0c22c8185cbc35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to support the call of the President, as set forth in the Indo-Pacific Strategy, to expand Coast Guard presence and cooperation in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands, with a focus on advising, training, deployment, and capacity-building.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87b19d5af75b4fa2802bec890c92f565"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the additional resources, including shoreside resources, required to fully implement the needs described in subparagraph (A), including the United States commitment to bilateral fisheries law enforcement in the Pacific Ocean.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb757378529c468abcd3822664bc169b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the operational and personnel assets required and a dispersal plan for available and projected future Coast Guard cutters and aviation forces to conduct optimum operations in the Western Pacific region.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id047c3a4be0e94f0c8450aae7ffd49376"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An analysis with respect to whether a national security cutter or fast response cutter located at a United States military installation in a foreign country in the Western Pacific Region would enhance United States national security, partner country capacity building, and prevention and effective response to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f1eae3f99eb470d9064cf415d4750bd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of the benefits and associated costs involved in—</text><clause id="id6C613EC362E64EB6A7AC17C31A7AED3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>increasing staffing of Coast Guard personnel within the command elements of United States Indo-Pacific Command or subordinate commands; and </text></clause><clause id="id57BE6D97F9CE4D64A26CFA42FDDA65F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>designating a Coast Guard patrol force under the direct authority of the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command with associated forward-based assets and personnel.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ec9e3e98b104043bd1f645eba218aa9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An identification of any additional authority necessary, including proposals for legislative change, to meet the needs identified in accordance with subparagraphs (A) through (E) and any other mission requirement in the Western Pacific region.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id367e67058f404b0cbbe896c5eb19f149"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC27BADCD17B24795AB2017B1F86BCC29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Commandant submits the report under subsection (a), the Commandant, or a designated individual, shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the findings and conclusions of such report.</text></subsection></section><section id="id64a4a1885b5044479e2e45c7ba65adef"><enum>205.</enum><header>Study and report on national security and drug trafficking threats in the Florida Straits and Caribbean region, including Cuba</header><subsection id="idfc6e2bdd41cc4bd4972d9b234918e8ec"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall conduct a study on national security, drug trafficking, and other relevant threats as the Commandant considers appropriate, in the Florida Straits and Caribbean region, including Cuba.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6e47b111a6284209a1d49ae024865305"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id02b685e8bc504e5190541d9c5ab32d6a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text><subparagraph id="idcebade01dece4f6299e670a350af91a5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new technology and evasive maneuvers used by transnational criminal organizations to evade detection and interdiction by Coast Guard law enforcement units and interagency partners; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4d0bb7954fc42009189022cc7f6ffd3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>capability gaps of the Coast Guard with respect to—</text><clause id="idd7dd39c96f114abb987a48525a117c1a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the detection and interdiction of illicit drugs in the Florida Straits and Caribbean region, including Cuba; and</text></clause><clause id="id116d7e9b26204ede94e0c09b0c631e27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the detection of national security threats in such region.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id419b2f5f93604e4da4ec0bf1d02a86d4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An identification of—</text><subparagraph id="id2a927b9d0a934d07979ff110ec34abe2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the critical technological advancements required for the Coast Guard to meet current and anticipated threats in such region;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2942d717c3e242d38462c445d1e245b0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the capabilities required to enhance information sharing and coordination between the Coast Guard and interagency partners, foreign governments, and related civilian entities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd577b0e922b4b7389cd4bb4be4f9764"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any significant new or developing threat to the United States posed by illicit actors in such region.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaf5d61a6e10847d8a7591d97310a3842"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 results of the study under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id36cc5555224647eb9c26ae1a128ce289"><enum>206.</enum><header>Coast Guard Yard</header><subsection id="idff6a31e8d66241ad9bb4bd49609df544"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to the Coast Guard Yard, the purposes of the authorization under section 103(b) are—</text><paragraph id="idfb5346d5fc974044acf64b8ac242b786" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve resilience and capacity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc435fee612b4c6fab5341d58801a06d" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to maintain and expand Coast Guard organic manufacturing capacity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53259b44872d4faaaca62fefb81535e2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to expand training and recruitment;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideca41c4f729349b0a1d4bb8b8c26d5a5" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to enhance safety;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide015c00d6dc6447786b975a9fa2182a1" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to improve environmental compliance; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id457dc0970d2740ddacf84c8724bcc757"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to ensure that the Coast Guard Yard is prepared to meet the growing needs of the modern Coast Guard fleet.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideb885b4987d84f1295480c6f48ab7cd8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall ensure that the Coast Guard Yard receives improvements that include the following:</text><paragraph id="id606f715b68f245c4906b96cff0f323ec"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Facilities upgrades needed to improve resilience of the shipyard, its facilities, and associated infrastructure.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7107db25005465da826ce9d2942bf30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Acquisition of a large-capacity drydock.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0e46f0cda13464f996b9af12a6680f0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Improvements to piers and wharves, drydocks, and capital equipment utilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2d3ece5f37c4544ada041258fab1ff8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Environmental remediation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide342705772404ad08853a3a9f5432fc7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Construction of a new warehouse and paint facility.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca8495c38e6445a8a2a2c281a195e041"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Acquisition of a new travel lift.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6c92c0bb3aa4901b72164e803d94b9e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Dredging necessary to facilitate access to the Coast Guard Yard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id82e5c1859a784b5ba0a56bf1bf1bda44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Workforce development plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 workforce development plan that—</text><paragraph id="id46b2f59935224a878710312e4aa9911a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>outlines the workforce needs of the Coast Guard Yard with respect to civilian employees and active duty members of the Coast Guard, including engineers, individuals engaged in trades, cyber specialists, and other personnel necessary to meet the evolving mission set of the Coast Guard Yard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3729551b4cc44e8c89382a92464e2b6e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes recommendations for Congress with respect to the authorities, training, funding, and civilian and active-duty recruitment, including the recruitment of women and underrepresented minorities, necessary to meet workforce needs of the Coast Guard Yard for the 10-year period beginning on the date of submission of the plan.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0799ddcd404b44f58f5aae0ae92387f2"><enum>207.</enum><header>Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts and grants to procure cost-effective technology for mission needs</header><subsection id="id5d768b9a68ef43f3af5ff74004e74bb7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter III of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ad141d54d38411f9bea3185cbdd560e"><section id="id71C415AA67F84686B5BD12D974D32563"><enum>1158.</enum><header>Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts and grants to procure cost-effective, advanced technology for mission-critical needs</header><subsection id="id7b364f3b3bb44b3da2de1a9b46b64b23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Commandant may enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) to develop prototypes for, and to operate and procure, cost-effective technology for the purpose of meeting the mission needs of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection><subsection id="ideb09e8ff49774b49829fa9da74f81f77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procurement and acquisition</header><text>Procurement or acquisition of technologies under subsection (a) shall be—</text><paragraph id="id6f2eadaf0ff643b68fe00f2a02127478"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carried out in accordance with this title and Coast Guard policies and guidance; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e380772510c4a64bd86d5d680bedfe0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consistent with the operational requirements of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id48b83279577c4464b147bcbd5e88f1d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><paragraph id="id34b6d1559ccf4f0b88706a93deef69d4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant may not enter into a transaction under subsection (a) with respect to a technology that—</text><subparagraph id="idda207107fb834b158d14df1ead3cc95c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not comply with the cybersecurity standards of the Coast Guard; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41448504f35a43e0a37b99d09e1c1d99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is sourced from an entity domiciled in the People’s Republic of China, unless the Commandant determines that the prototype, operation, or procurement of such a technology is for the purpose of—</text><clause id="id70906514cd7941ada9595d20ab37ece3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>counter-UAS operations, surrogate testing, or training; or</text></clause><clause id="idfb182347da604040b1298f1eac987bc0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>intelligence, electronic warfare, and information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6c8192760ea4c9c8c2dcdf241d34851"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Commandant may waive the application under paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the appropriate committees of Congress that the prototype, operation, or procurement of the applicable technology is in the national interests of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd3c3fef540ab4658b68f2cb549acea6a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Education and training</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that management, technical, and contracting personnel of the Coast Guard involved in the award or administration of transactions under this section, or other innovative forms of contracting, are provided opportunities for adequate education and training with respect to the authority under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id54ab10e6df1d41258c165e1e769f80ce"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="idd92e3f8c3e4b4027b5f51842fb84b118"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Commandant shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that—</text><subparagraph id="id44757789b0e34aea92990fe4a8f9fa6b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the use of the authority pursuant to this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id018743a6f52247aeb453b3d2effd9e90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assesses the mission and operational benefits of such authority.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id577b5ce7308f4cb898a1c4dc30b77242"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate committees of congress defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id75f89b54eac04b71be1df94b1a1f3875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4038b02168641759104d8d49211788a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e9db5369d90470194560b7a3b40458f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Commandant shall prescribe regulations as necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2659cc83eabf47a3b8d7a9a53b4cf2cf"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions of unmanned aircraft, unmanned aircraft system, and counter-UAS</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>unmanned aircraft</term>, <term>unmanned aircraft system</term>, and <term>counter-UAS</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5ba8449fe16f44b4b012662b3ca082d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF89517152E044171AB88497E7BCB13A6"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">1158. Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts and grants to procure cost-effective technology for mission needs.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idC6C623D72EA6484491FF42F07343D280"><enum>208.</enum><header>Improvements to infrastructure and operations planning</header><subsection id="ida612403c46b54c0592b7e4fb95fe8970"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall incorporate the most recent oceanic and atmospheric data relating to the increasing rates of extreme weather, including flooding, into planning scenarios for Coast Guard infrastructure and mission deployments with respect to all Coast Guard Missions.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf3990669be3f4ae8b7ec9b4cc6d51814"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id35c22ac78b134614afbda15ccd088e82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to ensure the incorporation of the most recent environmental and climatic data; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c822468b433435d8696634ba59fd18d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>request technical assistance and advice from the Under Secretary in planning scenarios, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2803cf32f1f549fc8ae2aae64696b850" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the manner in which the best-available science from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been incorporated into at least 1 key mission area of the Coast Guard, and the lessons learned from so doing.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id5ee86a6d61c544f1994484c2806d7395"><enum>B</enum><header>Great Lakes</header><section id="idb5ccf907119c4a88ae22ac137f9db068"><enum>211.</enum><header>Great Lakes winter commerce</header><subsection id="id8af16c8ba5a84f5fbb8dff155cc839c0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter IV of <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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2d9374500a64e63aa832e5683c35bc3"><section id="idB85E515EB396411786965E70AD07415E"><enum>564.</enum><header>Great Lakes icebreaking operations</header><subsection id="id90f9aa9468da4da89785e9495762ba86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>GAO report</header><paragraph id="id6d3f3fd6b9384a7e90a292b819b6bc1f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, 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 the Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91245110c1eb40f19f27d682a9d35186"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id90e941a86f4b42ef87606061c4e6dfb6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An evaluation of the economic impact of vessel delays or cancellations associated with ice coverage on the Great Lakes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc59a6d2f54574d798760fb81530807b5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An evaluation of mission needs of the Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd5e9b94f4a145bf9787af969fc8b115"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An evaluation of the impact that the proposed standards described in subsection (b) would have on—</text><clause id="id990becf6600149b39a89ba2007172a58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Coast Guard operations in the Great Lakes;</text></clause><clause id="id71a5e129368b46639d81c770bc4beb49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Northeast icebreaking missions; and</text></clause><clause id="idb916e4ffdd794e429bbdf6972b78a06d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>inland waterway operations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9b870e45b1a44e595154cbc1786c61b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A fleet mix analysis for meeting such proposed standards.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7af4471fd893462fb7425cc2e333b741"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A description of the resources necessary to support the fleet mix resulting from such fleet mix analysis, including for crew and operating costs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a4d4829163c401aa0d68f8a3267deed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Recommendations to the Commandant for improvements to the Great Lakes icebreaking program, including with respect to facilitating commerce and meeting all Coast Guard mission needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc1538dc13b814a5d9b8f737bfebe2336"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proposed standards for icebreaking operations</header><text>The proposed standards described in this subsection are the following:</text><paragraph id="idd73b2e5885bd456b8cff386095395bf8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commandant shall keep ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes open to navigation during not less than 90 percent of the hours that commercial vessels and ferries attempt to transit such ice-covered waterways.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id984c760437dd4f82be20fa82dc75fdba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In a year in which the Great Lakes are not open to navigation because of ice of a thickness that occurs on average only once every 10 years, the Commandant shall keep ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes open to navigation during not less than 70 percent of the hours that commercial vessels and ferries attempt to transit such ice-covered waterways.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd5b57c6891054248ac24bf6a82ac3f60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report by commandant</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Comptroller General submits the report under subsection (a), 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><paragraph id="id0716154cceb3482b81f232ff4d56e01a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A plan for Coast Guard implementation of any recommendation made by the Comptroller General under subparagraph (F) of subsection (a)(2) the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6e46e71e6bc4fd794d67277734c13cd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to any recommendation made under such subparagraph that the Commandant declines to implement, a justification for such decision.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e5d158c137544a799f3e3f4e0dd03c6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A review of, and a proposed implementation plan for, the results of the fleet mix analysis under subparagraph (D) of that subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd252e9a86e2a4de5931a7ec195559f93"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any proposed modifications to the standards for icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDA238F0F56EA4DEFA753F720DB190FB5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id3DA89F823DA14C4B8BC792DC4890BFF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial vessel</header><text>The term <term>commercial vessel</term> means any privately owned cargo vessel operating in the Great Lakes during the winter season of at least 500 tons, as measured under section 14502 of title 46, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of such title, as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of such title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE4A95D8CD694A908456FD44661BAF44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Great Lakes</header><text>The term <term>Great Lakes</term> means the United States waters of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, their connecting waterways, and their adjacent harbors.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B510F2170414CE4ADA0DCE5AAAFB846"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ice-covered waterway</header><text>The term <term>ice-covered waterway</term> means any portion of the Great Lakes in which commercial vessels 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="id11CE8400AFC24FB2987488E23EA4DA42"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Open to navigation</header><text>The term <term>open to navigation</term> means navigable to the extent necessary, in no particular order of priority—</text><subparagraph id="id0B03E1EAAC8F440682CFBE51C6360CB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to extricate vessels and individuals from danger;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69D41DF360F4457FB42D6EBC9D9123CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prevent damage due to flooding;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EB1393751004DF2A5EF37B4E60BE3A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to meet the reasonable demands of commerce;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC4830D170ECD43038A101CFBAD2EDB5E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to minimize delays to passenger ferries; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12A98AD9A3DF47DFB9CDB36B295DF86C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to conduct other Coast Guard missions as required.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB59B28CAAFD64C69955EC39ECCF4C2E1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reasonable demands of commerce</header><text>The term <term>reasonable demands of commerce</term> means the safe movement of commercial vessels and ferries transiting ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes, regardless of type of cargo, at a speed consistent with the design capability of Coast Guard icebreakers operating in the Great Lakes and appropriate to the ice capability of the commercial vessel.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ida97dd720a88444c9b8123508e3a2bd8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12A35CC9EA5A42DFA53EF1D129AE3097"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">564. Great Lakes icebreaking operations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id2d326fc60cf848c3b0caeb695b58a987" commented="no"><enum>212.</enum><header>Database on icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes</header><subsection id="idd1e59a80b7414053bc075192341d2839"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall establish and maintain a database for collecting, archiving, and disseminating data on icebreaking operations and commercial vessel and ferry transit in the Great Lakes during ice season.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc133c3b09752408f8b69ebcf778f559b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The database required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="idcc7af2ca10174ebf8fbf117cbb00f584"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Attempts by commercial vessels and ferries to transit ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes that are unsuccessful because of inadequate icebreaking.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee86734896b943f8821b2f9a06149f47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The period of time that each commercial vessel or ferry was unsuccessful at so transiting due to inadequate icebreaking.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id61098a0b8b954182a2a2fb96684060a2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The amount of time elapsed before each such commercial vessel or ferry was successfully broken out of the ice and whether it was accomplished by the Coast Guard or by commercial icebreaking assets.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9d9d77384994cac8affbae0df6d4bff"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Relevant communications of each such commercial vessel or ferry with the Coast Guard and with commercial icebreaking services during such period.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idede4ff7f77a04a45840ee23523aa1942"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of any mitigating circumstance, such as Coast Guard icebreaker diversions to higher priority missions, that may have contributed to the amount of time described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id556fa91fdaba4a55b61e80df46e8555a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Voluntary reporting</header><text>Any reporting by operators of commercial vessels or ferries under this section shall be voluntary.</text></subsection><subsection id="idfbe95eae982342f2b21c1a66f4c74f29"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Commandant shall make the database available to the public on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1a109de3a004408c95d195513c04f23e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation with industry</header><text>With respect to the Great Lakes icebreaking operations of the Coast Guard and the development of the database required under subsection (a), the Commandant shall consult operators of commercial vessels and ferries.</text></subsection><subsection id="id97238171a8204da3a697b022fc131a9c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id655a73e546054e4d9c0e97149c145c4f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial vessel</header><text>The term <term>commercial vessel</term> means any privately owned cargo vessel operating in the Great Lakes during the winter season of at least 500 tons, as measured under section 14502 of title 46, United States Code, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of such title, as prescribed by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating under section 14104 of such title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38dc784c42d042c48e7e16f6b1a62d65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Great lakes</header><text>The term <term>Great Lakes</term> means the United States waters of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, their connecting waterways, and their adjacent harbors.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0510506724ba41b88b147229df1dbc1d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ice-covered waterway</header><text>The term <term>ice-covered waterway</term> means any portion of the Great Lakes in which commercial vessels 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="id3e86995b6e8e470a884ef09e49c1be6c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Open to navigation</header><text>The term <term>open to navigation</term> means navigable to the extent necessary, in no particular order of priority—</text><subparagraph id="idfe737550437c4ad5aa2804b6ac68887b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to extricate vessels and individuals from danger;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91e97e7d7be645028828538eb72f75de"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prevent damage due to flooding;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb872ca8628524383ab2801e8f4a71c14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to meet the reasonable demands of commerce;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf14d7941e52e485691979a3f19bff68b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to minimize delays to passenger ferries; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1fe831eb5e8c4a44806d90e16cd9a942"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to conduct other Coast Guard missions as required.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9878304d80d646fd8b0baa7b71e8bae2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reasonable demands of commerce</header><text>The term <term>reasonable demands of commerce</term> means the safe movement of commercial vessels and ferries transiting ice-covered waterways in the Great Lakes, regardless of type of cargo, at a speed consistent with the design capability of Coast Guard icebreakers operating in the Great Lakes and appropriate to the ice capability of the commercial vessel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91150f5106fb4482842d0a3a2678ad72"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Public report</header><text>Not later than July 1 after the first winter in which the Commandant is subject to the requirements of section 564 of title 14, United States Code, the Commandant shall publish on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard a report on the cost to the Coast Guard of meeting the requirements of that section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id695c7d48a07b48939c65db223d483b42"><enum>213.</enum><header>Great Lakes snowmobile acquisition plan</header><subsection id="id2e5b7e52b47841b9abea2ca831957c8f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall develop a plan to expand snowmobile procurement for Coast Guard units at which snowmobiles may improve ice rescue response times while maintaining the safety of Coast Guard personnel engaged in search and rescue. The plan must include consideration of input from Officers in Charge, Commanding Officers, and Commanders of impacted units.</text></subsection><subsection id="id14ebbc7d69e746fb99f2d77ca93abe81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The plan required by subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id2FA27E2DB8244952B1A2E24AEF5CDF1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a consideration of input from officers in charge, commanding officers, and commanders of affected Coast Guard units; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8E568478C344DD3B4566A5B316EBA3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed description of the estimated costs of procuring, maintaining, and training members of the Coast Guard at affected units to use snowmobiles; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7396193A617C4459B37E6682C6FDF76F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of—</text><subparagraph id="id353e0e1ede384cefb058f9707cc0b14b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the degree to which snowmobiles may improve ice rescue response times while maintaining the safety of Coast Guard personnel engaged in search and rescue;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1280586003e94575b6585c4da58e03a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the operational capabilities of a snowmobile, as compared to an airboat, and a force laydown assessment with respect to the assets needed for effective operations at Coast Guard units conducting ice rescue activities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37382b5e826f47859f7f450c9acfeceb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the potential risks to members of the Coast Guard and members of the public posed by the use of snowmobiles by members of the Coast Guard for ice rescue activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb0f84716a1ff4c938c75204d6ca796ec"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall finalize the plan required by subsection (a) and make the plan available on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection></section><section id="idd115b6235b16422397d36fbbc8e3052e"><enum>214.</enum><header>Great Lakes barge inspection exemption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3302(m) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0e47cb805b3d4ed6b061bef634b59955"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or a Great Lakes barge</quote> after <quote>seagoing barge</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65039f89d8704001b8af7e623a16be9b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 3301(6) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (6) or (13) of section 3301 of this title</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id0a7cc04dc0c944d8b146dc91eb705507"><enum>215.</enum><header>Study on sufficiency of Coast Guard aviation assets to meet mission demands</header><subsection id="id0daf31ef2fde44749f91eb0e2e289ba9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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—</text><paragraph id="id10707C26541443868D7D8CE0DE299E8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the force laydown of Coast Guard aviation assets; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6D13E02E1FDF48CE825BC817453DC276"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any geographic gaps in coverage by Coast Guard assets in areas in which the Coast Guard has search and rescue responsibilities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id394c6b43f17b44b1a714183c25f1a92e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id5f098f31e4694c2899b362cf6bf35d17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The distance, time, and weather challenges that MH–65 and MH–60 units may face in reaching the outermost limits of the area of operation of Coast Guard District 9 for which such units are responsible.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba80054c4ec74cd0b8fca18d18d19927"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the advantages that Coast Guard fixed-wing assets, or an alternate rotary wing asset, would offer to the outermost limits of any area of operation for purposes of search and rescue, law enforcement, ice operations, and logistical missions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id161b27f8e0f541f5b073ab156ed164b5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A comparison of advantages and disadvantages of the manner in which each of the Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft would operate in the outermost limits of any area of operation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9695a0e399c8446fb66a8ab10a976c42" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A specific assessment of the coverage gaps, including gaps in fixed-wing coverage, and potential solutions to address such gaps in the area of operation of Coast Guard District 9, including the eastern region of such area of operation. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id70DCF2B0EC6C4093830241546CEB1F3A" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Arctic</header><section id="id098101a6c29a42928a502a699702e8ef"><enum>221.</enum><header>Establishment of the Arctic Security Cutter Program Office</header><subsection id="id2c29c2d0a6064c81950fba7f0187e415"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall establish a program office for the acquisition of the Arctic Security Cutter to expedite the evaluation of requirements and initiate design of a vessel class critical to the national security of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="idefd757655b4b4d25b6187cb15b522570"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Design phase</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall initiate the design phase of the Arctic Security Cutter vessel class.</text></subsection><subsection id="id619ab615d1e94501b1d79db9125f9213"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Quarterly briefings</header><text>Not less frequently than quarterly until the date on which the contract for acquisition of the Arctic Security Cutter is awarded, the Commandant shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the status of requirements evaluations, design of the vessel, and schedule of the program.</text></subsection></section><section id="id4f006a83c71f410598e6a3e314e4e08d"><enum>222.</enum><header>Arctic activities</header><subsection id="id95582ea823ea49e7bf1b7059795394e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id99a013ab48bd4c4b91e6210e3e7eb4a1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate committees of Congress</header><text>The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id521a32cd7c9b432c9d7407ad589551d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd771cd3a97114ea4a6184c6c51bc4e86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59603e4624df46b5820f34d2cb379355"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Arctic</header><text>The term <term>Arctic</term> has the meaning given such term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4111">15 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8a4cb6ab567741ec958cd35ddfe90e8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Arctic operational implementation report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that describes the ability and timeline to conduct a transit of the Northern Sea Route and periodic transits of the Northwest Passage.</text></subsection></section><section id="id474d343696454a3ba84ad5094ad794ed"><enum>223.</enum><header>Study on Arctic operations and infrastructure</header><subsection id="id00ee1e65281c4fa588094b319fbe39b7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on the Arctic operations and infrastructure of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0c85ae4eb09c4205bef04a4fdbf29257"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required under subsection (a) shall assess the following:</text><paragraph id="idd264fcc0b3234ef0a8c75a9b90f132a5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The extent of the collaboration between the Coast Guard and the Department of Defense to assess, manage, and mitigate security risks in the Arctic region.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideecbac033a124f48b759c0ed6c359837"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Actions taken by the Coast Guard to manage risks to Coast Guard operations, infrastructure, and workforce planning in the Arctic.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2f636542c77149c8aebbf6dc67c062be"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The plans the Coast Guard has in place for managing and mitigating the risks to commercial maritime operations and the environment in the Arctic region.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0d5ae91a34a74b84838d6e5f9dc07fb2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id909d5515efb04a73ae904a07328de741"><enum>D</enum><header>Maritime cyber and artificial intelligence</header><section id="id49295f16a4a544a993bbd7802557002d"><enum>231.</enum><header>Enhancing maritime cybersecurity</header><subsection id="id7c4063057bb747568e3cc8988346de0b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id90b312ba312047079f09ac747ee6cfa9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cyber incident</header><text>The term <term>cyber incident</term>—</text><subparagraph id="id633561ac4bdd4734b9c171b9c502bc53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an event occurring on or conducted through a computer network that actually or imminently jeopardizes the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of computers, information or communications systems or networks, physical or virtual infrastructure controlled by computers or information systems, or information resident thereon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f2476cc440e434cb514e8d356dedc03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a vulnerability in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited by a threat source.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7fd73d02688a4d8a9290cd001ab2c63c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maritime operators</header><text>The term <term>maritime operators</term> means the owners or operators of vessels engaged in commercial service, the owners or operators of port facilities, and port authorities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id249b681419994e6f83bac2d02bca06ea"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Significant cyber incident</header><text>The term <term>significant cyber incident</term> means a cyber incident that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines is (or group of related cyber incidents that together are) likely to result in demonstrable harm to the national security interests, foreign relations, or economy of the United States or to public confidence, civil liberties, or public health and safety of the people of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id15dbab92d0d043c49289ce4d5a5a8d90"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Port facilities</header><text>The term <term>port facilities</term> has the meaning given the term <term>facility</term> in section 70101 of title 46.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id66dfa3d686204e299c2d87e2b1d35dba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public availability of cybersecurity tools and resources</header><paragraph id="idc4f8d11c2ee746e887083aacce3a2a78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in coordination with the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall identify and make available to the public a list of tools and resources, including the resources of the Coast Guard and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, designed to assist maritime operators in identifying, detecting, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from significant cyber incidents.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide754c798e0cf454682b9cb44deb9a090"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall identify tools and resources that—</text><subparagraph id="ide971268590df49469946d707132ebd73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comply with the cybersecurity framework for improving critical infrastructure established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58ddfcce65294d868a9ef095646cde16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use the guidelines on maritime cyber risk management issued by the International Maritime Organization on July 5, 2017 (or successor guidelines).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id50399cbd115f44d79a4e2469fd0f2a0f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><subparagraph id="idd17bbad36af1483d86b8f04d585ccbb6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may consult with maritime operators, other Federal agencies, industry stakeholders, and cybersecurity experts to identify tools and resources for purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcbe92fdafeb341ada57a7db236533ae6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inapplicability of FACA</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the consultation described in subparagraph (A) or to any other action in support of the implementation of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1d21ed1ecd2d4e84b635abb5c5f5dfa4" commented="no"><enum>232.</enum><header>Establishment of unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project</header><subsection id="id4bbf717d09724450a9c4f59678cc3ec0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 319 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida314fb91aed44df4ab605a879038b273"><section id="id1C2579040738474DA395B5B371C10455"><enum>319.</enum><header>Unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project</header><subsection id="id672fd48b815a48809c0898fa94992ddf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unmanned system program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish, under the control of the Commandant, an unmanned system program for the use by the Coast Guard of land-based, cutter-based, and aircraft-based unmanned systems for the purpose of increasing effectiveness and efficiency of mission execution.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbf88281a407148909025f816c469099d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Autonomous control and computer vision technology project</header><paragraph id="id2ca491efc825447ea7a2139b0c4950f5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall conduct a project to retrofit 2 or more existing Coast Guard small boats deployed at operational units with—</text><subparagraph id="id45c66a80817346b38969bcb5b34c9c96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commercially available autonomous control and computer vision technology; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65c9770cc3a74a4e971735e0eb59b754"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sensors and methods of communication as are necessary to control, and technology to assist in conducting, search and rescue, surveillance, and interdiction missions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id195ab84deafb4a7fade8804ac5deb6c3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>As part of the project required by paragraph (1), the Commandant shall collect and evaluate field-collected operational data from the retrofit described in that paragraph so as to inform future requirements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb563f1fc3d5f4c59bb8e26b46b3d243b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the project required under paragraph (1) is completed, the Commandant shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the project that includes an evaluation of the data collected from the project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcef807b4a7fb47ebaa3a1d7678f98609"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Unmanned system defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>unmanned system</term> means—</text><paragraph id="idb5a65e24972c4fe38f98932036a2da37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an unmanned aircraft system (as defined in section 331 of the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/95">Public Law 112–95</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44802">49 U.S.C. 44802</external-xref> note));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcbf2a83a863744b89691083312496bac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an unmanned marine surface system; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1897dd0308774ba4bfe7e061be6f9739"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an unmanned marine subsurface system.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id77abb5a8a54d404daaaf16a4e72e092c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost assessment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall provide to Congress an estimate of the costs associated with implementing the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id312c915d396045f59ff0dca2d0d3c241"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 319 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC682790B99544A392B2B42EB99929EE"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">319. Unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id34481520505f46cb9761b53d32efed06"><enum>233.</enum><header>Artificial intelligence strategy</header><subsection id="idd93fba2c0fd74110a6c44bfaf7c63412"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of activities</header><paragraph id="id0981f183c3404176a9afb48d8c9c1604"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall establish a set of activities to coordinate the efforts of the Coast Guard to develop and mature artificial intelligence technologies and transition such technologies into operational use where appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf5793aab5c2144f0be7778b59b5f5d1a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emphasis</header><text>The set of activities established under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id3cf390845ffd4b8fbc4365c6897d944f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply artificial intelligence and machine-learning solutions to operational and mission-support problems; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a9f6a23f5f445b8bf5e320b0375ebaa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate activities involving artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities within the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8fe581343ac944bf80a634e86d3cd601"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designated official</header><paragraph id="id868e69a87a664162a8f355cd9e726c68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall designate a senior official of the Coast Guard (referred to in this section as the <quote>designated official</quote>) with the principal responsibility for the coordination of activities relating to the development and demonstration of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide688e909e2f44e9a9cbc5154ecde9758"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><subparagraph id="id3ead38cce7134be1be44711af1eb5278" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><clause id="idf6edb60708894438832282de8274c443" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The designated official shall develop a detailed strategic plan to develop, mature, adopt, and transition artificial intelligence technologies into operational use where appropriate.</text></clause><clause id="idcd1b01d2b7894ef9a505585fa01e2396" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The plan required by clause (i) shall include the following:</text><subclause id="idd0083a4c250a437484df5d88cc2a825e" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A strategic roadmap for the identification and coordination of the development and fielding of artificial intelligence technologies and key enabling capabilities.</text></subclause><subclause id="idbbd015b140a84010b38dce8004e658a2" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The continuous evaluation and adaptation of relevant artificial intelligence capabilities developed by the Coast Guard and by other organizations for military missions and business operations.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2ab836b2d8244f589582971c67341a70" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In developing the plan required by clause (i), the designated official shall coordinate and engage with the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id879FEA8902C04933A0DE725E4DFB224E"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Submission to Commandant</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the designated official shall submit to the Commandant the plan developed under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05f908160b754b319799d49110a0b9fd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Governance and oversight of artificial intelligence and machine learning policy</header><text>The designated official shall regularly convene appropriate officials of the Coast Guard—</text><clause id="id470ad7c0ba49444f9ba15c9a77180d68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to integrate the functional activities of the Coast Guard with respect to artificial intelligence and machine learning;</text></clause><clause id="idf51a0f6f9a9b403fa21edf767118fbd9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to ensure that there are efficient and effective artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities throughout the Coast Guard; and</text></clause><clause id="idde9a270d6ddc47638ec8136be468bd8b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to develop and continuously improve research, innovation, policy, joint processes, and procedures to facilitate the development, acquisition, integration, advancement, oversight, and sustainment of artificial intelligence and machine learning throughout the Coast Guard.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id495c92f2027e4cbaa8f3b5e4d039e99d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acceleration of development and fielding of artificial intelligence</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Commandant, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, shall—</text><paragraph id="id45622bb6d536424cbdd63aa7500915a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use the flexibility of regulations, personnel, acquisition, partnerships with industry and academia, or other relevant policies of the Coast Guard to accelerate the development and fielding of artificial intelligence capabilities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida65edfb73a5a499b90fb2ed67fa1fc01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure engagement with defense and private industries, research universities, and unaffiliated, nonprofit research institutions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id894c126186fb43fd868a304a0aeba689"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide technical advice and support to entities in the Coast Guard to optimize the use of artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies to meet Coast Guard missions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf5dba98466744e4db216716420597d5b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support the development of requirements for artificial intelligence capabilities that address the highest priority capability gaps of the Coast Guard and technical feasibility;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id067731a018de476d82a6c6e43f9d0b58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>develop and support capabilities for technical analysis and assessment of threat capabilities based on artificial intelligence;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b3ebf8ff8b1498dafd9538125f5d2bd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identify the workforce and capabilities needed to support the artificial intelligence capabilities and requirements of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf44f1c3ad7124d129bda242f23020e23"><enum>(7)</enum><text>develop classification guidance for all artificial intelligence-related activities of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idac58e7c18329404cbcc6a787e2f39852"><enum>(8)</enum><text>work with appropriate officials to develop appropriate ethical, legal, and other policies for the Coast Guard governing the development and use of artificial intelligence-enabled systems and technologies in operational situations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2e9f5ad5be64a90b26e67543b1550e7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>ensure—</text><subparagraph id="idc9f6ad386490473fb80bf944ece3c56d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that artificial intelligence programs of the Coast Guard are consistent with this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9a2e845fcfb24ded9443bf3a6afded0e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appropriate coordination of artificial intelligence activities of the Coast Guard with interagency, industry, and international efforts relating to artificial intelligence, including relevant participation in standards-setting bodies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5a3d21d790b24bdca5d48f3d2110f438"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><paragraph id="idb275aff7a3ec4076a93954150854df9d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall develop a strategic plan to develop, mature, adopt, and transition artificial intelligence technologies into operational use where appropriate, that is informed by the plan developed by the designated official under subsection (b)(2)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0501AC663D8E49889BBACA43C087F6D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id467EF5C39578495F83B55519154DA801"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each element described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43a11d89e64c4d6c9fd9db434d627c3d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A consideration of the identification, adoption, and procurement of artificial intelligence technologies for use in operational and mission support activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idddec4dc9f68749e4af60b90b48dccce3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In developing the plan required by paragraph (1), the Commandant shall coordinate and engage with the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, defense and private industries, research universities, and unaffiliated, nonprofit research institutions. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3A4271B4DB34780A6EDCD60AFE59119"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 the plan developed under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id181605459f7f49cfb1e675a4da528de0"><enum>234.</enum><header>Review of artificial intelligence applications and establishment of performance metrics</header><subsection id="id74f99de95e5e45ee927bdc0e464475c3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id7f6dbc0afd134df9997fee52d525afdc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the potential applications of artificial intelligence and digital technology to the platforms, processes, and operations of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc32cc1fbd6c43ada10771f688ffd649"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify the resources necessary to improve the use of artificial intelligence and digital technology in such platforms, processes, and operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide944bcee679f407bb2b99db823079a4c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish performance objectives and accompanying metrics for the incorporation of artificial intelligence and digital readiness into such platforms, processes, and operations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idffd89461d8e24ee5aaf59f38a34ad3c0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance objectives and accompanying metrics</header><paragraph id="id97a72f1bc4724e88890d3f2ee975fed8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Skill gaps</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Commandant shall—</text><subparagraph id="id31fe339098334ea89097410a407bb6b3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of—</text><clause id="idee305277b3fd4b55922d0e86619d6694"><enum>(i)</enum><text>skill gaps in the fields of software development, software engineering, data science, and artificial intelligence;</text></clause><clause id="id0c8a422f7d614c698829bc5051b801f3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the qualifications of civilian personnel needed for both management and specialist tracks in such fields; and</text></clause><clause id="id090b220657a045d99a302a191d537134"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the qualifications of military personnel (officer and enlisted) needed for both management and specialist tracks in such fields; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide5b0cf682f5242918338ab59d68f797c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish recruiting, training, and talent management performance objectives and accompanying metrics for achieving and maintaining staffing levels needed to fill identified gaps and meet the needs of the Coast Guard for skilled personnel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5e890def1ed46e79d4727a34121d86e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>AI modernization activities</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Commandant, with support from the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, shall—</text><subparagraph id="id92bf64ec1d7d4fdea1c6d68918c238a5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assess investment by the Coast Guard in artificial intelligence innovation, science and technology, and research and development;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf986e240c2984630a31ed887475d3afa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess investment by the Coast Guard in test and evaluation of artificial intelligence capabilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf702e3c2e5384872ab7da52b6b65fa23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assess the integration of, and the resources necessary to better use artificial intelligence in wargames, exercises, and experimentation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idec3f5deb673a4cdebf24c6e7270637d2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assess the application of, and the resources necessary to better use, artificial intelligence in logistics and sustainment systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide97567c227914a4ab2a07028d216103b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assess the integration of, and the resources necessary to better use, artificial intelligence for administrative functions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24aee050bf7646059ccd435714d0f993"><enum>(F)</enum><text>establish performance objectives and accompanying metrics for artificial intelligence modernization activities of the Coast Guard; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6e863e975ab141a5b69969312a940d6b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify the resources necessary to effectively use artificial intelligence to carry out the missions of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0046c0c49aef4d44b9f3368c429c5f8f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the completion of the review required by subsection (a)(1), the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on—</text><paragraph id="id3f717759af9f4f79a5c0a699b7ab0b99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of the Commandant with respect to such review and any action taken or proposed to be taken by the Commandant, and the resources necessary to address such findings;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e6a2025b48d46268528a096ed9d62c7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the performance objectives and accompanying metrics established under subsections (a)(3) and (b)(1)(B); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dfeb0618e6f4a1690c6766ddc7a968e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any recommendation with respect to proposals for legislative change necessary to successfully implement artificial intelligence applications within the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ide5644f73ddff4ebc82c8650cdb9f3173"><enum>235.</enum><header>Cyber data management</header><subsection id="id7c85727010cb4032a8aa4e033adc9826"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant, in coordination with the Commander of United States Cyber Command, and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, shall—</text><paragraph id="id34ddc125cca54aafa769c90d58f801b4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop policies, processes, and operating procedures governing—</text><subparagraph id="idde7a6b2c6b2a4d00b55b488a1b92d5e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>access to and the ingestion, structure, storage, and analysis of information and data relevant to the Coast Guard Cyber Mission, including—</text><clause id="ida4d90ce1c7134832baee31067dd93500"><enum>(i)</enum><text>intelligence data relevant to Coast Guard missions;</text></clause><clause id="id0f65caae48244539b14f2de7588868c8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>internet traffic, topology, and activity data relevant to such missions; and</text></clause><clause id="id7fb4c956ce5542e4a6eb755b11bec94d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>cyber threat information relevant to such missions; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c42a44195104480acb8932e06886b06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>data management and analytic platforms relating to such missions; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa4e0dda3b9846fa87cf43e925807836"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate data management platforms referred to in paragraph (1)(B) to ensure that such platforms operate consistently with the Coast Guard Data Strategy.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb8aebc37db3240609590346455dbadcb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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—</text><paragraph id="idecc2bc99121049bfbf956a7a41c7c435"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the progress on the activities required by subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id524ccf3dbddd41139843642310e8e120"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any recommendation with respect to funding or additional authorities necessary, including proposals for legislative change, to improve Coast Guard cyber data management.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFD67C005C1BA4054AC0FBCC01A11D7E4"><enum>236.</enum><header>Data management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant shall develop data workflows and processes for the leveraging of mission-relevant data by the Coast Guard to enhance operational effectiveness and efficiency.</text></section><section id="id02c5f55c435349bab990b62f6ad38153"><enum>237.</enum><header>Study on cyber threats to the United States marine transportation system</header><subsection id="idae075b98ccdb4dd8a87a51fe23a8f248"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on cyber threats to the United States marine transportation system.</text></subsection><subsection id="id31ec633e57cd48599dd754aa9745dc4c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by paragraph (1) shall assess the following:</text><paragraph id="id5cebc292a929464096a6697c7c484b7d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The extent to which the Coast Guard, in collaboration with other Federal agencies, sets standards for the cybersecurity of facilities and vessels regulated under part 104, 105, or 106 of title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id727d1e355972492fb8f98272c9edba0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The manner in which the Coast Guard ensures cybersecurity standards are followed by port, vessel, and facility owners and operators. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B77A08D189240A688A06CB9380F3953"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The extent to which maritime sector-specific planning addresses cybersecurity, particularly for vessels and offshore platforms.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27499a0450924124b6d0bda8de34a533"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The manner in which the Coast Guard, other Federal agencies, and vessel and offshore platform operators exchange information regarding cyber risks.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5c460267eb654b088a43902ebd836abb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The extent to which the Coast Guard is developing and deploying cybersecurity specialists in port and vessel systems and collaborating with the private sector to increase the expertise of the Coast Guard with respect to cybersecurity.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08977f7b4a6042acadcf4706af18e41e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The cyber resource and workforce needs of the Coast Guard necessary to meet future mission demands.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3b0a5a9bed534ed4ad1743216de87ed2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit a report on the findings of the study to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection><subsection id="id314E99B99641466CA11C9C888AC4B8E7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of facility</header><text>In this section the term <term>facility</term> has the meaning given the term in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id0727fb4438e64aeeabc6ce782ce0c9c4"><enum>E</enum><header>Aviation</header><section id="id784a0af158f447aabb46c475c393110c"><enum>241.</enum><header>Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft: program authorization and eligible recipients</header><subsection id="id1f701b7c20f54e4b9b03bb006cfbb7b0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of <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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f43709f9cd1454fbe35b34cf2f30940"><section id="id94241EE9CDB34AB684104B51FEA5FB65"><enum>509.</enum><header>Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft</header><subsection id="id23da0dffa0a24f5fb21114107bf0f53d"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2db85c04d9284cb6b9927a9f8f3a4ecb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Coast Guard may establish a program to provide transportation on Coast Guard aircraft on a space-available basis to the categories of eligible individuals described in subsection (c) (in this section referred to as the <quote>program</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88928666e792400296542a35e1e437ef" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the program is established, the Commandant shall develop a policy for its operation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd680dac2da184ebbab165ef634568e67"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idd08f2d7649124d3bb12bfe5046cc0e04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commandant shall operate the program in a budget-neutral manner.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb145600544cb458b90f4c292753bd2cf" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id82D88F3599D146DB82D8D2A07DDBB124"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no additional funds may be used, or flight hours performed, for the purpose of providing transportation under the program. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idFC5798C26A5048EDA0948CEF6209CCA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Commandant may make de minimis expenditures of resources required for the administrative aspects of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id79f942171673487aab12336e49829cc8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Eligible individuals described in subsection (c) shall not be required to reimburse the Coast Guard for travel provided under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id98697abe4cc04c5e94e33b871bea0b59"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Subject to subsection (d), the categories of eligible individuals described in this subsection are the following:</text><paragraph id="id89ac30d42b8c4764828623ed2f7df69e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Members of the armed forces on active duty.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f1620fd86de4f518aa490eae8390f37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Members of the Selected Reserve who hold a valid Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id554f2339f1ef44bdba2b1b5941f40ebd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Retired members of a regular or reserve component of the armed forces, including retired members of reserve components who, but for being under the eligibility age applicable under section 12731 of title 10, would be eligible for retired pay under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/1223">chapter 1223</external-xref> of title 10.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id010cd823b3d645c3a07ec47bbee6078c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subject to subsection (f), veterans with a permanent service-connected disability rated as total.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcd0aef16d9a84d4692c0d58184952c60"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Such categories of dependents of individuals described in paragraphs (1) through (3) as the Commandant shall specify in the policy under subsection (a)(2), under such conditions and circumstances as the Commandant shall specify in such policy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbee3ddbdda2e432face699567cbbb6af"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Such other categories of individuals as the Commandant, in the discretion of the Commandant, considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd218933ef4ad4eba8e8a4a61ba971ff4"><enum>(d)</enum><text>In operating the program, the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id9bbd3d0e889d4809b8a6e2c4f922d3b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the sole discretion of the Commandant, establish an order of priority for transportation for categories of eligible individuals that is based on considerations of military necessity, humanitarian concerns, and enhancement of morale;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8e856455a524b928af8cf89ecf6a0ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>give priority in consideration of transportation to the demands of members of the armed forces in the regular components and in the reserve components on active duty and to the need to provide such members, and their dependents, a means of respite from such demands; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd8c1f57f40c40b98e46edc670a84685"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implement policies aimed at ensuring cost control (as required by subsection (b)) and the safety, security, and efficient processing of travelers, including limiting the benefit under the program to 1 or more categories of otherwise eligible individuals, as the Commandant considers necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfc8005e5be5f4b27bd04a00a94bcbba8"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idfa64cae0fcfd4253a9ebfee4786ad592"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), in establishing space-available transportation priorities under the program, the Commandant shall provide transportation for an individual described in paragraph (2), and a single dependent of the individual if needed to accompany the individual, at a priority level in the same category as the priority level for an unaccompanied dependent over the age of 18 years traveling on environmental and morale leave.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id83cfd68f6a124845ae32b1afb313644b" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (3), paragraph (1) applies with respect to an individual described in subsection (c)(3) who—</text><subparagraph id="idcc337a1c30a04cb78ae8e88949cea1fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>resides in or is located in a Commonwealth or possession of the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0db641570fce4b8fa6b181a4a9e702ad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is referred by a military or civilian primary care provider located in that Commonwealth or possession to a specialty care provider for services to be provided outside of that Commonwealth or possession.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id86573d82adfc48c2a1da5176ca9d71f4" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If an individual described in subsection (c)(3) is a retired member of a reserve component who is ineligible for retired pay under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/1223">chapter 1223</external-xref> of title 10 by reason of being under the eligibility age applicable under section 12731 of title 10, paragraph (1) applies to the individual only if the individual is also enrolled in the TRICARE program for certain members of the Retired Reserve authorized under section 1076e of title 10.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67fcfd22777841c1bca958be39572e27" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The priority for space-available transportation required by this subsection applies with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id19c763efedd94de0bc3fe6227f9ea5c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the travel from the Commonwealth or possession of the United States to receive the specialty care services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id763a632c830e457488bc99d1ff00a32e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the return travel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc626cfcc40504808827ef5bde4f90671" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In this subsection, the terms <quote>primary care provider</quote> and <quote>specialty care provider</quote> refer to a medical or dental professional who provides health care services under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/55">chapter 55</external-xref> of title 10.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb5a6905bc145482d9c7cc4892996e33d"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3cb7671bcb974989a3cf789bbaa15b02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Travel may not be provided under this section to a veteran eligible for travel pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (c) in priority over any member eligible for travel under paragraph (1) of that subsection or any dependent of such a member eligible for travel under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf0f8d9727494cbd8a07eeb42d91d41e" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (c)(4) may not be construed as—</text><subparagraph id="ida00965a420e442498fea50bdb59b245b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affecting or in any way imposing on the Coast Guard, any armed force, or any commercial entity with which the Coast Guard or an armed force contracts, an obligation or expectation that the Coast Guard or such armed force will retrofit or alter, in any way, military aircraft or commercial aircraft, or related equipment or facilities, used or leased by the Coast Guard or such armed force to accommodate passengers provided travel under such authority on account of disability; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7de57607f408436d94947da07d0cbb58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preempting the authority of an aircraft commander to determine who boards the aircraft and any other matters in connection with safe operation of the aircraft.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0acd4d7d2a5b4ef6ad317b8dc8ff0d6d"><enum>(g)</enum><text>The authority to provide transportation under the program is in addition to any other authority under law to provide transportation on Coast Guard aircraft on a space-available basis.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id80f6dc6aec054f7a9899f9de4fa8fd56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter I of <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="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2B70E44D4E94D248E72853D2D597FF5"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">509. Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id9f1b9cd7d7074a2c8556ddaa286ca47d"><enum>242.</enum><header>Report on Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hangar</header><subsection id="id3e5f8167f8dd49399bcd6fefef304fff"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on facilities requirements for constructing a hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point at Oahu, Hawaii.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6950bf5cd7f4469ab30858ffb35aa4bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id16898ed83e3c453bbdcb681b4ae19677"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the $45,000,000 phase one design for the hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; 134 Stat. 1132).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf3a146637de84942b46ea4faf4b4f005"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An evaluation of the full facilities requirements for such hangar to house, maintain, and operate the MH–65 and HC–130J, including—</text><subparagraph id="id77EBEAC7892F4C4EB8E561BD46EFD216"><enum>(A)</enum><text>storage and provision of fuel; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65E3D8AE8669430092991AA3128E79AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintenance and parts storage facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id27f01605a8254a1bb55d4680e9a3da89"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An evaluation of facilities growth requirements for possible future basing of the MH–60 with the C–130J at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c0052ff2b2047fb8840396e398a40ea"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of and cost estimate for each project phase for the construction of such hangar.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3fe9a6fb4f3747c08ea4f58166acb0d8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of the plan for sheltering in the hangar during extreme weather events aircraft of the Coast Guard and partner agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa5765f8203e4fce88d13ebac399bd50" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of the risks posed to operations at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point if future project phases for the construction of such hangar are not funded.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbe623ead490c41bf8f80c598c8a3885c"><enum>243.</enum><header>Study on the operational availability of Coast Guard aircraft and strategy for Coast Guard aviation</header><subsection id="id3085163b198c4ba399fddf7b4e364ca5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="id6dfe3f0cf51e4134b601a8e1df1d1cd1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on the operational availability of Coast Guard aircraft.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id674526374ee94828983e4a3f552856a8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="idd7d7ff5763594ef8929f3981701ede24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text><clause id="id976cb7e807d04aaa8faefec10f1f2df7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which the fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft of the Coast Guard have met annual operational availability targets in recent years;</text></clause><clause id="id2488130a72574593bb304b5a3be44afe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the challenges the Coast Guard may face with respect to such aircraft meeting operational availability targets, and the effects of such challenges on the Coast Guard’s ability to meet mission requirements; and</text></clause><clause id="idb2b2699378db47a3bfc380b2c05a34d0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the status of Coast Guard efforts to upgrade or recapitalize its fleet of such aircraft to meet growth in future mission demands globally, such as in the Western Hemisphere, the Arctic region, and the Western Pacific region.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd23d94877418448bbddcdf8a8e343c71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any recommendation with respect to the operational availability of Coast Guard aircraft.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide25bd3a9e1954b83b2daa34db326144c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The resource and workforce requirements necessary for Coast Guard Aviation to meet future mission demands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a6520be417a46fa853b9d01f44f98c9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the study required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating a report on the findings of the study.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id176d68d9b19842e0bdf7f37ae5637ce3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coast Guard aviation strategy</header><paragraph id="id87d9deb390ef4a53ad5490a71ccee11e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the study under subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall develop a comprehensive strategy for Coast Guard Aviation that is informed by the relevant recommendations and findings of the study.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48933b0c7421470282c6b5b698aa6a31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id8546ea32f6604177850e4a8d4353bb6c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>With respect to aircraft of the Coast Guard, an analysis of the current and future operations and future resource needs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87826f72d2cf42cb81cd73e3c2872a08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The projected number of aviation assets, the locations at which such assets are to be stationed, the cost of operation and maintenance of such assets, and an assessment of the capabilities of such assets as compared to the missions they are expected to execute, at the completion of major procurement and modernization plans.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id958743d7fcf043cea899a5970b36bd4a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A procurement plan, including an estimated timetable and the estimated appropriations necessary for all platforms, including unmanned aircraft.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67b171f5ef63414fa0e0f729140695d4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A training plan for pilots and aircrew that addresses—</text><clause id="id0b542ddb6547485dbfdb50659a134a15"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of simulators owned and operated by the Coast Guard, and simulators that are not owned or operated by the Coast Guard, including any such simulators based outside the United States; and</text></clause><clause id="id11a2813657ce4b8cba28f9b7af869b6a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the costs associated with attending training courses.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideece4379c5f048d4bef2cf1527ec0108"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Current and future requirements for cutter and land-based deployment of aviation assets globally, including in the Arctic, the Eastern Pacific, the Western Pacific, the Caribbean, the Atlantic Basin, and any other area the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id229fff874def4811aa4e6a4ba2b987be"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A description of the feasibility of and resource requirements necessary to deploy rotary-winged assets onboard all future Arctic cutter patrols.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0f5748dea6747dead022435b03b7f2c"><enum>(G)</enum><text>An evaluation of current and future facilities needs for Coast Guard aviation units.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde00e881e1af48e6a0e22fe724015e8a"><enum>(H)</enum><text>An evaluation of pilot and aircrew training and retention needs, including aviation career incentive pay, retention bonuses, and any other workforce tools the Commandant considers necessary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id374c749158a1400baf20ebd329e3fd01"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the strategy required by paragraph (1) is completed, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the strategy.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id7ee5719771044e92b7754faeb96d6239"><enum>F</enum><header>Workforce readiness</header><section id="iddd2dd35d84de472aaf7f0bed763fdcb0"><enum>251.</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 id="id618d370460b043a79d3ab15170d16542" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="idd9da77a386714eefafb3a33940e6d333"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary may vary the authorized end strength of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve 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 such a variation is in the national interest.</text></subsection><subsection id="id250390321ec04f409ebf4841964b4484" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Commandant may increase the authorized end strength of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized end strength upon a determination by the Commandant that such an 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="id5da6d6aa9215486083c43c8d2958ed7f"><enum>252.</enum><header>Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list</header><subsection id="idb837bf045aba45dc983b5426f890589f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum number of officers</header><text>Section 2103(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id061b4e6b0cdd45359dcf7031ebaa38d9"><subsection id="id5dcd34f621814a16a39b652dca447dd0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum total number</header><paragraph id="id307e4834f62c4ea899711ba8c4e94b4b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The total number of Coast Guard commissioned officers on the active duty promotion list, excluding warrant officers, shall not exceed 7,400.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f8053b48e6d4b2cbc18b24c6dfa087f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary increase</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commandant may temporarily increase the total number of commissioned officers permitted under that paragraph by up to 4 percent for not more than 60 days after the date of the commissioning of a Coast Guard Academy class.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f00d18f99cf435d9d13d0d0d7e94e72"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Commandant increases pursuant to paragraph (2) the total number of commissioned officers permitted under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of the number of officers on the active duty promotion list on the last day of the preceding 30-day period—</text><subparagraph id="id3137db1e568c40aca2b9cced326d057a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after such increase; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id644bf61fc4724e0b9ff097db30832a97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>every 30 days thereafter until the total number of commissioned officers no longer exceeds the total number of commissioned officers permitted under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id56b3f86a27ea4d6a999f58ccfc7a9f4d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Officers not on active duty promotion list</header><paragraph id="id5a8c6cf11df04d8b8e0b213a1bf00ec5"><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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5C6946A21FA41AA907B60AA951DA06D"><section id="idA66F1108A1964350849614D99B220C0A"><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(a) of title 31, 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 the number of Coast Guard officers who are serving at other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis, and the number of Coast Guard officers who are serving at other Federal agencies on a non-reimbursable basis but are not on the active duty promotion list.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idec5254173cf043a8b9a050644cdaa1d8"><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="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE72C24DF8232462197DEFDC474299AF4"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">5113. Officers not on active duty promotion list.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ide60a075ea7754c49b023b3b6b825b5eb"><enum>253.</enum><header>Continuation on active duty of officers with critical skills</header><subsection id="idd21de962112e461bafa77e2c8f9312a1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of <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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e07bfc7e1424845802ff43b3550be9e"><section id="id8C8A3457CE704E3BB587F0B0A6E5FCEE"><enum>2166.</enum><header>Continuation on active duty of officers with critical skills</header><subsection id="id183e99c297084345a748d831a00d23e5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant may authorize an officer in any grade above grade O–2 to remain on active duty after the date otherwise provided for the retirement of the 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="id3e1e2efe30a84d778c3542544c9429cc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Critical skill, specialty, or career field</header><text>The Commandant shall designate 1 or more critical skills, specialties, or career fields for purposes of subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="idb631676d722d42eab23a47e956f5b509"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of continuation</header><text>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="idfdd061ce280a405ea5e2a823c28189c4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>The Commandant shall carry out this section by prescribing policy that specifies 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="id3b9f561b1df5437b8056e4cf5bd37d22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter II of <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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F1C5BACF8F5422EAC76699E56D3C754"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">2166. Continuation on active duty of officers with critical skills.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id1EA76A4DF7D74C358A65396DC67137ED"><enum>254.</enum><header>Career incentive pay for marine inspectors</header><subsection id="id01E5D0DEB22A4564B51B7175896D244C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To provide assignment pay or special duty pay</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may provide assignment pay or special duty pay under section 352 of title 37, United States Code, to a member of the Coast Guard serving in a prevention position and assigned as a marine inspector or marine investigator pursuant to section 312 of title 14, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="id774D2608D64243AFA2B5EF0895929CBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual briefing</header><paragraph id="idD32BCE5E55EA43F18B77A0FBAB870C81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on any uses of the authority under subsection (a) during the preceding year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id512FCB7C06334A9B96B9389923F1B1EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each briefing required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id37C3B74D22A54DD3AE357BB84DA2764B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of members of the Coast Guard serving as marine inspectors or marine investigators pursuant to section 312 of title 14, United States Code, who are receiving assignment pay or special duty pay under section 352 of title 37, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC868C3D77A348019B667881D8F166B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of the impact of the use of the authority under this section on the effectiveness and efficiency of the Coast Guard in administering the laws and regulations for the promotion of safety of life and property on and under the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2AB6556C4917492C8198420E95AA9FBC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the effects of assignment pay and special duty pay on retention of marine inspectors and investigators.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD57060680CF34F4B9E098154C0CA3C11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>If the authority provided in subsection (a) is not exercised, a detailed justification for not exercising such authority, including an explanation of the efforts the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating is taking to ensure that the Coast Guard workforce contains an adequate number of qualified marine inspectors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4264672BCA3F4A33B93F2D580345B11F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="id5BEDE12AA045490FA0D48818BF19C4FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shall conduct a study on the health of marine inspectors and marine investigators who have served in such positions for a period of not less than least 10 years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5286928BC27F4C79B8BD44824453ABDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="idD79E9D0958964758A772B107257AF462"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An evaluation of—</text><clause id="idD2C1E75413484AF99ECAF9EBC2B5384F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the daily vessel inspection duties of marine inspectors and marine investigators, including the examination of internal cargo tanks and voids and new construction activities;</text></clause><clause id="idE4D1C6BDB8F1493E857C347DC09BE5DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>major incidents to which marine inspectors and marine investigators have had to respond, and any other significant incident, such as a vessel casualty, that has resulted in the exposure of marine inspectors and marine investigators to hazardous chemicals or substances; and</text></clause><clause id="id2A83FD0E537D4C82B34C6BDBA154B97D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the types of hazardous chemicals or substances to which marine inspectors and marine investigators have been exposed relative to the effects such chemicals or substances have had on marine inspectors and marine investigators.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B29A6D4C3104CD6A5749BA171441A9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A review and analysis of the current Coast Guard health and safety monitoring systems, and recommendations for improving such systems, specifically with respect to the exposure of members of the Coast Guard to hazardous substances while carrying out inspections and investigation duties.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B4927616F834EBEA0D14072E05A99CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any other element the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F047F6318B3429B863098D73352F15F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the study required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 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 findings of the study and recommendations for actions the Commandant should take to improve the health and exposure of marine inspectors and marine investigators.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3C87BE12408845E693B64CFADA603CB6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The authority provided by subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2027, unless the study required by subsection (c) is completed and submitted as required by that subsection.</text></subsection></section><section id="id5b007ecffdb8405d8c1591a1a06e06ea"><enum>255.</enum><header>Expansion of the ability for selection board to recommend officers of particular merit for promotion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2116(c)(1) of title 14, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>three times</quote> after <quote>may not exceed</quote>. </text></section><section id="id2178f58ec0f84c798b50f933c00ee306"><enum>256.</enum><header>Pay and allowances for certain members of the Coast Guard during funding gap</header><subsection id="id8c061787203c4f3cb89b2552b9b63480"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During a funding gap, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines to be necessary to continue to provide, without interruption, during the funding gap such sums as are necessary for—</text><paragraph id="idf83d8c5412004c57a6d6f7fdd89f5304"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard, including reserve components thereof, who perform active service; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8cd70f1c51f49c798b28af7e11efa0e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e84d1f74c0d41198b0c55a87d5464d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d8c0111dfbb4028bd1c353412a346a1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida115fe42e3bc45fdbf2c4378741360a5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding gap defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>funding gap</term> means any period after the beginning of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Coast Guard have not been enacted. </text></subsection></section><section id="id7C57A0502A1047679F9E068C4AD2D1BB"><enum>257.</enum><header>Modification to education loan repayment program</header><subsection id="id150F1796E82846A1B3D1D1050DA60484"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2772 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95D8D6A351C14078BE638BF719E1B39A"><section id="idFC3E8B392E2F44B195E59261AD1EC8C4"><enum>2772.</enum><header>Education loan repayment program: members on active duty in specified military specialties</header><subsection id="idEC34C247D481474894C7649992179A12"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id12CFBBCD670940D98DB648E67389C5B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary may repay—</text><subparagraph id="idBC65463651004FB995BA6FC7BC07C824" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071">20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id979C5E71E13946FCB1638DD290F0FDFD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any loan made under part D of such title (the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087a">20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD7D115F49DC84FEC9F7966004A467706" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any loan made under part E of such title (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087aa">20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD4DC8AC07DA8409CBDF6BAB9183DE612" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any loan incurred for educational purposes made by a lender that is—</text><clause id="id2573142F29D24FB6BBF76B00747F56D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an agency or instrumentality of a State;</text></clause><clause id="id606277C8ECC941718766304D864F55B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a financial or credit institution (including an insurance company) that is subject to examination and supervision by an agency of the United States or any State;</text></clause><clause id="idCB718BADA64F478D91336888438234C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a pension fund approved by the Secretary for purposes of this section; or</text></clause><clause id="idF3F45229948447D8916350555E0CECC2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a nonprofit private entity designated by a State, regulated by such State, and approved by the Secretary for purposes of this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id786B79055BBF4D15A733C7757870E476" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Repayment of any such loan shall be made on the basis of each complete year of service performed by the borrower.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEC2D78B926AD447F8B2F80D129584589" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary may repay loans described in paragraph (1) in the case of any person for service performed on active duty as a member in an officer program or military specialty specified by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id31C1CB82CAD24510A0982E75E461E94E"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The portion or amount of a loan that may be repaid under subsection (a) is 33<fraction>1/3</fraction> percent or $1,500, whichever is greater, for each year of service.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5B0E043397914B5FABDBC2BFF63508CB"><enum>(c)</enum><text>If a portion of a loan is repaid under this section for any year, interest on the remainder of such loan shall accrue and be paid in the same manner as is otherwise required.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1CE3688EA8914DE5AEE7A554A099BE44"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize refunding any repayment of a loan.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA64AFE13C3A0417B996745A5CE654037"><enum>(e)</enum><text>A person who transfers from service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under this section (as described in subsection (a)(3)) to service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under section 16301 of title 10 (as described in subsection (a)(2) or (g) of that section) during a year shall be eligible to have repaid a portion of such loan determined by giving appropriate fractional credit for each portion of the year so served, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary concerned.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3F5529F5C5714DA49B12CBC0A83477E7"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The Secretary shall prescribe a schedule for the allocation of funds made available to carry out the provisions of this section and section 16301 of title 10 during any year for which funds are not sufficient to pay the sum of the amounts eligible for repayment under subsection (a) and section 16301(a) of title 10.</text></subsection><subsection id="id32F27B43F4B948F09864322399B43960"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Except a person described in subsection (e) who transfers to service making the person eligible for repayment of loans under section 16301 of title 10, a member of the Coast Guard who fails to complete the period of service required to qualify for loan repayment under this section shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) or 373 of title 37.</text></subsection><subsection id="id849EF901C12247FEA4970E341EAD2FAD"><enum>(h)</enum><text>The Secretary may prescribe procedures for implementing this section, including standards for qualified loans and authorized payees and other terms and conditions for making loan repayments. Such regulations may include exceptions that would allow for the payment as a lump sum of any loan repayment due to a member under a written agreement that existed at the time of a member’s death or disability.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id43F74114FCF947A88C5930A9533DBAA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter III of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/27">chapter 27</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEA5B20523BE4DD7A483746C3437FDCD"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">2772. Education loan repayment program: members on active duty in specified military specialties.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id374a1e31373d448382cac0f8761388e2"><enum>258.</enum><header>Retirement of Vice Commandant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idF3A6661DF17944039582497196D07B82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a)(2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB16C29CB5B9241FEBDAF165A6982B4A5"><paragraph id="idEC7489BF36A9499598002499BD08FDF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A Vice Commandant who is retired while serving as Vice Commandant, after serving not less than 2 years as Vice Commandant, shall be retired with the grade of admiral, except as provided in section 306(d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idC11D9580B5EB4F938102AE4B9B3CE4C9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>or Vice Commandant</quote> and inserting <quote>or as an officer serving as Vice Commandant who has served less than 2 years as Vice Commandant</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idf9b1cc9baeb041229b9d6a853be287fd"><enum>259.</enum><header>Report on resignation and retirement processing times and denial</header><subsection id="idcb5295ac5df84b7c84fcb9f8e299663d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 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 evaluates resignation and retirement processing timelines.</text></subsection><subsection id="iddab9f11e481e452cb4e397fc14c7ce29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following for the preceding calendar year—</text><paragraph id="ida6054e055449404fad3927b9b74457e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>statistics on the number of resignations, retirements, and other separations that occurred;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id661d469348804c3d95166f473c83c3a3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the processing time for each action described in paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id89e33b50e47a457e91b1248ba09acc0c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the percentage of requests for such actions that had a command endorsement;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id309FA807F3684AC29FDAAF88C9F591CF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the percentage of requests for such actions that did not have a command endorsement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8fa2caf027fa48eeaa48a3853ca36e5c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for each denial of a request for a command endorsement and each failure to take action on such a request, a detailed description of the rationale for such denial or failure to take such action. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id47d6c7fcfe0a417a94363e7ee17cc9e5" commented="no"><enum>260.</enum><header>Calculation of active service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any service described in writing, including by electronic communication, before the date of the enactment 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>; 134 Stat. 3388), by a representative of the Coast Guard Personnel Service Center, as service that counts toward total active service for the purpose of retirement under section 2152 of title 14, United States Code, shall be considered by the President as active service for purposes of applying such section with respect to the determination of the retirement qualification for any officer to whom a description was provided.</text></section><section id="id6c2cffa0fc5a4feb98558006ba2b7168"><enum>261.</enum><header>Physical disability evaluation system procedure review</header><subsection id="idbcdaef8ca6c44046a278e60b2ea795f6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="idff41a54f9f864dee8c82e91e2e2b79fd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study on the Coast Guard Physical Disability Evaluation System and medical retirement procedures.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91483f2b177d4b65845138bf6d9226eb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by paragraph (1) shall review, and provide recommendations to address, the following:</text><subparagraph id="id5344b6d7f80142cd941c0ee52b954143"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Coast Guard compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies relating to the Physical Disability Evaluation System and the Medical Evaluation Board.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f62c4a57a504b50b1925b2e2a2f7f45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Coast Guard compliance with timelines set forth in—</text><clause id="id6540f5045dfc408191bdb066cb0eea09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the instruction of the Commandant entitled <quote>Physical Disability Evaluation System</quote> issued on May 19, 2006 (COMDTNST M1850.2D); and</text></clause><clause id="id1f0a2c79c34c440b9812460b81d11bf0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Physical Disability Evaluation System Transparency Initiative (ALCGPSC 030/20).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcdad8db149f1408eaa7dbf87dd665f77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An evaluation of Coast Guard processes in place to ensure the availability, consistency, and effectiveness of counsel appointed by the Coast Guard Office of the Judge Advocate General to represent members of the Coast Guard undergoing an evaluation under the Physical Disability Evaluation System.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id802f9bfadb37452b8584483f04baa4b8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The extent to which the Coast Guard has and uses processes to ensure that such counsel may perform their functions in a manner that is impartial, including being able to perform their functions without undue pressure or interference by the command of the affected member of the Coast Guard, the Personnel Service Center, and the United States Coast Guard Office of the Judge Advocate General.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id522a9c0b76d0479cb08bab187ba8330e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The frequency with which members of the Coast Guard seek private counsel in lieu of counsel appointed by the Coast Guard Office of the Judge Advocate General, and the frequency of so doing at each member pay grade.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35e0ebcbbd554971be9058d3cc94db8c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The timeliness of determinations, guidance, and access to medical evaluations necessary for retirement or rating determinations and overall well-being of the affected member of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90f464d7e52b45d0959cab64c7d1215e"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The guidance, formal or otherwise, provided by the Personnel Service Center and the Coast Guard Office of the Judge Advocate General, other than the counsel directly representing affected members of the Coast Guard, in communication with medical personnel examining members.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19d29264d0cb49c9a40f1c44f27bd068"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The guidance, formal or otherwise, provided by the medical professionals reviewing cases within the Physical Disability Evaluation System to affected members of the Coast Guard, and the extent to which such guidance is disclosed to the commanders, commanding officers, or other members of the Coast Guard in the chain of command of such affected members.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d88407f94504c7da64d89ddf6ffb0c1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The feasibility of establishing a program to allow members of the Coast Guard to select an expedited review to ensure completion of the Medical Evaluation Board report not later than 180 days after the date on which such review was initiated.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb097c69c41424ba1b5afd61826c791c5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General 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 findings of the study conducted under subsection (a) and recommendations for improving the physical disability evaluation system process.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1004ca7664544af99729a72e3b6ab08c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updated policy guidance</header><paragraph id="id9418766007ec41a28b84bcc6f0e6f270"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the report under subsection (b) is submitted, the Commandant shall issue updated policy guidance in response to the findings and recommendations contained in the report.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62ac37a8011c446b819b8ec1085655d3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The updated policy guidance required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id8c1c0b2be8ab4ff99a74228399812e6b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A requirement that a member of the Coast Guard, or the counsel of such a member, shall be informed of the contents of, and afforded the option to be present for, any communication between the member’s command and the Personnel Service Center, or other Coast Guard entity, with respect to the duty status of the member.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id698178d2fbfa46c9ab8612bd11574c11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An exception to the requirement described in subparagraph (A) that such a member or the counsel of the member is not required to be informed of the contents of such a communication if it is demonstrated that there is a legitimate health and safety need for the member to be excluded from such communications, supported by a medical opinion that such exclusion is necessary for the health or safety of the member, command, or any other individual.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61a6451a22ec4b888aef4dae55b30c9d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An option to allow a member of the Coast Guard to initiate an evaluation by a Medical Evaluation Board if a Coast Guard healthcare provider, or other military healthcare provider, has raised a concern about the ability of the member to continue serving in the Coast Guard, in accordance with existing medical and physical disability policy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id035e9e5fdef34c239abe715f24fbe982" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An updated policy to remove the command endorsement requirement for retirement or separation unless absolutely necessary for the benefit of the United States. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id94733fa45bf742e2b3d944a79a4c9bfb"><enum>262.</enum><header>Expansion of authority for multirater assessments of certain personnel</header><subsection id="id80fcbc18d2a2428a973ebc3781f7efe0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2182(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CB32F0E87BA425681889D05391620C8"><paragraph id="id3491178fa8df4a04a2e17d7b058953d3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Officers</header><text>Each officer of the Coast Guard shall undergo a multirater assessment before promotion to—</text><subparagraph id="idf6170c67b292497a864b2db308ebb921"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the grade of O–4;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcef0a647dd68445a99a7c68df3f27b58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the grade of O–5; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc13ed4184a5f48f1b1c3e01cd3d40130"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the grade of O–6.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dc78d1d512f448e83a6a378026c7e1c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enlisted members</header><text>Each enlisted member of the Coast Guard shall undergo a multirater assessment before advancement to—</text><subparagraph id="id5f66cd914be646ffaa07adea02d9b109"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the grade of E–7;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id290c4c2b4dfe41a9bac959c08aad3668"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the grade of E–8;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7a9385b8b274c6a836fe687366c1577"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the grade of E–9; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd4b1ed2d577d4210a8265684c404a1f8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the grade of E–10.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0506b629e5244c30bfea8a43509d6ad5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>A reviewee shall not be permitted to select the peers and subordinates who provide opinions for his or her multirater assessment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f18a1ee79f348859748e04315d3971d"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Post-assessment elements</header><subparagraph id="id84fcf7f1eaf4451191dc2d2805688971"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Following an assessment of an individual pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3), the individual shall be provided appropriate post-assessment counseling and leadership coaching.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31f57b6929de47528e3112aed63be837"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of results</header><text>The supervisor of the individual assessed shall be provided with the results of the multirater assessment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idc6173e6038e34765baad6fe7f9cf75f6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost assessment</header><paragraph id="idE1AD777CE4D54C4D8BCDCB8E6430523B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress an estimate of the costs associated with implementing the amendment made by this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE667A0D0DA2B4A9295D8F786CB34758E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate committees of Congress defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idF5777DDE5452486C8EBA1B90AE736E28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2EE267A111540C2869EC6537B1CA4B4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc273ba8a516b4f4b90ff43825f616670"><enum>263.</enum><header>Promotion parity</header><subsection id="idD3B1AA6693864E85A2EF4A4E35E13994"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information To be furnished</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2115(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id01E6DC33CA014FE1A0BCC9B733850A20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3841865A5D394468A356989E58229083"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0DFF2B6B6E6340999F6C3BDD1CA15B77"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12633DA9E08F41A085501602CD42DD25"><paragraph id="id8BD239B78A17466F808895DCE8ECB2C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion to a rank above lieutenant, any credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry and any information placed in the personnel service record of the officer under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1561">10 U.S.C. 1561</external-xref> note), shall be furnished to the selection board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8C1E5B3C78BE4B03857033A064032836"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special selection review boards</header><paragraph id="idD975B80801954BA080CD81ADD6FBD25B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of <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/14/2120">section 2120</external-xref> the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD52E20CD02141C58A55E183F0619881"><section id="id403cfe5ea8354679b1ac9c078aa6a85f"><enum>2120a.</enum><header>Special selection review boards</header><subsection id="id0610C8EFE5054A408E2B3C3D6DF852EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBA8AF1710CFB4CE98CDA4F2F83BCBEC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the Secretary determines that a person recommended by a promotion board for promotion to a grade at or below the grade of rear admiral is the subject of credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion described in section 2115(a)(3) of this title that was not furnished to the promotion board during its consideration of the person for promotion as otherwise required by such section, the Secretary shall convene a special selection review board under this section to review the person and recommend whether the recommendation for promotion of the person should be sustained.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="idAE763903C3B643139B6F4365F9E03ED4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If a person and the recommendation for promotion of the person is subject to review under this section by a special selection review board convened under this section, the name of the person—</text><subparagraph id="idABAC76A885F949F28CFDDC4A1B93C2BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not be disseminated or publicly released on the list of officers recommended for promotion by the promotion board recommending the promotion of the person; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F2BE182E42144DE949673C68C6E27AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be forwarded to the President or the Senate, as applicable, or included on a promotion list under section 2121 of this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id285CFE3FA29142709F245983DD7A03BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Convening</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB09F3D4793594E7594CE49394D1C729B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any special selection review board convened under this section shall be convened in accordance with the provisions of section 2120(c) of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="idA9782CFF5A064F6AAEBDE09D3043617B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any special selection review board convened under this section may review such number of persons, and recommendations for promotion of such persons, as the Secretary shall specify in convening such special selection review board.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0ca3b33c63b14755b49d93f08b371f63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information considered</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4329D0D078D943298E744B1BB67479FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In reviewing a person and recommending whether the recommendation for promotion of the person should be sustained under this section, a special selection review board convened under this section shall be furnished and consider the following:</text><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id8D06F69DF9EA4DF1B672E0BBEE779E71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The record and information concerning the person furnished in accordance with section 2115 of this title to the promotion board that recommended the person for promotion.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id57C9D629EF9D443B8E7563EC66E6543A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any credible information of an adverse nature on the person, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry described in section 2115(a)(3) of this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="id332C7F974C9F43ECAF9197CE72CDB249"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The furnishing of information to a special selection review board under paragraph (1)(B) shall be governed by the standards and procedures referred to in section 2115 of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="id00788C30099C4612A535503DEB2A2988"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7DEEABA21FDD4AB0811A998E7C7D18EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Before information on a person described in paragraph (1)(B) is furnished to a special selection review board for purposes of this section, the Secretary shall ensure that—</text><clause indent="up1" id="id789474B42C5B4048980909A8A84BA24F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such information is made available to the person; and</text></clause><clause indent="up1" id="id3C4151A5E1944ACB96E310F3E096405E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the person is afforded a reasonable opportunity to submit comments on such information to the special selection review board before its review of the person and the recommendation for promotion of the person under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idAE47333BCA3049F69DFD746EF2BAF208"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If information on a person described in paragraph (1)(B) is not made available to the person as otherwise required by subparagraph (A)(i) due to the classification status of such information, the person shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be furnished a summary of such information appropriate to the person's authorization for access to classified information.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id342BF723CBD54B74B2AA04BB7E60F437"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5F9FB08FAEC74D3BA104829DF6BC71D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An opportunity to submit comments on information is not required for a person under subparagraph (A)(ii) if—</text><subclause indent="up1" id="id6ACD1A887E724A13B3FF6C1380180D73"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such information was made available to the person in connection with the furnishing of such information under section 2115(a) of this title to the promotion board that recommended the promotion of the person subject to review under this section; and</text></subclause><subclause indent="up1" id="id73B9635F65DF468C9E15CC2DF193EC4B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the person submitted comments on such information to that promotion board.</text></subclause></clause><clause indent="up1" id="idFBC6A6B79B254181AA649534FB98CB7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The comments on information of a person described in clause (i)(II) shall be furnished to the special selection review board.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idC99B31205BEB4FC98334BA5A7A6A8895"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A person may waive either or both of the following:</text><clause id="idD088316010274C838C6BD14EFBB32F22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The right to submit comments to a special selection review board under subparagraph (A)(ii).</text></clause><clause id="id623A2211E71849B1830D35F770F83CFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The furnishing of comments to a special selection review board under subparagraph (C)(ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc02a6a73ad694a9fb962ceb758aff3ec"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consideration</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD7455FCF2FD44034BA80240CD9D090E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In considering the record and information on a person under this section, the special selection review board shall compare such record and information with an appropriate sampling of the records of those officers who were recommended for promotion by the promotion board that recommended the person for promotion, and an appropriate sampling of the records of those officers who were considered by and not recommended for promotion by that promotion board.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="id741F0D909C284E17BEEB781CCEE39481"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Records and information shall be presented to a special selection review board for purposes of paragraph (1) in a manner that does not indicate or disclose the person or persons for whom the special selection review board was convened.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="idF07A9DD414EC473ABA77CAFD843AFEB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In considering whether the recommendation for promotion of a person should be sustained under this section, a special selection review board shall, to the greatest extent practicable, apply standards used by the promotion board that recommended the person for promotion.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="idDD290CBF45544EFDB3449DC7AFD9627D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The recommendation for promotion of a person may be sustained under this section only if the special selection review board determines that the person—</text><subparagraph id="id852D287BF0E441DBAF166C7BD02DF845"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ranks on an order of merit created by the special selection review board as better qualified for promotion than the sample officer highest on the order of merit list who was considered by and not recommended for promotion by the promotion board concerned; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43E359E0553E48E184040609FC968876"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is comparable in qualification for promotion to those sample officers who were recommended for promotion by that promotion board.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="idA25A505DC47D4D6D873ACC82297EFBDB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A recommendation for promotion of a person may be sustained under this section only by a vote of a majority of the members of the special selection review board.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="id8B6E0417A45C4EDD8FB275A15FF2DC25"><enum>(6)</enum><text>If a special selection review board does not sustain a recommendation for promotion of a person under this section, the person shall be considered to have failed of selection for promotion.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf11ea1121a414ba285966fd8cfc6a245"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5824E50A0FE54B27B8310FA02B93181E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each special selection review board convened under this section shall submit to the Secretary a written report, signed by each member of the board, containing the name of each person whose recommendation for promotion it recommends for sustainment and certifying that the board has carefully considered the record and information of each person whose name was referred to it.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="id28AD843E781042618BADC41EA72CCA7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provisions of sections 2117(a) of this title apply to the report and proceedings of a special selection review board convened under this section in the same manner as they apply to the report and proceedings of a promotion board convened under section 2106 of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8d5f6957df7d4233b61e457d62a53758"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appointment of Persons</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id894BF382B3314BFE9E483E88C4F149E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the report of a special selection review board convened under this section recommends the sustainment of the recommendation for promotion to the next higher grade of a person whose name was referred to it for review under this section, and the President approves the report, the person shall, as soon as practicable, be appointed to that grade in accordance with section 2121 of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="idEA77EF0180FB481B9E87AE719E91F1F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A person who is appointed to the next higher grade as described in paragraph (1) shall, upon that appointment, have the same date of rank, the same effective date for the pay and allowances of that grade, and the same position on the active-duty list as the person would have had pursuant to the original recommendation for promotion of the promotion board concerned.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf97f53c61ccb4db9a28032fa75022e36"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. </text></subsection><subsection id="idce6846ef8c7e44dda71a0e6c3609afa5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Promotion board defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>promotion board</term> means a selection board convened by the Secretary under section 2106 of this title.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idAC87E886FB504617A7CF57C527E478FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter I of <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/14/2120">section 2120</external-xref> the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id829E07908E2D4881A3CC5FA402C9650B"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">2120a. Special selection review boards</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide9d171e6982c4dc09f2d3b1ca69820e5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of information</header><text>Section 2118 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FF6501A038C40FD85DCA3CE1F36186F"><subsection id="id423E52013ECC4B9D819A6C8D49AF32CA"><enum>(e)</enum><text>If the Secretary makes a recommendation under this section that the name of an officer be removed from a report of a selection board and the recommendation is accompanied by information that was not presented to that selection board, that information shall be made available to that officer. The officer shall then be afforded a reasonable opportunity to submit comments on that information to the officials making the recommendation and the officials reviewing the recommendation. If an eligible officer cannot be given access to such information because of its classification status, the officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be provided with an appropriate summary of the information.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id3F46EB4AE3A94DEFAFC2B274DF06110D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delay of promotion</header><text>Section 2121(f) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: </text><quoted-block id="id816863FA42D44CA7AE63053034DCF3E0" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="id0F5017BA59724655A37E3FC18CCADE81"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4CEA4A3FC40A4CC09568B63E78DD5F16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The promotion of an officer may be delayed without prejudice if any of the following applies:</text><subparagraph id="id36B78708F8554A4DBA7A7EA20D7F1683" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The officer is under investigation or proceedings of a court-martial or a board of officers are pending against the officer.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idCD630C3A359E4672937824A9FB2721EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A criminal proceeding in a Federal or State court is pending against the officer. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id94FE53643648400D8525DB32951AF4AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary determines that credible information of an adverse nature, including a substantiated adverse finding or conclusion described in section 2115(a)(3), with respect to the officer will result in the convening of a special selection review board under section 2120a of this title to review the officer and recommend whether the recommendation for promotion of the officer should be sustained.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" id="id7012FEB77F454CEB8A40CEC132FEA19A"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4C91539DD74441FC907103FF0F884925"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), a promotion may be delayed under this subsection until, as applicable—</text><clause indent="up1" id="idD47C94C0E5E64EE698F5D5A1D2AD1574"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the completion of the investigation or proceedings described in subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause indent="up1" id="idC075BA8FD0F14F6DAD782800819C1BB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a final decision in the proceeding described in subparagraph (B) is issued; or </text></clause><clause indent="up1" id="id47D1E0960EF84C34B9B762903448676C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the special selection review board convened under section 2120a of this title issues recommendations with respect to the officer.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5BE83C0F448A48C7A316CFA51A488198"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Unless the Secretary determines that a further delay is necessary in the public interest, a promotion may not be delayed under this subsection for more than one year after the date the officer would otherwise have been promoted. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13E5A69C517C49F9AEE614FB851EED00" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An officer whose promotion is delayed under this subsection and who is subsequently promoted shall be given the date of rank and position on the active duty promotion list in the grade to which promoted that he would have held had his promotion not been so delayed.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id3c48d8d127ba415fb57b44a9d4b64ca2"><enum>264.</enum><header>Partnership program to diversify the Coast Guard</header><subsection id="id49d0db31552b49b58dd2a5e6771d7801"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commandant shall establish a program for the purpose of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in the enlisted ranks of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbc0d0ae56bee404f9ec0b35c0846f261"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id361b7a2d62f64e348c3d81b8995a3997"><enum>(1)</enum><text>seek to enter into 1 or more partnerships with eligible entities—</text><subparagraph id="id66b283806ec8494bb613178f4e20082c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase the visibility of Coast Guard careers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2913a0c5ca7e4b2c84acf2fe75f06cb2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to promote curriculum development—</text><clause id="ida0b145bb0d344fb980d945da0ea28257"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to enable acceptance into the Coast Guard; and</text></clause><clause id="ide6c9429623f3422fbd163859279695a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to improve success on relevant exams, such as the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide17c0c6d7de1499495ec1dd856400eca"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide mentoring for students entering and beginning Coast Guard careers; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44ebe084dc4e4e6ea69a72cc34aabdab"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enter into a partnership with an existing Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for the purpose of promoting Coast Guard careers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9fa7fdfbbe974fa2bf95020cad05e1f3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible institution defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible institution</term> means—</text><paragraph id="ida64bd4d13cb143219e292009878b9b50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2bd2c42164e747fb8712602dfd84d848"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an institution that provides a level of educational attainment that is less than a bachelor’s degree;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ce198d61db84a95930b1de27a2133cd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a part B institution (as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1061">20 U.S.C. 1061</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c9037c96c8e4134b3b60fa7d409779f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd10c80b97d0747f0ae68b6ddf8962a7b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 502 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19d03280993a4f31a2bb66d4ae3087fa"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in section 317(b) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059d">20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide13339dc92704a3a97d6281d104c9d88"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a Predominantly Black institution (as defined in section 371(c) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071q">20 U.S.C. 1071q(c)</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12d778d02a2341fa8cbd4138d72d7c1e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in such section); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf004d886480a4f84b9d65f42d086980d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a Native American-serving nontribal institution (as defined in such section). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id87B0F4C96FFE43C0BB268332239C6C03"><enum>265.</enum><header>Expansion of Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps</header><subsection id="id045A9AE9D9974549807745904BC4990D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 320 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id477AE595C7764BD6BC6CBEE3087746E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4F1C379A501542579D9F235C9F6CFF04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id44CA8C1991CD4E748AA7B19CB9056833"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE0D2885AB0F48A883CD9C9E9745353E"><subsection id="idC8C1A557854D45C0862FD472A315B151"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>Beginning on December 31, 2025, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall maintain at all times a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program with not fewer than 1 such program established in each Coast Guard district.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0D399B0B24464D9B8CE12A1AA9B3882F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost assessment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to Congress an estimate of the costs associated with implementing the amendments made by this section. </text></subsection></section><section id="id83c57fb6bef34d0897716a967a17b175"><enum>266.</enum><header>Improving representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities among Coast Guard active-duty members</header><subsection id="id52367c56862445f59bd10f83d6d981c3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, in consultation with the Advisory Board on Women at the Coast Guard Academy established under section 1904 of title 14, United States Code, and the minority outreach team program established by section 1905 of such title, the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id559be5560d214be39e58bd7f03eeea39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine which recommendations in the RAND representation report may practicably be implemented to promote improved representation in the Coast Guard of—</text><subparagraph id="id558b0e76f7af44088394e32625d786ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>women; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb6f4ab4a3364138b83f7b5c1cc88d5e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>racial and ethnic minorities; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id81fb7d9d2201463c952a71ea996aa27b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 actions the Commandant has taken, or plans to take, to implement such recommendations. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2F7466A775B04E5686DE80F65F0DBB56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Curriculum and training</header><text>In the case of any action the Commandant plans to take to implement recommendations described in subsection (a)(1) that relate to modification or development of curriculum and training, such modified curriculum and trainings shall be provided at officer and accession points and at leadership courses managed by the Coast Guard Leadership Development Center.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0ede28bb785a435c9d196b3c59ff13c3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of RAND representation report</header><text>In this section, the term <term>RAND representation report</term> means the report of the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center of the RAND Corporation entitled <quote>Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members</quote> issued on August 11, 2021. </text></subsection></section><section id="id09309F13E2D447FAA60EDCF54E8939A9"><enum>267.</enum><header>Strategy to enhance diversity through recruitment and accession</header><subsection id="id4DDE0E244A294882AF7A4EFB28C9446C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall develop a 10-year strategy to enhance Coast Guard diversity through recruitment and accession—</text><paragraph id="id7A9BB7D6BFFE441D97F891D474E274EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at educational institutions at the high school and higher education levels; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA02F8878397C47F8B56B08FFB5248AB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the officer and enlisted ranks.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6A6AE6A8BDEA4515AD5AD6CBCD9C3FF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id9A1C5658FFAD4EE0993C42C8C0DF3890"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 strategy developed under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08DE9BD793214DCA8B00FE14018DC329"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="idB19D02D3DA5A46FBA1AFFC3C856D941F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of existing Coast Guard recruitment and accession programs at educational institutions at the high school and higher education levels.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EE8297C34504908B1C4A60E3A40C2EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An explanation of the manner in which the strategy supports the Coast Guard’s overall diversity and inclusion action plan.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE45A03E914C04B54AFEF60A3C8AF2985" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which existing programs and partnerships will be modified or expanded to enhance diversity in recruiting and accession at the high school and higher education levels. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id08e64c5457aa4f6cb95ac7b6b83b5fb9"><enum>268.</enum><header>Support for Coast Guard Academy</header><subsection id="idb1a334ef0d734d799ffedfda756a24c8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/9">chapter 9</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE29BA4B230A04135AD08D8BA8F569C65"><section id="id5E70B00D2E82415498D2EFC8505F310A"><enum>953.</enum><header>Support for Coast Guard Academy</header><subsection id="ide2edc7781c5c44f5bf33e4cfc4671009"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><paragraph id="ide77d99a0ddc7442b8adcd2e17334bf58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracts and cooperative agreements</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idf1879f6bd3d543898fd78b248992c657"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Commandant may enter contract and cooperative agreements with 1 or more qualified organizations for the purpose of supporting the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3e6841bd8c24055964b5c55b8c94311" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 2304(k) of title 10, the Commandant may enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements on a sole source basis pursuant to section 2304(c)(5) of title 10.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc95894944084a16ae798b7881e8a1a3" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 31, a cooperative agreement under this section may be used to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Coast Guard Academy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f1c2ece13874293befa8d55a535d9d1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Financial controls</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3c7407d5ebc042bda6cc18b884652bf9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Before entering into a contract or cooperative agreement under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall ensure that the contract or agreement includes appropriate financial controls to account for the resources of the Coast Guard Academy and the qualified organization concerned in accordance with accepted accounting principles.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1d79643461541b695a526208662eb0d" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any such contract or cooperative agreement shall contain a provision that allows the Commandant to review, as the Commandant considers necessary, the financial accounts of the qualified organization to determine whether the operations of the qualified organization—</text><clause id="id3344488d53694d3e8d6256be726b2e5d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are consistent with the terms of the contract or cooperative agreement; and</text></clause><clause id="id887a022e20bd4192878f42cf98d5f54f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the Department of Homeland Security.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8959cd7b8e7428287fb26c669be57d1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Leases</header><text>For the purpose of supporting the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy, the Commandant may, consistent with section 504(a)(13), rent or lease real property located at the Coast Guard Academy to a qualified organization, except that proceeds from such a lease shall be retained and expended in accordance with subsection (f).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a1a76296b134c54942a4854ee3697b1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support services</header><paragraph id="id1f1f4614d66e4bf2b50e0839a414c20a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>To the extent required by a contract or cooperative agreement under subsection (a), the Commandant may provide support services to a qualified organization while the qualified organization conducts its support activities at the Coast Guard Academy only if the Commandant determines that the provision of such services is essential for the support of the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id923d592ef8474fc5897cf939e864ba41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No liability of the United States</header><text>Support services may only be provided without any liability of the United States to a qualified organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd190d7f99072479e8b130c6949adab28"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Support services defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>support services</term> includes utilities, office furnishings and equipment, communications services, records staging and archiving, audio and video support, and security systems, in conjunction with the leasing or licensing of property.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcfccd4123b6f49909030f9695fae9f49"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfers from nonappropriated fund operation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id205a2998977b434faca588e4fcfcc603"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commandant may, subject to the acceptance of the qualified organization concerned, transfer to the qualified organization all title to and ownership of the assets and liabilities of the Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality, the function of which includes providing support for the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy, including bank accounts and financial reserves in the accounts of such fund instrumentality, equipment, supplies, and other personal property.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id60e3b7128b834e7b9002c8500f4278c1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commandant may not transfer under paragraph (1) any interest in real property.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id80391b3b1a5f4d98932fec042e6acffc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acceptance of support from qualified organization</header><paragraph id="id955abdf7a8a2473b975ba9629278c1a0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Commandant may accept from a qualified organization funds, supplies, and services for the support of the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec6c00c0ed0349cba1fa35dfb07e0b42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Employees of qualified organization</header><text>For purposes of this section, employees or personnel of the qualified organization may not be considered to be employees of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba371948810c44d0b075045a02d666d6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funds received from NCAA</header><text>The Commandant may accept funds from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to support the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ed7fbcfcf1d4391abb77aca8fc92361"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure that contributions under this subsection and expenditure of funds pursuant to subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph id="idc26ad73cf1064f02ae779beb03a028da"><enum>(A)</enum><text>do not reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Coast Guard, any employee of the Coast Guard, or any member of the armed forces (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10) to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide301a135cb4649558289d340251b11dc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the Coast Guard, or any individual involved in such a program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc024d1d5a461492ea2a0a29cd3bfd6e4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Trademarks and service marks</header><paragraph id="id92de4a75e6314c0e8b7b9fe45b8a565d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Licensing, marketing, and sponsorship agreements</header><text>An agreement under subsection (a) may, consistent with section 2260 of title 10 (other than subsection (d) of such section), authorize a qualified organization to enter into licensing, marketing, and sponsorship agreements relating to trademarks and service marks identifying the Coast Guard Academy, subject to the approval of the Commandant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f5aa1d49ec74d42809f93e80214f6d2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A licensing, marketing, or sponsorship agreement may not be entered into under paragraph (1) if—</text><subparagraph id="id7b5edcb1b8bb48209edd5bda7aca2eb0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such agreement would reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Coast Guard, any employee of the Coast Guard, or any member of the armed forces to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d5fcdc3ffbe463da97f47ca1e84a626"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commandant determines that the use of the trademark or service mark would compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the Coast Guard or any individual involved in such a program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id95f78780e8274c54a241a78eaf75a4e2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retention and use of funds</header><text>Funds received by the Commandant under this section may be retained for use to support the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy and shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection><subsection id="id17f9b01933a04d4ea0a4c5908faf8bf9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Service on qualified organization board of directors</header><text>A qualified organization is a designated entity for which authorization under sections 1033(a) and 1589(a) of title 10, may be provided.</text></subsection><subsection id="idce4f3aae921348bf9fa720a411e78ff0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The authority provided in this section with respect to a qualified organization is available only so long as the qualified organization continues—</text><paragraph id="iddb149322cb6449958fb7fe8168749260"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to qualify as a nonprofit organization under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and operates in accordance with this section, the law of the State of Connecticut, and the constitution and bylaws of the qualified organization; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb83a5e22fff349178b3f37686dcd1268"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to operate exclusively to support the athletic programs of the Coast Guard Academy.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6ae20a983ed143a7b7d846edddc5a0ff"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Qualified organization defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>qualified organization</term> means an organization—</text><paragraph id="id474a7d59ab244fc5acb77b611ada3234"><enum>(1)</enum><text>described in subsection (c)(3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under subsection (a) of that section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idce91c90ea74f43ba837893b18686a693"><enum>(2)</enum><text>established by the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association solely for the purpose of supporting Coast Guard athletics.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf485c08e38564bf596e821cb22b5735e"><enum>954.</enum><header>Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds</header><subsection id="id9aef68c9ee6e40d495fdc1f6f77be040"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>In the case of a Coast Guard Academy mixed-funded athletic or recreational extracurricular program, the Commandant may designate funds appropriated to the Coast Guard and available for that program to be treated as nonappropriated funds and expended for that program in accordance with laws applicable to the expenditure of nonappropriated funds. Appropriated funds so designated shall be considered to be nonappropriated funds for all purposes and shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf9466383526e46aba091a982075692fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered programs</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Coast Guard Academy mixed-funded athletic or recreational extracurricular program</term> means an athletic or recreational extracurricular program of the Coast Guard Academy to which each of the following applies:</text><paragraph id="id0eeb26c985f64c5fa361c9ff78d02b64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The program is not considered a morale, welfare, or recreation program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcccadcf1ba7744eb922085e13f680c4d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The program is supported through appropriated funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9102d56a07e140fd999f41d7a10e8acb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The program is supported by a nonappropriated fund instrumentality.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id063b8f52582c4eb2a124bd9764616f66"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The program is not a private organization and is not operated by a private organization.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idf48d2359b723441fb891566aa86ef0eb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter II of chapter 9 title 14 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DE1BC667E1A4494AD2079ED0CF2BE31"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">953. Support for Coast Guard Academy.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">954. Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idaf8fff6b63b34f1fa3976a248cddf029"><enum>269.</enum><header>Training for congressional affairs personnel</header><subsection id="id10d3430d016f46d2ae8ef75981da6279"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 315 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="id20ae066ccffa46a5b4462e60761a5605" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="USC"><section id="id22E1CA1916AB430FB206292BA9E702BC"><enum>315.</enum><header>Training for congressional affairs personnel</header><subsection id="id2fe14c187735421c8842a44d61c48b21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall develop a training course, which shall be administered in person, on the workings of Congress for any member of the Coast Guard selected for a position as a fellow, liaison, counsel, administrative staff for the Coast Guard Office of Congressional and Governmental Affairs, or any Coast Guard district or area governmental affairs officer.</text></subsection><subsection id="id067ef3c3218e4592a5d4034313f17385"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Course subject matter</header><paragraph id="idf27d18b631bc422b9e49b9ae479c2c48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The training course required by this section shall provide an overview and introduction to Congress and the Federal legislative process, including—</text><subparagraph id="id4e9c0767fb924bb5b2fad4853ad59d04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the congressional budget process;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id642a9fd0e8244556905b09cbd0dc6a48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the congressional appropriations process;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id137b8086786f4dbcb2310d9cf95f6c5f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the congressional authorization process;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa036fa5ddf043eda92cfd09bcb1ec0e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Senate advice and consent process for Presidential nominees;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73046234b483441e96b1af00d794fecd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Senate advice and consent process for treaty ratification;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7014afab908c4be0851c09845c1f4574"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the roles of Members of Congress and congressional staff in the legislative process;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15893b30e8464c6eaa830ac4cc1c0606"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the concept and underlying purposes of congressional oversight within the governance framework of separation of powers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide21b196247844a5086b33f85a9dcf901"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the roles of Coast Guard fellows, liaisons, counsels, governmental affairs officers, the Coast Guard Office of Program Review, the Coast Guard Headquarters program offices, and any other entity the Commandant considers relevant; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8fa0681f34064782af63bc081e09f1e6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the roles and responsibilities of Coast Guard public affairs and external communications personnel with respect to Members of Congress and their staff necessary to enhance communication between Coast Guard units, sectors, and districts and Member offices and committees of jurisdiction so as to ensure visibility of Coast Guard activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id75be2906eaab495896a9568e9f69feb1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detail within Coast Guard Office of Budget and Programs</header><subparagraph id="idEBC8F88506DD41959A72DD664F3F0E37"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the written request of the receiving congressional office, the training course required by this section shall include a multi-day detail within the Coast Guard Office of Budget and Programs to ensure adequate exposure to Coast Guard policy, oversight, and requests from Congress. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF49B502C524041909879B400474DCE88"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonconsecutive detail permitted</header><text>A detail under this paragraph is not required to be consecutive with the balance of the training.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide5309f6673b24bebbcd549e661a51ba9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Completion of required training</header><text>A member of the Coast Guard selected for a position described in subsection (a) shall complete the training required by this section before the date on which such member reports for duty for such position.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id57d76eb3f2f54b6fb23cc6c81d9834b8"><enum>270.</enum><header>Strategy for retention of cuttermen</header><subsection id="ide29da14cb218466b804d9d77cc857d06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall publish a strategy to improve incentives to attract and retain a diverse workforce serving on Coast Guard cutters.</text></subsection><subsection id="id244f6375d40c47db87494c5ee4712aa7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id20055deff53f4d7fafc65a4ce1e13f08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Policies to improve flexibility in the afloat career path, including a policy that enables members of the Coast Guard serving on Coast Guard cutters to transition between operations afloat and operations ashore assignments without detriment to their career progression.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76dc54ea2d9646caab368c6c42ab6f35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A review of current officer requirements for afloat positions at each pay grade, and an assessment as to whether such requirements are appropriate or present undue limitations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88cafb0886f9475eab345f8f2fb1dd1d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Strategies to improve crew comfort afloat, such as berthing modifications to accommodate mixed-gender crew and gender-nonconforming crew.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd04702ba3bb141a595d566053b1f8185"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Actionable steps to improve access to highspeed internet capable of video conference for the purposes of medical, educational, and personal use by members of the Coast Guard serving on Coast Guard cutters.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddff1e53d74c54ac8a16c89f428269866"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of the effectiveness of bonuses to attract members to serve at sea and retain talented members of the Coast Guard serving on Coast Guard cutters to serve as leaders in senior enlisted positions, department head positions, and command positions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id15f0f5e84a09426697a0164c47287ff3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Policies to ensure that high-performing members of the Coast Guard serving on Coast Guard cutters are competitive for special assignments, postgraduate education, senior service schools, and other career-enhancing positions.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf22e5504dd4e46f6b8f67f69313fc55d"><enum>271.</enum><header>Study on extremism in the Coast Guard</header><subsection id="idb4ad25d58d834922a7f6c0adae4e6f67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="id44732fd4b23542c1becd31163f5cc115"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on the presence of extremism within the workforce of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd2db65e5da0549228ecd92c0fafd59ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="idB3749DAC9FC34557BA396B42982901A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text><clause id="id8fd2d8dfef554f2e932105e526d0ca42"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which extremist ideologies, including ideologies that encourage, or could lead to, violence, exists within the workforce of the Coast Guard;</text></clause><clause id="iddf8f2d7e388148e8a96ffd1cee7b398b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the unique challenges the Coast Guard faces in addressing such ideologies within the workforce of the Coast Guard; and</text></clause><clause id="id45b8fb2b0b4448458b805c5443f0fef8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the manner in which such ideologies are introduced into the workforce of the Coast Guard.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5e158b7238f4cf2b99183602b7f7d50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Recommendations on ways to address and eradicate any such ideologies within the workforce of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id915cba80dbd94dd3b1bc342236442a6a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study, including a description of the recommendations under paragraph (2) of that subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="idaa8cf5bcbf7e4e9184a69e6b49017e28" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (b), the Commandant shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives regarding the recommendations described in the report.</text></subsection></section><section id="id334B98E8FA8B4654BC44558B002CA56C"><enum>272.</enum><header>Study on performance of Coast Guard Force Readiness Command</header><subsection id="idddf5d391ebf34d89af9e7bba0bf4241e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on the performance of the Coast Guard Force Readiness Command.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida64809730c8643f899fc518c232b92c4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following:</text><paragraph id="ide4b375ad8e044ce2b868690e1ccdbb32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The actions the Force Readiness Command has taken to develop and implement training for the Coast Guard workforce.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dc65607ec4a45fcbfd232db75c8d436"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The extent to which the Force Readiness Command—</text><subparagraph id="id4685d22a4c2649ef8b706bcb0ed44e82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has assessed performance, policy, and training compliance across Force Readiness Command headquarters and field units, and the results of any such assessment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3570c6bcfac54045891af5e9dd69b82f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is modifying and expanding Coast Guard training to match the future demands of the Coast Guard with respect to growth in workforce numbers, modernization of assets and infrastructure, and increased global mission demands relating to the Arctic and Western Pacific regions and cyberspace.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idee3b0e673fd24748804031870feb17a3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the study required by subsection (a) commences, the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study. </text></subsection></section><section id="ida4ef316627c64f73b34e36f4ccf7b014"><enum>273.</enum><header>Study on frequency of weapons training for Coast Guard personnel</header><subsection id="id635240a1ffc744219f1d833d8187ba0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall conduct a study to assess whether current weapons training required for Coast Guard law enforcement and other relevant personnel is sufficient. </text></subsection><subsection id="id40d7bedb533a42d48881e91b8721e94b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="id1405fb72c953477e89ef7a114c558be7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess whether there is a need to improve weapons training for Coast Guard law enforcement and other relevant personnel; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b9a26add4d14cd6add4c3730bd84254"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify—</text><subparagraph id="id7104debeaa9545f6908788d3ec0113b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the frequency of such training most likely to ensure adequate weapons training, proficiency, and safety among such personnel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31a706f9e22f41e4b30621d30d7b9524"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Coast Guard law enforcement and other applicable personnel who should be prioritized to receive such improved training; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51815a50f81b439daee3ffed416fdf9d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any challenge posed by a transition to improving such training and offering such training more frequently, and the resources necessary to address such a challenge.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id431bd1e8c8ec4f71a38899521d683472"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idd5f1d384b19944ed85a36b06fa8f2378"><enum>G</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header><section id="idbcea49eb12e545b1b37b873bd60c8ce1"><enum>281.</enum><header>Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations</header><subsection id="id9388de0120244e21ab8d916592366433"><enum>(a)</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, as amended by section 252(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c6e22f820b34197823b4eb18d59e6de"><section id="idD9D72DDB81F94669A4E1ED8923081192"><enum>5114.</enum><header>Expenses of performing and executing defense readiness missions and other activities unrelated to Coast Guard missions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant 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="idc0ae1210270c4b0784ab88f81bb3a8f9"><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="idd730aefd3a074684ae9a9b1ca43b0b52"><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="id7ebb7ad56d5047379857947d5379a7d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other related expenses, costs, or matters the Commandant considers appropriate or otherwise of interest to Congress.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd3ca00c612dd484590c6f7c0abc7c3cd"><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, as amended by section 252(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F5C81FB9B4E453AA0C941583A957FE2"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">5114. Expenses of performing and executing defense readiness missions or other activities unrelated to Coast Guard missions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idf1fd1263e3544276b610d81e9021ced5"><enum>282.</enum><header>Coast Guard assistance to United States Secret Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 6 of the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/3056">18 U.S.C. 3056</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1097552E098340E783F1B1484D839F87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Executive departments</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1BCC0F143484B14B44FAD1F4E3BAF17"><subsection id="idF997C0397D374DF9B62BEE99E32DFEC0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), Executive departments</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id70E8E2DC067044D3B15B61726684DCFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Director; except that the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard shall provide such assistance</quote> and inserting the following: “Director.</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id711EE24130D14AF8A250FAC60F18AB60"><subsection id="idBEEBB73A132C4D4DA6AF3A7123188117"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE7CBB94D5A1241E2A2908FB1C8C6DAC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard shall provide assistance described in subsection (a)</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id83BE6A903BDD4A789111C70DBF2A4D89"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD222B42C3995489D94DAF6E172D86385"><paragraph id="id9EC7E44510824FF08A9F06E30FD492C2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD25218FD2FD54569A36D0C6124D9EF44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, the total cost of assistance described in subsection (a) provided by the Coast Guard on a nonreimbursable basis shall not exceed $15,000,000.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idD748B9EC97284A4B8CE710233F68E91C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Coast Guard may provide assistance described in subsection (a) during a fiscal year in addition to the amount specified in subparagraph (A) on a reimbursable basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id875af5099cc04bce9065907653e4a095"><enum>283.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes</header><subsection id="id50b8f00e29d24fac8bc671a1a7ae9f76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>Section 914 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/501">14 U.S.C. 501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/281">Public Law 111–281</external-xref>) is—</text><paragraph id="id7089da1331c042608d6f55dddaa948a1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transferred to subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa720e44a39d43c39cc6cae3e8e6ded3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>added at the end so as to follow section 508 of such title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide5afe6b378da471b9085f05eaabf1d41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>redesignated as section 509 of such title; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id107eff77958e4f2b9113fbf43610999f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>amended so that the enumerator, the section heading, typeface, and typestyle conform to those appearing in other sections of title 14, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd897843921b740a4b19a26b84f8b9fb9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><paragraph id="id7547dfa7eef04f93ad3d48c0639f353f"><enum>(1)</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></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a0ad97c3aae4e928effe745c8f96fcb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Title 14</header><text>The analysis for subchapter I of <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="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC21B49612804B4B86C68EA66C3D2824"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">509. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc24ae9b057894bff98fe8ca81c66ee4d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes</header><text>Section 509 of title 14, United States Code, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id91eaa038b90947ffa716b6ca3dc656a4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0be24187bf86447d92cad4027046c9e3"><subsection id="id6309a54600dc455aaed5a31886769a9a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On request by the Commandant, the Administrator of the General Services Administration may transfer ownership of a Coast Guard vessel or aircraft to an eligible entity 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="idcf3b39406abf41ffa63d7c2ba89498a3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id28076decdfd14849a034452b76971fac"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="idc22fb1e8e47946aaa04460982313996d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>as if the request were being processed</quote> after <quote>vessels</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="iddb59ae4434644e08b6e8508a58a618e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</quote> after <quote>Code of Federal Regulations</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id676df9a5ac9d4b3296edd808f5db8b72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</quote> after <quote>such title</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63a910733f174fec8cabfc7157a33436"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>of the Coast Guard</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6bcc56eb60b04d21819adace4dbb7226"><enum>284.</enum><header>Coast Guard intelligence activities and emergency and extraordinary expenses</header><subsection id="id9c5245b47e264ff180138bee12838678"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the limitations of subsection (b) and with sums made available to the Director of the Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service, the Commandant may expend funds for human intelligence and counterintelligence activities of any confidential, emergency, or extraordinary nature that cannot be anticipated or classified. The Commandant shall certify that such expenditure was made for an object of a confidential, emergency, or extraordinary nature and such a certification is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States. A written certification by the Commandant is sufficient voucher for the expenditure.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1cfc8958e06a471c9075304673f099e6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><paragraph id="id0146235BA2E6489691A4DF9AC9C26274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum annual amount</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Commandant may not obligate or expend funds under subsection (a) in an amount that exceeds 5 percent of the funds made available to the Director of the Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service for such fiscal year until—</text><subparagraph id="idC40C6976F2224871B90830B6BA71FC4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commandant has notified the appropriate committees of Congress of the intent to obligate or expend the funds in excess of such amount; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E2266279F2440978211FAD4B0299CD0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>15 days have elapsed since the date of the notification in accordance with subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id616FE601175347E48909F88F98A38363"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for expenditures in excess of $25,000</header><text>The Commandant may not obligate or expend funds under subsection (a) for an expenditure in excess of $25,000 until—</text><subparagraph id="idb78a6409ff4f4919a36aa2cce7cc68e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commandant has notified the appropriate committees of Congress of the intent to obligate or expend the funds; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf5536ee73bd6457a9176b08edf975099"><enum>(B)</enum><text>15 days have elapsed since the date of the notification in accordance with subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61d1c306dfd5438bad47a749687dd2fc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Commandant may waive a requirement under such subsection if the Commandant determines that such a waiver is necessary due to extraordinary circumstances that affect the national security of the United States. If the Commandant issues a waiver under this subsection, the Commandant shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, by not later than 48 hours after issuing the waiver, written notice of and justification for the waiver.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4815e7b4b3c749b89567c3a8a6ad69db"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="id056d8846b4c44efcb72f6a696fbee797"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than semiannually, the Commandant shall—</text><subparagraph id="id5f08f57ad142460eb334cda79ea4732b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on all expenditures during the preceding semiannual period under subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5959bc5022cc42b99b2e8fe5fc1b12e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the report submitted under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c72db668ef24edca868111976372ac4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1)(A) shall include, for each individual expenditure covered by such report in an amount in excess of $25,000, the following:</text><subparagraph id="id659813bf720f443584488e3650bd13e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A detailed description of the purpose of such expenditure.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id322297a94ad04b95813833c8dadb4a57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of such expenditure.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba6bc82e6f7d43b191938435d1caf453"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An identification of the approving authority for such expenditure.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb02612253c68458089b9fe596ec87161"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A justification of why other authorities available to the Coast Guard could not be used for such expenditure.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee0c17ef27924f1489dd15285e918ee8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any other additional information as the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6980c2c324814ee0bccfa3266b83a354"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>The authority of this section shall be executed in a manner that does not contravene, and is consistent with, the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence as described in sections 3023 and 3024 of title 50, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="id81a3c2e654444833a8cb7f9cd1abe6e2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appropriate committees of congress</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id2a3ad3c7dd89464a94647d14c9032eae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1569467667e49f28641ebfd9aef4250"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFF1981C738204D7E9D65CCB600777976"><enum>285.</enum><header>Transfer and conveyance</header><subsection id="ida7a3c1879f7b457a974fbd4bccf8cf57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="id1ECAE2E105E7402EBD535176C2D501A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Commandant shall, without consideration, transfer in accordance with subsection (b) and convey in accordance with subsection (c) a parcel of the real property described in paragraph (2), including any improvements thereon, to free the Coast Guard of liability for any unforeseen environmental or remediation of substances unknown that may exist on, or emanate from, such parcel.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1D1C10766A1143FDA3AB1D298ECB60D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Property</header><text>The property described in this paragraph is real property at Dauphin Island, Alabama, located at 100 Agassiz Street, and consisting of a total of approximately 35.63 acres. The exact acreage and legal description of the parcel of such property to be transferred or conveyed in accordance with subsection (b) or (c), respectively, shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Commandant.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3bebc29800404b35b8effca317aee70c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>To the Secretary of Health and Human Services</header><text>The Commandant shall transfer, as described in subsection (a), to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), for use by the Food and Drug Administration, custody and control of a portion, consisting of approximately 4 acres, of the parcel of real property described in such subsection, to be identified by agreement between the Commandant and the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6bb181cd819648bc98b1f775b8293f5f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>To the State of Alabama</header><text>The Commandant shall convey, as described in subsection (a), to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, a unit of the government of the State of Alabama, located at Dauphin Island, Alabama, all rights, title, and interest of the United States in and to such portion of the parcel described in such subsection that is not transferred to the Secretary under subsection (b). </text></subsection><subsection id="id3694d2280a9a4f8db33c0425296f2128"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payments and costs of transfer and conveyance</header><paragraph id="iddb6d7a739abd40fb92cfcfa18689ee53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payments</header><subparagraph id="id12946377F004432B99C803A790EA1019"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall pay costs to be incurred by the Coast Guard, or reimburse the Coast Guard for such costs incurred by the Coast Guard, to carry out the transfer and conveyance required by this section, including survey costs, appraisal costs, costs for environmental documentation related to the transfer and conveyance, and any other necessary administrative costs related to the transfer and conveyance.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA6DAC12E85B34EF9ADF01285FBDC5B23"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funds</header><text>Notwithstanding section 780 of division B of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/94">Public Law 116–94</external-xref>), any amounts that are made available to the Secretary under such section and not obligated on the date of enactment of this Act shall be available to the Secretary for the purpose described in subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33ff34be9fef4eeebcb14ced340e8c56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of amounts received</header><text>Amounts received by the Commandant as reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the Coast Guard Housing Fund established under section 2946 of title 14, United States Code, or the account that was used to pay the costs incurred by the Coast Guard in carrying out the transfer or conveyance under this section, as determined by the Commandant, and shall be made available until expended. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idBB1C74A919F348159BB8DA07B21B391C"><enum>286.</enum><header>Transparency and oversight</header><subsection id="id7232082d7fe14e61a28a3ee84f3ac558"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification</header><paragraph id="idF223538BD3734B158AF0A1A9C3BE7943"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress and the Coast Guard Office of Congressional and Governmental Affairs not later than 3 full business days before—</text><subparagraph id="idfcbf2e6f3c5c4e9194a9825c25ce74f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>making or awarding a grant allocation or grant in excess of $1,000,000;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id178ed3a470464bbf8108d5b4c6a9b3ed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>making or awarding a contract, other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a Coast Guard multiple award contract, or issuing a letter of intent totaling more than $4,000,000;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcbfb9ff43d144ee498950f0a10be3a79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obligation of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year Coast Guard funds;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde0f6efcbf9a4438b054772f20a17e67"><enum>(D)</enum><text>making a sole-source grant award; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb15e831b9d54f388486118f4dee0028"><enum>(E)</enum><text>announcing publicly the intention to make or award an item described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D), including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB0CC9C5517DB469BBCED2ABC63DD5841"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Element</header><text>A notification under this subsection shall include—</text><subparagraph id="idA67B5FB62BB84E83A7FDC8CCDFEB4534"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of the award; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF9AC0FDBF89A422C9C62311F37FD205A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the fiscal year for which the funds for the award were appropriated; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA0D965FD2DC44009DF7F45C10C14CCD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the type of contract; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9613CF1FF3BA487DA90944B77717C1C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an identification of the entity awarded the contract, such as the name and location of the entity; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0AD77CDE66274871BDB43340FCFA7EC2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the account from which the funds are to be drawn.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcd8f0f2bc33143b6839c7d2ba2756bd2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines that compliance with subsection (a) would pose a substantial risk to human life, health, or safety, the Secretary—</text><paragraph id="id7ADE36A6DD3745B3B76FCDF1A7B5E6DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may make an award or issue a letter described in that subsection without the notification required under that subsection; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42EC478F26F545129C9FA8D157B2B1AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress not later than 5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2127c341401b42c6a75d2f0a99d6f8e3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to funds that are not available for obligation. </text></subsection><subsection id="id0790EF2870E444C7AAE0EDB4402CE45F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate committees of Congress defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id1196CA2612F046D58549BE78EB2405C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB7F17D4047D44D258960D364537D83EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6617c2d814c940beb14f59d922185153"><enum>287.</enum><header>Study on safety inspection program for containers and facilities</header><subsection id="idf1b08173a95f4e6bb7b4af85146faac4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall complete a study on the safety inspection program for containers (as defined in section 80501 of title 46, United States Code) and designated waterfront facilities receiving containers.</text></subsection><subsection id="idebc8ab030a754e789344646f5897b292"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id4db443440ba04b2eac4d634bff758391"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An evaluation and review of such safety inspection program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ada73f891f04697bbeae57156f3d359"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A determination of—</text><subparagraph id="iddea9662c48b949a3a1b4fed09cdf18f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of container inspections conducted annually by the Coast Guard during the preceding 10-year period, as compared to the number of containers moved through United States ports annually during such period; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id861006dcc014466e92ae2555ed29c9cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of qualified Coast Guard container and facility inspectors, and an assessment as to whether, during the preceding 10-year period, there have been a sufficient number of such inspectors to carry out the mission of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id230b594c14f9479abd482ba1468e2a98"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An evaluation of the training programs available to such inspectors and the adequacy of such training programs during the preceding 10-year period.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida442b74f30b84103ba266c714989f730"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment as to whether such training programs adequately prepare future leaders for leadership positions in the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f4f2e8faa684786afd64907f4ef0b07"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An identification of areas of improvement for such program in the interest of commerce and national security, and the costs associated with such improvements.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id183bfc2d832e4d839d5d8397f8488379" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 findings of the study required by subsection (a), including the personnel and resource requirements necessary for such program. </text></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Environment</header><section id="id04AB277E51BD400F959E581B1ADE0E2B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definition of Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided, in this title, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></section><subtitle id="id464edf507f13494d8b747416ebc3b859"><enum>A</enum><header>Marine mammals</header><section id="id17C247EE2C584891A8B9943E85E00F52"><enum>311.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text><paragraph id="id20e39ab3d273462da7225820f40cefdf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id388D7350E2C940BF8AFAF87CA619A1E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF96464C39A3B43BF9EF5D6AB550D4EC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id05a2ea9e473c4ddcb720649ccd7d6724"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Core foraging habitats</header><text>The term <term>core foraging habitats</term> means areas—</text><subparagraph id="idcb384a1efdd44e3cb32dd5fa3a91af94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with biological and physical oceanographic features that aggregate Calanus finmarchicus; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54d49cb979544152bffeb879e0b4b81a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>where North Atlantic right whales foraging aggregations have been well documented.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf50fd4af184849b487311dac7aa64164"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusive economic zone</header><text>The term <term>exclusive economic zone</term> has the meaning given that term in section 107 of title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf4d48de1152643adbf9e4508f2e4ec6f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9184fe9572d94172b50d0743db80ced5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Large cetacean</header><text>The term <term>large cetacean</term> means all endangered or threatened species within— </text><subparagraph id="id049CC50116A645FDBD012F10379C3066"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the suborder Mysticeti;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id586069B7DAE046A08FBF79660B948485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the genera Physeter; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id298C0E577FE54839AE1877F1B221E5AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the genera Orcinus.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id120004dbe106487f9c0b5676578d1d79"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Near real-time</header><text>The term <term>near real-time</term>, with respect to monitoring of whales, means that visual, acoustic, or other detections of whales are transmitted and reported as soon as technically feasible after such detections have occurred.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c655e9bdd28469d9d4f451c3645d0c8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Nonprofit organization</header><text>The term <term>nonprofit organization</term> means an organization that is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfeb4e888de04a34bfaafd111929a1e5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Puget Sound region</header><text>The term <term>Puget Sound region</term> means the Vessel Traffic Service Puget Sound area described in section 161.55 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as of the date of the enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2886003b2ca644cbbba953d9f58012ea"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Tribal government</header><text>The term <term>Tribal government</term> means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5131">25 U.S.C. 5131</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1E31A14FD42042BB874706E01C67E1A1"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Under Secretary</term> means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id236ecb32e0d7422ab8c9bcf172148f44"><enum>312.</enum><header>Assistance to ports to reduce the impacts of vessel traffic and port operations on marine mammals</header><subsection id="id674C13B290E740229F5356A53AB21235"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities to develop and implement mitigation measures that will lead to a quantifiable reduction in threats to marine mammals from shipping activities and port operations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id000b8e5e344d48c0ae2be793c28806e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity is an eligible entity for purposes of assistance awarded under subsection (a) if the entity is—</text><paragraph id="idda1bc42edeeb441ca2171f112eb18d5c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a port authority for a port;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e85e56c57cf4150b7a7365b97faa675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State, regional, local, or Tribal government, or an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian entity that has jurisdiction over a maritime port authority or a port; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53624a6e263243df865f80b4f1fd79da"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an academic institution, research institution, or nonprofit organization working in partnership with a port; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3684F288D3A1440397ECE1D048CFDA4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a consortium of entities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id71739eb14d454c7b8454d9801f059d85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible uses</header><text>Assistance awarded under subsection (a) may be used to develop, assess, and carry out activities that reduce threats to marine mammals by—</text><paragraph id="idf17ff1f8daab4a428235ea6cf2bc3b4a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reducing underwater stressors related to marine traffic;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id299733572e4f4c4bbad61ebe18d2dc85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reducing mortality and serious injury from vessel strikes and other physical disturbances;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e26efa86dc74105bbef0968fb526f8c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>monitoring sound;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id96ad0193b369429d98f20c1ea47d780d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>reducing vessel interactions with marine mammals;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb0a33b11818148d883233c4a4723abce"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conducting other types of monitoring that are consistent with reducing the threats to, and enhancing the habitats of, marine mammals; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9abe8feb1424162991e540901bbd422"><enum>(6)</enum><text>supporting State agencies and Tribal governments in developing the capacity to receive assistance under this section through education, training, information sharing, and collaboration to participate in the grant program under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1d3011d1cb4b4f14a22816609dbf717f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Under Secretary shall prioritize assistance under subsection (a) for projects that—</text><paragraph id="id65f25c6b763b444b9dc908c38ad8faea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are based on the best available science with respect to methods to reduce threats to marine mammals;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8c309dc5fae49b4b599541ad2cd6c5b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collect data on the reduction of such threats and the effects of such methods;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbeb50b02632e4eae87793ee84e4ba871"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist ports that pose a higher relative threat to marine mammals listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id560c21b931fa451bb4856cfbc0973a75"><enum>(4)</enum><text>are in close proximity to areas in which threatened or endangered cetaceans are known to experience other stressors; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e3735fb6926422492de5b0a2d576bad"><enum>(5)</enum><text>allow eligible entities to conduct risk assessments and to track progress toward threat reduction.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id19cbd100e1544ac68f4071ee1be097d2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>The Under Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as appropriate, shall conduct coordinated outreach to ports to provide information with respect to—</text><paragraph id="idfd959a185a6d4c4fb6896e3ec2c4b815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how to apply for assistance under subsection (a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7126126d7d142d0a55b1f45d970b338"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the benefits of such assistance; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64627c03a01046599363a28fed85f7fd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>facilitation of best practices and lessons, including the best practices and lessons learned from activities carried out using such assistance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84fe28817e114f5a8a59ea4c582b8ca0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the Under Secretary shall make available to the public on a publicly accessible internet website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a report that includes the following information:</text><paragraph id="ideec41d084fd24cb6ba3b2b221ee60fdc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name and location of each entity to which assistance was awarded under subsection (a) during the year preceding submission of the report.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id21bfc352529a47aca600f1543c8e56e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount of each such award.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51e8843fe4a046caa3f5798dd042e0f4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the activities carried out with each such award.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbfe5693a5cb540199ba3a194f0c0dfd6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An estimate of the likely impact of such activities on the reduction of threats to marine mammals.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id227288c95d554d9e93aa5514ce0077ad"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="id9ECDE8F77908401086EE88A5D48E1B5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA203993AD48240AB9CA913A8E016CA80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd15ec452e1824719895e09cbfa9cbf26"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>An activity may not be carried out under this section if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary, determines that the activity would negatively impact the defense readiness or the national security of the United States. </text></subsection></section><section id="id768a9b5b31064ef78f90fa08560a30e3"><enum>313.</enum><header>Near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for large cetaceans</header><subsection id="idee1869f938414f9aa0be7ad2f142d4bf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Under Secretary for Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall design and deploy a cost-effective, efficient, and results-oriented near real-time monitoring and mitigation program for endangered or threatened cetaceans (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>). </text></subsection><subsection id="id57936989b71240908bb459cac218798a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Program shall be to reduce the risk to large cetaceans posed by vessel collisions, and to minimize other impacts on large cetaceans, through the use of near real-time location monitoring and location information.</text></subsection><subsection id="id71395be7c51b4bcdbd1950f86b66922e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Program shall—</text><paragraph id="id5ac5096001be4c3db826be855a824a73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prioritize species of large cetaceans for which impacts from vessel collisions are of particular concern;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf4d7101f39540f8b42abe7e0196ccdb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prioritize areas where such impacts are of particular concern;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbf23aa0eedb4100a3d0995be7ab8dc1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be capable of detecting and alerting ocean users and enforcement agencies of the probable location of large cetaceans on an actionable real-time basis, including through real-time data whenever possible;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f9a1d1d258c4cf7b56502cdc6ba0f4c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>inform sector-specific mitigation protocols to effectively reduce takes (as defined in section 216.3 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations) of large cetaceans;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91f71d04ee7e443b8b6d07794ea517ce"><enum>(5)</enum><text>integrate technology improvements; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcf2d5dc4164e4a31a35f2c6c0af7caea"><enum>(6)</enum><text>be informed by technologies, monitoring methods, and mitigation protocols developed under the pilot project required by subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide5a68860ccb94823928443d44528c797"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pilot project</header><paragraph id="id0488072090ca40a2b629592833afcdcf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Under Secretary shall first establish a pilot monitoring and mitigation project for North Atlantic right whales (referred to in this section as the <quote>pilot project</quote>) for the purposes of informing the Program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id907f4216810b440ab61ea16354d272d1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In designing and deploying the pilot project, the Under Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall, using the best available scientific information, identify and ensure coverage of—</text><subparagraph id="id74df9ffc433e450b968c8c62b50613e4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>core foraging habitats; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id070e28903fbb4a61a4c2e482b5eba783"><enum>(B)</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 or serious injury of such whales from vessels, vessel strikes, or disturbance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id863fe8b5255047b8ae4abf2c214df9bd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Components</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies and 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="idd3749dee07b141ed984588f3886d60fa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comprises the best available detection power, spatial coverage, and survey effort to detect and localize North Atlantic right whales within core foraging habitats;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id564ef32b35c54f42be82e53465c7c27e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is capable of detecting North Atlantic right whales, including visually and acoustically;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id32b2ef2ae3334d9d956b562790e92efd"><enum>(C)</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="id52141b7eb519467795cb9999b4856cef"><enum>(D)</enum><text>coordinates with the Integrated Ocean Observing System of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Regional Ocean Partnerships to leverage monitoring assets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf1f54d73b324513b4d231d340def1fa"><enum>(E)</enum><text>integrates historical data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide11eb1f2207a444db363f27cbfaeae3c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>integrates new near real-time monitoring methods and technologies as such methods and technologies become available;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7840e3da3ce0485fae6bafe25bce8b24"><enum>(G)</enum><text>accurately verifies and rapidly communicates detection data to appropriate ocean users;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22f3a7b34ccd4f139ce4e28eca40b12c"><enum>(H)</enum><text>creates standards for contributing, and allows ocean users to contribute, data to the monitoring system using comparable near real-time monitoring methods and technologies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77707f35fc764c35b07a896f9681775c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>communicates the risks of injury to large cetaceans to ocean users in a manner that is most likely to result in informed decision-making regarding the mitigation of those risks; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7e347f4c4db460ab91268ff567ec0a4"><enum>(J)</enum><text>minimizes additional stressors to large cetaceans as a result of the information available to ocean users.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7841580cab194393805719d5d0b14bc5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header><subparagraph id="id62fc73555aa245099d7e4742bbdf5305"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Preliminary report</header><clause id="idbc90b12cd36d44fb812c09e090ade89f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and make available to the public, a preliminary report on the pilot project.</text></clause><clause id="id379725c914a44680976c55fcfdbb04d1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by clause (i) shall include the following:</text><subclause id="idca38bd95f9b64cef86693fbc3b4e8ac7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A description of the monitoring methods and technology in use or planned for deployment under the pilot project.</text></subclause><subclause id="id86adc62a29b34f329852d92d9c853213"><enum>(II)</enum><text>An analysis of the efficacy of the methods and technology in use or planned for deployment for detecting North Atlantic right whales.</text></subclause><subclause id="idf4a4379b20184ec081ce261e4d9868f4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>An assessment of the manner in which the monitoring system designed and deployed under paragraph (3) is directly informing and improving the management, health, and survival of North Atlantic right whales.</text></subclause><subclause id="idae0255cfcead43e5b702bd727d618462"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A prioritized identification of technology or research gaps.</text></subclause><subclause id="id95088f3edc1d45ca82a4ae46ea16da11"><enum>(V)</enum><text>A plan to communicate the risks of injury to large cetaceans to ocean users in a manner that is most likely to result in informed decision making regarding the mitigation of such risks.</text></subclause><subclause id="idd2f9d5689e2a4a8c90c4a4b940fd6760"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Any other information on the potential benefits and efficacy of the pilot project the Under Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddef4a8ac44db4db39f65c3edb1994c2c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final report</header><clause id="idF5F9EB13F5CC49308F76890BE0C20960"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and make available to the public, a final report on the pilot project.</text></clause><clause id="id68c011ba9ce948f2bbfc3809949e5ee3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by clause (i) shall—</text><subclause id="id481fa42f34214bc6b09178e530f74bc5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>address the elements under subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id612745de71eb476cba2de8905d30362f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include—</text><item id="id403d4de61cad4a9a98c6437b6a065f76"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an assessment of the benefits and efficacy of the pilot project;</text></item><item id="id725a97f3acdd4cf983212c3d95a94c28"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a strategic plan to expand the pilot project to provide near real-time monitoring and mitigation measures—</text><subitem id="idb8e023dddced413ea6d2d385e4146ea7"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>to additional large cetaceans of concern for which such measures would reduce risk of serious injury or death; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id0a5a962ca8644143864544bfdf414e17"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>in important feeding, breeding, calving, rearing, or migratory habitats of large cetaceans that co-occur with areas of high risk of mortality or serious injury from vessel strikes or disturbance;</text></subitem></item><item id="id54bbe1107fbf43cda43068e0b393f89a"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a budget and description of funds necessary to carry out such strategic plan;</text></item><item id="id1bdd7fe0044c4c95853d6b9aaef90221"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>a prioritized plan for acquisition, deployment, and maintenance of monitoring technologies; and</text></item><item id="ida18dad8898434662b3005471868a7212"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>the locations or species to which such plan would apply.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id443e03bdaec341928caa8eb9fd54b6b9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Mitigation protocols</header><text>The Under Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of the Interior, and with input from affected stakeholders, shall develop and deploy mitigation protocols that make use of the monitoring system designed and deployed under subsection (d)(3) 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="idd1f21c04bf824b6b86b274f51c00aae8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Access to data</header><text>The Under Secretary shall provide access to data generated by the monitoring system designed and deployed under subsection (d)(3) for purposes of scientific research and evaluation and public awareness and education, including through the Right Whale Sighting Advisory System of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and WhaleMap or other successor public internet website portals, subject to review for national security considerations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8b465eabc7d24bc7a8edcd4430aa31b3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text>The Under Secretary may enter into and perform such contracts, leases, grants, or cooperative agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section on such terms as the Under Secretary considers appropriate, consistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3FAEC058794341D6A864F64EB68F7185"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>An activity may not be carried out under this section if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary, determines that the activity would negatively impact the defense readiness or the national security of the United States. </text></subsection><subsection id="id79153c5ed2e543d0810544215a5fdc74"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary to support development, deployment, application, and ongoing maintenance of the Program $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. </text></subsection></section><section id="id135830DD57D74419B7163F729B8DE819"><enum>314.</enum><header>Pilot program to establish a Cetacean Desk for Puget Sound region</header><subsection id="idF9267BF7BB16468CB0D6AFDB50708A95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id08FEDC64B79846578C100E52033ED15F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Under Secretary, shall establish a pilot program to establish a Cetacean Desk, which shall be— </text><subparagraph id="idD60A351C4B6C463ABC8925FF246EEF53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>located and manned within the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF83279B385D64010811AFE463F79C6FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designed—</text><clause id="id415A0BA173AE498AA817C00A05510FE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve coordination with the maritime industry to reduce the risk of vessel impacts to large cetaceans, including impacts from vessel strikes, disturbances, and other sources; and</text></clause><clause id="id4aa9515e85784e7199d3afc40419d983"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to monitor the presence and location of large cetaceans during the months during which such large cetaceans are present in Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the United States portion of the Salish Sea.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44cab52288d9485088878c9dd136ede5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration and staffing</header><text>The pilot program required by paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idFF6617A12605471F9C475C1920ABF402"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall—</text><clause id="id1309D116E9874A49BA2D86D99F792E9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be for a duration of 4 years; and</text></clause><clause id="idF3C2E8EE97FB41068F94C086FCC6FB5E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require not more than 1 full-time equivalent position, who shall also contribute to other necessary Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service duties and responsibilities as needed; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id578FE2455FE3452EA720E49F27CF7BD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be supported by other existing Federal employees, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id901142DFE2F742A48DA63EE52AA52370"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Engagement with vessel operators</header><paragraph id="idF572ADD843034C82A3A1BA8DECD870C8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall require personnel of the Cetacean Desk to engage with vessel operators in areas where large cetaceans have been seen or could reasonably be present to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and voluntary guidance, to reduce the impact of vessel traffic on large cetaceans. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id46FCAE52DCB4494180EF9306BF7B09AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In engaging with vessel operators as required by paragraph (1), personnel of the Cetacean Desk shall communicate where and when sightings of large cetaceans have occurred. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id461A8568A89C4242B50257CACF32D709"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header><text>The Secretary and the Under Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate real-time sharing of data relating to large cetaceans between the Quiet Sound program of the State of Washington, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service, and other relevant entities, as appropriate.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0FDAE5B890764767A45EDA0FD893D54A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data</header><text>The Under Secretary shall leverage existing data collection methods, the pilot project required by section 313, and public data to ensure accurate and timely information on the sighting of large cetaceans.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6AFC38BEF9114F24AFAD3CEDBADB0712"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultations</header><paragraph id="id2EB3ECA7005E48FEBA7277CF38FCE25D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with Tribal governments, the State of Washington, institutions of higher education, the maritime industry, ports in the Puget Sound region, and nongovernmental organizations. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4D653712436347AB82C68A37DFE57B83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination with Canada</header><text>When appropriate, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Government of Canada, consistent with policies and agreements relating to management of vessel traffic in Puget Sound.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id342FF6762B5A48A19822FAA7874E1ED5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service local variance and policy</header><text>The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Under Secretary and in consultation with the Captain of the Port for the Puget Sound region—</text><paragraph id="idD661521350364950B3D167640B1500C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall implement local variances, as authorized by subsection (c) of section 70001 of title 46, United States Code, to reduce the impact of vessel traffic on large cetaceans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0212CE5293D24C6388BC7B42912D2C61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may enter into cooperative agreements, in accordance with subsection (d) of that section, with Federal, State, and local officials to reduce the likelihood of vessel interactions with protected large cetaceans, which may include—</text><subparagraph id="idbde52c11bffa40b88c5c7695e2bf05d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>communicating marine mammal protection guidance to vessels;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id992f8f98e29e414c9fbe43786011ed5a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training on requirements imposed by local, State, Tribal, and Federal laws and regulations and guidelines concerning— </text><clause id="idd1aecc755650418987ca5a58be03ef7d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>vessel buffer zones;</text></clause><clause id="id2069f65699f54d4dba2c995abd64ff8e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>vessel speed;</text></clause><clause id="id49d5870f32914dacab0730f199813e8a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>seasonal no-go zones for vessels;</text></clause><clause id="id4b59354c0a144d5cb5021b8af604bf27"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>protected areas, including areas designated as critical habitat, as applicable to marine operations; and</text></clause><clause id="idff3194ffb36c4bd687cf461a151d0168"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other activities to reduce the direct and indirect impact of vessel traffic on large cetaceans;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D08A162327E49BFB15514A84431143E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>training to understand, utilize, and communicate large cetacean location data; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC886251142F4CA596E6106CB97A7BE5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>training to understand and communicate basic large cetacean detection, identification, and behavior, including—</text><clause id="id30C9704CBBD54A8DB8CBD80F4C481942"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cues of the presence of large cetaceans such as spouts, water disturbances, breaches, or presence of prey;</text></clause><clause id="idDB5B3A8A7943412E998DCCE18671EF94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>important feeding, breeding, calving, and rearing habitats that co-occur with areas of high risk of vessel strikes;</text></clause><clause id="idD03D08B97A15410280AD9574B3C1AE7A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>seasonal large cetacean migration routes that co-occur with areas of high risk of vessel strikes; and</text></clause><clause id="id1626BFA13D9C431CBF988478323906E4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>areas designated as critical habitat for large cetaceans.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4c18d05a79f7456a89db4f79667aaafc"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter for the duration of the pilot program under this section, the Commandant, in coordination with the Under Secretary and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text><paragraph id="idf29ec337286344119e3baa57b05f5ef5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluates the functionality, utility, reliability, responsiveness, and operational status of the Cetacean Desk established under the pilot program required by subsection (a), including a quantification of reductions in vessel strikes to large cetaceans as a result of the pilot program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a7e37a4f38f46b9ab19274755185707"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assesses the efficacy of communication between the Cetacean Desk and the maritime industry and provides recommendations for improvements;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76097a90d4454cecb2d064b49721b882"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluates the integration and interoperability of existing data collection methods, as well as public data, into the Cetacean Desk operations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71fdcbab98d14540a00323ed6ec69a74"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assesses the efficacy of collaboration and stakeholder engagement with Tribal governments, the State of Washington, institutions of higher education, the maritime industry, ports in the Puget Sound region, and nongovernmental organizations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfca24f89f18046b4b91e7a4310e79f31"><enum>(5)</enum><text>evaluates the progress, performance, and implementation of guidance and training procedures for Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service personnel, as required by subsection (f). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc5ae6b57c24c464bbbffb66f73a6581b"><enum>315.</enum><header>Monitoring ocean soundscapes</header><subsection id="idAF3014BF017D405A9037935976A486D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary shall maintain and expand an ocean soundscape development program—</text><paragraph id="id5D04ADDA8309468DA06C3360D19DB790"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to award grants to expand the deployment of Federal and non-Federal observing and data management systems capable of collecting measurements of underwater sound for purposes of monitoring and analyzing baselines and trends in the underwater soundscape to protect and manage marine life;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id577578E4525B4EC6A181725F01F4BC9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to continue to develop and apply standardized forms of measurements to assess sounds produced by marine animals, physical processes, and anthropogenic activities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA59A583CD0FE421A9A28FF53F7109E2B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after coordinating with the Secretary of Defense, to coordinate and make accessible to the public the datasets, modeling and analysis, and user-driven products and tools resulting from observations of underwater sound funded through grants awarded under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2185c3199ac940738c547a13e7ca0ad1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The program described in subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="id14ce7185c5f5401c8f89e1ccfad50e6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include the Ocean Noise Reference Station Network of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Park Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a23d19554d441a09af26b390b4c0a95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use and coordinate with the Integrated Ocean Observing System; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70f8d89a69e14f26b1e816821f8b56d7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate with the Regional Ocean Partnerships and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb77e2e24b9b146c3bebab12e99b525ec"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall consider the geographic diversity of the recipients of such grants.</text></subsection><subsection id="idDF29A8D985C342C39A0D7EC7F5711D96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>An activity may not be carried out under this section if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary, determines that the activity would negatively impact the defense readiness or the national security of the United States. </text></subsection><subsection id="idc384da8224a64a7393b352b5967ab93b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle style="OLC" id="idD5D324996BAF47E3A93C4F1CB1D27CA6"><enum>B</enum><header>Oil spills</header><section id="id222FE5F9275A4A75AE1EE71BDEB9ACF6"><enum>321.</enum><header>Improving oil spill preparedness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall include in the Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills database (or a successor database) used by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oil weathering models new data, including peer-reviewed data, on properties of crude and refined oils, including data on diluted bitumen, as such data becomes publicly available. </text></section><section id="id8C4012F69071485BA68A0676037F847F"><enum>322.</enum><header>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header><subsection id="id83498dd6e87b43b7a354273013639492"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program</header><paragraph id="idCDBE269D24D1434FBFABD7F8156EAF63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C1047E964B449C2BBA8811495BFD81C"><section id="id108dae011a794d8a9e06171803bee12a"><enum>323.</enum><header>Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program</header><subsection id="id3f791b7e04ff4a4180174996250aa71e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Coast Guard a Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>) to develop and administer the Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6a37acb4a6394a1e9e54dd8c0bbaad87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program manager</header><paragraph id="id77bed50bcefd41199511e9dcceb424e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Commandant shall select a permanent civilian career employee through a competitive search process for a term not less than 5 years to serve as the Western Alaska Oil Spill Criteria Program Manager (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program Manager</quote>)—</text><subparagraph id="idD8A390AB789344B5A6EC57309E0096F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the primary duty of whom shall be to administer the Program; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68C79BEE0B854B65A8244399FE9AB328"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who shall not be subject to frequent or routine reassignment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf4d8980008a4672843f2a6f3c93a5d6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conflicts of interest</header><text>The individual selected to serve as the Program Manager shall not have conflicts of interest relating to entities regulated by the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7a3ac6cfe4d4cb1a8c6624967bfe17d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><subparagraph id="idDDCF1D64B8864662BB26C2C2FEE4902F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Development of guidance</header><text>The Program Manager shall develop guidance for—</text><clause id="idff53e90c7cfe4895859e6e8e0882fb49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>approval, drills, and testing relating to the Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria; and</text></clause><clause id="idf19fa1308ea448f6b3458dd95bfa42db"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>gathering input concerning such planning criteria from Federal agencies, State, local, and Tribal governments, and relevant industry and nongovernmental entities.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB734953A788242209E1294EEBF860DF7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assessments</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Program Manager shall—</text><clause id="idbd904e43c3184f2396a91a206ea2cc4d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assess whether such existing planning criteria adequately meet the needs of vessels operating in the geographic area; and</text></clause><clause id="id6e84204aa47549d29bca21ad64fad85f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identify methods for advancing response capability so as to achieve, with respect to a vessel, compliance with national planning criteria.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66bed3c3d3cc4ba580bd07222768928c"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Onsite verifications</header><text>The Program Manager shall address the relatively small number and limited nature of verifications of response capabilities for vessel response plans by increasing, within the Seventeenth Coast Guard District, the quantity and frequency of onsite verifications of the providers identified in vessel response plans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8253dc0b1e5246498b5d5f9d329481a8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant shall enhance the knowledge and proficiency of Coast Guard personnel with respect to the Program by—</text><paragraph id="id9D4CE85865154F2582F2A480059C721E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing formalized training on the Program that, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id66471586f83347cd98df685d6282b645"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides in-depth analysis of—</text><clause id="ida2b270784366423fb2ee7cae0632ab92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the national planning criteria described in part 155 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);</text></clause><clause id="id8fc9d0f3eeb34a1985c9384415f3f7fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>alternative planning criteria;</text></clause><clause id="id383833c2bd044bcbaec40b43627f51e2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria;</text></clause><clause id="id5598f64b748d406f87e3e033a1174dac"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Captain of the Port and Federal On-Scene Coordinator authorities related to activation of a vessel response plan;</text></clause><clause id="id002b354321534725a83dc17c8cf44f6c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the responsibilities of vessel owners and operators in preparing a vessel response plan for submission; and</text></clause><clause id="id78c545639fbb417bb3a7818fbb7ea60c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>responsibilities of the Area Committee, including risk analysis, response capability, and development of alternative planning criteria;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide1cd9692643d4003b70f77397fddf650"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explains the approval processes of vessel response plans that involve alternative planning criteria or Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79b6ae89a65441629080b2e461353ed2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides instruction on the processes involved in carrying out the actions described in paragraphs (9)(D) and (9)(F) of section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)</external-xref>), including instruction on carrying out such actions—</text><clause id="id9b9b64aa72fe47a4bfc4768abbc65eb1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in any geographic area in the United States; and</text></clause><clause id="iddb95a35630fe4cea95e2307cb5324919"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specifically in the Seventeenth Coast Guard District; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ddc7ecf7ab64728afb74017037f41fe"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing such training to all Coast Guard personnel involved in the Program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF2D2109A1BD449AA869DB94657C7F7D4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section: </text><paragraph id="idEF189D76AF224B30B3F51013CD88F80C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative planning criteria</header><text>The term <term>alternative planning criteria</term> means criteria submitted under section 155.1065 or 155.5067 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), for vessel response plans. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6B4EF3EBD4AF46B88D404873A4AF6A3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tribal</header><text>The term <term>Tribal</term> means of or pertaining to an Indian Tribe or a Tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C54FE4F4DDE4D48834ABD2A93524790"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vessel response plan</header><text>The term <term>vessel response plan</term> means a plan required to be submitted by the owner or operator of a tank vessel or a nontank vessel under regulations issued by the President under 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><paragraph id="idF24D548FFC7F4DDD953725493EB4817C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header><text>The term <term>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria</term> means the criteria required under paragraph (9) of section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB0958B80174B4AC3A5681F6192C4A228"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DEE054D9CE349E88F7BCB7635BBB2E2"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">323. Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB66C5A5B8E7F4D4BA891B6EA9D2596FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header><paragraph id="idD0FB9010CA454B5CBF7EF2A230AFA875"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id741A7F7ECF754FAA8469C90619598337" style="OLC" act-name=""><paragraph id="idEB8995FC54C4446B958223B1D1084C67"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Alternative planning criteria program</header><subparagraph id="idAABBCD8BD2CB4CF4A216A7F2DDFAEE0A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause id="id4AD36AB4F13445E9AE7DED49791F0539"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Alternative planning criteria</header><text>The term <term>alternative planning criteria</term> means criteria submitted under section 155.1065 or 155.5067 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), for vessel response plans.</text></clause><clause id="id510C156195BF44CBB17A6AD909EC5263"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone</header><text>The term <term>Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone</term> means the area described in section 3.85–15(b) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). </text></clause><clause id="id9586795AE2434E82AAD145E4DC9F8E99" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></clause><clause id="idad47d34bd9684644a799667dc1e39c76"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Tribal</header><text>The term <term>Tribal</term> means of or pertaining to an Indian Tribe or a Tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)).</text></clause><clause id="id8f698035c5b54f4281f403535b3e3fa6"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Vessel response plan</header><text>The term <term>vessel response plan</term> means a plan required to be submitted by the owner or operator of a tank vessel or a nontank vessel under regulations issued by the President under paragraph (5). </text></clause><clause id="id14e7fd09500544cdaf10c221018acb07"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone</header><text>The term <quote>Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone</quote> means the area described in section 3.85–15(a) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph). </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id017592E362684E11A6DE2DFE8BDC5A3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (I), for any part of the area of responsibility of the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone or the Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone in which the Secretary has determined that the national planning criteria established pursuant to this subsection are inappropriate for a vessel operating in that area, a response plan required under paragraph (5) with respect to a discharge of oil for such a vessel shall comply with the planning criteria established under subparagraph (D)(i).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81A2DA55485F4887AEC2B8BFB2E22B81"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Relation to national planning criteria</header><text>The planning criteria established under subparagraph (D)(i) shall, with respect to a discharge of oil from a vessel described in subparagraph (B), apply in lieu of any alternative planning criteria accepted for vessels operating in that area prior to the date on which the planning criteria under subparagraph (D)(i) are established. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF5350A000584FDF9B88E6E633AE8A1C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Establishment of planning criteria</header><text>The President, acting through the Commandant in consultation with the Western Alaska Oil Spill Criteria Program Manager established under section 323 of title 14, United States Code, shall establish— </text><clause id="id2135A295B9454900873CF2D17DAC7414"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Alaska oil spill planning criteria for a worst case discharge of oil, and a substantial threat of such a discharge, within any part of the area of responsibility of the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone or Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone in which the Secretary has determined that the national planning criteria established pursuant to this subsection are inappropriate for a vessel operating in that area; and</text></clause><clause id="id4DB630EE0EE64A15ABCF275866AD82FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>standardized submission, review, approval, and compliance verification processes for the planning criteria established under clause (i), including the quantity and frequency of drills and on-site verifications of vessel response plans accepted pursuant to those planning criteria.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2331BC44BB394B3B8FAB8E9C9C748823"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><clause id="id528AA496592040E4968E6EA490A8E525"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria established under subparagraph (D)(i) shall include planning criteria for the following:</text><subclause id="id00df5d17728b4a5790c48de146819abf"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Mechanical oil spill response resources that are required to be located within that area.</text></subclause><subclause id="idb238a14fca694a3d87bae2deb4b0a2e4"><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 that area.</text></subclause><subclause id="idb47aea57068a46b8baee7640a9e09e3e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Pre-identified vessels for oil spill response that are capable of operating in the ocean environment.</text></subclause><subclause id="id237443351633440c9656f836d8a6aa4c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Ensuring the availability of at least 1 oil spill removal organization that is classified by the Coast Guard and that—</text><item id="id1e8324dad3cf4c8b9b103b7683f8e0e8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is capable of responding in all operating environments in that area;</text></item><item id="id522e07d4b132448191693efee8a492ee"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>controls oil spill response resources of dedicated and nondedicated resources within that area, through ownership, contracts, agreements, or other means approved by the President, sufficient—</text><subitem id="id339a076538734abcb67d82c5b560062a"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>to mobilize and sustain a response to a worst case discharge of oil; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id18a62c1d8286450898ab0d611b703a0f"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>to contain, recover, and temporarily store discharged oil;</text></subitem></item><item id="idf918266d976f4ecdaaeea0af981a5483"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>has pre-positioned oil spill response resources in strategic locations throughout that area in a manner that ensures the ability to support response personnel, marine operations, air cargo, or other related logistics infrastructure;</text></item><item id="id7bec77c642e54fcca5fed8674bb373bb"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>has temporary storage capability using both dedicated and non-dedicated assets located within that area;</text></item><item id="id607bd4f6fee94cc9ba930d0d34a10ed7"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>has non-mechanical oil spill response resources, to be available under contracts, agreements, or other means approved by the President, capable of responding to a discharge of persistent oil and a discharge of nonpersistent oil, whether the discharged oil was carried by a vessel as fuel or cargo; and</text></item><item id="id9286bbe173044f409b00738cb9e3d587"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>considers availability of wildlife response resources for primary, secondary, and tertiary responses to support carcass collection, sampling, deterrence, rescue, and rehabilitation of birds, sea turtles, marine mammals, fishery resources, and other wildlife.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idcd0683ec134e4cbda46309fa8a10136f"><enum>(V)</enum><text>With respect to tank barges carrying nonpersistent oil in bulk as cargo, oil spill response resources that are required to be carried on board.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9df03212a0a84c5d8cd1cd82edb8a343"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Specifying a minimum length of time that approval of a response plan under this paragraph is valid. </text></subclause><subclause id="id1d0d71b87b414f2096ab10ef6cd3cccb"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Managing wildlife protection and rehabilitation, including identified wildlife protection and rehabilitation resources in that area.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf2fe72cb70bd4261a55cf88a11b4de44"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional considerations</header><text>The Commandant may consider criteria regarding—</text><subclause id="id1dabe6a80cf94943964f0c9803a8e7a6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>vessel routing measures consistent with international routing measure deviation protocols; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idccf59f540c93451e9b5915e848628feb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>maintenance of real-time continuous vessel tracking, monitoring, and engagement protocols with the ability to detect and address vessel operation anomalies.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34DE6F7372974EF3A3A3E62F9E970E68"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Requirement for approval</header><text>The President may approve a response plan for a vessel under this paragraph 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 subparagraph (D)(i).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0DC507D87F9D4916849DA2DE18E4ECD7"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Periodic audits</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance of vessel response plans and oil spill removal organizations within the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone and the Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone with the planning criteria under subparagraph (D)(i).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3DDDA1CC37ED4A9980BE947098318DC2"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Review of determination</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall review each determination of the Secretary under subparagraph (B) that the national planning criteria are inappropriate for a vessel operating in the area of responsibility of the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone and the Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78296D94A0454742AB7E75EE0DDE8713"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph affects—</text><clause id="id8DEBB558E7DC4D368EA2343C25577275"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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;</text></clause><clause id="id3D4F3EE512C64AD4B5ABB076335CE166"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the requirements under this subsection applicable to vessel response plans for vessels operating within the area of responsibility of the Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone under 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></clause><clause id="id0CA31FA59189461BA1D3E894CD842EF1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the authority of a Federal On-Scene Coordinator to use any available resources when responding to an oil spill.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB1E8788E0094E61885CA9DF4BE76EA4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment of Alaska oil spill planning criteria</header><subparagraph id="id9E6E67B54D5B46F1BEA933406C542ACF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall establish the planning criteria required to be established under paragraph (9)(D)(i) of section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6668AFE2379D4865AF1E6BC4C59A4ED1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In establishing the planning criteria described in subparagraph (B), the President shall consult with the Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, and the owners and operators, that would be subject to those planning criteria, oil spill removal organizations, Alaska Native organizations, and environmental nongovernmental organizations located within the State of Alaska.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc28b88f358174ba696c89c58c32130b9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Government-to-government consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct government-to-government consultation with federally recognized Indian Tribes, as requested and appropriate for activities authorized by this section. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85A82C0481C04976B72A38BB55C00B4C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Congressional report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the status of implementation of paragraph (9) of section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7b6d2a9551de409da86f1165520b616b"><enum>323.</enum><header>Accident and incident notification relating to pipelines</header><subsection id="id4CC6E1F9D2734390847C1D88AD116DA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 9 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60117">49 U.S.C. 60117</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/90">Public Law 112–90</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id07BF0423A858474ABFDF6611AEB32672"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/60117">49 U.S.C. 60117</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/90">Public Law 112–90</external-xref>) shall be applied and administered as if the subsection repealed by subsection (a) had never been enacted.</text></subsection></section><section id="idDADAD9D233E54C8387A4DF9B04EA8AB4"><enum>324.</enum><header>Coast Guard claims processing costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended by striking <quote>damages;</quote> and inserting <quote>damages, including, in the case of a spill of national significance that results in extraordinary Coast Guard claims processing activities, the administrative and personnel costs of the Coast Guard to process those claims (including the costs of commercial claims processing, expert services, training, and technical services), subject to the condition that the Coast Guard shall submit to Congress a report describing the spill of national significance not later than 30 days after the date on which the Coast Guard determines it necessary to process those claims;</quote>. </text></section><section id="idC0C7E25B822F44DBB1F37B7E0A6B6038"><enum>325.</enum><header>Calculation of interest on debt owed to the national pollution fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1005(b)(4) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2705">33 U.S.C. 2705(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id896FE7F3D99843CF924DD45AB1BABC64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The interest paid</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id32B6FC3829364929BAEC0FD3863B9F32" style="OLC" act-name=""><subparagraph id="id098D6B35742A433D927E67FF6195D35D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The interest paid for claims, other than Federal Government cost recovery claims,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id845CC7B91BCC4FBAA8E85E785937765E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="idBF21D94CD7CA46DB942A789C9FF35013" style="OLC" act-name=""><subparagraph id="idFE4CF59190DF4D1B9C28D54667FDCB8A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal cost recovery claims</header><text>The interest paid for Federal Government cost recovery claims under this section shall be calculated in accordance with section 3717 of title 31, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id2415A95BA53441278DF2DA993888965B"><enum>326.</enum><header>Per-incident limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9509">section 9509(c)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph id="id397c92661fda4ecbb8c65c40e46837ff"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>$1,000,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500,000,000</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idddb39748ae154af0ab8974efa965609c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$750,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idA1B66C5C61894297B5D578EE234942C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">$1,000,000,000</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">$1,500,000,000</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id2EE81D03C64F428F93F9EF48484795FA"><enum>327.</enum><header>Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6002 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2752">33 U.S.C. 2752</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="idEAE5C6EC44C84CEEB5032428C19CA23F" style="OLC" act-name=""><subsection id="idA4C4D3CDC4CC48CC9EA14550928CE74D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><paragraph id="id037CEB5B240B4DC985550BEDB07E34F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to—</text><subparagraph id="idC55F56A3CD324443971EF3B54802321C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 1006(f), 1012(a)(4), or 5006; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88A8EA00C8814BF5B4A262DB64A92D41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount, which may not exceed $50,000,000 in any fiscal year, made available by the President from the Fund—</text><clause id="id631747571417421BB5C0778889C6AD77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to carry out 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>); and</text></clause><clause id="id142CBE277CD14DFF9735D4D95EDD7502"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to initiate the assessment of natural resources damages required under section 1006.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6FB8D1827FA944E39C55AE8498FE4538"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fund advances</header><subparagraph id="id0E3EBFCE3D534BD3AB356E99B38BA008"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To the extent that the amount described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) is not adequate to carry out the activities described in that subparagraph, the Coast Guard may obtain 1 or more advances from the Fund as may be necessary, up to a maximum of $100,000,000 for each advance, with the total amount of advances not to exceed the amounts available under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9509">section 9509(c)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBDE949BC110D46C78FB63FDDC19D714E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification to Congress</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Coast Guard obtains an advance under subparagraph (A), the Coast Guard shall notify Congress of—</text><clause id="id3A63455CCFB247899B5E2041AC200A5E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount advanced; and</text></clause><clause id="id552B8410C2C54C528204C0442B047211"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the facts and circumstances that necessitated the advance.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA166F58BF90F4832A41325BA31E1F924"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>Amounts advanced under this paragraph shall be repaid to the Fund when, and to the extent that, removal costs are recovered by the Coast Guard from responsible parties for the discharge or substantial threat of discharge.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD3E77C99F4A41CE9560FC134D25AF74"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts to which this subsection applies shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id8DC2B3CC3E0146328C6CE7FC23A90505"><enum>328.</enum><header>Cost-reimbursable agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1012 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2712">33 U.S.C. 2712</external-xref>) is amended— </text><paragraph id="id59ADDE3B476445EBBDC186A6CB3669B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking <quote>by a Governor or designated State official</quote> and inserting <quote>by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe, pursuant to a cost-reimbursable agreement</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id96C57731522C404C91549875BE9EED9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d) and (e) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id6CEA8CBD841D46E09AE3BD5B2E6838FC" style="OLC" act-name=""><subsection id="idC4809FA127AD4FAFB5579F6373BFED7C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost-Reimbursable agreement</header><paragraph id="idE4AC4DB9989D4FF9A6BCB8672C1AAC76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out 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>), the President may enter into cost-reimbursable agreements with a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe to obligate the Fund for the payment of removal costs consistent with the National Contingency Plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B9023D2C3334DACB16BE5395778E0A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text>Neither section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, nor chapter 63 of that title shall apply to a cost-reimbursable agreement entered into under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id40A73220E1A74DF38D3A1803369F5DBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l) as subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id888093ecbe434912b122050d7c237802"><enum>329.</enum><header>Oil spill response review</header><subsection id="idF908354AC2714F9A86C7719A751BDB65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Commandant shall develop and carry out a program—</text><paragraph id="id2ba459fdae2e40e894d805cfea0281c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to increase collection and improve the quality of incident data on oil spill location and response capability by periodically evaluating the data, documentation, and analysis of—</text><subparagraph id="id4BF474565EB1438A8692DB19C8B565CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Coast Guard-approved vessel response plans, including vessel response plan audits and assessments;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92814D5AC7EA4B51998D084D83034C8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>oil spill response drills conducted under section 311(j)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(7)</external-xref>) that occur within the Marine Transportation System; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0C07B867D871408FB43E7F9D1CC647C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>responses to oil spill incidents that require mobilization of contracted response resources;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d37d1428ed64a23a2000c4b1c7885cf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to update, not less frequently than annually, information contained in the Coast Guard Response Resource Inventory and other Coast Guard tools used to document the availability and status of oil spill response equipment, so as to ensure that such information remains current; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB974B910D7BC4C71A7EFCBCF43D21F48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Freedom of Information Act</quote>), to make data collected under paragraph (1) available to the public.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA5CDC97D30B9456A80FFF17218B401F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue a policy—</text><paragraph id="id3CDDCC973E6D4751BEA6E3CF85435E53"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish processes to maintain the program under subsection (a) and support Coast Guard oil spill prevention and response activities, including by incorporating oil spill incident data from after-action oil spill reports and data ascertained from vessel response plan exercises and audits into—</text><subparagraph id="id833AD4A38076481886AAB0262CB0DAB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review and approval process standards and metrics;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC1B01F0E8D7242C4A6539254FFDD9A2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) review processes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9242A186FCC436D8ABB3802E23BA239"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Area Contingency Plan (ACP) development; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B5D031CEFE047D3AE3D366B0241E43F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>risk assessments developed under section 70001 of title 46, United States Code, including lessons learned from reportable marine casualties; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E0857BEFC304BA4929880B4ACCB9AA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to standardize and develop tools, training, and other relevant guidance that may be shared with vessel owners and operators to assist with accurately calculating and measuring the performance and viability of proposed alternatives to national planning criteria requirements and Area Contingency Plans under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC4F6C8BB9434DECAE9F8C1CF25F1994"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to improve training of Coast Guard personnel to ensure continuity of planning activities under this section, including by identifying ways in which civilian staffing may improve the continuity of operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id60768807E4254FEF98B0AA6FD4DA5BCA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to increase Federal Government engagement with State, local, and Tribal governments and stakeholders so as to strengthen coordination and efficiency of oil spill responses.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9AB3EAD60A494E7E896BD6994C1F68EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Periodic updates</header><text>Not less frequently than every 5 years, the Commandant shall update the processes established under subsection (b)(1) to incorporate relevant analyses of—</text><paragraph id="id70B27F10CA7B43AD86A0AFC8A3907A2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>incident data on oil spill location and response quality;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6124B8700BF84C9CA07571A3D454D6DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>oil spill risk assessments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9F45F145711044A7B712E457ADD4CA34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>oil spill response effectiveness and the affects of such response on the environment; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1E79E35257704FFAAA4B8B40D487995B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>oil spill response drills conducted under section 311(j)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(7)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida23d062a879c457ca7bc32975468c150"><enum>(5)</enum><text>marine casualties reported to the Coast Guard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45a751b3b4714215b76a9331ef489ddd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>near miss incidents documented by a Vessel Traffic Service Center (as such terms are defined in sections 70001(m) of title 46, United States Code).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0B872D74FDA9430B8F6819A24A6073A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id90214DC453994E90A3417401BC9672FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the status of ongoing and planned efforts to improve the effectiveness and oversight of the vessel response program. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id816C4A8A8296450597EB48FAF231ABB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Commandant shall publish the report required by subparagraph (A) on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id91f553051a5e483ab55743b87cf5eae0"><enum>330.</enum><header>Review and report on limited indemnity provisions in standby oil spill response contracts</header><subsection id="ida8c50bf683be436db451ce1c98ed6d80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 the effects of removing limited indemnity provisions from Coast Guard oil spill response contracts entered into by the President (or a delegate) 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>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idd9971baa74124448b77ea8623e481a81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id6af79f87a01f432ba31f0e847d86b6cf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of the adequacy of contracts described in that subsection in meeting the needs of the United States to carry out oil spill clean-ups under the National Contingency Plan (as defined in section 311(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1321">33 U.S.C. 1321(a)</external-xref>)) during the period beginning in 1990 and ending in 2014 with respect to those contracts that included limited indemnity provisions for oil spill response organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb61865e7dee84ff19d894004e1af4c3c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A review of the costs incurred by the Coast Guard, 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, and the Federal Government to cover the indemnity provisions provided to oil spill response organizations during the period described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3e8f0fbe6c14bdf8dccb34d9e97f3b3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of the adequacy of contracts described in that subsection in meeting the needs of the United States to carry out oil spill clean-ups under the National Contingency Plan (as so defined) after limited indemnity provisions for oil spill response organizations were removed from those contracts in 2014.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf7579a8438b4b818f4bd1d94e518f6d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of the impact that the removal of limited indemnity provisions described in paragraph (3) has had on the ability of oil spill response organizations to enter into contracts described in that subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb947f92146334ff2ae6674b1907582bd"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of the ability of 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, to cover limited indemnity provided to a contractor for liabilities and expenses incidental to the containment or removal of oil arising out of the performance of a contract that is substantially identical to the terms contained in subsections (d)(2) through (h) of section H.4 of the contract offered by the Coast Guard in the solicitation numbered DTCG89–98–A–68F953 and dated November 17, 1998.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1cf526dfb88e4b01bd20d38e810af6b7"><enum>331.</enum><header>Additional exceptions to regulations for towing vessels</header><subsection id="id802f04302bfd4f1084ce1ab51eff04f2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review existing Coast Guard policies with respect to exceptions to the applicability of subchapter M of chapter I of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), for—</text><paragraph id="idb9cd876a697a4c5f82baf251d27ba937"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an oil spill response vessel, or a vessel of opportunity, while such vessel is—</text><subparagraph id="idcb63114586de45bdad1be26dec375987"><enum>(A)</enum><text>towing boom for oil spill response; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81102e4eac144add9937b1314f981840"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participating in an oil response exercise; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e6ae7945340465aa3da4a9da0d26f03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a fishing vessel while that vessel is operating as a vessel of opportunity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id70b731f38a6846b0be96547f046f9e3d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of the review required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall revise or issue any necessary policy to clarify the applicability of subchapter M of chapter I of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) to the vessels described in subsection (a). Such a policy shall ensure safe and effective operation of such vessels.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb83d390ab5fa4c21a523818cfe611668"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id53b60e77e8e64078ac3d058a114eb1d7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fishing vessel; oil spill response vessel</header><text>The terms <term>fishing vessel</term> and <term>oil spill response vessel</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide4f5aaeaf5bf4130b1e44e965f4e2fcf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vessel of opportunity</header><text>The term <term>vessel of opportunity</term> means a vessel engaged in spill response activities that is normally and substantially involved in activities other than spill response and not a vessel carrying oil as a primary cargo. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id6748735DB8B449A9A189469C93CF7962" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Environmental compliance</header><section id="ideee54336bf9c4559abdb23ec55a07aec"><enum>341.</enum><header>Review of anchorage regulations</header><subsection id="idb7f92ad54540474d9a21f1967f362cf9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulatory review</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a review of existing anchorage regulations or other rules and identify regulations or rules that may need modification in the interest of marine safety, security, and environmental concerns, taking into account undersea pipelines, cables, or other infrastructure.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3abeb79a50024c63a8779ffcd41e3c58"><enum>(b)</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 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that summarizes the review. </text></subsection></section><section id="id3d33ef0d44b7405599857851e51f13ed"><enum>342.</enum><header>Study on impacts on shipping and commercial, Tribal, and recreational fisheries from the development of renewable energy on the West Coast</header><subsection id="id6F9FD74AEC2A40638ACF8B34E0C90443"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idc74f1340c79f452fb0965b525f33bf24"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered waters</header><text>The term <term>covered waters</term> means Federal or State waters off of the Canadian border and out to the furthest extent of the exclusive economic zone.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAF6775C04BDE41CABB2788522B09673C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusive economic zone</header><text>The term <term>exclusive economic zone</term> has the meaning given that term in section 107 of title 46, United States Code. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id172B8A36511149B1B01636D1115393A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy of Sciences shall carry out a study to—</text><paragraph id="id1758cb21070d4be49ecfe94c0a589e9c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify, document, and analyze—</text><subparagraph id="id28c1af5337a8440894472ed8521b7b95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>historic and current, as of the date of the study, Tribal, commercial, and recreational fishing grounds, as well as areas where fish stocks are likely to shift in the future in all covered waters;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8f1f6ead617f4b869f6fb863ddcaaf6f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>usual and accustomed fishing areas in all covered waters;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddfdf26a42b554945bac29d227c7f9e96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>historic, current, and potential future shipping lanes, based on projected growth in shipping traffic in all covered waters; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd5591b3842ef41ddb6ad74734ecd2d44"><enum>(D)</enum><text>key data needed to properly site renewable energy sites on the West Coast;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idafb5f369f6a94a70a6755f2e59962486" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>analyze—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD7D9878BAD4245589AE87479F12696EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>methods used to manage fishing, shipping, and other maritime activities; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0b5b9ee3d435496497a3bc3b0d355760"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how those activities could be impacted by the placement of renewable energy infrastructure and the associated construction, maintenance, and operation such infrastructure; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id344c854ac755421c946c7c877b678d96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide recommendations on appropriate areas for renewable energy sites and outline a comprehensive approach to include all impacted coastal communities, particularly Tribal governments and fisheries communities, in the decision-making process.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7368a2755bb44534aab9de5c48cc0be3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id3d45a7d0d486461788223b6e7202f603"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit the study to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, including all recommendations provided under subsection (b)(3); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd68e5f7f52a1406392fd99d3cd50354b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the study publicly available. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idA1000D6127744C28A68A4B160D94C38E" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Environmental issues</header><section id="id6BC641C5447D470EB2299EFADDA328DE"><enum>351.</enum><header>Modifications to the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund administration</header><subsection id="idc94ec985adef48df8947447356ded492"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act amendments</header><paragraph id="id6ac2f0da3d94498595cca5c8543593a1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Available amounts</header><text>Section 4(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/777c">16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(1)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63aef4970c3942a09dd07164893a2fd5"><subclause id="id1f157d1293374ce0b43d9251d4534730"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying—</text><item id="id4a72849d92cd4dc5a2791a2085ef8e39"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$12,786,434; and</text></item><item id="id14e180b580c74710911187d0baf34b1e"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the change, relative to the preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor; and</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf41382cddd24c41bcf4c68f8be8c219"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized expenses</header><text>Section 9(a) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/777h">16 U.S.C. 777h(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="ide64c4d6283a64be9aba48d81f234e66e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>full-time</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d8c902e714844a3a1f64f3c3ab0a2f7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>on a full-time basis</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbcee48c778cb4af3b7c18a83e5543537"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act amendments</header><paragraph id="id19acfafae36146f5b1cd15d558e9406a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Available amounts</header><text>Section 4(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669c">16 U.S.C. 669c(a)(1)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03141bdb75994ed4b01d7c8187d52845"><subclause id="idc128a5b8696942c3929fcd8df15652e3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying—</text><item id="id120fec0094b745d68c8a494d69ce58d4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$12,786,434; and</text></item><item id="id71f03a3e9f9246e3871224ce0d116a7f"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the change, relative to the preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor; and</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id7af2744202bd4937b8bd13e54d1a3646"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized expenses</header><text>Section 9(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669h">16 U.S.C. 669h(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idb6722a4d0e53410e9aa173e6045d004b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>full-time</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id830f832c32d14124a0254370e2abaf58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>on a full-time basis</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9c84ba5f41864db0ac7c3c2d82366eef"><enum>352.</enum><header>Improvements to Coast Guard communication with North Pacific maritime and fishing industry</header><subsection id="id502d921c0c53453ea9d263a02b1aefbe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rescue 21 system in Alaska</header><paragraph id="idc0c5db630cbf4047895ff974606e5207"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Upgrades</header><text>The Commandant shall ensure the timely upgrade of the Rescue 21 system in Alaska so as to achieve, not later than August 30, 2023, 98 percent operational availability of remote fixed facility sites.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6faca26d6994ec696c561ce8055fee4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan to reduce outages</header><subparagraph id="id68e050a6ce7e4eb7823a1f2bc7226e6b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall develop an operations and maintenance plan for the Rescue 21 system in Alaska that anticipates maintenance needs so as to reduce Rescue 21 system outages to the maximum extent practicable.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16596d8440524ac99e1407ecc2c3852f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The plan required by subparagraph (A) shall be made available to the public on a publicly accessible internet website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idba35ca68e5e543e0b51effd9ae81c4a2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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—</text><subparagraph id="ided5ac65a9de14e14b7895a3e0ee7ee13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contains a plan for the Coast Guard to notify mariners of radio outages for towers owned and operated by the Seventeenth Coast Guard District;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7df4971fd4a74af7bcfe4522f8d76646"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addresses in such plan how the Seventeenth Coast Guard will—</text><clause id="id2761d20391344f748a5a3cbbad25fe2b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disseminate updates regarding outages on social media not less frequently than every 48 hours;</text></clause><clause id="id3d608b7447cb4d2a93591b37faeb955c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide updates on a publicly accessible website not less frequently than every 48 hours;</text></clause><clause id="idcea01e5e19b3471ea85544e2a014db5a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>develop methods for notifying mariners in areas in which cellular connectivity does not exist; and</text></clause><clause id="id0efa50b1b4fb47a4ba533700c7301343"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>develop and advertise a web-based communications update hub on AM/FM radio for mariners; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id274205bd97ac4f0798e746cb250b171c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identifies technology gaps necessary to implement the plan and provides a budgetary assessment necessary to implement the plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd6cf7d2a22b436e9700d4d3db83ebc8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contingency plan</header><subparagraph id="id887BF7015C704056B795185B54E47656"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall, in collaboration with relevant Federal and State entities (including the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, agencies of the State of Alaska, local radio stations, and stakeholders), establish a contingency plan to ensure that notifications of an outage of the Rescue 21 system in Alaska are broadly disseminated in advance of such outage. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2523AAB426A44FB89A1A2018F7B5D5C1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The plan required by subparagraph (A) shall require Coast Guard—</text><clause id="id1bd33d3aaafe4765a93f3b58b42c40f1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to disseminate updates regarding outages on social media not less frequently than every 48 hours during an outage;</text></clause><clause id="id7a40fad6f0194f92ae80450696eab2d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide updates on a publicly accessible website not less frequently than every 48 hours during an outage;</text></clause><clause id="id9626b0dffc80413885a01665fd45435b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to notify mariners in areas in which cellular connectivity does not exist;</text></clause><clause id="idb4fe46d21d8c475d8aeb1fde564260e1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to develop and advertise a web-based communications update hub on AM/FM radio for mariners; and</text></clause><clause id="idd4042478c89d4185b3d8fe3ae979b31d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to identify technology gaps necessary to implement the plan and provides a budgetary assessment necessary to implement the plan.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8309f5b7578d4c6e9f826bfbd7e3dc5c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Improvements to communication with the fishing industry and related stakeholders</header><paragraph id="idb438b902188a4ee0b1d0ac5fdac4aca7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant, in coordination with the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee established by section 15102 of title 46, United States Code, shall develop a publicly accessible internet website that contains all information related to fishing industry activities, including vessel safety, inspections, enforcement, hazards, training, regulations (including proposed regulations), Rescue 21 system outages and similar outages, and any other fishing-related activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id164f2f1c5ccf4603bbec012094ae9690"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Automatic communications</header><text>The Commandant shall provide methods for regular and automatic email communications with stakeholders who elect, through the internet website developed under paragraph (1), to receive such communications.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfdf1f7cdcb4b44f0bf7a5f74ceb853a7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advance notification of military or other exercises</header><text>In consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and commercial fishing industry participants, the Commandant shall develop and publish on a publicly available internet website a plan for notifying United States mariners and the operators of United States fishing vessels in advance of—</text><paragraph id="idc6877dbdf15a47cea797a878d98611ef"><enum>(1)</enum><text>military exercises in the exclusive economic zone of the United States (as defined in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802</external-xref>)); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbaf4ff10feab43e0b782444a02e27728"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other military activities that will impact recreational or commercial activities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb449945b9ede4b66bfb0358f34071a3a"><enum>353.</enum><header>Fishing safety training grants program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4502(i)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2018 through 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>2023 through 2025</quote>.</text></section><section id="id22465094a60d47c7b31de7a2b439cfd5"><enum>354.</enum><header>Load lines</header><subsection id="idB000923E3D164C39BAFF8E120187BB91" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of covered fishing vessel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>covered fishing vessel</term> means a vessel that operates exclusively in one, or both, of the Thirteenth and Seventeenth Coast Guard Districts and that—</text><paragraph id="id6df31b4f453a4a14a0eedc6afbc60715" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was constructed, under construction, or under contract to be constructed as a fish tender vessel before January 1, 1980; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide48385d3237a4b4cb5182219995d642b" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>was converted for use as a fish tender vessel before January 1, 2022, and—</text><subparagraph id="ide8ebb46732034019b419a2bdfca0cfe4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the vessel has a current stability letter issued in accordance with regulations prescribed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd4ae948d22b47fd81084817d0d44ad2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the hull and internal structure of the vessel has been verified as suitable for intended service as examined by a marine surveyor of an organization accepted by the Secretary 2 times in the 5 years preceding the date of the determination under this subsection, with no interval of more than 3 years between such examinations; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8D78DD70128C46A4B539E3B9099DEA12"><enum>(3)</enum><text> operates part-time as a fish tender vessel for a period of less than 180 days. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEE367DC958614F7BA002D15C945737EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application to certain vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 3 years after the date on which the report required under subsection (c) is submitted, the load line requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to covered fishing vessels.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida188d57605534e5d810b567b582343f2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>GAO report</header><paragraph id="id17f60d45e3fa4a71a626f5b1c9ef18d5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 12 months 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—</text><subparagraph id="id5E5CBAB353204CA58676D2BC60941CED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a report on the safety and seaworthiness of vessels referenced in section 5102(b)(5) of title 46, United States Code; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50EF579A34CE492ABF7FBEC5562E4212"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations for exempting certain vessels from the load line requirements under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 46 of such Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0287f53861b74dfcaea44c7811d078e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id5735caee90cd4168bc6153be8e2f6a94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of stability requirements of vessels referenced in section 5102(b)(5) of title 46, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3cf178783bb54a979f57422b673b6978"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An analysis of vessel casualties, mishaps, or other safety information relevant to load line requirements when a vessel is operating part-time as a fish tender vessel.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide80f8accae71452ba9149f777251ab54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of any other safety information as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77ea403b6e5440288915d60a3451d448"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A list of all vessels that, as of the date of the report—</text><clause id="id71DDA6D2D8C844618FC995AAA53161AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are covered under section 5102(b)(5) of title 46, United States Code;</text></clause><clause id="id5FC5A5ADA97341B888B9897D3B984199"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are acting as part-time fish tender vessels; and</text></clause><clause id="id2AA20CE5E5224A4D99FE9BF06906323E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are subject to any captain of the port zone subject to the oversight of the Commandant.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf911734d00694429b181a7f72794d524"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall consider consultation with, at a minimum, the maritime industry, including— </text><subparagraph id="id36b77c7e25784fc4b01161608bb9bd0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relevant Federal, State, and tribal maritime associations and groups; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66f1c9768e3e412888699f0f202d0e09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>relevant federally funded research institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and academia.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id68a012d374714524a052ac83e848d36e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Nothing in this section shall limit any authority available, as of the date of enactment of this Act, to the captain of a port with respect to safety measures or any other authority as necessary for the safety of covered fishing vessels. </text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idAA600FB634574B8FB090608D54813F65" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Illegal fishing and forced labor prevention</header><section id="idb6571f49a5764decaafa3bddc0621e47"><enum>361.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle: </text><paragraph id="id732de522e4b241ec8b6a1fde0c3bd597"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Forced labor</header><text>The term <term>forced labor</term> means any labor or service provided for or obtained by any means described in section 1589(a) of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id939dee63e4a548559f51d6f5d207eab1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Human trafficking</header><text>The term <term>human trafficking</term> has the meaning given the term <term>severe forms of trafficking in persons</term> in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e97c88e982b4b33b6b57b251869cfb6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing</header><text>The term <term>illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing</term> has the meaning given such term in the implementing regulations or any subsequent regulations issued pursuant to section 609(e) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(e)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1882b0d95daf496a8f45f39147c1ab3f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Oppressive child labor</header><text>The term <term>oppressive child labor</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42f66a6969ab403eae0b81a8c79b11f0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Seafood</header><text>The term <term>seafood</term> means all marine animal and plant life meant for consumption as food other than marine mammals and birds, including fish, shellfish, shellfish products, and processed fish.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f3d8259f02e414aa8178dc172c25a53"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Seafood Import Monitoring Program</header><text>The term <term>Seafood Import Monitoring Program</term> means the Seafood Traceability Program established in subpart Q of part 300 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida0f1e1df21754c58acdeeadae0a856cb"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></paragraph></section><chapter id="id5EE7C27E248240C9B8A0A24D0789C057" style="OLC"><enum>1</enum><header>Combating Human Trafficking Through Seafood Import Monitoring</header><section id="id4053bb3e58bb4959be19191806044f84"><enum>362.</enum><header>Enhancement of Seafood Import Monitoring Program Automated Commercial Environment Message Set</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, develop a strategy to improve the quality and verifiability of already collected Seafood Import Monitoring Program Message Set data elements in the Automated Commercial Environment system. Such strategy shall prioritize the use of enumerated data types, such as checkboxes, dropdown menus, or radio buttons, and any additional elements the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds appropriate.</text></section><section id="ided4263ab77e6411cbfe203157da4da99"><enum>363.</enum><header>Data sharing and aggregation</header><subsection id="ida11e73448cd3498d8e6dc0c21cf55f28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interagency Working Group on Illegal, Unreported, or Unregulated Fishing</header><text>Section 3551(c) of the Maritime SAFE Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/8031">16 U.S.C. 8031(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5021cb1f03394fb0850e7c2d12a29f96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (13) as paragraphs (5) through (14), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id449a4a935b0e47559d9a82d2131eac5a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2755fffe673449dea9e720964abe3db8"><paragraph id="id73abbb0da05d43e3baad9efe3e36a1fb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>maximizing the utility of the import data collected by the members of the Working Group by harmonizing data standards and entry fields;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id21e5559494b540b3829a35190799efe4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on aggregated catch data for certain species</header><text>Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, for the purposes of compliance with respect to Northern red snapper under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, the Secretary may not allow an aggregated harvest report of such species, regardless of vessel size. </text></subsection></section><section id="id2a70f6a49c70443a812711ab31fd6803"><enum>364.</enum><header>Import audits</header><subsection id="idd8768b926b844932b6c3ac14478a1543"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Audit procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, implement procedures to audit information and supporting records of sufficient numbers of imports of seafood and seafood products subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to support statistically robust conclusions that the samples audited are representative of all seafood imports with respect to a given year.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5e3a252879c34a6da62f6874fdeb40d2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of marine forensics laboratory</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, begin the process of expanding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Forensics Laboratory, including by establishing sufficient capacity for the development and deployment of rapid, and follow-up, analysis of field-based tests focused on identifying Seafood Import Monitoring Program species, and prioritizing such species at high risk of illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and seafood fraud.</text></subsection><subsection id="id304e1aa1d39d4c9a967a9ed460601cb6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual revision</header><text>In developing the procedures required in subsection (a), the Secretary shall use predictive analytics to inform whether to revise such procedures to prioritize for audit those imports originating from nations—</text><paragraph id="iddd491c661f7c4afc8a152196753a59fc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identified pursuant to section 609(a) or 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)</external-xref> or 1826k(a)) that have not yet received a subsequent positive certification pursuant to section 609(d) or 610(c) of such Act, respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b672e96f132470a81216d4e1a04376c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identified by an appropriate regional fishery management organization as being the flag state or landing location of vessels identified by other nations or regional fisheries management organizations as engaging in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f58f67065bb4204b0aa2df120682e0f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identified as having human trafficking or forced labor in any part of the seafood supply chain, including on vessels flagged in such nation, and including feed for cultured production, in the most recent Trafficking in Persons Report issued by the Department of State in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7101">22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6fc16c03f9784e2db71314c8c6cb3c65"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identified as producing goods that contain seafood using forced labor or oppressive child labor in the most recent List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7101">22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07da777ff9684ce0bcac59dff7b445ac"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identified as at risk for human trafficking, including forced labor, in their seafood catching and processing industries by the report required under section 3563 of the Maritime SAFE Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/92">Public Law 116–92</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1e6b76953c0e45e2a63fc0d9a4974707"><enum>365.</enum><header>Availability of fisheries information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881a">16 U.S.C. 1881a(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id78992E1E5A714F7B9C33CE7B276F8300" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4E0EC7079C544520BB5C25D6CDFD2213" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id683EF8B80B2E4BF2B723A6A66005703E" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13CAA6597F3F40A7999CBAB678868841"><subparagraph id="id9d80483bdd3e4a35a24c0758dd9ed697" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to Federal agencies, to the extent necessary and appropriate, to administer Federal programs established to combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing (as defined in section 361 of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>) or forced labor (as defined in section 361 of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idb70669bb4114484a9a1d0c448f34de9b"><enum>366.</enum><header>Authority to hold fish products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861">16 U.S.C. 1861(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id57f6b79f6c8446c9acde47a88ce69456"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51b9bf62b9aa4521a14a4d0e58a068b2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd049249252d94918b2fc01da2a70feef"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following a new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF850D838B5284A06B508678E7CFD7DD1"><subparagraph id="id7139cf3898014bc8a81d77e7495fb2ce" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>detain, for a period of not more than 14 days, any shipment of fish or fish product imported into, landed on, introduced into, exported from, or transported within the jurisdiction of the United States, or, if such fish or fish product is determined to be perishable, sell and retain the proceeds therefrom for a period of not more than 21 days.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idF79FB8C5BF5B4085B8008E59AE2092C9"><enum>367.</enum><header>Report on Seafood Import Monitoring Program</header><subsection id="id44c601d2cfaa495fa387f0f8a781d111"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report to Congress and public availability of reports</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that summarizes the National Marine Fisheries Service’s efforts to prevent the importation of seafood harvested through illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, particularly with respect to seafood harvested, produced, processed, or manufactured by forced labor. Each such report shall be made publicly available on the website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></subsection><subsection id="id60ce2e12850b4c7aa8015c4f3fb528dd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id3f47bb556093495bbebe4c9c7a2abfac"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the volume and value of seafood species subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, reported by 10-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States codes, imported during the previous fiscal year;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b4cd082bb8c41e1aaed6d52cc8efac1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the enforcement activities and priorities of the National Marine Fisheries Service with respect to implementing the requirements under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id474173b0396e49fe856f7782e6732fee"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the percentage of import shipments subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program selected for inspection or the information or records supporting entry selected for audit, as described in section 300.324(d) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2984d8e96ab4170940a590d2189795d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number and types of instances of noncompliance with the requirements of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0adc5df4bc9c4b3399e232264909fe77"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the number and types of instances of violations of State or Federal law discovered through the Seafood Import Monitoring Program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf5789124dcbe4816a7e20d4420f2a8d5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the seafood species with respect to which violations described in paragraphs (4) and (5) were most prevalent;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d39d78105fa4045b500ea20b776cb0f"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the location of catch or harvest with respect to which violations described in paragraphs (4) and (5) were most prevalent;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfacbafb58b42494bbca05ffce8deea06"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the additional tools, such as high performance computing and associated costs, that the Secretary needs to improve the efficacy of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09bda89b61454f82bda897aac1cc876c"><enum>(9)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate with respect to monitoring and enforcing compliance with the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idea5f478a12ff48dbaf050e78e7d41405"><enum>368.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to carry out enforcement actions pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1307">19 U.S.C. 1307</external-xref>) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.</text></section></chapter><chapter id="idf53cfa86c1a4492e84b02a0bd8f85240"><enum>2</enum><header>Strengthening international fisheries management to combat human trafficking</header><section id="ide5563d9dff914636a2928185557cb55b"><enum>370.</enum><header>Denial of port privileges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(2) of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826a">16 U.S.C. 1826a(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf409bf23231e42619238df8911edca5f"><paragraph id="id9017e161279c46409ff161e7ea5e9cf3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denial of port privileges</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in accordance with international law—</text><subparagraph id="id799a71c5bfc04d859b4940ab7e9ad6c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 60105 of title 46, United States Code, for any large-scale driftnet fishing vessel of a nation that receives a negative certification under section 609(d) or 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)</external-xref> or 1826k(c)), or fishing vessels of a nation that has been listed pursuant to section 609(b) or section 610(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(b)</external-xref> or 1826k(a)) in 2 or more consecutive reports for the same type of fisheries activity, as described under section 607 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826h">16 U.S.C. 1826h</external-xref>), until a positive certification has been received;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12f1d73ba5b340b5bf305b7193ff82c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 60105 of title 46, United States Code, for fishing vessels of a nation that has been listed pursuant to section 609(a) or 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)</external-xref> or 1826k(a)) in 2 or more consecutive reports as described under section 607 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826h">16 U.S.C. 1826h</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide71f8408fa1f44ea9c695eb276b707e0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>deny entry of that vessel to any place in the United States and to the navigable waters of the United States, except for the purposes of inspecting such vessel, conducting an investigation, or taking other appropriate enforcement action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id48596c57a68c4fbdb7182e89c69e679c"><enum>371.</enum><header>Identification and certification criteria</header><subsection id="id655a6d253cbf43de8802dd9f1af08eec" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Denial of port privileges</header><text>Section 609(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idE37A758F12BF42919AE014E165C270FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76505021D05D49C1AB859DE787D17269"><paragraph id="idC260412A60CA42879C120EAA7752379C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>For actions of a nation</header><text>The Secretary shall identify, and list in such report, a nation engaging in or endorsing illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. In determining which nations to list in such report, the Secretary shall consider the following:</text><subparagraph id="id6F99C196C0A44C36943CDAAB4C1E13C0" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any nation that is violating, or has violated at any point during the 3 years preceding the date of the determination, conservation and management measures, including catch and other data reporting obligations and requirements, required under an international fishery management agreement to which the United States is a party.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F81891DE4A1481EBC2397938B0B408C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any nation that is failing, or has failed in the 3-year period preceding the date of the determination, to effectively address or regulate illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing within its fleets in any areas where its vessels are fishing.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7307CDCF1FF4424B46FAC1E28B00969" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any nation that fails to discharge duties incumbent upon it under international law or practice as a flag, port, or coastal state to take action to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF29C8078D264252A9F4EF4A408E4816" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any nation that has been identified as producing for export to the United States seafood-related goods through forced labor or oppressive child labor (as those terms are defined in section 361 of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>) in the most recent List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7101">22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idA429851648074C28BA683A81094ADEA5" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4894300888484c72b1d6c0c5826388fc"><paragraph id="id7c0662549d78428c95895fc3e330e8aa" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary shall make an identification under paragraph (1) or (2) at any time that the Secretary has sufficient information to make such identification.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4924b73198f149298a18e5f3ec2e757b" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Illegal, unreported, or unregulated certification determination</header><text>Section 609 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idE7EE55FC58944C7FAA8FFE669E7D6A65" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD848F879ADC14F46A4E3E39FE55FF8FA"><paragraph id="id13d2d2d2e85e4f5fabdc44e49024ea7a" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of certification determination</header><subparagraph id="id7aac58d885964acb9e504dfe172f4711" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Effect of negative certification</header><text>The provisions of subsection (a) and paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of section 101 of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826a">16 U.S.C. 1826a(a)</external-xref> and (b)(3) and (4)) shall apply to any nation that, after being identified and notified under subsection (b) has failed to take the appropriate corrective actions for which the Secretary has issued a negative certification under this subsection. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4663a9ab1b0e426b8168db33e877f139" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of positive certification</header><text>The provisions of subsection (a) and paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of section 101 of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826a">16 U.S.C. 1826a(a)</external-xref> and (b)(3) and (4)) shall not apply to any nation identified under subsection (a) for which the Secretary has issued a positive certification under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c9e514b11c540f7b9b42f79b653cc3e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d3849103fb644dc91ce6a4fe8d8658a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c2e13a62cdd4e7da9a2bb3646d15d64"><subsection id="idc7c2099ac3dd4ebe933fb15e205ccc57" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Recordkeeping requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that seafood or seafood products authorized for entry under this section are imported consistent with the reporting and the recordkeeping requirements of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program described in part 300.324(b) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id869e99ee966f45c1a5d94556d0fd0934"><enum>372.</enum><header>Equivalent conservation measures</header><subsection id="id4034e3eae80e486db02af0cd499df1f5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Section 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d934da6f495485fb07f1c183f12cf09"><subsection id="idf601690e60e348d782f4daad5b6a75ef"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header><paragraph id="idffa948ddc23e4963860ff3f2a04fb7e8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall identify and list in the report under section 607—</text><subparagraph id="id1de7630a7260459ba1dbdf0ad17239d5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nation if—</text><clause id="id6ba6ef869234408580b16c09609450c9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any fishing vessel of that nation is engaged, or has been engaged during the 3 years preceding the date of the determination, in fishing activities or practices on the high seas or within the exclusive economic zone of any nation, that have resulted in bycatch of a protected living marine resource; and</text></clause><clause id="id82037020cf6f4c7c8a3fd20429b8abea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the vessel’s flag state has not adopted, implemented, and enforced a regulatory program governing such fishing designed to end or reduce such bycatch that is comparable in effectiveness to the regulatory program of the United States, taking into account differing conditions; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1cb8188df1d9442b8b6881904f941836"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nation if—</text><clause id="id4a7b8d01d6164b1598c4d25c862aa467"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any fishing vessel of that nation is engaged, or has engaged during the 3 years preceding the date of the determination, in fishing activities on the high seas or within the exclusive economic zone of another nation that target or incidentally catch sharks; and</text></clause><clause id="idb0697c44be1745d79094411efd5b31da"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the vessel’s flag state has not adopted, implemented, and enforced a regulatory program to provide for the conservation of sharks, including measures to prohibit removal of any of the fins of a shark, including the tail, before landing the shark in port, that is comparable to that of the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id329a40eabd00409d8bf0bcac0e09f7f4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary shall make an identification under paragraph (1) at any time that the Secretary has sufficient information to make such identification.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id9b16203fbe36467b937be0f2bfea0223"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation and negotiation</header><text>Section 610(b) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7d87be1f2544595ab18c05730e48300"><subsection id="idab71c0f26cae48ecb56a6da71bd3aea0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation and negotiation</header><text>The Secretary of State, acting in conjunction with the Secretary, shall—</text><paragraph id="id6336835f10c3455c8eecc1428d249425"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notify, as soon as practicable, the President and nations that are engaged in, or that have any fishing vessels engaged in, fishing activities or practices described in subsection (a), about the provisions of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id050546b03bd347d789765bcd6a4af400"><enum>(2)</enum><text>initiate discussions as soon as practicable with all foreign nations that are engaged in, or a fishing vessel of which has engaged in, fishing activities described in subsection (a), for the purpose of entering into bilateral and multilateral treaties with such nations to protect such species and to address any underlying failings or gaps that may have contributed to identification under this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide1e73234230f4ee081912ed89b1da2ee"><enum>(3)</enum><text>seek agreements calling for international restrictions on fishing activities or practices described in subsection (a) through the United Nations, the Committee on Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and appropriate international fishery management bodies; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id87a1dc8a37594527910bf7ea8df7cad4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>initiate the amendment of any existing international treaty for the protection and conservation of such species to which the United States is a party in order to make such treaty consistent with the purposes and policies of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id46a8aeded14e42808693955302c1721d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conservation certification procedure</header><text>Section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf1e0d9fd8c7a4084866d8c45374fb6b5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>the public and</quote> after <quote>comment by</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38cefebdc82a47fbb31b5cce9cf2c358"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subparagraph id="id0C22E52D0FEF4096AF151394D93D30F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7cd98c8615d3417bbd2ae5a00774bde4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8c05f63d4bf4f1fb3376551ef253da0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5342414af87e47cf91b0ece7cafa5cb4"><subparagraph id="id15f1b47037674304b763554bf255f10b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that any such fish or fish products authorized for entry under this section are imported consistent with the reporting and the recordkeeping requirements of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program established in subpart Q of part 300 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1488bf77a97848859a11a6e3cf76cd2a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>(except to the extent that such provisions apply to sport fishing equipment or fish or fish products not caught by the vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9a223376d8524c5392c767422088b196"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of protected living marine resource</header><text>Section 610(e) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87aa53f121c44b79a90cc7deee433abc"><paragraph id="id5dc6e5c4e25446449727d8b7b7cbe527"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraph (2), means nontarget fish, sea turtles, or marine mammals that are protected under United States law or international agreement, including—</text><subparagraph id="idff6b51f2d85b40f0b141b5829dd58413"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1361">16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87ba6bfb8d1e41ab9b88ace5dec96027"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d2374bb1a3540a3bedd6511267f44fc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Shark Finning Prohibition Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1822">16 U.S.C. 1822</external-xref> note); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2b93f1d00754c4495dcb00747a8142c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249); but</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idd1978bb5bbe141fca781b81d98300b3d"><enum>373.</enum><header>Capacity building in foreign fisheries</header><subsection id="idb830c35c00324215a5d4251f1d536298"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall develop and carry out with partner governments and civil society—</text><paragraph id="ida0747dcb6c6f408494096732f43d3f36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>multi-year international environmental cooperation agreements and projects; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9acc6b97a52454085ccb101622b5831"><enum>(2)</enum><text>multi-year capacity-building projects for implementing measures to address illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, fraud, forced labor, bycatch, and other conservation measures.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id04dd640062154167a3b985b42abf4014"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Capacity building</header><text>Section 3543(d) of the Maritime SAFE Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/8013">16 U.S.C. 8013(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id44f6b05575c54b50a4f4bfa495df461f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>as appropriate,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide4b54309f8af4ab7a8d70df93bd6da3a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>as appropriate</quote> and inserting <quote>for all priority regions identified by the Working Group</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7d5f8847596442f5a85995c0a1fb4dfe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section 3553 of the Maritime SAFE Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/8033">16 U.S.C. 8033</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide8b2a076f3f743b8ba660ede96fd8d39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68d516ffafab41cab6beeb6a03d93128"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE6C38B758F0244EB81230DFD4E008D84" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf806fe3ed84e4f82be8416eecc1002e9"><paragraph id="idf60430e51757447c845554fa349d5a94"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the status of work with global enforcement partners.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6fdabce6c1164c0fb97cf9d1b2d57c98"><enum>374.</enum><header>Training of United States observers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881b">16 U.S.C. 1881b(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0300D8E9E85E463E969C9481CC342F6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51950687DF5346D7A33D26F95AE9B24C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id447511F1EA0544EA88EDCF518BFFF07B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36E96BDDFD2B41789E17FD4684C52B50"><paragraph id="id704ef657d9ae4834b7a45f3e5b51eb00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that each observer has received training to identify indicators of forced labor (as defined in section 361 of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>) and human trafficking (as defined in section 361 of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>) and refer this information to appropriate authorities; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id783E84B8A20847A99CFA896B4C724508"><enum>375.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this title. </text></section></chapter></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Support for Coast Guard workforce</header><subtitle id="id3c94bae1e3ca4cb693df081cce9cc08f"><enum>A</enum><header>Support for Coast Guard members and families</header><section id="id587cccdf79454dbaa446bb2c74af8782"><enum>401.</enum><header>Coast Guard child care improvements</header><subsection id="id2314D7012B914C38B899ACB691DA19BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Family discount for child development services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2922(b)(2) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id875B74955E3D459FA7E644C9B539CB57"><subparagraph id="id2f0295c92b8f4d5b94e8665abe542194" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In the case of an active duty member with two or more children attending a Coast Guard child development center, the Commandant may modify the fees to be charged for attendance for the second and any subsequent child of such member by an amount that is 15 percent less than the amount of the fee otherwise chargeable for the attendance of the first such child enrolled at the center, or another fee as the Commandant determines appropriate, consistent with multiple children.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id93a6f954b90e4f3dae46900310932951"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Child development center standards and inspections</header><text>Section 2923(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA58D69FB75E4499285AB093634CFC2BF"><subsection id="id005F216E140647EE97BB69CEEB808D85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The Commandant shall require each Coast Guard child development center to meet standards of operation—</text><paragraph id="id77425FC95DA64B08A7F4812644A3783E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that the Commandant considers appropriate to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the children and employees at the center; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4A1FD9AF36104D7BBC224FA04A972B37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>necessary for accreditation by an appropriate national early childhood programs accrediting entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ide10fa9ff77324fdbba4cd8e89a8f2d31" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Child care subsidy program</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id102733237BA4459C82E594F003D2A77D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCBE87754418648BD99A61781272D3336"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/29">chapter 29</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02B70474658941E08A6F17D8329D5619"><section id="id24cf875920bb4fe087a7cdd60888fca9"><enum>2927.</enum><header>Child care subsidy program</header><subsection id="iddaa6751628fd42f2b0d628a54f4e3a97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Commandant may operate a child care subsidy program to provide financial assistance to eligible providers that provide child care services or youth program services to members of the Coast Guard and any other individual the Commandant considers appropriate, if—</text><paragraph id="id6F722B1A74DB48D3BF9C8553C22EF218"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing such financial assistance—</text><subparagraph id="id9a25dc2043514283a650b9b574c74f6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the best interests of the Coast Guard; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04a40525a8b547038e77bf69538beed2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enables supplementation or expansion of the provision of Coast Guard child care services, while not supplanting or replacing Coast Guard child care services; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id930651f3e59a4ccd94451a333a838e7e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Commandant ensures, to the extent practicable, that the eligible provider is able to comply, and does comply, with the regulations, policies, and standards applicable to Coast Guard child care services.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfead159d70844555bc7dcb40350c0390"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible providers</header><text>A provider of child care services or youth program services is eligible for financial assistance under this section if the provider—</text><paragraph id="idcffaebeafa9f48dda6869082d025376c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is licensed to provide such services under applicable State and local law;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCEA65082A5854C04B95D33E19CC80826"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is registered in an au pair program of the Department of State; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71569f03483249928d00bb53940d5209"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is a family home daycare; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF64E8FE541AB4903B86F2D61DF043B33"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is a provider of family child care services that—</text><subparagraph id="id7370549DFA7D4A409BAB32D75D5C0427"><enum>(A)</enum><text>otherwise provides federally funded or federally sponsored child development services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id574F14F310BE4959AF467A077A3EFB40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides such services in a child development center owned and operated by a private, not-for-profit organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0FE8E8614C9A40239AE4B9A6CDCE3CE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides a before-school or after-school child care program in a public school facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id57989EB2B52F471A93967F3BAFE2D73B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>conducts an otherwise federally funded or federally sponsored school-age child care or youth services program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id825E28C28CF0428C8DFF0F7C7AB0A026"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conducts a school-age child care or youth services program operated by a not-for-profit organization; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDEE8C692580490AB8A0D2438239AA6E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provides in-home child care, such as a nanny or an au pair; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2CAB24800F354DCC9ED0449FACECDE9C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>is a provider of another category of child care services or youth program services the Commandant considers appropriate for meeting the needs of members or civilian employees of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61bf9b9994014551ab88535dc8b569b1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>To provide financial assistance under this subsection, the Commandant may use any funds appropriated for the Coast Guard for operation and maintenance.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCE58F5D35606460AA7746ACFFFFD53AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/29">chapter 29</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/14/2926">section 2926</external-xref> the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6765C8A06B234ED88743B14A7E8549D1"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">2927. Child care subsidy program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6d151c1a5f546e1b79f3dca3743fe4a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expansion of child care subsidy program</header><subparagraph id="id8B52F5FF95CF41D08CCE26185BA90961"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall—</text><clause id="id551D104CA9CD41DDA263DB8D4C02E7AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>evaluate potential eligible uses for the child care subsidy program established under section 2927 of title 14, United States Code (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>program</quote>); and</text></clause><clause id="id9057e4a19677485d9cdb570f8cac98a3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>expand the eligible uses of funds for the program to accommodate the child care needs of members of the Coast Guard (including such members with nonstandard work hours and surge or other deployment cycles), including by providing funds directly to such members instead of care providers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90765E8B64D44A6DA89D8DD45C91FC57"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In evaluating potential eligible uses under subparagraph (A), the Commandant shall consider au pairs, nanny services, nanny shares, in-home child care services, care services such as supplemental care for children with disabilities, and any other child care delivery method the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id650c03d45c97447aba66d0e7fd7d03e3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In establishing expanded eligible uses of funds for the program, the Commandant shall ensure that such uses—</text><clause id="idB2B2FA3BF67E4EBA8D71932424B39F41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are in the best interests of the Coast Guard;</text></clause><clause id="ida1e81151bb774431883d48c46bb3fe10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide flexibility for members of the Coast Guard, including such members and employees with nonstandard work hours; and</text></clause><clause id="id1bc6f7928817490dbba27417db55d47d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensure a safe environment for dependents of such members and employees.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69EBFF13ED01478E91B7B21E392E73C0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall publish an updated Commandant Instruction Manual (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>manual</quote>) that describes the expanded eligible uses of the program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56bd91b9cf874f3cb33db0f44b0f7822"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Report</header><clause id="idB7FE92D5397D42C9BF5799D6C9E8B221"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 outlining the expansion of the program. </text></clause><clause id="idD6FAAC3AE4F3438F92F2CD07C37D79DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by clause (i) shall include the following:</text><subclause id="id5CBBD36EE5E04C6A929F4FFA84ED3AD9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>An analysis of the considerations described in subparagraph (B).</text></subclause><subclause id="idB129051BC07845CC956173C547E184BA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A description of the analysis used to identify eligible uses that were evaluated and incorporated into the manual under subparagraph (D). </text></subclause><subclause id="id0DB42C17105E4E13BFD8C7E1CFF2F275"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A full analysis and justification with respect to the forms of care that were ultimately not included in the manual.</text></subclause><subclause id="idA6527E7A7B364C3C9C8C3D182EE00291"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Any recommendation with respect to funding or additional authorities necessary, including proposals for legislative change, to meet the current and anticipated future child care subsidy demands of the Coast Guard.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4b098c600ce740de8c8a4c21cdce6772"><enum>402.</enum><header>Armed Forces access to Coast Guard child care facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2922(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad3dd011d011461cabef0d90ff0513a2"><subsection id="iddf269f95e488493cbedc6f1916aede10"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ide2e06d73521949cb83a74194e7e0b614"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commandant may make child development services available, in such priority as the Commandant considers to be appropriate and consistent with readiness and resources and in the best interests of dependents of members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, for—</text><subparagraph id="idAE26144872C3433FB1CA07534C296625" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id1F0EAE26763E4263A1C004EA2F8A4675"><enum>(B)</enum><text>surviving dependents of members of the Coast Guard who have died on active duty, if such dependents were beneficiaries of a Coast Guard child development service at the time of the death of such members; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id4D7B968CCC9B42159D21CED43A6ECA15"><enum>(C)</enum><text>members of the armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idB92849A63A5749D9AB34DEC4C9E2F15B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Federal civilian employees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6729E5291D2D4FC18507AB6DB56AA646" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Child development service benefits provided under the authority of this section shall be in addition to benefits provided under other laws.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idc442214ab2d04065bfc0b97352e16664"><enum>403.</enum><header>Cadet pregnancy policy improvements</header><subsection id="idef4d3812b46747098418231bd2b6292c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations required</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall prescribe regulations that—</text><paragraph id="idBEB1FB5D61BC45FBB053D0A2C4ECF54D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preserve parental guardianship rights of cadets who become pregnant or father a child while attending the Coast Guard Academy; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36E17957CAD747808DCCF5D88FAEF5EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maintain military and academic requirements for graduation and commissioning.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7557186fe98a41a497e92abe376e9c7a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the development of the regulations required by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id71cb2cbed87d49e19021cf0f5f64f528"><enum>404.</enum><header>Pilot program for fertility treatments</header><subsection id="idb972ea6db6a84757a646f511e70245ef"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text><paragraph id="id3C0971CEF36B4DD18E5426DE286491CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Members of the Coast Guard face unique challenges in addressing infertility issues. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1C6E2E5637964023A1B96AB1AB43B2AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Frequent deployments, dislocation, transfers, and operational tempo impart unique stresses to members of the Coast Guard and their families. The same stressors often disrupt or make fertility treatments impractical or cost prohibitive. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF5B4FBA902554570A87B1F28F1842FCA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Only 6 military treatment facilities in the United States offer fertility treatments to members of the Armed Forces.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id435c1c4d2d8e4f3889ec448bdad9ab26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><paragraph id="id8453b3ad922e4e2a88b9c97d957fd5be"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall establish a pilot program for all qualified members of the Coast Guard for the purpose of expanding access to fertility treatment centers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7edc290a05b34c22a9a965286338b400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The pilot program required by paragraph (1) may expand access and availability of fertility-related medical care and treatments, as determined by the Commandant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbef4fe3a286a493b9efec5d840ba1506"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration of methods to expand access</header><text>As part of the pilot program under this section, the Commandant shall consider methods to expand access to fertility treatments for members of the Coast Guard, including by—</text><subparagraph id="id36d9cb30a57d41e0afa3296aa63df0e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>examining support to improve access to fertility services traditionally considered nonessential and not covered by the TRICARE program (as defined under section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code), such as medications, reproductive counseling, and other treatments;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7586186d1f1f4532b13535f3e340ae51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>exploring ways to increase access to military treatment facilities that offer assistive reproductive technology services, consistent with—</text><clause id="id180490ca6b09471fb4dd94492ca9251e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of Defense Joint Travel Regulations issued on June 1, 2022; and</text></clause><clause id="id7bf9b18a7e2f40cd94512ccad7eb22af"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Coast Guard Supplement to the Joint Travel Regulations issued on June 28, 2019;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf3a23d7b3a4f4a7ca54a2ed022ad6334"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing a process to allow assignment or reassignment of members of the Coast Guard requesting fertility treatments to a location conducive to receiving treatments; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3196a843be914319a6874eaf901c6870"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in a case in which use of military treatment facilities is not available or practicable, entering into partnerships with private-sector fertility treatment providers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida04555274b094e4c9bf89dc02a79469d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing flexible working hours, duty schedules, and administrative leave to allow for necessary treatments, appointments, and other services associated with receipt of fertility treatments and associated care.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id40b2f35c62b2492281a0ac9cd9413576"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The duration of the pilot program under subsection (a) shall be not less than 5 years beginning on the date on which the pilot program is established.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4a0bcdd4eca6450eaddecb4b145269b6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Discharge on district basis</header><text>The Commandant—</text><paragraph id="id20b6d1509a274530b51262e1cab6d54e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may carry out the pilot program on a district basis; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ae3f658613642f99f0cd20adc8fc26b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall include remote and urban units in the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5b592cb6e675440cae16919069c1b7c9"><enum>405.</enum><header>Combat-related special compensation</header><subsection id="id7640F84505AF4F529E406A71B8E2FD75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report and briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the date that is 5 years after the date on which the initial report is submitted under this subsection, the Commandant shall submit a report and provide an in-person briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the implementation of section 221 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1413a">10 U.S.C. 1413a</external-xref> note). </text></subsection><subsection id="id30C741266D444B3DB120DEBD1FE468A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report and briefing required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id375A8CA30215429BA94E2DFD538CAE52"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of methods to educate members and retirees on the combat-related special compensation program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id39488E1F443B437D88E99045F351EC2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statistics regarding enrollment in such program for members of the Coast Guard and Coast Guard retirees.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F1DC2CB66B64B508E8B4EC27B9D5215"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of each of the following:</text><subparagraph id="idD16A50C4EDED42FEB7601D98D4FD9E49"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities carried out relating to the education of members of the Coast Guard participating in the Transition Assistance Program with respect to the combat-related special compensation program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55CEA47AC4C74B738DDD06E0C8311D10"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities carried out relating to the education of members of the Coast Guard who are engaged in missions in which they are susceptible to injuries that may result in qualification for combat-related special compensation, including flight school, the National Motor Lifeboat School, deployable special forces, and other training programs as the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD7B1D69CC76F4FD693E4080698050867"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities carried out relating to training physicians and physician assistants employed by the Coast Guard, or otherwise stationed in Coast Guard clinics, sickbays, or other locations at which medical care is provided to members of the Coast Guard, for the purpose of ensuring, during medical examinations, appropriate counseling and documentation of symptoms, injuries, and the associated incident that resulted in such injuries.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE8B65BB3A774CD7B558857850DBC8D3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities relating to the notification of heath service officers with respect to the combat-related special compensation program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1C17A35809094D1D9429EB2AB1622DFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The written guidance provided to members of the Coast Guard regarding necessary recordkeeping to ensure eligibility for benefits under such program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4D0E5F9C726F4DBABA1FE74B755C617F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other matter relating to combat-related special compensation the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB55F02C8464A427CB229C28DB4C4D11C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disability due to chemical or hazardous material exposure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(a)(2) of the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/120">Public Law 114–120</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1413a">10 U.S.C. 1413a</external-xref> note) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text><paragraph id="idE818D88C9F564EF2B3CC816EDB757F61"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and hazardous</quote> and inserting <quote>, hazardous</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84E98EDF7E304433B0CF3958F0B91565"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, or a duty in which chemical or other hazardous material exposure has occurred (such as during marine inspections or pollution response activities)</quote> after <quote>surfman)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5d0df4742652485cb6f80594605c5b1b"><enum>406.</enum><header>Restoration of amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to veterans of the Coast Guard with combat-related injuries</header><subsection id="id40adef3d198d49d9884aca324125b423"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy</header><text>The Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/292">Public Law 114–292</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1212">10 U.S.C. 1212</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide84509239c26461bab13861586e731b0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 3—</text><subparagraph id="id5a5f58f90a2e49a9a8ccb9349bdd58ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="id5b56770cc6c54d62b9df5e64ff1e4ea4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(and the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard during the period in which it was operating as a service in the Department of Transportation), in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury,</quote> after <quote>the Secretary of Defense</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id74da900a39e94a7cacd7e0dc1200ec18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text><subclause id="id0e78be9fda2d407bb9057763b86e763e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id6b3f1372b674462abbaf522077a04929"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3e7536ea40c244299af7d6fdacb90b97"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iv), striking <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id90aed92ae6f64a318cfdf2ccc3aee374"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb34490693e8d42feab9878e0af76c70a"><subparagraph id="id1fa157a9c11a443a8cda1609fb60a350"><enum>(B)</enum><text>instructions for—</text><clause id="idae6c5b315b304259a1069f9d0ce0fcb5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>filing amended tax returns to recover the amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes; and</text></clause><clause id="id1fcbf25596554bbcaa58b1a9e4575b9c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requesting standard refund amounts described in subsection (b).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5feabd850d9a40a4a84e8accfd486423"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72a25791fa9645fcbc32db03cd7b35c9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0aa259c149da4d509f277a6fc1536805"><subsection id="id74546e0923954176a1c66220780565e8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standard refund amounts described</header><text>The standard refund amounts described in this subsection are—</text><paragraph id="id682d561376eb4c3eaaf1880c59107925"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,750 for tax years 1991 through 2005;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1f385af01c845efaf7176d0d11d02c5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$2,400 for tax years 2006 through 2010; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7eef3908c0e4c3c993fd3f3f2af5837"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$3,200 for tax years 2011 through 2016.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a1bd051d94742acbb1c8964236fb5f9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 4—</text><subparagraph id="idd66e4d25ca514f5bb67d10277ccaa375"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Secretary of Defense</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92a46d2f75dc4f3db3edcb2acd9d883e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy), in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury,</quote> after <quote>The Secretary of Defense</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida980504089774f46ad122f46345b255c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>made by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>made by the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating with respect to the Coast Guard)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3681409fd44e4113933c0475ed2e6c0d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 5—</text><subparagraph id="id8837e0dbb83b43339424e33d6cee740e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="idb163fa32a76c4b2fa8933d3cd93fc8b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard during the period in which it was operating as a service in the Department of Transportation)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary of Defense</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="ide618050c2dff4233a2f4fbf8ec2e2a38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Secretary to</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable) to</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id137f597a20ac4b7998b3b19b7eac3813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="id1349a678022242f9ab07baf5efaef01c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id538635bb0b3c48ab87c980ae52aa65ec"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbe339f66e9cc4074a921bb1e04c4b76c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><paragraph id="id0220a6269c304e68914a10a7949a9103"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification of amounts improperly withheld and reporting</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall carry out the requirements under—</text><subparagraph id="id04883c2be8674a379d2a93eb615f4a12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 3(a) of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/292">Public Law 114–292</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1212">10 U.S.C. 1212</external-xref> note), as amended by subsection (a)(1)(A), not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3f989229c47d435e9902d6cb1eeecde5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 5 of that Act, as amended by subsection (a)(3), not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f6c8928c64c4a08bc235eaf312032e3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ensuring amounts are not improperly withheld</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out the requirements under section 4 of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/292">Public Law 114–292</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1212">10 U.S.C. 1212</external-xref> note), as amended by subsection (a)(2), beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id54D24DF5BD574648B54490AB76482FA3"><enum>407.</enum><header>Modification of basic needs allowance for members of the Coast Guard</header><subsection id="id8F7EB11029EA476EA254B00C769E65CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402b of title 37, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5D04D97B2E244A7EB96357C1BBF10D55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) as subsections (i) through (<italic>l</italic>), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7B2AFFBC14694390B2858EBBCC0F77EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F812F10F7724BE4A8E168CE9D89E065"><subsection id="id92EDBECB710E4442ADF00ED684A0D131"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special rule for members of Coast Guard</header><paragraph id="id7B94CB266C294928B319580926982CD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a member of the Coast Guard, the Secretary concerned shall—</text><subparagraph id="id4F0078D9BD254F5B81BC56A313F5443A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine under subsection (f) whether the member is eligible under subsection (b) for the allowance under subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE5867220E47C493D8EC1F8A9A6C135A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary concerned determines a member is eligible for the allowance, pay the allowance to the member unless the member elects not to receive the allowance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7D07E1D3D9F84F598BB2ED3ED32B6CE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Attestation of income</header><text>A member of the Coast Guard is not required to submit an application under subsection (e) to receive the allowance under subsection (a), but not less frequently than biennially, the member shall submit to the Secretary concerned an attestation that the gross household income of the member does not exceed the amount described in subsection (b)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8128883012d146f5a0d4d294a07104f4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Electronic process</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall establish an electronic process pursuant to which a member of the Coast Guard may—</text><subparagraph id="idEF31AB31445B4519B3B83CF5DB874600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>elect under paragraph (1)(B) not to receive the allowance; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC7ADC418E4B4368BF65B2988D37C293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit an attestation under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEF55028E620C43DDAE963A0E1B3CD35C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text><paragraph id="idEB63679013F54A16BB4FBC37E4BC297A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="id0FF567D213184F569F535767F7D82634"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking <quote>A member</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>Except as provided by subsection (h), a member</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id654F6B19574E4947933DB31D70F60813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B)—</text><clause id="idE098D79CCF314FF99BF2A395C178C85A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that the member</quote> and inserting the following: “that—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A1D12010AD14F0C9FF3F18FB5D2C71D"><clause id="id13A2098E65A8492E9EF58ACFE099C0F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the member</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idC950EB7BFB21450292AAC06FD9702BFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idB48396E7419C4A099D8FDAD1F6A80891"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04CBB783E27B4233BE650BE441931595"><clause id="idDCAF53BA23284F50BA49AD79F657403E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a member of the Coast Guard, that the member may receive the allowance as provided by subsection (h).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id46C1F7D4A30D43CC8F5EF1AFD8070131"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2), by striking <quote>A member</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided by subsection (h), a member</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD91C7971A4C1465EAA3B0D22C800483F" commented="no"><enum>408.</enum><header>Study on food security</header><subsection id="id930cd26ed19a47969bd353d07f427a7b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="idD23ECF6FD9EB4C89863F3D30C9CA959F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall conduct a study on food insecurity among members of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id326d7c4f57ea474088c00df8ea8c43cc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1c6b9999cc8c4f8dbd04c7dc6ce055c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An analysis of the impact of food deserts on members of the Coast Guard, and their dependents, who live in areas with high costs of living, including areas with high-density populations and rural areas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd255536b4f944903a7bad94d87ae2bcf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A comparison of—</text><clause id="id2e5accc0825144e29a0620adb327dbb7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the current method used by the Commandant to determine which areas are considered to be high cost-of-living areas;</text></clause><clause id="id905dbed1d92841f4bf825ba18d2b0099"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local-level indicators used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine cost of living that indicate buying power and consumer spending in specific geographic areas; and</text></clause><clause id="id9a083c116bfb4e1590a0903fcf9a2ac2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>indicators of cost of living used by the Department of Agriculture in market basket analyses, and other measures of local and regional food costs.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35b5a6f8b8484715a2f50e04e9051718"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the accuracy of the method and indicators described in subparagraph (B) in quantifying high cost of living in low-data and remote areas. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbfe7ef54c5cc4203a0ba8833878ed6e2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An assessment of the manner in which data accuracy and availability affect the accuracy of cost-of-living allowance calculations and other benefits, as the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3F888380ACA74C7FB9501639C0A726E5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Recommendations—</text><clause id="id075D3BFF715E422FB7AAB426997D58B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve access to high-quality, affordable food within a reasonable distance of Coast Guard units located in areas identified as food deserts;</text></clause><clause id="id811c45c5fa0a45c886f26c170e0f63ba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce transit costs for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents who are required to travel to access high-quality, affordable food; and</text></clause><clause id="id73ca03bf8706485782ec224008ad009f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for improving the accuracy of such calculations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9599fa9651c3414792910afcbb2b0f8e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The estimated costs of implementing each recommendation made under subparagraph (E).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id13b18cfbaea64ec2a7bd8ef9324245bd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan</header><paragraph id="id3B55D15A818E4FBA9BDF03BFEAD5E0CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall develop a detailed plan to implement the recommendations of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69B6EEA723944647B72182A39F91AA59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the plan required by paragraph (1), including the cost of implementation, proposals for legislative change, and any other result of the study the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddd1a35dda09449b29531776ead885eed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Food desert defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>food desert</term> means an area, as determined by the Commandant, in which it is difficult to obtain affordable, high-quality fresh food in the immediate area in which members of the Coast Guard serve and reside.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id7abb1fb637d0409c931cd57f326c3d7c"><enum>B</enum><header>Healthcare</header><section id="id2ec95160f7f64047a18f6b5975249d6a"><enum>421.</enum><header>Development of medical staffing standards for the Coast Guard</header><subsection id="id0f76a2b933e6419595946564670dd80d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in consultation with the Defense Health Agency and any healthcare expert the Commandant considers appropriate, shall develop medical staffing standards for the Coast Guard consistent with the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States set forth in the report entitled <quote>Coast Guard Health Care: Improvements Needed for Determining Staffing Needs and Monitoring Access to Care</quote> published in February 2022.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd3d935966ec04709a8c9bdb5bd4323ee"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The standards required by subsection (a) shall address and take into consideration the following:</text><paragraph id="idec277ba029814e3296bcf678469b0ef1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Current and future operations of healthcare personnel in support of Department of Homeland Security missions, including surge deployments for incident response.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5fa4ffb95a147e6a9cd4ddd557ad724"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Staffing standards for specialized providers, such as flight surgeons, dentists, behavioral health specialists, and physical therapists.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id190f3a908e3f456e80a08ad37577f355"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Staffing levels of medical, dental, and behavioral health providers for the Coast Guard who are—</text><subparagraph id="id9E9413516E374361B8E9B2FDA651FE45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>members of the Coast Guard; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD89C5F0D7E6F414B986D3FF225972BF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assigned to the Coast Guard from the Public Health Service; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2737EA11B346484482998600B7C029F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Federal civilian employees; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id835B06E49ED34679B9F671EE61A2B469"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contractors hired by the Coast Guard to fill vacancies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f056bcb29864d5b90644833785d08a1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Staffing levels at medical facilities for Coast Guard units in remote locations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f39fb81d3ef4c3d99d4c2f3d812222c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any discrepancy between medical staffing standards of the Department of Defense and medical staffing standards of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE249A35271FD43139FD89170620E6626"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the staffing standards required by subsection (a) are completed, the Commandant shall submit the standards to the Comptroller General, who shall review the standards and provide recommendations to the Commandant. </text></subsection><subsection id="id05acc321b71a451598eafcd000ba24ce"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after developing such standards, 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 standards developed under subsection (a) that includes a plan and a description of the resources and budgetary needs required to implement the standards.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6597ac39765f4c23b81ab7e6dbd94fac"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Modification, implementation, and periodic updates</header><text>The Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id43A3CC11FF4D491487CDAC245F698AD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>modify such standards as necessary based on the recommendations provided under subsection (c); </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4069E7FCE68842578E76EC2529F7210A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement the standards; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBD00920768924EDE898634467EC2B043"><enum>(3)</enum><text>review and update the standards not less frequently than every 4 years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id13278df976c44a9d82ff6be1e71137e4"><enum>422.</enum><header>Healthcare system review and strategic plan</header><subsection id="id07cc407db77b40a68ac639ba2a40f299"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the completion of the studies conducted by the Comptroller General of the United States under sections 8259 and 8260 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>; 134 Stat. 4679), the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id0C62337233324BFB8A3C0FD95891C4AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a comprehensive review of the Coast Guard healthcare system; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63B882C118764793A688297509AB1276"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a strategic plan for improvements to, and modernization of, such system to ensure access to high-quality, timely healthcare for members of the Coast Guard, their dependents, and applicable Coast Guard retirees.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3faa6d44bbb34a3a9a753b8b3fd7eab3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan</header><paragraph id="idE16F02FA115642DA88B9E4C1E6921426"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The strategic plan developed under subsection (a) shall seek—</text><subparagraph id="id620D556DFEB94B6EB154BF2F9B6DB15D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maximize the medical readiness of members of the Coast Guard;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0C0A9B1386BB4E669B1A3C3A9CD802C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to optimize delivery of healthcare benefits;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16E76D1401454BF5B8A41786FBA8F396"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to ensure high-quality training of Coast Guard medical personnel; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4375A854D7814D29B181D4E01100FF29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to prepare for the future needs of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ideea986d07cd64c5f85bd0004a25fffd5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:</text><subparagraph id="idafc2b3225e804f8da19d8d2d7c91657c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Improving access to healthcare for members of the Coast Guard, their dependents, and applicable Coast Guard retirees.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02b08026f7cc4dc0bd9cb5ea3d4796b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Quality of care.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81c838f8d1fe47a49e96561f5c24d4fe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The experience and satisfaction of members of the Coast Guard and their dependents with the Coast Guard healthcare system.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2cef63cdb59e4eae83f40816ff5d58b7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The readiness of members of the Coast Guard and medical personnel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1fb9f05200a34d7885678e1c0a8c40d1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><paragraph id="id2B3C7805E38F4083AC0410DFA770E41C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commandant shall establish an advisory committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the Coast Guard healthcare system (referred to in this section as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E50656D27B74C5E8385752C4B376FBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><subparagraph id="idD93F974FC7C54C20B646E96AE0F4A507"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be composed of members selected by the Commandant, including—</text><clause id="idD39D8C6697004C3F80402BE53EB0795E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more members of the uniformed services (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or Federal employees with expertise in—</text><subclause id="idCBE8874A3CFB4CE1AE64A14B0FA38575"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the medical, dental, pharmacy, behavioral health, or reproductive health fields; or </text></subclause><subclause id="id24002F2ACE93461CA28A1A49AE6341B1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other field the Commandant considers appropriate;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1D0FA45B3ED446ECBEA52F2FA47B8EAD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a representative of the Defense Health Agency; and</text></clause><clause id="id3fbba8b065724103ba9d9d09412b067a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a medical representative from each Coast Guard district.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBDE2A5083FB1438CB7BD38ED18907CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall be the Director of the Health, Safety, and Work Life Directorate of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA921C0A6B7264D0BBB1C6063F75E425B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be staffed by employees of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe43835d1b70402f98f341fa652510db"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report to Commandant</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the Advisory Committee is established, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Commandant a report that—</text><subparagraph id="ida7f79e3a75464a979f2e37fb94532178"><enum>(A)</enum><text>taking into consideration the medical staffing standards developed under section 421, assesses the recommended medical staffing standards set forth in the Comptroller General study required by section 8260 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>; 134 Stat. 4679), and compares such standards to the medical staffing standards of the Department of Defense and the private sector; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4066ef262c11470d904383cdec1622ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addresses improvements needed to ensure continuity of care for members of the Coast Guard, including by evaluating the feasibility of having a dedicated primary care manager for each such member while the member is stationed at a duty station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd5e1362ba1d84553a2107df6da6b7995"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluates the effects of increased surge deployments of medical personnel on staffing needs at Coast Guard clinics;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idccdf124b5c9045d38bed9f9d24759c49"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifies ways to improve access to care for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents who are stationed in remote areas, including methods to expand access to providers in the available network;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5192969c47494a288676645698dca72b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identifies ways the Coast Guard may better use Department of Defense Medical Health System resources for members of the Coast Guard, their dependents, and applicable retirees;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide0ea1dcd29444a308424de7d0a84327e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identifies barriers to participation in the Coast Guard healthcare system and ways the Coast Guard may better use patient feedback to improve quality of care at Coast Guard-owned facilities, military treatment facilities, and specialist referrals; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b5522a129b94642b7e87dac624e6b6c"><enum>(G)</enum><text>includes recommendations to improve the Coast Guard healthcare system; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01FEBB52D1F3409F8D98F574EE4E8B13"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other matter the Commandant or the Advisory Committee considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2fb9b95911a44f609b54f75b4ade94ad"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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="id736C310ECAEA457E8821C15053367918"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the strategic plan for the Coast Guard medical system required by subsection (a); </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68B0423FC47F4336844AF4E20F96B19F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the report of the Advisory Committee submitted to the Commandant under subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1B2BFC5464E7440290A47995355A09B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the manner in which the Commandant plans to implement the recommendations of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf040058e13294432b2c2c6c1daddab8f"><enum>423.</enum><header>Data collection and access to care</header><subsection id="id9cb354466e2c417887238a5847d1a25f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in consultation with the Defense Health Agency and any healthcare expert the Commandant considers appropriate, shall develop a policy to require the collection of data regarding access by members of the Coast Guard and their dependents to medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare as recommended by the Comptroller General of the United States in the report entitled <quote>Coast Guard Health Care: Improvements Needed for Determining Staffing Needs and Monitoring Access to Care</quote> published in February 2022.</text></subsection><subsection id="id45d583b20edc43dea86f30c9d7c707f7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The policy required by subsection (a) shall address the following:</text><paragraph id="idcd152adef3cb4e52a885daaf56beb58f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Methods to collect data on access to care for—</text><subparagraph id="id75D4BC268AF04673A42C15F346A10ECD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>routine annual physical health assessments; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id865BE9C121DF44C5875A11B8782B83A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>flight physicals for aviators or prospective aviators;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCB26CD08C844CC5B97894AC219CB9B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sick call;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2475F9A9FC0A4D4EB4B7C86671FB34D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>injuries;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4055777218C948479197CA16386609D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>dental health; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B1E6DD529CC4DA78B5DDECB2C824EB5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>behavioral health conditions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59703ea5cce74198b88fa49aa6a91dfa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Collection of data on access to care for referrals.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idae5a134cced84feeb9d26fc309826b60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Collection of data on access to care for members of the Coast Guard stationed at remote units, aboard Coast Guard cutters, and on deployments.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4437ef6d646e41a4bdd9d559c357157c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Use of the electronic health record system to improve data collection on access to care.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3456e0ca81a543df9d910124b56186e9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Use of data for addressing the standards of care, including time between requests for appointments and actual appointments, including appointments made with referral services.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id769A1864D66548D0910C5605C7085A24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review by Comptroller General</header><paragraph id="idCEA0FAF8C8BF4208AD311E7546EDF8C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the policy is developed under subsection (a), the Commandant shall submit the policy to the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ABB622FFD534E1C8B930EB073C05277"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 180 days after receiving the policy, the Comptroller General shall review the policy and provide recommendations to the Commandant. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3AE7CAE4CE924068AEDAAD88D0024EB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>Not later than 60 days after receiving the recommendations of the Comptroller General, the Commandant shall modify the policy as necessary based on such recommendations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1384AD60ED2F41FDBE7A4BE2C2E72A9A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication and report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the policy is modified under subsection (c)(3), the Commandant shall—</text><paragraph id="id68A2C8A9C8274F638637C6D9BF71AC27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish the policy on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E1D1E0A035243B68CA7041B93DD0BA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 policy and the manner in which the Commandant plans to address access-to-care deficiencies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id17407fcca3fc424382dd72ac054f627e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Periodic updates</header><text>Not less frequently than every 5 years, the Commandant shall review and update the policy.</text></subsection></section><section id="ide847746ff6a9495eb23199827299119e"><enum>424.</enum><header>Behavioral health policy</header><subsection id="ide4f12bd8ae7949808e638fead9b2719e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="idd078bcdfcbb94deba22ad09ca41d6599"><enum>(1)</enum><text>members of the Coast Guard—</text><subparagraph id="id382cd434aa5843569899fb664966c808"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are exposed to high-risk and often stressful duties; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a721612dbff46979ffe5a3a7693f709"><enum>(B)</enum><text>should be encouraged to seek appropriate medical treatment and professional guidance; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id378e30f5887246faba1550129748ee49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after treatment for behavioral health conditions, many members of the Coast Guard should be allowed to resume service in the Coast Guard if they—</text><subparagraph id="id4ffe89459e104c27957595b5878d046e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are able to do so without persistent duty modifications; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1698621263248d4ab68a0b125e62821"><enum>(B)</enum><text>do not pose a risk to themselves or other members of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb5c5ae63604b41e09f021b6cd4a2a886"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interim behavioral health policy</header><paragraph id="ida9263e1136234fd398b428ed1dff30e4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall establish an interim behavioral health policy for members of the Coast Guard that is in parity with 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></paragraph><paragraph id="id21fa34ad6df243e09ce6f9cb76518240"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The interim policy established under paragraph (1) shall remain in effect until the date on which the Commandant issues a permanent behavioral health policy for members of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idedb150d59ad147e9b53c3d77c7de5f2f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permanent policy</header><text>In developing a permanent policy with respect to retention and behavioral health, the Commandant shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the policy of the Coast Guard is in parity with 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></section><section id="iddefc27ccc93e4c8d9402d17f8d4419d4"><enum>425.</enum><header>Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury</header><subsection id="idd53381605c8444c2a3ea5ace874e7ff3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/25">chapter 25</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d9c9e99bbe1499ca147a34231cf5229"><section id="id5bc41fd40f934d9d8cd1932af7fe478a"><enum>2515.</enum><header>Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury</header><subsection id="id37f3817df75248dfabff9f737137bf72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Medical examination required</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0A69BA3061754EE5A907306FDA1FDFE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that a member of the Coast Guard who has performed Coast Guard operations or has been sexually assaulted during the preceding 2-year period, and who is diagnosed by an appropriate licensed or certified healthcare professional as experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury or who otherwise alleges, based on the service of the member or based on such sexual assault, the influence of such a condition, receives a medical examination to evaluate a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5d46f5544044600b0c61b1e08be1d76" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A member described in paragraph (1) shall not be administratively separated under conditions other than honorable, including an administrative separation in lieu of court-martial, until the results of the medical examination have been reviewed by appropriate authorities responsible for evaluating, reviewing, and approving the separation case, as determined by the Secretary. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5504c3a4f64415cbddc11b431568524" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id850A502E229F4E57A1DCBE7FE707B253"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In a case involving post-traumatic stress disorder, the medical examination shall be—</text><clause indent="up1" id="id94C1D656FA914602BB880AB824997499"><enum>(i)</enum><text>performed by—</text><subclause id="id8D828CBC9C0F45749629A6D73844B172"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idE4D308A3A51340F38B2346169539AB40"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a licensed doctorate-level psychologist; or</text></subclause></clause><clause indent="up1" id="idF430B93AE114462C832551F8A21B773D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>performed under the close supervision of—</text><subclause id="idF9053F986BB3427DAE16BC826EFB52C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idBBB6F6B52C064DA1BB22DA487E73F1D8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a licensed doctorate-level psychologist, a doctorate-level mental health provider, a psychiatry resident, or a clinical or counseling psychologist who has completed a 1-year internship or residency. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="id8376BC1E25BE40A5BC4DE2B0076A85F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In a case involving traumatic brain injury, the medical examination shall be performed by a physiatrist, psychiatrist, neurosurgeon, or neurologist. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa7e721b09fa45c3839c07704a646970"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose of medical examination</header><text>The medical examination required by subsection (a) shall assess whether the effects of mental or neurocognitive disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, constitute matters in extenuation that relate to the basis for administrative separation under conditions other than honorable or the overall characterization of the service of the member as other than honorable. </text></subsection><subsection id="id59a03eaaef444c7f8b8679a5bea4fa2c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicability to proceedings under Uniform Code of Military Justice</header><text>The medical examination and procedures required by this section do not apply to courts-martial or other proceedings conducted pursuant to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. </text></subsection><subsection id="ida9bf1ed60a1b419cbe8510eedcf0aefe"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coast Guard operations defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Coast Guard operations</term> has the meaning given that term in section 888(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/468">6 U.S.C. 468(a)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idb406ce38bef040549aa523d48ffc6145"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/25">chapter 25</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="USC" id="id8185489f-635e-4397-88d2-3fb629314234"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="id5bc41fd40f934d9d8cd1932af7fe478a">2515. Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id11571d18306c4dccbd899bc264d97e1b"><enum>426.</enum><header>Improvements to the Physical Disability Evaluation System and transition program</header><subsection id="idbc52645375ad4dc9bef18b07068fa1d0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary policy</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall develop a temporary policy that—</text><paragraph id="id7B45901A16C748FA9C5073BF9B444505"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improves timeliness, communication, and outcomes for members of the Coast Guard undergoing the Physical Disability Evaluation System, or a related formal or informal process;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52AA1F9ED1D047B0911F3012282F0F01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affords maximum career transition benefits to members of the Coast Guard determined by a Medical Evaluation Board to be unfit for retention in the Coast Guard; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3422F979A264695AC00EC46D552645E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>maximizes the potential separation and career transition benefits for members of the Coast Guard undergoing the Physical Disability Evaluation System, or a related formal or informal process.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAC76D0967D4F40279ED81084C6E0297D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The policy required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id2230d880c5cd4312b772fbb238159908"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A requirement that any member of the Coast Guard who is undergoing the Physical Disability Evaluation System, or a related formal or informal process, shall be placed in a duty status that allows the member the opportunity to attend necessary medical appointments and other activities relating to the Physical Disability Evaluation System, including completion of any application of the Department of Veterans Affairs and career transition planning.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6720C445C44F43049785E1F3D4C7A780"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of a Medical Evaluation Board report that is not completed within 120 days after the date on which an evaluation by the Medical Evaluation Board was initiated, the option for such a member to enter permissive duty status.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8527DABA232643ADBAE068AF9BDDDC01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A requirement that the date of initiation of an evaluation by a Medical Evaluation Board shall include the date on which any verbal or written affirmation is made to the member, command, or medical staff that the evaluation by the Medical Evaluation Board has been initiated.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5c5c7b0f86540f099fba7321e8382e3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An option for such member to seek an internship under the SkillBridge program established under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code, and outside employment aimed at improving the transition of the member to civilian life, only if such an internship or employment does not interfere with necessary medical appointments required for the member’s physical disability evaluation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE561040F61CB4B95B35075893985C1E7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A requirement that not less than 21 days notice shall be provided to such a member for any such medical appointment, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that the appointment timeline is in the best interests of the immediate health of the member.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id46e0276d09fb49f3a562ac36a417e33b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A requirement that the Coast Guard shall provide such a member with a written separation date upon the completion of a Medical Evaluation Board report that finds the member unfit to continue active duty. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7528d404acbe4eb8b192f7f46040976c"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To provide certainty to such a member with respect to a separation date, a policy that ensures—</text><subparagraph id="id3229b48576c845758851f0dc3bf56400"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that accountability measures are in place with respect to Coast Guard delays throughout the Physical Disability Evaluation System, including—</text><clause id="id15e551a7d0b548a7a96fed1927789257"><enum>(i)</enum><text>placement of the member in an excess leave status after 270 days have elapsed since the date of initiation of an evaluation by a Medical Evaluation Board by any competent authority; and</text></clause><clause id="id905c959960a5480c8722b8a26c2799fa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a calculation of the costs to retain the member on active duty, including the pay, allowances, and other associated benefits of the member, for the period beginning on the date that is 90 days after date of initiation of an evaluation by a Medical Evaluation Board by any competent authority and ending on the date on which the member is separated from the Coast Guard; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ee9f2d7d40c4e519766a1803d4ce1ec"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the availability of administrative solutions to any such delay.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd02aa07028ca4b49a0e4839a5e6caea1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>With respect to a member of the Coast Guard on temporary limited duty status, an option to remain in the member’s current billet, to the maximum extent practicable, or to be transferred to a different active-duty billet, so as to minimize any negative impact on the member’s career trajectory.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a03108f1683459a8f22fa99836dc362"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A requirement that each respective command shall report to the Coast Guard Personnel Service Center any delay of more than 21 days between each stage of the Physical Disability Evaluation System for any such member, including between stages of the processes, the Medical Evaluation Board, the Informal Physical Evaluation Board, and the Formal Physical Evaluation Board.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6757b605f9f74c448691589ce0053ca5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A requirement that, not later than 7 days after receipt of a report of a delay described in paragraph (9), the Personnel Service Center shall take corrective action, which shall ensure that the Coast Guard exercises maximum discretion to continue the Physical Disability Evaluation System of such a member in a timely manner, unless such delay is caused by the member. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3CB91E21E4C849489E35FABF353F65C1"><enum>(11)</enum><text>A requirement that—</text><subparagraph id="idBFF1FB868895459FA04167EC2294ADCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a member of the Coast Guard shall be allowed to make a request for a reasonable delay in the Physical Disability Evaluation System to obtain additional input and consultation from a medical or legal professional; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94DCDA1CF077499792CD85BBCBCA7A3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any such request for delay shall be approved by the Commandant based on a showing of good cause by the member.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF096AB1CF201431895B3FD950DEC0D78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on temporary policy</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 copy of the policy developed under subsection (a). </text></subsection><subsection id="id0E9D77EEBD224B6B95CBA57338F3A8FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permanent policy</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall publish a Commandant Instruction making the policy developed under subsection (a) a permanent policy of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection><subsection id="id776105E6B7B04C49BE6D78049A363D3F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on, and a copy of, the permanent policy.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA83953AECB664D25B5FC8E38F2F81F9D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual report on costs</header><paragraph id="idC079CC2DFDB94E4EAF78676276E75173"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, 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, for the preceding fiscal year—</text><subparagraph id="idDEC8B965B27948C8BF1566D2AFB47887"><enum>(A)</enum><text>details the total aggregate service-wide costs described in subsection (b)(7)(A)(ii) for members of the Coast Guard whose Physical Disability Evaluation System process has exceeded 90 days; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D0D611F737F4D93856A2352E2F619BC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes for each such member—</text><clause id="id71EC4307CBE341948A93AF91203CC0F9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an accounting of such costs; and </text></clause><clause id="id86C727F62FD844F8BC5EB69C3F1E6C96" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of days that elapsed between the initiation and completion of the Physical Disability Evaluation System process.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A84D68F378E467E84E6C08F73AAE65E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Personally identifiable information</header><text>A report under paragraph (1) shall not include the personally identifiable information of any member of the Coast Guard. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id77ab5488580241148c5df85874f2b9c7"><enum>427.</enum><header>Expansion of access to counseling</header><subsection id="ide45769f1609b4342b79fa575b7247a5f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall hire, train, and deploy not fewer than an additional 5 behavioral health specialists. </text></subsection><subsection id="id3F9626E495864075BC7CF6C38B393A76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Through the hiring process required by subsection (a), the Commandant shall ensure that at least 35 percent of behavioral health specialists employed by the Coast Guard have experience in behavioral healthcare for the purpose of supporting members of the Coast Guard with fertility, infertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, child loss, postpartum depression, and related counseling needs.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5D41DA98ABFF4605AFE07AB752399F22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accessibility</header><text>The support provided by the behavioral health specialists described in subsection (a)—</text><paragraph id="idE870DA946EA04D89B266A8AF234F8812"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may include care delivered via telemedicine; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03B56ADFCCFB4AB59AFFD4EC048E5645"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be made widely available to members of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f4f6d1236754cccb6f796527d2bbcfc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(1)(A) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, $2,000,000 shall be made available to the Commandant for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id076C8C0013D14D1FBCC4F455D54A34FB"><enum>428.</enum><header>Expansion of postgraduate opportunities for members of the Coast Guard in medical and related fields</header><subsection id="id03EEA8133F7C4987A2A5EB4A73F4A16C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall expand opportunities for members of the Coast Guard to secure postgraduate degrees in medical and related professional disciplines for the purpose of supporting Coast Guard clinics and operations.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA3C62BC95C7C4793B35DD40046780BCC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military training student loads</header><text>Section 4904(b)(3) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>350</quote> and inserting <quote>385</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id731be7caaa09442da8b09ae1270f52c6"><enum>429.</enum><header>Study on Coast Guard telemedicine program</header><subsection id="idF7E633D3800649F48C194836054825B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on the Coast Guard telemedicine program.</text></subsection><subsection id="idAA54D6DA372E4B6986F3459C1EBF176C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id2966842A62FC4BF395D1656CF151E4A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of—</text><subparagraph id="id95F8FB6EC03A48B2A3B725FAA47B516C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current capabilities and limitations of the Coast Guard telemedicine program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F1929E0E8F8459D911DB000726503E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree of integration of such program with existing electronic health records;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12D4509497274155B6A93E06610E035F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the capability and accessibility of such program, as compared to the capability and accessibility of the telemedicine programs of the Department of Defense and commercial medical providers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60E36266444A42C7ABCD5D8AF1C05283"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manner in which the Coast Guard telemedicine program may be expanded to provide better clinical and behavioral medical services to members of the Coast Guard, including such members stationed at remote units or onboard Coast Guard cutters at sea; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86cac6b82eb148779e9385891919dcf4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the costs savings associated with the provision of—</text><clause id="idA576E985623A4AD68334FB99D99CA241"><enum>(i)</enum><text>care through telemedicine; and </text></clause><clause id="id76288F4C6D0E4C74B8E4A634A1585481"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>preventative care. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDFA1906404EC4A55AA9E4661EF40AC4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of barriers to full use or expansion of such program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB2E7F01F089E4787A1CBE5736838A73C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the resources necessary to expand such program to its full capability.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAD6D41B182CD4119B818CA63880DD179"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study.</text></subsection></section><section id="id7c4c77b77ca64f6285a681904996499a"><enum>430.</enum><header>Study on Coast Guard medical facilities needs</header><subsection id="id8BA1C40AC07640A890F76510C5B4287D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on Coast Guard medical facilities needs.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2B60AABD12C54D4C9DBEED4484ECD8D6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="idA45E3DC18F5F4BCB84C063358860A4CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A current list of Coast Guard medical facilities, including clinics, sickbays, and shipboard facilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA4515DD07F17466C9E8448E8DFDC5D4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A summary of capital needs for Coast Guard medical facilities, including construction and repair.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5C3E1048FD4D44399C8371F4993B60B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A summary of equipment upgrade backlogs of Coast Guard medical facilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCF3B10A084E8419FAFDE77E2831A35F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of improvements to Coast Guard medical facilities, including improvements to IT infrastructure, required to enable the Coast Guard to fully use telemedicine and implement other modernization initiatives.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1EAF5455BC124BDBB77046994EA3C835"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An evaluation of the process used by the Coast Guard to identify, monitor, and construct Coast Guard medical facilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0216BFF5D88417CA628BCF9826EB843"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of the resources necessary to fully address all Coast Guard medical facilities needs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id44EA717C281546F784D7CADEFF380FAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id97ba42d3b75f4896b2691cd5e2162372"><enum>C</enum><header>Housing</header><section id="ide37e39bef1d74e59b2c8a23aa2a24e52"><enum>441.</enum><header>Strategy to improve quality of life at remote units</header><subsection id="id2e2b3c1d86fd44e284f302a4955367f2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not more than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall develop a strategy to improve the quality of life for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents who are stationed in remote units.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida00adf25af214235929b405731f67d77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required by subsection (a) shall address the following:</text><paragraph id="idd47b0b230f3b4b398ce46e3a3c54ba0f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Methods to improve the availability or affordability of housing options for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents through—</text><subparagraph id="idD0447F34B03F4EB6A81AC23C21E115B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Coast Guard-owned housing; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idad0b412d013f47e6b1f369a6e1fedeea"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Coast Guard-facilitated housing; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd12c55bfda7e446aa17e990414e4cb83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>basic allowance for housing adjustments to rates that are more competitive for members of the Coast Guard seeking privately owned or privately rented housing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7a4a07c989e4994ad84ab8730e86850"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Methods to improve access by members of the Coast Guard and their dependents to—</text><subparagraph id="idACBD31302300448C9CF3B35871B5A051"><enum>(A)</enum><text>medical, dental, and pediatric care; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4AA4E9C462804094929D89031D787148"><enum>(B)</enum><text>healthcare specific to women; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE742EF222C814AC78AE3381897EFEF0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>behavioral healthcare. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59c737c705de4d3eb65eb8abcd9d9fa2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Methods to increase access to child care services, including recommendations for increasing child care capacity and opportunities for care within the Coast Guard and in the private sector.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB0164BD9E8014AF59C9D964FF674D348" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Methods to improve non-Coast Guard network internet access at remote units—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id049A7ABA775442DFBD1BFF0AD8EB7C65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve communications between families and members of the Coast Guard on active duty; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8B6BEE4A59834BA09965CD84C5B23583"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for other purposes such as education and training.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9138183448164a46822d1613069a3079"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Methods to support spouses and dependents who face challenges specific to remote locations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide954c08bb176435fb6537154ad70023f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any other matter the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8669357f77d849c9afc7af4df3164b84"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the strategy required by subsection (a) is completed, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the strategy.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8FEF75189CB549D7886F97F7743BC2BB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Remote unit defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>remote unit</term> means a unit located in an area in which members of the Coast Guard and their dependents are eligible for TRICARE Prime Remote.</text></subsection></section><section id="id71b98c4c69fe4b14b8c6874dd9a60b30"><enum>442.</enum><header>Study on Coast Guard housing access, cost, and challenges</header><subsection id="id5784cb39d7ff424da709b08d964c9847"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study on housing access, cost, and associated challenges facing members of the Coast Guard.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3c9d03ca23a3477390e226ac275a3c9c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id1ADD922F63D44952887D4755CC64B935"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text><subparagraph id="id8639a6d9762743fdbedf7a9f0a674cb1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which—</text><clause id="idD2B4DE9C6FC745D0A6ADA6217AE13807"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Commandant has evaluated the sufficiency, availability, and affordability of housing options for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents; and</text></clause><clause id="idd106d26282254d77a22a098bdc20948d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Coast Guard owns and leases housing for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida76e29209e3748bb8ad9a66dbb8706e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the methods used by the Commandant to manage housing data, and the manner in which the Commandant uses such data—</text><clause id="id3370398A91FE4CCA823A606D5C522953"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to inform Coast Guard housing policy; and</text></clause><clause id="id0A19D72B91C041359CF34E0127353D2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to guide investments in Coast Guard-owned housing capacity and other investments in housing, such as long-term leases and other options; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7C14D7E24E0E486783DEC5A469F384E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the process used by the Commandant to gather and provide information used to calculate housing allowances for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents, including whether the Commandant has established best practices to manage low-data areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id77C9A3555E614F7DAEE5E7251FFB5428"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment as to whether it is advantageous for the Coast Guard to continue to use the Department of Defense basic allowance for housing system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf252409f728f456e841da8f868962bad"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Recommendations for actions the Commandant should take to improve the availability and affordability of housing for members of the Coast Guard and their dependents who are stationed in—</text><subparagraph id="id38AE294D9FB94FE0BA40208BC5BBD756"><enum>(A)</enum><text>remote units located in areas in which members of the Coast Guard and their dependents are eligible for TRICARE Prime Remote; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA2F0E360C3C5475F94380432E308B26A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>units located in areas with a high number of vacation rental properties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id46724e53ccb14db797143186eefb0d9b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide50401133cb54218b8af4a6f00c6f8ca"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report required by subsection (c), the Commandant shall publish a Coast Guard housing strategy that addresses the findings set forth in the report, which shall, at a minimum—</text><paragraph id="id33E3A0174263431E829E8F01F9B4203D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address housing inventory shortages and affordability; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88F11BC8060B4B32A9D2AB1ACA4ED194"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a Coast Guard-owned housing infrastructure investment prioritization plan. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id8EB0F1D78AE64FA1A81089E530C2C8DB" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Other matters</header><section id="idA23B6FD171474212BC304CAF859B0F40"><enum>451.</enum><header>Report on availability of emergency supplies for Coast Guard personnel</header><subsection id="id3b5d4865919e47de8ca3574f4456adab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the 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 the availability of appropriate emergency supplies at Coast Guard units.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2b8b1fd2595543ed841739fd94342762"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id5286197310dc43089d68a02edc594f57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of the extent to which—</text><subparagraph id="id92B0673C0F1B4A0EB0DF45E864E27159"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Commandant ensures that Coast Guard units assess risks and plan accordingly to obtain and maintain appropriate emergency supplies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id268bbe9135144e379071f321e7e77439"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Coast Guard units have emergency food and water supplies available according to local emergency preparedness needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e7b907f33544f6ca2fda41576415970"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of any challenge the Commandant faces in planning for and maintaining adequate emergency supplies for Coast Guard personnel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc56bfb928d4040dfbcf8a659d6df49c0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of submission of the report required by subsection (a), the Commandant shall publish a strategy and recommendations in response to the report that includes— </text><paragraph id="id5BFD9CA0E9944C5AABEEE3351A66AC8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for improving emergency preparedness and emergency supplies for Coast Guard units; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id696AA4295D2340A9A31F95274531D12D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a process for periodic review and engagement with Coast Guard units to ensure emerging emergency response supply needs are achieved and maintained. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Maritime</header><subtitle id="id35984e1061ae40c8a0251b315681d27d"><enum>A</enum><header>Vessel safety</header><section id="id18def7f215964e61a29ad74291fbb8a2"><enum>501.</enum><header>Abandoned Seafarer Fund amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11113 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc05057e260d342fbad72c106ab7ce7a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>may be appropriated</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be available without further appropriations, and shall remain available until expended,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f1c8b14624f46d388c2cabf58e1f7f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id0827F7CF5E4F4379BCB7BB29134410C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>plus a surcharge of 25 percent of such total amount</quote>, after <quote>seafarer</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49093ad24482411dbeb541e7c935d50d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id6613a2eb2cc74dbe9b9ad98086c92f42"><enum>502.</enum><header>Receipts; international agreements for ice patrol services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 80301(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>and shall be available until expended for the purpose of the Coast Guard international ice patrol program.</quote>.</text></section><section id="id491611f99498495b954258fb0f8af3b8"><enum>503.</enum><header>Passenger vessel security and safety requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Notwithstanding any other provision of law, requirements authorized under sections 3509 of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to any passenger vessel, as defined in section 2101 of such title, that— </text><paragraph id="id7c6b9d3de082482fa303d64866ce2405"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carries in excess of 250 passengers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id049b69451a0c42a0ba37e5aad6304d1d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is, or was, in operation in the internal waters of the United States on voyages inside the Boundary Line, as defined in section 103 of such title, on or before July 27, 2030. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id4c1d27e1689d48828197e95d5aec4350" commented="no"><enum>504.</enum><header>At-sea recovery operations pilot program</header><subsection id="id1192c70410f249ed8283855ff6790a88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a pilot program to evaluate the potential use of remotely controlled or autonomous operation and monitoring of certain vessels for the purposes of—</text><paragraph id="idca8945846c1948f5bd42066ac26cc51e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>better understanding the complexities of such at-sea operations and potential risks to navigation safety, vessel security, maritime workers, the public, and the environment;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id662f5a405872410c9f9385899386a4b7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>gathering observational and performance data from monitoring the use of remotely controlled or autonomous vessels; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id01bc4fa042364d52be2b58447197e83f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assessing and evaluating regulatory requirements necessary to guide the development of future occurrences of such operations and activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id49baf182e43140fe8518ef2e6b04ff4b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration and effective date</header><text>The duration of the pilot program established under this section shall be not more than 5 years beginning on the date on which the pilot program is established, which shall be not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="idfed43e37ec464bae9454e911159cdbbf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>The activities authorized under this section include—</text><paragraph id="id788e1a8b013243719ce2f2431446bc56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>remote over-the-horizon monitoring operations related to the active at-sea recovery of spaceflight components on an unmanned vessel or platform;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbff8d86f1d7e4605a2298d571f5cbaa3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>procedures for the unaccompanied operation and monitoring of an unmanned spaceflight recovery vessel or platform; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd00a9b21f594b20b04f8fef3b2d1ab2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>unmanned vessel transits and testing operations without a physical tow line related to space launch and recovery operations, except within 12 nautical miles of a port.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5f83102804f9407ca68e7724ea3254c0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interim authority</header><text>In recognition of potential risks to navigation safety, vessel security, maritime workers, the public, and the environment, and the unique circumstances requiring the use of remotely operated or autonomous vessels, the Secretary, in the pilot program established under subsection (a), may—</text><paragraph id="id80785b0eff9846b7a48d2ea72d8445fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow remotely controlled or autonomous vessel operations to proceed consistent to the extent practicable under titles 33 and 46 of the United States Code, including navigation and manning laws and regulations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idadb5e11b86aa4c45a23475eab7be08e2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>modify or waive applicable regulations and guidance as the Secretary considers appropriate to—</text><subparagraph id="idd82bdc6dfd6e4ce7a338a177acdf5a67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow remote and autonomous vessel at-sea operations and activities to occur while ensuring navigation safety; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1040b11d1d4f4839bb455353bddd20db"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the reliable, safe, and secure operation of remotely controlled or autonomous vessels; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a9ed682488b4da08bb0b3303fb8c6a5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require each remotely operated or autonomous vessel to be at all times under the supervision of 1 or more individuals—</text><subparagraph id="id1A50366B8BC14CAEA83619424468889D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>holding a merchant mariner credential which is suitable to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE4B331D05F4D4A4496932B1F68B5E37A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who shall practice due regard for the safety of navigation of the autonomous vessel, to include collision avoidance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id39002A16D9074B72B08DB37F5BA43D03"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to—</text><paragraph id="idf9cb5610977a469bb67717e18dcaf549"><enum>(1)</enum><text>permit foreign vessels to participate in the pilot program established under subsection (a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddeced4c49a20469b8f1a0f54aae2cb8c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>waive or modify applicable laws and regulations under titles 33 and 46 of the United States Code, except to the extent authorized under subsection (d)(2); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide298224f02084f2fb9a85b7a7047fe72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>waive or modify any regulations arising under international conventions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61c49c97b20142d397aa6689eaa2704b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the employment in the coastwise trade of a vessel or platform that does not meet the requirements of sections 12112, 55102, 55103, and 55111 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida60be847966a49e69955f70cc6814ef6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Briefings</header><text>The Secretary or the designee of the Secretary shall brief the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the program established under subsection (a) on a quarterly basis.</text></subsection><subsection id="id61f9dd5ea7f746c6b8b024f6133c83e9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the expiration of the pilot program established under subsection (a), the Secretary 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 final report regarding an assessment of the execution of the pilot program and implications for maintaining navigation safety, the safety of maritime workers, and the preservation of the environment.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbad288df1f51404e9381dd8ab72b6c24"><enum>(i)</enum><header>GAO report</header><paragraph id="id5f7995c0c13b4062ad4595be1906d6e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, 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 the state of autonomous and remote technologies in the operation of shipboard equipment and the safe and secure navigation of vessels in Federal waters of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd24b727914b4436e81b0f56f133db3fb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id7513de80742349f0bb18502b6d7b0a1e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of commercially available autonomous and remote technologies in the operation of shipboard equipment and the safe and secure navigation of vessels during the 10 years immediately preceding the date of the report.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd35a27d51d54de89be3755f10054869"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An analysis of the safety, physical security, cybersecurity, and collision avoidance risks and benefits associated with autonomous and remote technologies in the operation of shipboard equipment and the safe and secure navigation of vessels, including environmental considerations.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5fc2674bff5b4d4f90a4203e523b80ed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the impact of such autonomous and remote technologies, and all associated technologies, on labor, including—</text><clause id="id909E85FCFCB44157AA16A926634D2B75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>roles for credentialed and noncredentialed workers regarding such autonomous, remote, and associated technologies; and </text></clause><clause id="idC6425FF4C821463C94FA3EF1C7417303"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>training and workforce development needs associated with such technologies.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03f092e2b2664ac9a78771289cf05442"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An assessment and evaluation of regulatory requirements necessary to guide the development of future autonomous, remote, and associated technologies in the operation of shipboard equipment and safe and secure navigation of vessels.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54332a1076ea4922b8505958a836ba4b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of the extent to which such technologies are being used in other countries and how such countries have regulated such technologies.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7a4d6585cf646828ac962cdde6d1c95"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Recommendations regarding authorization, infrastructure, and other requirements necessary for the implementation of such technologies in the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9f27a3f03ca4b709ad8f9a920941687"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, consultation with the maritime industry including—</text><subparagraph id="id9693b2a8413a408b8b74e336a902078a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>vessel operators, including commercial carriers, entities engaged in exploring for, developing, or producing resources, including non-mineral energy resources in its offshore areas, and supporting entities in the maritime industry;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3bd7f2f5b1c4c3a994e76216bba9e12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shipboard personnel impacted by any change to autonomous vessel operations, in order to assess the various benefits and risks associated with the implementation of autonomous, remote, and associated technologies in the operation of shipboard equipment and safe and secure navigation of vessels and the impact such technologies would have on maritime jobs and maritime manpower; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida72b1d23a99b4b14870d98ed32282cf4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>relevant federally funded research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and academia. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f27817fa95e48bbacea2835e8842078" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id28199ee167504c71bd4fadb89b5657db" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Merchant mariner credential</header><text>The term <term>merchant mariner credential</term> means a merchant mariner license, certificate, or document that the Secretary is authorized to issue pursuant to title 46, United States Code. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50D483B034E44CC9A58BC9EA3AE940ED" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id46012c4795ae4565b17a42cacc6023dc"><enum>505.</enum><header>Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passenger vessels</header><subsection commented="no" id="H3AA7BF37CF1040F7B769C5ECAE32768E"><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 commented="no" id="H1828A3C505B44C8E99C7C9CED012A994"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before section 30501 the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAF8BBDBFD734EC0831E7475C56BBD88"><subchapter commented="no" id="HA9F78E4413F849DAAD074D8DBE7B040B" style="OLC"><enum>I<?LEXA-Enum I?></enum><header>General provisions</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H132EDC54D45648A891FD5C2CC97FE9AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before section 30503 the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8031371245F443D08732E60A636AB515"><subchapter commented="no" id="H053BF88A64D24E69BE52269C4E644725" style="OLC"><enum>II<?LEXA-Enum II?></enum><header>Exoneration and limitation of liability</header></subchapter><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6318A22940A4B4BB67E510EAC222B76" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 30503 through 30512 as sections 30521 through 30530, respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0dc097721f054e03a15028b0178d18f2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>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="id064f675f685e4cc2b53e747c19920cfd"><section id="id1f4ab3ed6d374757b2639f96b793ef1d"><enum>30501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter: </text><paragraph id="id7f0c4dc9102449fa8545b37b8ebab409"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered small passenger vessel</header><text>The term <term>covered small passenger vessel</term>—</text><subparagraph id="idc4b7c79882ab46bba627a36694b90d47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a small passenger vessel, as defined in section 2101, that is—</text><clause id="id1a781202afab495fa4c87799edb8bd14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not a wing-in-ground craft; and</text></clause><clause id="idf0cd8376ca0e49bc8f3bbe3469fb0fd5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>carrying—</text><subclause id="id19c5db65283346f89fd8e3ec5becad38"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not more than 49 passengers on an overnight domestic voyage; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id21c658243b924f688e63d8bb9360ee89"><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="id2621035f12e94864815ad352fd47e56d"><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="id829911e16e3041a4b2a11ae88e8cea08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Owner</header><text>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="id1841bcf1c92c4e2298471fd2d569e7ab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Section 30502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id17ae0b9260a14245ba8e83908ddb0095"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as otherwise provided</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>(a)<header-in-text style="USC" level="subsection"> In general.—</header-in-text>Except as to covered small passenger vessels and as otherwise provided</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd09c4a1ccb8f49f9ac61a830eb59fd36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 30503</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30521</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd897b1820e6478b8319bc17efd767ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4555DA52A7364600B7885D02A43B0136"><subsection id="idA2843CAC261C453F98ABC9E19C8A3DDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the requirements of section 30526 of this title shall apply to covered small passenger vessels.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2e9cb6e46ff4486fae371ce0c14f6cf0"><enum>(d)</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="id106834cbd61b41889162720f9b5cdc56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and covered small passenger vessels</quote> after <quote>seagoing vessels</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb1b7361a17ef4624a348981c13e8292f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id773D1FC854A8482C8B62C70DEB85D790"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>6 months</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a092d95172f4f6db0d3c04870cd1ad0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H85F6F0CFEC6C4BF0B102D41F27EBEF75"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chapter analysis</header><text>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—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="HE3F5203E25FF417FB7E13A79F99F5F86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting before the item relating to section 30501 the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H421135835B5E4DA6AE967554FB419552"><toc><toc-entry level="subchapter" idref="HA9F78E4413F849DAAD074D8DBE7B040B">SUBCHAPTER I—General provisions</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1C41B87026944F969062A45D414BFFD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after the item relating to section 30502 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A27C63D42EF4FA7BEC629DE39846B47"><toc><toc-entry level="subchapter" idref="H053BF88A64D24E69BE52269C4E644725">SUBCHAPTER II—Exoneration and limitation of liability</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e69d2fd07384da5be51b41abcfcb361"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 30501 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id873F8466F0184F07BAAC0715E9E7EB89"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">30501. Definitions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H37DADE0346104E6FA37593928DF51687" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</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="id63d5ac98cc574a99a774d0500d4c365a"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Title 46, United States Code, is further amended—</text><paragraph id="id22141009d141425db510ffe3d92dd4f2"><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="id583555414cde4a65aba4412778d2feb5"><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="ida270c4f5b23242d58be657385e98dd70"><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="id17b1255be3dd492f8e2e2de4506a81de"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 30525, as redesignated by subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id2046c19c878a48e4b63df3822240388e"><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="idf27eacf9c4ba432e9606f5e7d86805ff"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 30505</quote> and inserting <quote>section 30523</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ec5a363b2984a0eb299c179b47641c4"><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="ida5f2357177bb495f873449321cf5668a"><enum>506.</enum><header>Moratorium on towing vessel inspection user fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Notwithstanding section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, and section 2110 of title 46 of such Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not charge an inspection fee for a towing vessel that has a certificate of inspection issued under subchapter M of chapter I of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), and that uses the Towing Safety Management System option for compliance with such subchapter, until— </text><paragraph id="idff6dfa315a0d4fa2a16574a4696d9f79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the completion of the review required under section 815 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/946">14 U.S.C. 946</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/282">Public Law 115–282</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e5a18b8932648fe94a723e74cbfdff3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the promulgation of regulations to establish specific inspection fees for such vessels.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idf946c9e91b6a445a807a0c9a24f6b292"><enum>507.</enum><header>Certain historic passenger vessels</header><subsection id="idcd72e25f37fd4a0f88b525043a37acac"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on covered historic vessels</header><paragraph id="idac9e0c1d9f98405e84eb24250897c176"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 evaluating the practicability of the application of section 3306(n)(3)(v) of title 46, United States Code, to covered historic vessels.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id912257925b1e49eb90606970a697ed51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id22219ccb6f11435bb092d52d82872ada"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of the compliance, as of the date on which the report is submitted in accordance with paragraph (1), of covered historic vessels with section 3306(n)(3)(v) of title 46, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3ed6cabbbd54aa0a6e02d582997e6c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of the safety record of covered historic vessels.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91288cfe480943db985bbc69f7fc06c8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the risk, if any, that modifying the requirements under section 3306(n)(3)(v) of title 46, United States Code, would have on the safety of passengers and crew of covered historic vessels.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53068d490a0a4c8092b0e349577891f1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An evaluation of the economic practicability of the compliance of covered historic vessels with such section 3306(n)(3)(v) and whether that compliance would meaningfully improve safety of passengers and crew in a manner that is both feasible and economically practicable.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id006b4ad511c5415ca154f1acdc0963f2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any recommendations to improve safety in addition to, or in lieu of, such section 3306(n)(3)(v).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf81387ffb2a74db395a9ef72be956d13"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other recommendations as the Comptroller General determines are appropriate with respect to the applicability of such section 3306(n)(3)(v) to covered historic vessels.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9f6d8091b7b44ccb97a2a3190e617bd"><enum>(G)</enum><text>An assessment to determine if covered historic vessels could be provided an exemption to such section 3306(n)(3)(v) and what changes to legislative or rulemaking requirements, including modifications to section 177.500(q) of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), are necessary to provide the Commandant the authority to make such exemption or to otherwise provide for such exemption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id41a2486fd99a431ba32e992155f2c4af"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In completing the report required under subsection (a)(1), the Comptroller General may consult with—</text><paragraph id="idefa68c9f7d944e0ea6220d9b7c586584"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National Transportation Safety Board;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0798A440C3E64ACE9E98CBDAD0F99E32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Coast Guard; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida6c9071c15904ce6b780f9e22e89a0ba" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the maritime industry, including relevant federally funded research institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and academia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id63657c2789dd4f28bae8b846bd5b32b1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension for covered historic vessels</header><text>The captain of a port may waive the requirements of section 3306(n)(3)(v) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to covered historic vessels for not more than 2 years after the date of submission of the report required by subsection (a) to Congress in accordance with such subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1071cbe04d824dbeba76ceb304435893"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section shall limit any authority available, as of the date of enactment of this Act, to the captain of a port with respect to safety measures or any other authority as necessary for the safety of covered historic vessels.</text></subsection><subsection id="idD9F4DDC7A40E4F039C508706FF7FED17"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notice to passengers</header><text>A covered historic vessel that receives a waiver under subsection (c) shall, beginning on the date on which the requirements under section 3306(n)(3)(v) of title 46, United States Code, take effect, provide a prominently displayed notice on its website, ticket counter, and each ticket for passengers that the vessel is exempt from meeting the Coast Guard safety compliance standards concerning egress as provided for under such section 3306(n)(3)(v).</text></subsection><subsection id="idcad7c00044f44dac8e641e926bcb6691"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition of covered historic vessels</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered historic vessels</term> means the following:</text><paragraph id="id01e448f5d3ec4bac8611460dba5eb1a1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>American Eagle (Official Number 229913).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3430449d15d84ee2b4cd09903781b455"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Angelique (Official Number 623562).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ae4bd3cb692485caca0e331eb8f26c5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Heritage (Official Number 649561).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id119e554b887f4198a241af72ef955fce"><enum>(4)</enum><text>J & E Riggin (Official Number 226422).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f92e473caed4dd2af77cba576b6e8ca"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Ladona (Official Number 222228).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7d8a1bc41a041d7b5414c8fcf614817"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Lewis R. French (Official Number 015801).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id245516a690d7434c957eff11b4396709"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Mary Day (Official Number 288714).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb42895debb7247f9bd66f1f3e3e5959d"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Stephen Taber (Official Number 115409).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd89f9249d07c4f6da4340da337b7491d"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Victory Chimes (Official Number 136784).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18956437e6754930b62f468d4421db16"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Grace Bailey (Official Number 085754).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf4b7f2a905ed4e4fb7eb42c85834efcf"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Mercantile (Official Number 214388).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf985b8b8c59c49d1b6b61970b1b9b70f"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Mistress (Official Number 509004). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf08ece2fff4a492ab59de1e4fe23a91f"><enum>508.</enum><header>Coast Guard digital registration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 12304(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— </text><paragraph id="id16f1d89abe9847c9884faac432f97e21"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall be pocketsized,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide1600a7f0eec46c8bccbb97373b67379"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and may be valid</quote> and inserting <quote>and may be in hard copy or digital form. The certificate shall be valid</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id0bf73460b69e4b65834f341002ec6737" commented="no"><enum>509.</enum><header>Responses to safety recommendations</header><subsection id="id2a1a3a580383458e86472b4bb76ba019" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb670416dc594ca396672d3dd12a6ec7"><section commented="no" id="id0BA00D41956241F58233667BF283010A"><enum>721.</enum><header>Responses to safety recommendations</header><subsection id="id0c16dc59f2d34d2daf707ee75ffd72cb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the submission to the Commandant of a recommendation and supporting justification by the National Transportation Safety Board relating to transportation safety, the Commandant shall submit to the National Transportation Safety Board a written response to the recommendation, which shall include whether the Commandant—</text><paragraph id="id3451f8fbeecc4243b27045ba9ad79378"><enum>(1)</enum><text>concurs with the recommendation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9441d41074db4cbf8be6f9221a697be3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>partially concurs with the recommendation; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id722e4cf7ad52414d90d4c0b5082d2f01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>does not concur with the recommendation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd7f0a24ae13d4a5289fad536a6b7d2be"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Explanation of concurrence</header><text>A response under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="iddd3c6cf1f5994f7595d7b002f6476b97"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to a recommendation with which the Commandant concurs, an explanation of the actions the Commandant intends to take to implement such recommendation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62d71794077b4a078bfbaa5c8350ff72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to a recommendation with 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="id7189cd9976114cd2822d50f3eb99aa0c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>with respect to a recommendation with which the Commandant does not concur, the reasons the Commandant does not concur.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16e869f11116473ea8e0331b969de938"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure To respond</header><text>If the National Transportation Safety Board has not received the written response required under subsection (a) by the end of the time period described in that subsection, the National Transportation Safety Board shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that such response has not been received.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id542d83cf0d8e4bd4a20ab2992a2a4158" commented="no"><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 adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21FA4939CB9542B69A8FED5ADE338C1C"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">721. Responses to safety recommendations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idcd9985763a4b4afda6b2e0bb03784c72"><enum>510.</enum><header>Comptroller General of the United States study and report on the Coast Guard’s oversight of third-party organizations</header><subsection id="ide3a60b5f24944eff8765837b1c2afe05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate a review, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act that assesses the Coast Guard’s oversight of third-party organizations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id773ecdfc750941fa883cc4420d503217"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required under subsection (a) shall analyze the following:</text><paragraph id="idac31ea156bb2412582e55f08ec9fb2cb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Coast Guard utilization of third-party organizations in its prevention mission, and the extent the Coast Guard plans to increase such use to enhance prevention mission performance, including resource utilization and specialized expertise. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70c2e2c979524ab994536ebe842b8c1f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The extent the Coast Guard has assessed the potential risks and benefits of using third-party organizations to support prevention mission activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5b06e557b9944d6b8ac832ade0f2d21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The extent the Coast Guard provides oversight of third-party organizations authorized to support prevention mission activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id336dbaf332754498bb6bef92d00ed862"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General shall submit the results from this study not later than 1 year after initiating the review to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. </text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id8F4A5D8031B84044933DAA272F4D3B90" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Other matters</header><section id="id83b30233ffe54a78b5bbc5c9677e39d3"><enum>521.</enum><header>Definition of a stateless vessel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 70502(d)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida6608c1a71754c25841c6bca50c3a229"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0905f691a91c4a03a3ec10366026f68d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5835528841474bf3a7023b6b8fb5bb57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddaade0b122df4a93a69e4c4964290b45"><subparagraph id="id0df88de27cb44009b277b95520c52614"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a vessel aboard which no individual, on request of an officer of the United States authorized to enforce applicable provisions of United States law, claims to be the master or is identified as the individual in charge and that has no other claim of nationality or registry under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (e).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id399b4d207c6c4e8b876f942b1975cbc5"><enum>522.</enum><header>Report on enforcement of coastwise laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 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="id1e0564b45aa74012bbae0a2b52f50533"><enum>523.</enum><header>Study on multi-level supply chain security strategy of the Department of Homeland Security</header><subsection id="id5a4d1bde23654e75b4dcdcc4d6f68b52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate a study that assesses the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security with respect to securing vessels and maritime cargo bound for the United States from national security related risks and threats.</text></subsection><subsection id="id10ccd7df96c941da99914d53c3afa643"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required under subsection (a) shall assess the following:</text><paragraph id="idfe7b7e04750a4d0ba6e0c78960425b24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Programs that comprise the maritime strategy of the Department of Homeland Security for securing vessels and maritime cargo bound for the United States, and the extent that such programs cover the critical components of the global supply chain.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36a913c8938e45eda8b0b600ed222759"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The extent to which the components of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for maritime security issues have implemented leading practices in collaboration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb929c9906aa144f5ab59bd84fe8ccc3e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The extent to which the Department of Homeland Security has assessed the effectiveness of its maritime security strategy.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd61c026ccb704f89885cb3189dd885c2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after initiating the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit the results from the study to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9bc7370b2bb549e68331c3fc82444e51"><enum>524.</enum><header>Study to modernize the merchant mariner licensing and documentation system</header><subsection id="id63e4ea01d11a47e59aebc1c77810e249"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, a report on the financial, human, and information technology infrastructure resources needed to establish an electronic merchant mariner licensing and documentation system.</text></subsection><subsection id="id00610c58e90c4bfd8b5dfb2b1a8f88be"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legislative and regulatory suggestions</header><text>The report described in paragraph (1) shall include recommendations for such legislative or administrative actions as the Commandant determines necessary to establish the electronic merchant mariner licensing and documentation system described in subsection (a) as soon as possible.</text></subsection></section><section id="id91B5C7D6F61C4F7984647E29AB2B09B5"><enum>525.</enum><header>Study and report on development and maintenance of mariner records database</header><subsection id="id15df57a2d74447a3ab51c69524f20e9e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="id02f888623bb04261a2fc826a69aa603f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Commandant and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration and the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, shall conduct a study on the potential benefits and feasibility of developing and maintaining a Coast Guard database that—</text><subparagraph id="id9919b03c4508485787943e40fd5b84fa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contains records with respect to each credentialed mariner, including credential validity, drug and alcohol testing results, and information on any final adjudicated agency action involving a credentialed mariner or regarding any involvement in a marine casualty; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide1508a6d0ec24a0a9f973772cf0f917a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintains such records in a manner such that data can be readily accessed by the Federal Government for the purpose of assessing workforce needs and for the purpose of the economic and national security of the United States. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2af5a217883442769c50d7c67b5bc651"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id4632AE5645E14A539FE61511346FF7F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include an assessment of the resources, including information technology, and authorities necessary to develop and maintain the database described in such paragraph; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id041565E329C8493F8F8B4A159A101C9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specifically address the protection of the privacy interests of any individuals whose information may be contained within the database, which shall include limiting access to the database or having access to the database be monitored by, or accessed through, a member of the Coast Guard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd69350e3990342b4a51ab240584fa559"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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 results of the study under subsection (a), including findings, conclusions, and recommendations.</text></subsection><subsection id="idDAA2DD9EE79B4EB183CAF89A59391B88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idC9CE2F9D662F4E958C86F6B9001F4814" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Credentialed mariner</header><text>The term <term>credentialed mariner</term> means an individual with a merchant mariner license, certificate, or document that the Secretary is authorized to issue pursuant to title 46, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3512DCE2859044898C740B1B6E156C25"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention and response</header><section id="id93f64f1ce1e949bc8a0b17e35a021e16"><enum>601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><subsection id="id518123bb29934e2fa33e19f31c5c0e61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd7729b1ebe4f429eb7b9fcc3ab0413ef"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (45) through (54) as paragraphs (47) through (56), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33802d5fa4f54fedbfa13fa0ab663a8f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (44) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55f9e85fa5cd46f3b13f34ab22b89c09"><paragraph id="id316957151cd04864a72980bc1a8e1178"><enum>(45)</enum><text><term>sexual assault</term> 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 offense under a State, local, or Tribal law.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id913942e395ed4f00859b4cb82563bf32"><enum>(46)</enum><text><term>sexual harassment</term> means any of the following:</text><subparagraph id="id35b22252d8d04912854dd322a78a8594"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Conduct towards an individual (which may have been by the individual's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a coworker, or another credentialed mariner) that—</text><clause id="id0a56ea6010d442cdb8dbc1a037e48c55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or deliberate or repeated offensive comments or gestures of a sexual nature, when—</text><subclause id="ida57e6ff4264e4353849248a42b2ade6e"><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="id93095743c07b41c48f3fc87b9ae244a0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any submission to, or rejection of, such conduct by the individual is used as a basis for decisions affecting the individual’s job, pay, career, benefits, or entitlements; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id4d5925febab547da9e47837d5c29b44c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with the individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1b3846f1efb340c8b4c9382e1f703540"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is so severe or pervasive that a reasonable person would perceive, and the individual does perceive, the environment as hostile or offensive.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida936d17a95f84629a2a65c92bf25bf53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any use or condonation by any person in a supervisory or command position of any form of sexual behavior to control, influence, or affect the career, pay, or job of an individual who is a subordinate to the person.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9334fb363d5466690a12ae88fa32858"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any intentional or repeated unwelcome verbal comment or gesture of a sexual nature towards or about an individual by the individual's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a coworker, or another credentialed mariner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4f3657b8e3a24128a3985ad15d2bf090"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>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 any changes the Commandant may propose to the definitions added by the amendments in subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="idbff8668c1e8d41fbbab987c943a513a7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="idAAB50A697C214A598C7A12AC3AD25A29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2113(3) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 2101(51)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 2101(53)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0FFA0D8720D4CCCAC2CAE13FE59CFC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 4105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id7AF816B9820D4AE69FEE7971AAAD7CE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsections (b)(1) and (c), by striking <quote>section 2101(51)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 2101(53)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA93DE6A804464FC7B79F5E8AA5F1168F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>section 2101(51)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 2101(53)(A)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBC32066F4B344AAFA043AFC9FEE63FE4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1131(a)(1)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 2101(46)</quote> and inserting <quote>116</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8e9fbee7897c4b5fabc8156ef3a0eccf"><enum>602.</enum><header>Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial</header><subsection id="id062fd745be2848f5a601953e7c40cc4e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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 style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48e86cc3801b450f9913104a81519907"><section id="ide125071ca7334a7693036864f2701f18"><enum>7511.</enum><header>Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial</header><subsection id="id79b62e0600c2470c9839dd0a7bfe0041"><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 offense under a State, local, or Tribal law.</text></subsection><subsection id="id47998043609a412ebe8a4c05defcce3a"><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 offense under a State, local, or Tribal law.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd40147ff1831443e9e37facb1e718463"><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><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off"><quote>7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.</quote>.</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section><section id="id552778AEBC3E44B88A7F4A3CB14A41CD"><enum>603.</enum><header>Accommodation; notices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 11101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— </text><paragraph id="id2c1e75f0e6c44e3a842b8ce0b7bd8164"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id5fef60a12b9947268207d917a0903726"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb3edde476ba84ec98cb18d3f81bfefed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id142160efa47e4b40bdea6eb24788a691"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id646700fbe535406ba8b0eae5a2635d65"><paragraph id="id9da75f4eb7b6437a947eca0da6793954"><enum>(5)</enum><text>each crew berthing area shall be equipped with information regarding—</text><subparagraph id="id278506fea3f948cd9563dac692c10a3e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>vessel owner or company policies prohibiting sexual assault, sexual harassment, retaliation, and drug and alcohol use; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c960e178b7145bfab6e40cdad9715f2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>procedures and resources to report allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment, including information—</text><clause id="id20237516992b40bc8809e7d18f1d2581"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on the contact information, website address, and mobile application of the Coast Guard Investigative Services and the Coast Guard National Command Center, in order to report allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment; </text></clause><clause id="idfe8313a870904647a8d6eb1c6e050917"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on vessel owner or company procedures to report violations of company policy and access resources;</text></clause><clause id="idd0feb6ee08f64205bfb32f925ba713b6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on resources provided by outside organizations such as sexual assault hotlines and counseling;</text></clause><clause id="idd5aceaaddc324bf882f2629b5b9ce676"><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="id011e22d55bd14babb7c6581f3d2a087e"><enum>(v)</enum><text>on additional items specified in regulations issued by, and at the discretion of, the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0666bef5f0a845d883b97f6162e2cda7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: <quote>In each washing place in a visible location, there shall be information regarding procedures and resources to report alleged sexual assault and sexual harassment upon the vessel, and vessel owner or company policies prohibiting sexual assault and sexual harassment, retaliation, and drug and alcohol use.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id49fd3dbb3e964f4bb587700f1f6bc7b8"><enum>604.</enum><header>Protection against discrimination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2114(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8cc1620611b94757a39b6ac06c60d75c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idd4235ee875364f91ac49a1d1ac113baf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (H), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7e7f43f6ae64e84828773495badfecf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff02a905302e47469485ea39f6d38295"><subparagraph id="idb307e17cc374468991dada9b438b13df"><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>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6eda7a62b5004bd6983e7e9cdc8aacbe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(B)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(C)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id4e7a950cb8a442608ffc5b0f9b6529da"><enum>605.</enum><header>Alcohol at sea</header><subsection id="id48dcfe2a2e6a4c09a141717f365d3d95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act under which the National Academy of Sciences shall prepare an assessment to determine safe levels of alcohol consumption and possession by crew members aboard vessels of the United States engaged in commercial service, except when such possession is associated with the commercial sale to individuals aboard the vessel who are not crew members.</text></subsection><subsection id="idefeafa24c58d475eb1638c3b50e71bab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The assessment under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="id5c1af589cb584c5aad95195df9d10581"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into account the safety and security of every individual on the vessel;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id39410d3640b74b718a1743de1eca5585"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take into account reported incidences of sexual harassment or sexual assault, as defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ecd1deec0d8453ba5534a224e958467"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide any appropriate recommendations for any changes to laws, including regulations, or employer policies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idef62325d403a476cbd7448c44d4d316f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Upon completion of the assessment under this section, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit the assessment to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Commandant, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide3e7400c7a0f4ac59ea96807900bc027"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><paragraph id="ide8820b923370408cb1fd320b25390ae2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commandant—</text><subparagraph id="idab409bbd12d04c5c832b5821561cc9f9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall review the findings and recommendations of the assessment under this section by not later than 180 days after receiving the assessment under subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida499e87b8c8e453b8906b83d39d55d7e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>taking into account the safety and security of every individual on vessels of the United States engaged in commercial service, may issue regulations relating to alcohol consumption on such vessels. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7e266fcd494c41f58c63209acb1b1bbc"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>If, by the date that is 2 years after the receipt of the assessment under subsection (c), the Commandant does not issue regulations under subsection (d), the Commandant shall provide a report by such date to the appropriate committees of Congress—</text><paragraph id="idC59A43580D72466C87144B702B5D3505"><enum>(1)</enum><text>regarding the rationale for not issuing such regulations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8667483D951D48E1ABFE269F2A0F3F05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing other recommendations as necessary to ensure safety at sea.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id44FDC58A17504F448B0C9B6847BBDEBB"><enum>606.</enum><header>Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension and revocation</header><subsection id="id15A74F4F8C024B64A733101DF5DE0BED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><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 style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98cc950324834165bdb5867827055b0c"><section id="id8798378376884e11a541413f89cd95a5"><enum>7704a.<?LEXA-Enum 7704a.?></enum><header>Sexual harassment or sexual assault as grounds for suspension and revocation</header><subsection id="id40237d5c60904eeeafb76b715a23bd8f"><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 10 years before the beginning of the suspension and revocation proceedings, is the subject of a substantiated claim of sexual harassment, then the license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document shall be suspended or revoked.</text></subsection><subsection id="id644ebc2637da43d9af6c5f7f76aa39e0"><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 20 years before the beginning of the suspension and revocation proceedings, is the subject of a substantiated claim of sexual assault, then the license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document shall be revoked.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1ff569f3c30d4632a63bf3c48ba96998"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Substantiated claim</header><paragraph id="id6974b1e4501948c1b879a787861c5b82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <term>substantiated claim</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idfc4b0a0300a246919ab6fc63dcfefe37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a legal proceeding or agency action in any administrative proceeding that determines the individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault in violation of any Federal, State, local, or Tribal law or regulation and for which all appeals have been exhausted, as applicable; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8cd3a4392da541a8a8fa1abd180e4e06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a determination after an investigation by the Coast Guard that it is more likely than not that the individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault as defined in section 2101, if the determination affords appropriate due process rights to the subject of the investigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9c19431a2d24e67bdaf1d5f42c4b8b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investigation by the Coast Guard</header><text>An investigation by the Coast Guard under paragraph (1)(B) shall include evaluation of the following materials that shall be provided to the Coast Guard:</text><subparagraph id="idf3b278dee6c74f52a0ace7c4c2934474"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any inquiry or determination made by the employer of the individual as to whether the individual committed sexual harassment or sexual assault.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69be048d558247f4975507358eafd7ca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Upon request from the Coast Guard, 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="id93c921d2999541d5a3c4f4ee77df0c8a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional review</header><text>A license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document shall not be suspended or revoked under subsection (a) or (b), unless the substantiated claim is reviewed and affirmed, in accordance with the applicable definition in section 2101, by an administrative law judge at the same suspension or revocation hearing under this chapter described in subsection (a) or (b), as applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0D0A7B199DE844509AF95F82AFFE13E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <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 style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69FB1974A580476FB2CDF2562C8B53DD"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">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="id2e0ed3a31aa54f6cad3765b42bdf90fc"><enum>607.</enum><header>Surveillance requirements</header><subsection id="id1ae925b92cab46478eb1724bd800b7fa"><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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida912b7a582554449bd8ec4675d622ded"><chapter id="id9054d7c1dfd947c281b3f67f82bb84bc"><enum>49</enum><header>Oceangoing nonpassenger commercial vessels</header><section id="id6571a83916944e2d9ca0ed08108d30e5"><enum>4901.</enum><header>Surveillance requirements</header><subsection id="ida3cfc4072b71437a856fa5a12ef0705b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><paragraph id="idd25aa22e04574710baeae37ef3fc5477"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The requirements in this section shall apply to vessels engaged in commercial service that do not carry passengers and are any of the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1d721103a7b44b4fa50903c7adf65e34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A documented vessel with overnight accommodations for at least 10 persons on board that—</text><clause id="idc9f1896379da4832a9bb1080e7ee233a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is on a voyage of at least 600 miles and crosses seaward of the boundary line; or</text></clause><clause id="idb4b077f0c90248f88bbc78d56193fea8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is at least 24 meters (79 feet) in overall length and required to have a load line under chapter 51.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide5f7aa87bbc5438bab4185b56e5ef2ac"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A documented vessel on an international voyage that is of—</text><clause id="id7c5b05abcd9643b29437e5b520359588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 500 gross tons as measured under section 14502; or</text></clause><clause id="id5e698af3eac0465f952096e9d0bc8288"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08a9c005a39045d69f2597e84c1b2f4f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A vessel 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 (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id39ec9224138d4fe2bce43135bfecd06d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the requirements in this section shall not apply to any fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idad9cb7d95af345fa8814ce2949f460e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for maintenance of video surveillance system</header><text>Each vessel to which this section applies shall maintain a video surveillance system in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id66a22f3a9d0c4d3294c78a27b618c304"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Placement of video and audio surveillance equipment</header><paragraph id="id076b9c51148a412d8e79dfae6843dd66"><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 the date of enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, or during the next scheduled drydock, whichever is later.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbb03725ea634389a28b1da45b05ae35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Locations</header><text>Video and audio surveillance equipment shall be placed in passageways onto 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="id666b01608a3e4f14a66aae9a2621673b"><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="id58b15422adca4718b7fa766b9c230ba3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Access to video and audio records</header><paragraph id="id9b71f37c0e604f819c0124d88720d570"><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="idf4bfaa44fce34c218a77f10f9816d210"><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="id1e5bfe405ddd4520b566dcd66c285374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in which the individual is a subject of the video and audio surveillance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e34070df2f046e5bbc6b2d68861186e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the request is in conjunction with a legal proceeding or investigation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42a5a58f8a2f463fa029e1707cc6f372"><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="idec772669926c4701a50586878f490623"><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 section 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="id33287dc29fb34860859b93cc4bd6696b"><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 4 years after the footage is obtained. Any video and audio surveillance found to be associated with an alleged incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault shall be retained by such owner for not less than 10 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="idf91bd0d9272a4443a924ac0f45967162" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Personnel training</header><text>A vessel owner, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>company</quote>) shall provide training for all individuals employed by the company for the purpose of responding to incidents of sexual assault or sexual harassment, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id8C718C5ED1424DE18656215E43FDCF0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such training to ensure the individuals—</text><subparagraph id="id232339D521304F0BAFC3EB8744E46BE7" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retain audio and visual records and other evidence objectively; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A6D7560C77A4CF98D1739A412535C8F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>act impartially without influence from the company or others; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id70F17E0A828C4A6E8E6E421D46D32D2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>training on applicable Federal, State, Tribal, and local laws and regulations regarding sexual assault and sexual harassment investigations and reporting requirements. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbc468d6673694387996a7fe26ebdd7d6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition of owner</header><text>In this section, the term <term>owner</term> means the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or other individual in charge of a vessel.</text></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id1a71494d077440bbaceeaa1fd0c14216"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis of subtitle II at the beginning of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 47 the following:</text><toc><toc-entry level="chapter" bold="off"><quote>Chapter 49—Oceangoing nonpassenger commercial vessels</quote>.</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section><section id="ide24475e11181458dad1e8b9c95d13a8c"><enum>608.</enum><header>Master key control</header><subsection id="id4460510fe05a48399722c19f2babb65b"><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 style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8926D0B92988494F96513217F237D014"><section id="id9e838ece9fe74885adb6a79e7121c2a3"><enum>3106.</enum><header>Master key control system</header><subsection id="ida83279b784e9497ba2ca187a3c9b8589"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a vessel subject to inspection under section 3301 shall—</text><paragraph id="idbd9bb2a7de414c0f957d8d1ae83e4975"><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="idc11ae590506a415faea21272269a121e"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8E3C9DB6C7F744CC9959BD33D301A88C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a list of all crew members, identified by position, allowed to access and use the master key; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" id="idC68C427C92534127B6F84528203A6F21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintain such list upon the vessel within owner records and include such list in the vessel safety management system under section 3203(a)(6);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id39c894a30d0d41eb998b8480e86243d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>record in a log book, which may be electronic and shall be included in the safety management system under section 3203(a)(6), information on all access and use of the vessel’s master key, including—</text><subparagraph id="id6bc7b3b7cf894b53b389744c9eff2595"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dates and times of access;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d2a368bf7cc431185719fcfa1bb5ca9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the room or location accessed; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85682071e4cb4176b09c6e53d03710c8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the name and rank of the crew member that used the master key; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id639308e536dd4ea6980882d40b448b74"><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="id780b37cec488419e88675a839b623683"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibited use</header><text>A crew member 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 access to or use of such key.</text></subsection><subsection id="id522c77694cff4079bf20449ba20e01d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Any crew member who violates subsection (b) 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></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4e69565e1e9642c887c2f059d5deaa54"><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><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off"><quote>3106. Master key control system.</quote>.</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section><section id="id49f339872ed443f999ac9a0d926d8cea"><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="ide159d8b94dca47f997e828db91325ec3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id1aa7733566b3454cbc4e3d2890980710"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf82e5bf34214eb6a3a51abf7b156d96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31fe3b2341654e4d978a650b2f5c8cc6"><paragraph id="idf529b6c440a24c938c94fa769c833df2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>with respect to sexual harassment and sexual assault, procedures and annual training requirements for all responsible persons and vessels to which this chapter applies on—</text><subparagraph id="idae49ff91d7544e4f870bdfa89780f85d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prevention;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbcdfde8279964b74981f49148957e006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>bystander intervention;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6adc696171b341c29c89e6ff3bd878c2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reporting;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf5c73b75fce945e88ca4ea7aeb12b072"><enum>(D)</enum><text>response; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6df19bdebd154495af8c90a658911de1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>investigation;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id38c1e73616774265813f9484602dbcb9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the list required under section 3106(a)(2) and the log book required under section 3106(a)(3);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb46f133955c945bc88f837c414ac4e8d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b9f032600114816a999661b1cf0f87c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30353383F5974F8CB46B4143E491172A"><subsection id="idfd8497aecbcb48e7be81653534ffe0c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures and training requirements</header><text>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><subsection id="id8775616a56084591a65c0db020411c02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audits</header><paragraph id="id52A89BE85D4547FEB986E3340519C092"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon discovery of a failure of a responsible person or vessel to comply with a requirement under section 10104 during an audit of a safety management system or from other sources of information acquired by the Coast Guard (including an audit or systematic review under section 10104(g)), the Secretary shall audit the safety management system of a vessel under this section to determine if there is a failure to comply with any other requirement under section 10104.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB4A962BFD2ED430B9EEABA4082CB4999"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certificates</header><subparagraph id="id7bd1d3c1715b478f9da35ffec784f40a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>During an audit of a safety management system of a vessel required under paragraph (1), the Secretary may suspend the Safety Management Certificate issued for the vessel under section 3205 and issue a separate Safety Management Certificate for the vessel to be in effect for a 3-month period beginning on the date of the issuance of such separate certificate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8590df081e314e9ea74dc6e85a51d891"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text>At the conclusion of an audit of a safety management system required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall revoke the Safety Management Certificate issued for the vessel under section 3205 if the Secretary determines—</text><clause id="id5b4b9cb8b9e94047905a120cec1ca1f7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the holder of the Safety Management Certificate knowingly, or repeatedly, failed to comply with section 10104; or</text></clause><clause id="id169fba17427340be979c33e41da7f57b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other failure of the safety management system resulted in the failure to comply with such section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id88014858979541CBABB07B8EF1DC7181"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Documents of compliance</header><subparagraph id="idcc9a3d8bb6794f748ec3a41cbc4c8732"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Following an audit of the safety management system of a vessel required under paragraph (1), the Secretary may audit the safety management system of the responsible person for the vessel.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6de0b132339f47848b77891c0c712d6d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>During an audit under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may suspend the Document of Compliance issued to the responsible person under section 3205 and issue a separate Document of Compliance to such person to be in effect for a 3-month period beginning on the date of the issuance of such separate document.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id29A30B5948564AFEAFBEAE3391AFE3DB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text>At the conclusion of an assessment or an audit of a safety management system under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall revoke the Document of Compliance issued to the responsible person if the Secretary determines—</text><clause id="id15676741994D4E9DA708843FA63EC19B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the holder of the Document of Compliance knowingly, or repeatedly, failed to comply with section 10104; or</text></clause><clause id="id03D132FB16DA4D578838C023D497C9E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that other failure of the safety management system resulted in the failure to comply with such section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="iddf1ec2955fb04f0193f29eadaada531f"><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 style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id116ba1fc5b12442a808a57aecb99919b"><subsection id="idd793698689564729b0d5cbf372c0f0b9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory reporting by crew members</header><paragraph id="idd7e285ff1d804b02809dc6c81ef97d8c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A crew member of a documented vessel shall report to the Commandant in accordance with subsection (c) any complaint or incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault of which the crew member has firsthand or personal knowledge.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab01e8fdcb4747b5b0ca213632222ab5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), a crew member with firsthand or personal knowledge of a sexual assault or sexual harassment incident on a documented 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><paragraph id="id7a5fb99c2b75491ebf8d952dca023792"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amnesty</header><text>A crew member who knowingly fails to make the required reporting under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the penalty described in paragraph (2) if the complaint is shared in confidence with the crew member directly from the individual who experienced the sexual harassment or sexual assault or the crew member is a victim advocate as defined in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92e136f19e42479e83279bd1a3db0bac"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandatory reporting by vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer</header><paragraph id="id6e008d1843ff46cc9a0985c2f5ce7ecb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A vessel owner, master, or managing operator of a documented vessel or the employer of a seafarer on that vessel shall report to the Commandant in accordance with subsection (c) any complaint or incident of sexual harassment or sexual assault involving a crew member in violation of employer policy or law of which such vessel owner or managing operator is made aware. Such reporting shall include results of any investigation into the incident, if applicable, and any action taken against the offending crew member.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b22cf30c24f4b4fa07c9f2c0ab85e59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>A vessel owner, master, or managing operator of a documented vessel 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 $50,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id51b5bc24bab04328b24e80813ea9f2d9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting procedures</header><paragraph id="id264838887256457cbcd349c91bf937bb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timing</header><subparagraph id="id8677faa514214d7a9330c4aaa527c7d4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reports by crew members</header><text>A report required under subsection (a) shall be made as soon as practicable, but not later than 10 days after the individual develops firsthand or personal knowledge of the sexual assault or sexual harassment incident, to the Commandant by the fastest telecommunications channel available.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb6550d340154c0da3fbd90f404c43de"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports by vessel owners, masters, managing operators, or employers</header><text>A report required under subsection (b) shall be made immediately after the vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of the seafarer gains knowledge of a sexual assault or sexual harassment incident by the fastest telecommunications channel available. Such report shall be made to the Commandant and the appropriate officer or agency of the government of the country in whose waters the incident occurs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4109412830d74b19bca9ea0b6f33d279"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A report required under subsection (a) or (b) shall include, to the best of the knowledge of the individual making the report—</text><subparagraph id="id938eb5d54a784aaab9141b61885dc7f4"><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="id0f3c30383029466aaaa68fb585bf6f34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name and official number of the documented vessel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1494b35422f14c418d111dd9405ee6a4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the time and date of the incident;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id536f435a7333408ca0ed4d5090f830d2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the geographic position or location of the vessel when the incident occurred; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcfacff03b87643519c9c26d05bfabe4d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a brief description of the alleged sexual harassment or sexual assault being reported. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1f64bd34bc94f2abc43d50f507ed434"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receiving reports and collection of information</header><subparagraph id="id428EFB3BC2F441A8A501D23916C13DA5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Receiving reports</header><text>With respect to reports submitted under this subsection to the Coast Guard, the Commandant—</text><clause id="idB48B470826904C70A171B633706EBE0E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may establish additional reporting procedures, including procedures for receiving reports through—</text><subclause id="id1b269e1d13924b259507d6b1b7838178"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a telephone number that is continuously manned at all times; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id934539724a04403685050b7c8772baeb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an email address that is continuously monitored; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id909F3536998D429A81ACBE939A44F65D" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall use procedures that include preserving evidence in such reports and providing emergency service referrals. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC7786A4A22B64F99BB6D8CFE9B69BF34"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Collection of information</header><text>After receiving a report under this subsection, the Commandant shall collect information related to the identity of each alleged victim, alleged perpetrator, and witness identified in the report through a means designed to protect, to the extent practicable, the personal identifiable information of such individuals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd4ea55daabd2403f9f701ebc490653aa"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Subpoena authority</header><paragraph id="id7941913D70F6462CB3F1FF575ADEFB9F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commandant may compel the testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence by subpoena to determine compliance with this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id37C9D5F9329447A6BD858792970ABD38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Jurisdictional limits</header><text>The jurisdictional limits of a subpoena issued under this section are the same as, and are enforceable in the same manner as, subpoenas issued under chapter 63 of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2b8bbb200eca4a7f966397ef28465dd5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Company after-Action summary</header><text>A vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer that makes a report under subsection (b), or becomes aware of a report made under subsection (a) that involves an individual employed by the owner, master, operator, or employer at the time of the sexual assault or sexual harassment incident, shall—</text><paragraph id="idaf541110d1674d41a3a798f0b1420630"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the Commandant a document with detailed information to describe the actions taken by the vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer after it became aware of the sexual assault or sexual harassment incident; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab2e6f6b844e4306a9c4118925bb2b6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make such submission not later than 10 days after the vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer made the report under subsection (b), or became aware of a report made under subsection (a) that involves an individual employed by the owner, master, operator, or employer at the time of the sexual assault or sexual harassment incident.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id93b4f4af7f4344afb5cd3d7474eab935"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Required company records</header><text>A vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer shall—</text><paragraph id="ida550103d237546ad87795599f98a47d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the Commandant copies of all records, including documents, files, recordings, statements, reports, investigatory materials, findings, and any other materials requested by the Commandant related to the claim of sexual assault or sexual harassment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5479a2cc57264eaaad521e8e1696496d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make such submission not later than 14 days after—</text><subparagraph id="id4477e26c6aa94af09082954f5a652bff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer submitted a report under subsection (b); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6641c2e7ed24f86a2820472a3f560a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer acquired knowledge of a report made under subsection (a) that involved individuals employed by the vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3a93cfb40e964172909a4dbe84e100e2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Investigatory audit</header><text>The Commandant shall periodically perform an audit or other systematic review of the submissions made under this section to determine if there were any failures to comply with the requirements of this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1C9AE0529F574396B29AE9B0D747790C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Civil penalty</header><text>A vessel owner, master, managing operator, or employer of a seafarer that fails to comply with subsection (e) or (f) is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $50,000 for each day a failure continues.</text></subsection><subsection id="id573b25ad50b84d7e822e652c34b29db1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Applicability; regulations</header><paragraph id="id0D6EDCBEB5CB49C496C08ECBE17E5433"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The requirements of this section take effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14A1740F30924017A2F22F4CCCD21E8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Commandant may issue regulations to implement the requirements of this section. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC5AD7464BF574399A97EDED5C8EED860"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Any report required to be made to the Commandant under this section shall be made to the Coast Guard National Command Center, until regulations establishing other reporting procedures are issued.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ided263391bd424387a64a872e143c3420"><enum>611.</enum><header>Civil actions for personal injury or death of seamen</header><subsection id="id5cfed17f63114114b2bbe6092e8252e2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Personal injury to or death of seamen</header><text>Section 30104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including an injury resulting from sexual assault or sexual harassment (as such terms are defined in section 2101),</quote> after <quote>in the course of employment</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2d4cd6256db4415ab50298a6e1000d4a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Time limit on bringing maritime action</header><text>Section 30106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idddf81a4027b049ddacc274da6255570a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="USC" level="section">for personal injury or death</header-in-text></quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id721f2c4049da43cca299b45d12431840"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as otherwise</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4150e38042846c3a2295b69a7eba278"><subsection id="id4b945a82256a43eb952ce5d2d15d8110"><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="id2e5e59edb7734794a3f4609161e5c606"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecd097243d6e407596aad4323189515e"><subsection id="id3de7e392af3c4d9f8da393b3161d03db"><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, as such terms are defined in section 2101, shall be brought not later 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="id8ffa2db27a844dbca7e83667ad16bf34"><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 relating to section 30106 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E73ED21CE174B269700C44C66DB94C5"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">30106. Time limit on bringing maritime action.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id777DF165BE9F4D2BBB7CF28D1C2B1736"><enum>612.</enum><header>Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits</header><subsection id="ide57ec3b445824948873dd6e532bedb67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter IV of <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" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb30765a3c0f2498a8c0b67c48088206f"><section id="id05AA403E71D34447A774EF0A4587F71B"><enum>564.</enum><header>Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits</header><subsection id="id6efef7ae2d404abeae45cf1b3cf2672d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sexual assault forensic exam procedure</header><paragraph id="idDC58A35DB837496B8E3A2CB1C5339432"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before embarking on any prescheduled voyage, a Coast Guard vessel shall have in place a written operating procedure that ensures that an embarked victim of sexual assault shall have access to a sexual assault forensic examination—</text><subparagraph id="id5631308C2B0544F8A8ED1524570A51B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as soon as possible after the victim requests an examination; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01EBC2020E5440C6A19488432495DAEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is treated with the same level of urgency as emergency medical care.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id072034c08d7442f0807e9be2c312308c" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The written operating procedure required by paragraph (1), shall, at a minimum, account for—</text><subparagraph id="id6e17ace22e314edf994bcb1014b2ded1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the health, safety, and privacy of a victim of sexual assault;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18c91cff03b047489f2a0f250e576efc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the proximity of ashore or afloat medical facilities, including coordination as necessary with the Department of Defense, including other military departments (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77186a3c51114910891bf16f29fe28bf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the availability of aeromedical evacuation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42db95e4e2cc4b07966af5cfac7b241e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the operational capabilities of the vessel concerned;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2567434964d4affb8b9574517f5d79a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the qualifications of medical personnel onboard;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a643e982006435496cbc79d20daeec6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>coordination with law enforcement and the preservation of evidence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5a0d59a53094491a3dcd9ddee61de7d"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the means of accessing a sexual assault forensic examination and medical care with a restricted report of sexual assault;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id772c6447d2f240c692b12e8ed214c187"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the availability of nonprescription pregnancy prophylactics; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24ED5A2920474363AAF225D4C24755B4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>other unique military considerations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id438045b55c6e4ba990201bf87155bf38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="id6B82BE219A9045079E10EF3C38BC8A88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility of the development of a self-administered sexual assault forensic examination for use by victims of sexual assault onboard a vessel at sea.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idea61551bbdaf45fb84c64975fa83c985"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id7c608505894646c8bea1e7f51feb74d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take into account—</text><clause id="id2D03BEEDEA97439B9E206632ECA0B691"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the safety and security of the alleged victim of sexual assault;</text></clause><clause id="idaaa8ad868a2a42b8bac2f0ac317eb03b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the ability to properly identify, document, and preserve any evidence relevant to the allegation of sexual assault; and</text></clause><clause id="id784ce1f5f08c41bcb21cf66717289e68"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the applicable criminal procedural laws relating to authenticity, relevance, preservation of evidence, chain of custody, and any other matter relating to evidentiary admissibility; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb9c063292eb422696c1f899397556a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide any appropriate recommendation for changes to existing laws, regulations, or employer policies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0b7a83ca1a024087b0162c16673b03dc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon completion of the study under paragraph (1), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating a report on the findings of the study.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id36dab4a7e1484486b477937bb962e159"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter IV of <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="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B1E15BA28D641698A65C7B2CC22CD0C"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">564. Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idda4b94f765a942128694aa1fb87c3359"><enum>613.</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><subsection id="id843B17B320DB43149DBAB51173AC3FCB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/101">Chapter 101</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB8C79D078624056A7CF5B70DB4695D3"><section id="idB071680B142041549631B5285D512496"><enum>10105.</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>, and on an annual basis thereafter, 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 to include—</text><paragraph id="id4EA53B9BD7B5444FA7D86C049819A0EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of reports received under section 10104;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id21019D6CDBA9436C852DE02044BA7243"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of penalties issued under such section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0F106B52A01403FB951A5679EFE7674"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of open investigations under such section, completed investigations under such section, and the outcomes of such open or completed investigations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA24C4F616150439EB10647988F975B26"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of assessments or audits conducted under section 3203 and the outcome of those assessments or audits;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB1EE7A7853FB4A149B3A5A433DCDEA6D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a statistical analysis of compliance with the safety management system criteria under section 3203;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9F3D162E70F04A6F992D464CDAF61751"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of credentials denied or revoked due to sexual harassment, sexual assault, or related offenses; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA0CEFD521394450AB03CCA5B392E4859"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations to support efforts of the Coast Guard to improve investigations and oversight of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the maritime sector, including funding requirements and legislative change proposals necessary to ensure compliance with title VI of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022</short-title> and the amendments made by such title.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id2B104E67D0A1477F863D6F142898E1FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/101">chapter 101</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2930A9014F19498EBF6079A94B9195F1"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">10105. Reports to Congress.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id0bdc06449ea946d7b639f05a48c3154b"><enum>614.</enum><header>Policy on requests for permanent changes of station or unit transfers by persons who report being the victim of sexual assault</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in consultation with the Director of the Health, Safety, and Work Life Directorate, shall issue an interim update to Coast Guard policy guidance to allow a member of the Coast Guard who has reported being the victim of a sexual assault or any other offense covered by section 920, 920c, or 930 of title 10, United States Code (article 120, 120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) to request an immediate change of station or a unit transfer. The final policy shall be updated not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></section><section id="id9a04d20d773b4442a10b0aa514f87151"><enum>615.</enum><header>Sex offenses and personnel records</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue final regulations or policy guidance required to fully implement section 1745 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/66">Public Law 113–66</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1561">10 U.S.C. 1561</external-xref> note).</text></section><section commented="no" id="id6DDCAB423D024E6B8674D19147910100"><enum>616.</enum><header>Study on Coast Guard oversight and investigations</header><subsection id="id1BED26F9B4F3470F947C46C3DB5D2610"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a study to assess the oversight over Coast Guard activities, including investigations, personnel management, whistleblower protection, and other activities carried out by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbee9b9082b2743e4a5b2dd8a5c144493"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="id74b258b2fe1b4caea5dc45c97bb5e45a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An analysis of the ability of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to ensure timely, thorough, complete, and appropriate oversight over the Coast Guard, including oversight over both civilian and military activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id213ca8283233485faef3158632a8da1d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text><subparagraph id="id3C0F5FAB60074859931C6DEBA169DD37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the best practices with respect to such oversight; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4FA9B038AEB84D4798B53241D61BEA2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ability of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General and the Commandant to identify and achieve such best practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbda52b78a19b4cc4a256995493191581"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An analysis of the methods, standards, and processes employed by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General and the Inspectors General of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), other than the Coast Guard, to conduct oversight and investigation activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0147a51214546bbb9fbe09641d23cd2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An analysis of the methods, standards, and processes of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General with respect to oversight over the civilian and military activities of the Coast Guard, as compared to the methods, standards, and processes described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a29cf733bc44c89b5898f7834843378"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of the extent to which the Coast Guard Investigative Service completes investigations or other disciplinary measures after referral of complaints from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4c2c827946eb4ce79390ce0342cc2900"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of the staffing, expertise, training, and other resources of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, and an assessment as to whether such staffing, expertise, training, and other resources meet the requirements necessary for meaningful, timely, and effective oversight over the activities of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida13c2d7b401e4e969cb1ed622e07f877"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General 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 findings of the study, including recommendations with respect to oversight over Coast Guard activities.</text></subsection></section><section id="id58ea049370fd483db5533e091768c759"><enum>617.</enum><header>Study on Special Victims' Counsel program</header><subsection id="ide6355683ac314a6dbe4603d5e786414b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for the conduct of a study on—</text><paragraph id="id908E2116B9EA4BADA7148C07927E9FA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Special Victims' Counsel program of the Coast Guard;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b6b0bb76f3647f4bd499d578e6e1777" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Coast Guard investigations of sexual assault offenses for cases in which the subject of the investigation is no longer under jeopardy for the alleged misconduct for reasons including the death of the accused, a lapse in the statute of limitations for the alleged offense, and a fully adjudicated criminal trial of the alleged offense in which all appeals have been exhausted; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93F5D98FE3434DCBADE223474650F438"><enum>(3)</enum><text>legal support and representation provided to members of the Coast Guard who are victims of sexual assault, including in instances in which the accused is a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id317b5d91ffab4d03bd6389a8c3ab8caa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall assess the following:</text><paragraph id="id160624ecf430469189d6eaefea2796ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Special Victims' Counsel program of the Coast Guard, including training, effectiveness, capacity to handle the number of cases referred, and experience with cases involving members of the Coast Guard and members of another Armed Force (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd1b0f10e412485b8127bed4c6590284"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The experience of Special Victims' Counsels in representing members of the Coast Guard during a court-martial.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35bef8cd09994efc96136da8bdc669af"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Policies concerning the availability and detailing of Special Victims' Counsels for sexual assault allegations, in particular such allegations in which the accused is a member of another Armed Force (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), and the impact that the cross-service relationship had on—</text><subparagraph id="id4950D44AA5164196847FF93C24F68F5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the competence and sufficiency of services provided to the alleged victim; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A2D06F455FC459C86F6354AFE078EE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the interaction between—</text><clause id="idD09F7870673042B9B5EE265C6231A1F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the investigating agency and the Special Victims' Counsels; and</text></clause><clause id="id30D04D3B753E4519AA7BFD8C90DA8ADE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the prosecuting entity and the Special Victims' Counsels.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d62a692ac33432d8352052c1fcff29f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Training provided to, or made available for, Special Victims’ Counsels and paralegals with respect to Department of Defense processes for conducting sexual assault investigations and Special Victims’ Counsel representation of sexual assault victims.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02c7b192a95f42f49293a82e64660423"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The ability of Special Victims' Counsels to operate independently without undue influence from third parties, including the command of the accused, the command of the victim, the Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard, and the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf73a8dd28b64a63b5c2f7e7b2bf4e87"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The skill level and experience of Special Victims' Counsels, as compared to special victims' counsels available to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf097f169764d4cae9d351efadcab2a6a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Policies regarding access to an alternate Special Victims' Counsel, if requested by the member of the Coast Guard concerned, and potential improvements for such policies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id978efa328cdb45858dcee3eb0d0cadb4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after entering into an agreement under subsection (a), the federally funded research and development center 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—</text><paragraph id="id2d26ea6ea5344c349378ca50b89e2cbf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of the study required by that subsection; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12fffec00f414cfe81ffb9222aded0c0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations to improve the coordination, training, and experience of Special Victims' Counsels of the Coast Guard so as to improve outcomes for members of the Coast Guard who have reported sexual assault; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9273c32e8894ffcbbfda21fc1953b48" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other recommendation the federally funded research and development center considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</header><subtitle id="id7885F415D0A540ACA9A0C2D9EF91E06E" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps</header><section id="id31cf8a6380414fb9b3f2153ee364a3e8"><enum>701.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(b) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3002">33 U.S.C. 3002(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41D55CC6701B4586B852722E426B7D6D"><paragraph id="id4DFA20B2081E45599559CA6A0EFB57DF" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Under Secretary</term> means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id178AC522914045F7BA0BCD71FCFD58E4"><enum>702.</enum><header>Requirement for appointments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(c) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3021">33 U.S.C. 3021(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>may not be given</quote> and inserting the following: “may—</text><quoted-block id="idBCE87A3F517F4834ADAEBF6E2D193B93" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id1B9334DE68FA4CF8891F50A489181A9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be given only to an individual who is a citizen of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14B0CB8859024B6B8B32BBCDE29241F7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not be given</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idc3186020f8624c4598df32658d5b70fa"><enum>703.</enum><header>Repeal of requirement to promote ensigns after 3 years of service</header><subsection id="id88B5747FEEF0486EB5D66D7F3B1CABC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 223 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3023">33 U.S.C. 3023</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D35CB06B04A4D7E9B221C93F21DC413"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0BED065E5E9C452DA3D7D84CCC661E11" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Separation of ensigns found not fully qualified</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If an officer in the permanent grade of ensign is at any time found not fully qualified, the officer's commission shall be revoked and the officer shall be separated from the commissioned service.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idCC99E4B091B64ECAB866A044BA160111"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 223 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="id043ea1e8-fb1c-4bf8-aead-de0994d240a8"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="ID0BED065E5E9C452DA3D7D84CCC661E11">Sec. 223. Separation of ensigns found not fully qualified.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="ida93ddfb7d8ad4cb1988409a1f9dacc3b"><enum>704.</enum><header>Authority to provide awards and decorations</header><subsection id="id511de6d2e92e4d98a9d0c10a9d9df844"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle A of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3001">33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd9eb3c4e79b467f8bf5389606eafa82"><section id="id1f3a929018db4498ab401e197d79d496"><enum>220.</enum><header>Awards and decorations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Under Secretary may provide ribbons, medals, badges, trophies, and similar devices to members of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration and to members of other uniformed services for service and achievement in support of the missions of the Administration.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id3bec9d83a2df459a91fe351efac73264"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 219 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="id25e7a343-f132-4e06-90f5-a872d83f43b4"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="id1f3a929018db4498ab401e197d79d496">Sec. 220. Awards and decorations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id0eb8469e7e984646bc257327a8023dcd"><enum>705.</enum><header>Retirement and separation</header><subsection id="idB1E22A9F720E4EE49C13456DEE2505AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Involuntary retirement or separation</header><text>Section 241(a)(1) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3041">33 U.S.C. 3041(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB90A653202884F24A7D509A8676BC5B5"><paragraph id="id2729ba45a09a4ddeb583fb90a27c6bda"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an officer in the permanent grade of captain or commander may—</text><subparagraph id="idAF2F1A2DEAF64D73A6D927C50257D633"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided by subparagraph (B), be transferred to the retired list; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44AC2F326FB24ABC9C5BF1DD75B229EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the officer is not qualified for retirement, be separated from service; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idD9DA955DCC8B44ACBB83D2300E89F1F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retirement for age</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 243(a) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3043">33 U.S.C. 3043(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>be retired</quote> and inserting <quote>be retired or separated (as specified in section 1251(e) of title 10, United States Code)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idC9ADC6320EFA4A23860D432ED8CACB6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retirement or separation based on years of creditable service</header><text>Section 261(a) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA9C94488CB234BDC86EFF571850FE5FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (26) as paragraphs (18) through (27), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD8FD66ECBD7B4C989AE609FE1DBA9115"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5256203C64184A4981EB395DF7AE1438"><paragraph id="id00DC270E99804DE2A7D5CACAB7369101"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Section 1251(e), relating to retirement or separation based on years of creditable service.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id24BA6F15F1C246C493391D962D2C5D16"><enum>706.</enum><header>Licensure of health-care professionals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 263 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3073">33 U.S.C. 3073</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id35EA060567234EDCA49908C4B129878D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">In general</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48C9B317FA9249E2A48C4DF1CCA0457C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block id="id3BEDC8490BEE4828BBC62C8EE58D503F" style="OLC" act-name=""><subsection id="id253184C95DD7459D8D064393D6892A38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Licensure of health-Care professionals</header><paragraph id="id272DE3787F4840708670B190D7CAC839"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the licensure of health-care providers, a health-care professional described in paragraph (2) may practice the health profession or professions of the health-care professional at any location in any State, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, or in any other area within or beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, regardless of where the health-care professional or the patient of the health-care professional is located, if the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of the health-care professional.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0CBA74D3FC1345338BAD70DB0A8E60FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Health-care professional described</header><text>A health-care professional described in this paragraph is a health-care professional—</text><subparagraph id="id1C85F75928A74C8E8520BBD6E9BB2907"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who is—</text><clause id="id0B4F5817E4C94013ADF85E4CEE207FF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a member of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration; </text></clause><clause id="idDBCD1EAA287643EF91FDA5CC3DD520FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a civilian employee of the Administration; </text></clause><clause id="id7BE296FF5AFD409D93530ED7BDCFDF34"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an officer or employee of the Public Health Service who is assigned or detailed to the Administration; or </text></clause><clause id="idF704CDC79E6341579A95E4BDF9463441"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other health-care professional credentialed and privileged at a Federal health-care institution or location specially designated by the Secretary; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3753B3A992E2426AB08554473AA81EA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who—</text><clause id="id34A00C1331D54BB4B733B29F9C7180CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession; and </text></clause><clause id="idCDEABDF7BE9541BCBCAC8CDAD365D830"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is performing authorized duties for the Administration. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id32E3B11DCF2B4E1DB71D965A28149D29"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="id6FCA6F8A54DB4E8F93E0CFC0363E2C29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Health-care professional</header><text>The term <term>health-care professional</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1094(e) of title 10, United States Code, except that such section shall be applied and administered by substituting ‘Secretary of Commerce’ for ‘Secretary of Defense’ each place it appears.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id871606A7E6464C91963BC9A74DAB53B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>License</header><text>The term <term>license</term> has the meaning given that term in such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idF599C35E6AAC41A4AD1079073188CDBF"><enum>707.</enum><header>Improving professional mariner staffing</header><subsection id="idE8FC7A62077A43B1AA9B185696BE3D01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD43C9F5C82A546978E15C8F6B4C350C1"><section id="idFBE80D2C5A8D48248FEC57F449139FF1"><enum>269B.</enum><header>Shore leave for professional mariners</header><subsection id="id0FA3E7C1F9F04429A9A30183454C4CE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary may prescribe regulations relating to shore leave for professional mariners without regard to the requirements of section 6305 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="id546650A52077449D8FE5ECAA74BC18CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="ide365176dadce4d25be7bcad70ea6a55b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require that a professional mariner serving aboard an ocean-going vessel be granted a leave of absence of four days per pay period; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d0815f59d1d478a827758230d23bac6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide that a professional mariner serving in a temporary promotion position aboard a vessel may be paid the difference between the mariner's temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id926BA0226BDE4D69AD89C406074D5CCE" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Professional mariner defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>professional mariner</term> means an individual employed on a vessel of the Administration who has the necessary expertise to serve in the engineering, deck, steward, electronic technician, or survey department.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id7221E56F6039432ABA2B36761152A689"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/372">Public Law 107–372</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 269A the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="idf6c3b6c1-e7e1-4a38-b6c7-a019c41422c9"><toc><toc-entry level="section" idref="idFBE80D2C5A8D48248FEC57F449139FF1">Sec. 269B. Shore leave for professional mariners.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id72d30fb216f445378d7395539b2d3246"><enum>708.</enum><header>Legal assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1044(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>or the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</quote> after <quote>Public Health Service</quote>.</text></section><section id="id193A43C67AD24689BAA739646088DC0E"><enum>709.</enum><header>Acquisition of aircraft for extreme weather reconnaissance</header><subsection id="idD6EF66E36B2D478CA8C18A71F84372EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increased fleet capacity</header><paragraph id="id5BE81275B05F4FAE88B2F4EA16293CF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall acquire adequate aircraft platforms with the necessary observation and modification requirements—</text><subparagraph id="id80D69EB516414487B6964C82F53BB02D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to meet agency-wide air reconnaissance and research mission requirements, particularly with respect to hurricanes and tropical cyclones, and also for atmospheric chemistry, climate, air quality for public health, full-season fire weather research and operations, full-season atmospheric river air reconnaissance observations, and other mission areas; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B1CF3DE6784486E847E4B1D2ED09AD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to ensure data and information collected by the aircraft are made available to all users for research and operations purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF15D1AB8042F4F41A2070D17EB985F53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall negotiate and enter into 1 or more contracts or other agreements, to the extent practicable and necessary, with 1 or more governmental, commercial, or nongovernmental entities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB11C33FAA0E487286046C950BD80702"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Derivation of funds</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026, amounts to support the implementation of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be derived—</text><subparagraph id="id078904EC67D74F12B838BCAF5E7CB04E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>from amounts appropriated to the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and available for the purpose of atmospheric river reconnaissance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id027A48E93ABF4B1987079D03764679A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if amounts described in subparagraph (A) are insufficient to support the implementation of paragraphs (1) and (2), from amounts appropriated to that Office and available for purposes other than atmospheric river reconnaissance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id601A55F6F4D046998065ADC6E9CEC293"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acquisition of aircraft To replace the WP–3D aircraft</header><paragraph id="id726BA725EF4545DAACE1652628C2462C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2023, the Under Secretary shall enter into a contract for the acquisition of 6 aircraft to replace the WP–3D aircraft that provides for—</text><subparagraph id="id1C082127DF5944DD9E7C6FB2133A2B14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the first newly acquired aircraft to be fully operational before the retirement of the last WP–3D aircraft operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33E1706F2CC743B59CEF5BA1C090DD3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the second newly acquired aircraft to be fully operational not later than 1 year after the first such aircraft is required to be fully operational under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDF39DA3C556248CEA341F288C5AD9979"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary $1,800,000,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the acquisition of the aircraft under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id061A40C933F14E67A6FA42D5449DA3D5"><enum>710.</enum><header>Report on professional mariner staffing models</header><subsection id="id4FB90D0678DC4D8B8F0CC1ECC25B8B53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (c) a report on staffing issues relating to professional mariners within the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB3515A9B609243389CD9089CE94C0D64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) shall include consideration of—</text><paragraph id="idA06EA3F230FE4C8D99D96A973E202308"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the challenges the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations faces in recruiting and retaining qualified professional mariners; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94D2C5B41CDD49AF92E76B3544FA59F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">workforce planning efforts to address those challenges; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C0DC2F695CE4F22A08E22C47DDB6401"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other models or approaches that exist, or are under consideration, to provide incentives for the retention of qualified professional mariners.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBB1DE2E2474E413CAFD669C844D9AE68"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Committees specified</header><text>The committees specified in this subsection are—</text><paragraph id="id3C2771E970714818BC564944DD910B1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id11A1C01971A44FEDB54D422AF275E001"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBE6A210EBE22495B869C85CBA3F2DA56" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Professional mariner defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>professional mariner</term> means an individual employed on a vessel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who has the necessary expertise to serve in the engineering, deck, steward, or survey department. </text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id0742AE286A5848BA9042BA63D53ED2B5" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Other Matters</header><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idD3236A07DA184AB0AF8A6553C24F1FA9"><enum>711.</enum><header>Conveyance of certain property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Juneau, Alaska</header><subsection id="id714548AC86EC4D278BBEA854EF2C5740"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="idC44C7E9F4BD144399B2173CBA8ED625F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The term <term>City</term> means the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA75511C1444746A9B64291D5CD602A38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Master Plan</header><text>The term <term>Master Plan</term> means the Juneau Small Cruise Ship Infrastructure Master Plan released by the Docks and Harbors Board and Port of Juneau for the City and dated March 2021. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26A5700E6FC14283B4D44B5F6672179E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Property</header><text>The term <term>Property</term> means the parcel of real property consisting of approximately 2.4 acres, including tidelands, owned by the United States and under administrative custody and control of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and located at 250 Egan Drive, Juneau, Alaska, including any improvements thereon that are not authorized or required by another provision of law to be conveyed to a specific individual or entity. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id387692EF1C414B12BC74F5BAA8F028AF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id67F11C9EAE7F48429811CD949DED9A77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><paragraph id="id1613FA19D36543A1AB400254ADCCDC39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may convey, at fair market value, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Property, subject to subsection (c) and the requirements of this section. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCB19BCEC7B654AB5802EDFA966C02F33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority provided by paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE968C885397946C09CE9B1796E2C5AFB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Right of first refusal</header><text>The City shall have the right of first refusal with respect to the purchase, at fair market value, of the Property.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7C83E9FA3396442B831B8EE57C2C5A72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Survey</header><text>The exact acreage and legal description of the Property shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id693D0BD2B3A64E089833D7235A3A6BDF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Condition; quitclaim deed</header><text>If the Property is conveyed under this section, the Property shall be conveyed—</text><paragraph id="id549DA20BBE424B39A8D3E5D34B8DD78A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in an <quote>as is, where is</quote> condition; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAD0F33F19D4E4841BF54ACFE226941A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>via a quitclaim deed. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA447D6C879DC412AA601FE79066980B4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Fair market value</header><paragraph id="idB050386EB20941A4BFDF5E7B0F2679EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The fair market value of the Property shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id63829B64534E4290BCAF0160CCC2864C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determined by an appraisal that—</text><clause id="id0B0DF42736AB40D0A4EB4B3D03F033A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is conducted by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="id49C149B2C186412FB4AA989FF6CBD7EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the requirements of paragraph (2); and </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFE8990BFAE6D461091916B9564FE6517"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adjusted, at the Secretary's discretion, based on the factors described in paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD0EF5E1C3FF74C10BA749FECD33E374E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appraisal requirements</header><text>An appraisal conducted under paragraph (1)(A) shall be conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards, including— </text><subparagraph id="id156A8B88E36049EA815679182D3828BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE731F9EC0CA747BC87FCF81B5F048459"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8F3917FEE1FF45D6805FEB73DCACFD39"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>The factors described in this paragraph are—</text><subparagraph id="id7E66D957C74C45CEBAAE7A7F15E89762"><enum>(A)</enum><text>matters of equity and fairness; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3BEEBC6074CB4D589C1C5DC2F2A707EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actions taken by the City regarding the Property, if the City exercises its right of first refusal under subsection (c), including—</text><clause id="id50C272FFE87A44ECA849E39BD03846FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>comprehensive waterfront planning, site development, and other redevelopment activities supported by the City in proximity to the Property in furtherance of the Master Plan;</text></clause><clause id="idE91CF5A291544634A784589AD59B59D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in-kind contributions made to facilitate and support use of the Property by governmental agencies; and</text></clause><clause id="idE97EB6C216A34806A6588057FF453BB4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any maintenance expenses, capital improvement, or emergency expenditures made necessary to ensure public safety and access to and from the Property; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06909EE301074CDD9A873919ADB58F32"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id607588CF058F4784B7B0D1471E3E8553"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>If the City exercises its right of first refusal under subsection (c), all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with the conveyance of the Property to the City under this section may be shared equitably by the Secretary and the City, as determined by the Secretary, including with the City providing in-kind contributions for any or all of such costs.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2E731186DFD04D14B6F6DE90FCD4C548"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Proceeds</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision of law, any proceeds from a conveyance of the Property under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="idB117CE87475D4807B317618760FFB647"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be deposited in an account or accounts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that exists as of the date of the enactment of this Act; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7DCA662A6C740348D1E1AE7301C9819"><enum>(2)</enum><text>used to cover costs associated with the conveyance, related relocation efforts, and other facility and infrastructure projects in Alaska; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA7F3D8BB7FDD4D2EA7A7A1E6392A8620"><enum>(3)</enum><text>remain available until expended, without further appropriation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE2BBD692BEBC4277AB6F0CD687CCA0CF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Memorandum of agreement</header><text>If the City exercises its right of first refusal under subsection (c), before finalizing a conveyance to the City under this section, the Secretary and the City shall enter into a memorandum of agreement to establish the terms under which the Secretary shall have future access to, and use of, the Property to accommodate the reasonable expectations of the Secretary for future operational and logistical needs in southeast Alaska.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5A9C66509455481A9CB6309A70CFEEBB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reservation or easement for access and use</header><text>The conveyance authorized under this section shall be subject to a reservation providing, or an easement granting, the Secretary, at no cost to the United States, a right to access and use the Property that—</text><paragraph id="idA4DC9D713C534B3989DBEC14CE4207A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is compatible with the Master Plan; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFBE3272061F4456EB83BDFFA26CFC732"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorizes future operational access and use by other Federal, State, and local government agencies that have customarily used the Property.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id679BFE51001D45EFA9CBDFB2849A9018"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Liability</header><paragraph id="id8A663569668D48559C5E818D3AF05D42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>After conveyance</header><text>An individual or entity to which a conveyance is made under this section shall hold the United States harmless from any liability with respect to activities carried out on or after the date and time of the conveyance of the Property. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F7871FD254147EC8C1E542E38D64EE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Before conveyance</header><text>The United States shall remain responsible for any liability the United States incurred with respect to activities the United States carried out on the Property before the date and time of the conveyance of the Property. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id40C1513E78BD46AE9091147ED493443F"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate and reasonable to protect the interests of the United States. </text></subsection><subsection id="id51EA6C8D1DD44B789B2AE957E6A2FBE6"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Environmental compliance</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to affect or limit the application of or obligation to comply with any applicable environmental law, including—</text><paragraph id="id29C7832601A94CD38ABE0B86CE3DF394"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC4054AA4EAF419F9CEB4BAD7008114D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9620">42 U.S.C. 9620(h)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCB637CD8E7E04C20B52595A99A74A9CC" commented="no"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Conveyance not a major Federal action</header><text>A conveyance under this section shall not be considered a major Federal action for purposes of section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VIII</enum><header>Technical, conforming, and clarifying amendments </header><section id="idcfc9507f63a14ce7ba05fe07e948aecd"><enum>801.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><subsection id="idecde0497ea5a4401980948852019c3d0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>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="idc8cabcb15027413bad2da10349897af6"><enum>(b)</enum><text>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="ide226cf5e686b45f386cfc187d2ca7a2c"><enum>802.</enum><header>Reinstatement</header><subsection id="id18e4ea2ed0d54a8889906fe046d3a24e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reinstatement</header><text>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="id2f45cec87b2d4eaa86b8d1786d9c20fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reinstated as it appeared on the day before the date of the 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>; 134 Stat. 4754); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide833a379085d4c2ea669e41869f3550b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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="idc35c8f4f8ea44e80ac7933bc6144bdb2"><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="iddc70d81e70744b348ae1199d9bdd03a0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><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="idBD53FD3AE8C64A5D8FA001DF6527BC05" commented="no"><enum>803.</enum><header>Terms and vacancies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 46101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idba4be192f4f54a8eaf351f81cec5b428" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="idc76850d69dc54f01864b5739b400af56" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1ad045f2afc1466ebd372409b8fe4dbd" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 terms</quote> and inserting <quote>3 terms</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide99d7aa756fb43c086187fbfffb8863e" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="id50bdf5f2b2ec4d8cb578a80d0e6d60d6" commented="no"><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="id00000535d7164423961736d95ddb709d" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 terms</quote> and inserting <quote>3 terms</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfede08aa60fb4bcfad46972e773b4b6e" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the predecessor of that</quote> and inserting <quote>such</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>