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AN ACTTo authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2013 through 2014, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. TITLE I— Sec. 101. Sec. 102. TITLE II— Sec. 201. Sec. 202. Sec. 203. Sec. 204. Sec. 205. Sec. 206. Sec. 207. Sec. 208. Sec. 209. Sec. 210. Sec. 211. Sec. 212. Sec. 213. Sec. 214. Sec. 215. Sec. 216. Sec. 217. Sec. 218. Sec. 219. Sec. 220. Sec. 221. Sec. 222.1

Section 8111(c)(2) of Public Law 116–283 provides for a repeal of section 222 without including a conforming amendment to strike such item for section 222 in the table of sections.

 TITLE III— Sec. 301. Sec. 302. Sec. 303. Sec. 304. Sec. 305. Sec. 306. Sec. 307. Sec. 308. Sec. 309. Sec. 310. Sec. 311. Sec. 312. TITLE IV— Sec. 401. Sec. 402. Sec. 403. Sec. 404. Sec. 405. Sec. 406. Sec. 407. Sec. 408. Sec. 409. Sec. 410. Sec. 411. Sec. 412. Sec. 413. Sec. 414. Sec. 415. TITLE V— Sec. 501. Sec. 502. Sec. 503. Sec. 504. TITLE VI— Sec. 601. Sec. 602. Sec. 603. Sec. 604. Sec. 605. Sec. 606. Sec. 607. Sec. 608. Sec. 609. TITLE VII— Sec. 701. Sec. 702. Sec. 703. [Sec. 704. was transferred] Sec. 705. Sec. 706. Sec. 707. Sec. 708. Sec. 709. Sec. 710. Sec. 711. Sec. 712. Sec. 713. Sec. 714. Sec. 715. Sec. 716. Sec. 717. Sec. 718. Sec. 719. Sec. 720. Sec. 721. Sec. 722.
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AUTHORIZATION </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$6,882,645,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2014;</content> </subparagraph><continuation role="paragraph" style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text">of which $24,500,000 is authorized each fiscal year to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)).</continuation> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$1,545,312,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2014;</content> </subparagraph><continuation role="paragraph" style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text">to remain available until expended and of which $20,000,000 is authorized each fiscal year to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)).</continuation> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and services—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/3/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$138,111,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/3/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$140,016,000 for fiscal year 2014.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For environmental compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities (other than parts and equipment associated with operation and maintenance)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/4/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$16,699,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/4/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$16,701,000 for fiscal year 2014;</content> </subparagraph><continuation role="paragraph" style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text">to remain available until expended.</continuation> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">To the Commandant of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard’s mission with respect to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/5/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$19,848,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/5/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$19,890,000 for fiscal year 2014.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/6/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s101/6/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND TRAINING. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Active Duty Strength.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 47,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Military Training Student Loads.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 as follows:</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For flight training, 165 student years.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tI/s102/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COAST GUARD </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s201" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTERFERENCE WITH COAST GUARD TRANSMISSIONS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 88 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">An individual who knowingly and willfully operates a device with the intention of interfering with the broadcast or reception of a radio, microwave, or other signal (including a signal from a global positioning system) transmitted, retransmitted, or augmented by the Coast Guard for the purpose of maritime safety is—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">guilty of a class E felony; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day for each violation.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s202" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COAST GUARD AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN COAST GUARD ASSETS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 93 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Operation and Maintenance of Coast Guard Assets and Facilities. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">All authority, including programmatic budget authority, for the operation and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, systems, aids to navigation, infrastructure, and other assets or facilities shall be allocated to and vested in the Coast Guard and the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s203" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 149(d) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The amount of funds used under this subsection may not exceed $100,000 in any fiscal year.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s204" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ACADEMY PAY, ALLOWANCES, AND EMOLUMENTS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 195 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s204/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">person</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">foreign national</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s204/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">pay and allowances</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">pay, allowances, and emoluments</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s205" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="205">SEC. 205. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s205/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 9 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="200">“SEC. 200. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Required Policy. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall direct the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy to prescribe a policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the Academy.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Matters To Be Specified in Policy. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence under this section shall include specification of the following:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Programs to promote awareness of the incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, and other sexual offenses of a criminal nature that involve cadets or other Academy personnel.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Information about how the Coast Guard and the Academy will protect the confidentiality of victims of sexual harassment or sexual violence, including how any records, statistics, or reports intended for public release will be formatted such that the confidentiality of victims is not jeopardized.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Procedures that cadets and other Academy personnel should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual violence, including—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">if the victim chooses to report an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual violence, a specification of the person or persons to whom the alleged offense should be reported and options for confidential reporting, including written information to be given to victims that explains how the Coast Guard and the Academy will protect the confidentiality of victims;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a specification of any other person whom the victim should contact; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">procedures on the preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of criminal sexual assault.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Procedures for disciplinary action in cases of criminal sexual assault involving a cadet or other Academy personnel.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Sanctions authorized to be imposed in a substantiated case of sexual harassment or sexual violence involving a cadet or other Academy personnel, including with respect to rape, acquaintance rape, or other criminal sexual offense, whether forcible or nonforcible.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Required training on the policy for all cadets and other Academy personnel who process allegations of sexual harassment or sexual violence involving a cadet or other Academy personnel.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Assessment. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant shall direct the Superintendent to conduct at the Academy during each Academy program year an assessment to determine the effectiveness of the policies of the Academy with respect to sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Biennial survey. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the assessment at the Academy under paragraph (1) with respect to an Academy program year that begins in an odd-numbered calendar year, the Superintendent shall conduct a survey of cadets and other Academy personnel—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">to measure—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the incidence, during that program year, of sexual harassment and sexual violence events, on or off the Academy reservation, that have been reported to an official of the Academy; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the incidence, during that program year, of sexual harassment and sexual violence events, on or off the Academy reservation, that have not been reported to an official of the Academy; and</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">to assess the perceptions of the cadets and other Academy personnel with respect to—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Academy’s policies, training, and procedures on sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the enforcement of such policies;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the incidence of sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any other issues relating to sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel.</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant shall direct the Superintendent to submit to the Commandant a report on sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel for each Academy program year.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report specifications. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the Academy program year covered by the report, the following:</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The number of sexual assaults, rapes, and other sexual offenses involving cadets or other Academy personnel that have been reported to Academy officials during the Academy program year and, of those reported cases, the number that have been substantiated.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A plan for the actions that are to be taken in the following Academy program year regarding prevention of and response to sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Biennial survey. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each report under paragraph (1) for an Academy program year that begins in an odd-numbered calendar year shall include the results of the survey conducted in that Academy program year under subsection (c)(2).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transmission of report. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant shall transmit each report received by the Commandant under this subsection, together with the Commandant’s comments on the report, to—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Focus groups. </heading> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For each Academy program year with respect to which the Superintendent is not required to conduct a survey at the Academy under subsection (c)(2), the Commandant shall require focus groups to be conducted at the Academy for the purposes of ascertaining information relating to sexual assault and sexual harassment issues at the Academy.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Inclusion in reports. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Information derived from a focus group under subparagraph (A) shall be included in the next transmitted Commandant’s report under this subsection.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Victim Confidentiality. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To the extent that information collected under the authority of this section is reported or otherwise made available to the public, such information shall be provided in a form that is consistent with applicable privacy protections under Federal law and does not jeopardize the confidentiality of victims.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s205/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 9 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 199 the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e619" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“200. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence.”.</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s206" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="206">SEC. 206. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 211 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this section, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">original</quotedText>’, with respect to the appointment of a member of the Coast Guard, refers to that member’s most recent appointment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a demotion.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s207" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="207">SEC. 207. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SELECTION BOARDS; OATH OF MEMBERS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 254 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="254">“SEC. 254. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Selection boards; oath of members </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“Each member of a selection board shall swear—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">that the member will, without prejudice or partiality, and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the Coast Guard, perform the duties imposed upon the member; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an oath in accordance with section 635.”</content> </paragraph> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="208">SEC. 208. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS; CORRECTION OF ERRORS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 262 the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="263">“SEC. 263. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Special selection boards; correction of errors </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Officers Not Considered Due to Administrative Error. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the Secretary determines that as the result of an administrative error—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an officer or former officer was not considered for selection for promotion by a selection board convened under section 251; or</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the name of an officer or former officer was not placed on an all-fully-qualified-officers list;</content> </subparagraph><continuation role="paragraph" style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text">the Secretary shall convene a special selection board to determine whether such officer or former officer should be recommended for promotion and such officer or former officer shall not be considered to have failed of selection for promotion prior to the consideration of the special selection board.</continuation> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Effect of failure to recommend for promotion. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion an officer or former officer, whose grade is below the grade of captain and whose name was referred to that board for consideration, the officer or former officer shall be considered to have failed of selection for promotion.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Officers Considered But Not Selected; Material Error. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the case of an officer or former officer who was eligible for promotion, was considered for selection for promotion by a selection board convened under section 251, and was not selected for promotion by that board, the Secretary may convene a special selection board to determine whether the officer or former officer should be recommended for promotion, if the Secretary determines that—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">an action of the selection board that considered the officer or former officer—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">was contrary to law in a matter material to the decision of the board; or</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">involved material error of fact or material administrative error; or</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the selection board that considered the officer or former officer did not have before it for consideration material information.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Effect of failure to recommend for promotion. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion an officer or former officer, whose grade is that of commander or below and whose name was referred to that board for consideration, the officer or former officer shall be considered—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to have failed of selection for promotion with respect to the board that considered the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to incur no additional failure of selection for promotion as a result of the action of the special selection board.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Requirements for Special Selection Boards. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each special selection board convened under this section shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">be composed in accordance with section 252 and the members of the board shall be required to swear the oaths described in section 254;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">consider the record of an applicable officer or former officer as that record, if corrected, would have appeared to the selection board that should have considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board and that record shall be compared with a sampling of the records of—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">those officers of the same grade who were recommended for promotion by such prior selection board; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">those officers of the same grade who were not recommended for promotion by such prior selection board; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">submit to the Secretary a written report in a manner consistent with sections 260 and 261.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Appointment of Officers Recommended for Promotion. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An officer or former officer whose name is placed on a promotion list as a result of the recommendation of a special selection board convened under this section shall be appointed, as soon as practicable, to the next higher grade in accordance with the law and policies that would have been applicable to the officer or former officer had the officer or former officer been recommended for promotion by the selection board that should have considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Effect. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An officer or former officer who is promoted to the next higher grade as a result of the recommendation of a special selection board convened under this section shall have, upon such promotion, the same date of rank, the same effective date for the pay and allowances of that grade, and the same position on the active duty promotion list as the officer or former officer would have had if the officer or former officer had been recommended for promotion to that grade by the selection board that should have considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Record correction. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the report of a special selection board convened under this section, as approved by the President, recommends for promotion to the next higher grade an officer not eligible for promotion or a former officer whose name was referred to the board for consideration, the Secretary may act under section 1552 of title 10 to correct the military record of the officer or former officer to correct an error or remove an injustice resulting from the officer or former officer not being selected for promotion by the selection board that should have considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Application Process and Time Limits. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall issue regulations regarding the process by which an officer or former officer may apply to have a matter considered by a special selection board convened under this section, including time limits related to such applications.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">“(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation of Other Jurisdiction. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">No official or court of the United States shall have authority or jurisdiction over any claim based in any way on the failure of an officer or former officer to be selected for promotion by a selection board convened under section 251, until—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the claim has been referred to a special selection board convened under this section and acted upon by that board; or</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the claim has been rejected by the Secretary without consideration by a special selection board convened under this section.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">“(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Judicial Review. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">A court of the United States may review—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a decision of the Secretary not to convene a special selection board under this section to determine if the court finds that the decision of the Secretary was arbitrary or capricious, not based on substantial evidence, or otherwise contrary to law; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an action of a special selection board under this section to determine if the court finds that the action of the special selection board was contrary to law or involved material error of fact or material administrative error.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Remand and reconsideration. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If, with respect to a review under paragraph (1), a court makes a finding described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that paragraph, the court shall remand the case to the Secretary and the Secretary shall provide the applicable officer or former officer consideration by a new special selection board convened under this section.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="h">“(h) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Designation of Boards. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may designate a selection board convened under section 251 as a special selection board convened under this section. A selection board so designated may function in the capacity of a selection board convened under section 251 and a special selection board convened under this section.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Selection Boards; Submission of Reports.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 261(d) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">selection board</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">selection board, including a special selection board convened under section 263,</quotedText>”.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Failure of Selection for Promotion.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 262 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="262">“SEC. 262. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Failure of selection for promotion </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“An officer, other than an officer serving in the grade of captain, who is, or is senior to, the junior officer in the promotion zone established for his grade under section 256 of this title, fails of selection if he is not selected for promotion by the selection board which considered him, or if having been recommended for promotion by the board, his name is thereafter removed from the report of the board by the President.”</content> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 262 the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e871" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“263. Special selection boards; correction of errors.”.</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Applicability; Rule of Construction.—</heading> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/e/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t14/s261">14 U.S.C. 261 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Applicability.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and the Secretary may convene a special selection board on or after that date under section 263 of title 14, United States Code, with respect to any error or other action for which such a board may be convened if that error or other action occurred on or after the date that is 1 year before the date of enactment of this Act.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/e/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t14/s271">14 U.S.C. 271 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Rule of construction.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Sections 271, 272, and 273 of title 14, United States Code, apply to the activities of—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/e/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a selection board convened under section 251 of such title; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s208/e/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a special selection board convened under section 263 of such title.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s209" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="209">SEC. 209. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN INVOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s209/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 426 the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="427">“SEC. 427. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may not authorize the involuntary administrative separation of a covered individual based on a determination that the covered individual is unsuitable for deployment or other assignment due to a medical condition of the covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board during an evaluation of the covered individual that resulted in the covered individual being determined to be fit for duty.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reevaluation. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may require a Physical Evaluation Board to reevaluate any covered individual if the Secretary determines there is reason to believe that a medical condition of the covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board during an evaluation of the covered individual renders the covered individual unsuitable for continued duty.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Retirements and separations. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A covered individual who is determined, based on a reevaluation under paragraph (1), to be unfit to perform the duties of the covered individual’s office, grade, rank, or rating may be retired or separated for physical disability under this chapter.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Covered Individual Defined. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">covered individual</quotedText>’ means any member of the Coast Guard who has been determined by a Physical Evaluation Board, pursuant to a physical evaluation by that board, to be fit for duty.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s209/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 426 the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e955" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“427. 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<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In conjunction with the transmittal by the President to Congress of the budget of the United States for fiscal year 2014 and biennially thereafter, 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 status of all major acquisition programs.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Information To Be Included. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each report under subsection (a) shall include for each major acquisition program—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a statement of the Coast Guard’s mission needs and performance goals relating to such program, including a justification for any change to those needs and goals subsequent to a report previously submitted under this section;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a justification explaining how the projected number and capabilities of assets acquired under such program meet applicable mission needs and performance goals;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an identification of any and all mission hour gaps, accompanied by an explanation of how and when the Coast Guard will close those gaps;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">an identification of any changes with respect to such program, including—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any changes to the timeline for the acquisition of each new asset and the phaseout of legacy assets; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">any changes to—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the costs of new assets or legacy assets for that fiscal year or future fiscal years; or</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the total acquisition cost;</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a justification explaining how any change to such program fulfills the mission needs and performance goals of the Coast Guard;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a description of how the Coast Guard is planning for the integration of each new asset acquired under such program into the Coast Guard, including needs related to shore-based infrastructure and human resources;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">“(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an identification of how funds in the applicable fiscal year’s budget request will be allocated, including information on the purchase of specific 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understaffed and actions that will be taken to correct such understaffing.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Cutters Not Maintained in Class. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each report under subsection (a) shall identify which, if any, Coast Guard cutters that have been issued a certificate of classification by the American Bureau of Shipping have not been maintained in class, with an explanation detailing the reasons why the cutters have not been maintained in class.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Major Acquisition Program Defined. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">major acquisition program</quotedText>’ means an ongoing acquisition undertaken by the Coast Guard with a life-cycle cost estimate greater than or equal to $300,000,000.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s210/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 15 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 569 the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1085" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“569a. Major 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style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 562, by repealing subsection (e); and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s210/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 573(c)(3), by repealing subparagraph (B).</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s211" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="211">SEC. 211. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADVANCE PROCUREMENT FUNDING. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s211/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 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</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In entering into contracts and placing orders under subsection (a), the Commandant may give priority to persons that manufacture materials, parts, and components in the United States.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s211/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 15 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 576 the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1161" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup 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during the course of the preceding fiscal year for which the amount expended under paragraph (1) exceeded $500,000.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s212/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendments.—</heading> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s212/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Heading.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 656 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by striking the section designation and heading and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="656">“SEC. 656. </num><heading 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and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">“(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an acquisition program baseline, as applicable; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a list of each unfunded priority for the Coast Guard.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Unfunded Priority Defined. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">unfunded priority</quotedText>’ means a program or mission requirement that—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">has not been selected for funding in the applicable proposed budget;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with an operational need; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Commandant would have recommended for inclusion in the applicable proposed budget had additional resources been available or had the requirement emerged before the budget was submitted.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s213/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Annual List of Projects to Congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 693 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="693">“SEC. 693. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Annual list of projects to Congress </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a prioritized list of projects eligible for environmental compliance and restoration funding for each fiscal year concurrent with the President’s budget submission for that fiscal year.”</content> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s213/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical and Conforming Amendments.—</heading> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s213/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Analysis for chapter 17.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by striking the item relating to section 663 and inserting the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1317" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“663. 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and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">that release of such tapes, reports, or other information—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">would not undermine the ability of accident or safety investigators to continue to conduct the investigation; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">would not compromise national security.</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Restriction. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A disclosure under paragraph (1) may not be made by or through officials with responsibility for, or who are conducting, a safety investigation with respect to the accident.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Opinions Regarding Causation of Accident. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Following an aircraft accident referred to in subsection (a)—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">if the evidence surrounding the accident is sufficient for the investigators who conduct the accident investigation to come to an opinion as to the cause or causes of the accident, the final report of the accident investigation shall set forth the opinion of the investigators as to the cause or causes of the accident; 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and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">safety investigation</quotedText>’ means an investigation by Coast Guard personnel of an aircraft accident referred to in subsection (a) that is conducted solely to determine the cause of the accident and to obtain information that may prevent the occurrence of similar accidents.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s214/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1445" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“678. Aircraft accident investigations.”.</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s215" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="215">SEC. 215. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ENROLLMENT ELIGIBILITY. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s215/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 823 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="823">“SEC. 823. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Eligibility; enrollments </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“The Auxiliary shall be composed of nationals of the United States, as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)), and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">who—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">are owners, sole or part, of motorboats, yachts, aircraft, or radio stations; or</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by reason of their special training or experience are deemed by the Commandant to be qualified for duty in the Auxiliary; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">who may be enrolled therein pursuant to applicable regulations.”</content> </paragraph> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s215/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 23 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 823 and inserting the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1491" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“823. 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Navigation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 82 of title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 5 of such title, are repealed.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s216/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Ocean Stations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 90 of title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 5 of such title, are repealed.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s216/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Detail of Members To Assist Foreign Governments.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 149(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the second and third sentences.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s216/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Advisory Committee.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 193 of title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 9 of such title, are repealed.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s216/f" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">History Fellowships.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 198 of title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 9 of such title, are repealed.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="217">SEC. 217. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 14. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by amending chapter 1 to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <chapter style="-uslm-dtd:chapter" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“Chapter 1—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES </heading> <toc style="-uslm-dtd:toc"> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-dtd:toc-entry"><label>“Sec.</label></referenceItem> <referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-dtd:toc-entry"><designator>“1.</designator><label> Establishment of Coast Guard.</label></referenceItem> <referenceItem role="section" 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style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Coast Guard shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable Federal laws on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">engage in maritime air surveillance or interdiction to enforce or assist in the enforcement of the laws of the United States;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">administer laws and promulgate and enforce 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, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop, establish, maintain, and operate, with due regard to the requirements of national defense, aids to maritime navigation, icebreaking facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">pursuant to international agreements, develop, establish, maintain, and operate icebreaking facilities on, under, and over waters other than the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">engage in oceanographic research of the high seas and in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">“(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war, including the fulfillment of Maritime Defense Zone command responsibilities.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“SEC. 3. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Department in which the Coast Guard operates </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transfers. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Upon the declaration of war if Congress so directs in the declaration or when the President directs, the Coast Guard shall operate as a service in the Navy, and shall so continue until the President, by Executive order, transfers the Coast Guard back to the Department of Homeland Security. While operating as a service in the Navy, the Coast Guard shall be subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, who may order changes in Coast Guard operations to render them uniform, to the extent such Secretary deems advisable, with Navy operations.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Operation as a Service in the Navy. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">applicable appropriations of the Navy Department shall be available for the expense of the Coast Guard;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">applicable appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be available for transfer to the Navy Department;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">precedence between commissioned officers of corresponding grades in the Coast Guard and the Navy shall be determined by the date of rank stated by their commissions in those grades;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">personnel of the Coast Guard shall be eligible to receive gratuities, medals, and other insignia of honor on the same basis as personnel in the naval service or serving in any capacity with the Navy; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary may place on furlough any officer of the Coast Guard and officers on furlough shall receive one half of the pay to which they would be entitled if on leave of absence, but officers of the Coast Guard Reserve shall not be so placed on furlough.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“SEC. 4. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Secretary defined </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this title, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Secretary</quotedText>’ means the Secretary of the respective department in which the Coast Guard is operating.”</content> </section> </chapter></quotedContent>;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 95(c), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of Homeland Security</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 259(c)(1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">After selecting</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">In selecting</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 286a(d), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">severance pay</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">separation pay</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the second sentence of section 290(a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">in the grade of vice admiral</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">in or above the grade of vice admiral</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 516(a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of Homeland Security</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by amending section 564 to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="564">“SEC. 564. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Prohibition on use of lead systems integrators </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Use of lead systems integrator. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant may not use a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Full and open competition. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant shall use full and open competition for any acquisition contract unless otherwise excepted in accordance with Federal acquisition laws and regulations promulgated under those laws, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">No effect on small business act. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to supersede or otherwise affect the authorities provided by and under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation on Financial Interest in Subcontractors. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Neither an entity performing lead systems integrator functions for a Coast Guard acquisition nor a Tier 1 subcontractor for any acquisition may have a financial interest in a subcontractor below the Tier 1 subcontractor level unless—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the subcontractor was selected by the prime contractor through full and open competition for such procurement;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the procurement was awarded by an entity performing lead systems integrator functions or a subcontractor through full and open competition;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the procurement was awarded by a subcontractor through a process over which the entity performing lead systems integrator functions or a Tier 1 subcontractor exercised no control; or</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Commandant has determined that the procurement was awarded in a manner consistent with Federal acquisition laws and regulations promulgated under those laws, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 569(a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and annually thereafter,</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the analysis for chapter 17—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/9/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking the item relating to section 669 and inserting the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1759" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“669. Telephone installation and charges.”; and</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/9/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking the item relating to section 674 and inserting the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e1769" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“674. Small boat station rescue capability.”;</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 666(a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of Homeland Security</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/11" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 673(a)(3), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of Homeland Security (when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy)</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/12" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12">(12) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 674, by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of Homeland Security</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/13" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="13">(13) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 675(a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Secretary</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">may not</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Secretary may not</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s217/14" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="14">(14) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the first sentence of section 740(d), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">that appointment</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">that appointment to the Reserve</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s218" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="218">SEC. 218. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ACQUISITION WORKFORCE EXPEDITED HIRING AUTHORITY. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-281; 124 Stat. 2950) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s218/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (a)(1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">as shortage category positions;</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">as positions for which there exists a shortage of candidates or there is a critical hiring need;</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s218/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (b)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s218/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">paragraph</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s218/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2012.</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2015.</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s218/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 562(d) of title 14, United States Code, as added by this title,</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 569a of title 14, United States Code,</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s219" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="219">SEC. 219. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1293">10 U.S.C. 1293 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">For fiscal years 2019 through 2025—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s219/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">notwithstanding subsection (c)(1) of section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1293 note), such section shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent it applies to the Department of Defense, except that—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s219/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement such section with respect to the Coast Guard and, for purposes of that implementation, shall apply the applicable provisions of title 14, United States Code, relating to retirement of Coast Guard personnel; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s219/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the total number of commissioned officers who retire pursuant to this section may not exceed 200, and the total number of enlisted members who retire pursuant to this section may not exceed 300; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s219/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">only appropriations available for necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard shall be expended for the retired pay of personnel who retire pursuant to this section.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s220" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="220">SEC. 220. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RESPONSE BOAT-MEDIUM PROCUREMENT. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s220/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Requirement To Fulfill Approved Program of Record.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as provided in subsection (b), the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall maintain the schedule and requirements for the total acquisition of 180 boats as specified in the approved program of record for the Response Boat-Medium acquisition program in effect on June 1, 2012.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s220/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Applicability.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subsection (a) shall not apply on and after the date on which the Commandant submits to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate such documentation as the Coast Guard Major Systems Acquisition Manual requires to justify reducing the approved program of record for Response Boat-Medium to a total acquisition of less than 180 boats.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tII/s221" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="221">SEC. 221. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t14/s573">14 U.S.C. 573 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS. </heading><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Subsections (a) and (b) were repealed by sections 311(d)(2) and 818(b)(1) (respectively) of Public Law 115–282.<b>]</b> </editorialNote> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s301" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIONS TO ENABLE QUALIFIED UNITED STATES FLAG CAPACITY TO MEET NATIONAL DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s301/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">When the head</quotedText>” and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">When the head”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s301/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Determinations. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Maritime Administrator shall—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for each determination referred to in paragraph (1), identify any actions that could be taken to enable qualified United States flag capacity to meet national defense requirements;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide notice of each such determination to the Secretary of Transportation and the head of the agency referred to in paragraph (1) for which the determination is made; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">publish each such determination on the Internet Web site of the Department of Transportation not later than 48 hours after notice of the determination is provided to the Secretary of Transportation.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Notice to congress. </heading> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The head of an agency referred to in paragraph (1) shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">of any request for a waiver of the navigation or vessel-inspection laws under this section not later than 48 hours after receiving such a request; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">of the issuance of any such waiver not later than 48 hours after such issuance.</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Contents. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such head of an agency shall include in each notification under subparagraph (A)(ii) an explanation of—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the reasons the waiver is necessary; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the reasons actions referred to in paragraph (2)(A) are not feasible.”</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s302" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR NON-FEDERAL VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE OPERATORS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s302/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s302/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking the section designation and heading and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2307">“SEC. 2307. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation of liability for Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service pilots and non-Federal vessel traffic service operators”</heading> </section></quotedContent>;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s302/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Any pilot</quotedText>” and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Pilots. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any pilot”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s302/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Non-Federal Vessel Traffic Service Operators. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An entity operating a non-Federal vessel traffic information service or advisory service pursuant to a duly executed written agreement with the Coast Guard, and any pilot acting on behalf of such entity, is not liable for damages caused by or related to information, advice, or communication assistance provided by such entity or pilot while so operating or acting unless the acts or omissions of such entity or pilot constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s302/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 23 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2307 and inserting the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e2034" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“2307. 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and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s303/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the carriage of survival craft that ensures no part of an individual is immersed in water, which shall include—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of casualties, by vessel type and area of operation, as the result of immersion in water reported to the Coast Guard for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2011;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">the effect the carriage of such survival craft has on—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">vessel safety, including stability and safe navigation; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">survivability of individuals, including persons with disabilities, children, and the elderly;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the efficacy of alternative safety systems, devices, or measures;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the cost and cost effectiveness of requiring the carriage of such survival craft on vessels; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of small businesses and nonprofit entities that would be affected by requiring the carriage of such survival craft on vessels.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="304">SEC. 304. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3316 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (b)(2)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (A);</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">; and</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/1/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">if the Secretary of State determines that the foreign classification society does not provide comparable services in or for a state sponsor of terrorism.”</content> </subparagraph></quotedContent>;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (d)(2)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” at the end of subparagraph (A);</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">; and</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of State determines that the foreign classification society does not provide comparable services in or for a state sponsor of terrorism.”</content> </subparagraph></quotedContent>; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s304/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall revoke a delegation made to a classification society under subsection (b) or (d) if the Secretary of State determines that the classification society provides comparable services in or for a state sponsor of terrorism.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">“(f) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">state sponsor of terrorism</quotedText>’ means any country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism pursuant to section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or any other provision of law.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="305">SEC. 305. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DOCKSIDE EXAMINATIONS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 4502(f) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” at the end;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (2)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">at least once every 2 years</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">at least once every 5 years</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking the period at the end and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">; and</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">shall complete the first dockside examination of a vessel under this subsection not later than October 15, 2015.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Database.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 4502(g)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">a publicly accessible</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">an</quotedText>”.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Certification.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 4503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2012.</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2013.</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (d)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2012;</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2013;</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (2)—</chapeau> <clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/2/B/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2012,</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2013,</quotedText>”; and</content> </clause> <clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">substantial change to the dimension of or type of vessel</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">major conversion</quotedText>”; and</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/c/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this section, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">built</quotedText>’ means, with respect to a vessel, that the vessel’s construction has reached any of the following stages:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The vessel’s keel is laid.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Construction identifiable with the vessel has begun and assembly of that vessel has commenced comprising of at least 50 metric tons or one percent of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Conforming Amendments.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 51 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s305/d/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 5102(b)(3), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2012.</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">July 1, 2013.</quotedText>”; 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112 Stat. 2681-627);</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is eligible for a fishery endorsement under this section; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the case of a vessel listed in paragraphs (1) through (20) of section 208(e) of the American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-625 et seq.), is neither participating in nor eligible to participate in the non-AFA trawl catcher processor subsector (as that term is defined under section 219(a)(7) of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 2887); or”</content> </clause> </subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s308" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="308">SEC. 308. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INVESTIGATIONS BY SECRETARY. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s308/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 12139 the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12140">“SEC. 12140. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Investigations by Secretary </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may conduct investigations and inspections regarding compliance with this chapter and regulations prescribed under this chapter.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authority To Obtain Evidence. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of any investigation conducted under this section, the Secretary may issue a subpoena to require the attendance of a witness or the production of documents or other evidence relevant to the matter under investigation if—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">before the issuance of the subpoena, the Secretary requests a determination by the Attorney General as to whether the subpoena—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is reasonable; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">will interfere with a criminal investigation; and</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Attorney General—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">determines that the subpoena is reasonable and will not interfere with a criminal investigation; or</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">fails to make a determination with respect to the subpoena before the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary makes a request under subparagraph (A) with respect to the subpoena.</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Enforcement. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the case of a refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person under this section, the Secretary may invoke the aid of the appropriate district court of the United States to compel compliance.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s308/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 12139 the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e2492" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“12140. 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Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s310" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="310">SEC. 310. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">UNITED STATES COMMITTEE ON THE MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s310/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 555 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="55502">“SEC. 55502. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is established a United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System (in this section referred to as the ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Committee</quotedText>’).</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Purpose. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee shall serve as a Federal interagency coordinating committee for the purpose of—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">assessing the adequacy of the marine transportation system (including ports, waterways, channels, and their intermodal connections);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">promoting the integration of the marine transportation system with other modes of transportation and other uses of the marine environment; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coordinating, improving the coordination of, and making recommendations with regard to Federal policies that impact the marine transportation system.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Membership. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee shall consist of—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Transportation;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Defense;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Homeland Security;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">“(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Commerce;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">“(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of the Treasury;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">“(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of State;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="G">“(G) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of the Interior;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="H">“(H) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Agriculture;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">“(I) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Attorney General;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="J">“(J) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Labor;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="K">“(K) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary of Energy;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="L">“(L) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="M">“(M) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="N">“(N) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="O">“(O) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the head of any other Federal agency who a majority of the voting members of the Committee determines can further the purpose and activities of the Committee.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Nonvoting members. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee may include as many nonvoting members as a majority of the voting members of the Committee determines is appropriate to further the purpose and activities of the Committee.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Support. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Coordinating board. </heading> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is hereby established, within the Committee, a Coordinating Board. Each member of the Committee may select a senior level representative to serve on such Board. The Board shall assist the Committee in carrying out its purpose and activities.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Chair. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There shall be a Chair of the Coordinating Board. The Chair of the Coordinating Board shall rotate each year among the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Commerce. The order of rotation shall be determined by a majority of the voting members of the Committee.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Executive director. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Commerce, shall appoint an Executive Director of the Committee.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transfers. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of a Federal department or agency who is a member of the Committee may—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, facilities, equipment, services, personnel, and other support services to carry out the activities of the Committee; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">transfer funds to another Federal department or agency in order to carry out the activities of the Committee.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Marine Transportation System Assessment and Strategy. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, the Committee shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">steps taken to implement actions recommended in the document titled ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System: A Framework for Action</quotedText>’ and dated July 2008;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an assessment of the condition of the marine transportation system;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a discussion of the challenges the marine transportation system faces in meeting user demand, including estimates of investment levels required to ensure system infrastructure meets such demand;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan, with recommended actions, for improving the marine transportation system to meet current and future challenges; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">steps taken to implement actions recommended in previous reports required under this subsection.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">“(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In carrying out its purpose and activities, the Committee may consult with marine transportation system-related advisory committees, interested parties, and the public.”</content> </subsection> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s310/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 555 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e2738" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“55502. United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System.”.</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s311" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="311">SEC. 311. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO TITLE 46. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 7507(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">73</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">71</quotedText>”.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIII/s312" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="312">SEC. 312. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEEPWATER PORTS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3(9)(A) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1502(9)(A)) is amended by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">or from</quotedText>” before “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">any State</quotedText>”.</content> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s401" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013</inline></shortTitle>”.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="402">SEC. 402. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations Acts, for the use of the Department of Transportation for Maritime Administration programs associated with maintaining national security aspects of the merchant marine, as follows:</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For expenses necessary for operations of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, $77,253,000, of which—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$67,253,000 shall remain available until expended for Academy operations; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for capital asset management at the Academy.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For expenses necessary to support the State maritime academies, $16,045,000, of which—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$2,400,000 shall remain available until expended for student incentive payments;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$2,545,000 shall remain available until expended for direct payments to such academies; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$11,100,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of State maritime academy training vessels.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $12,717,000, to remain available until expended.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For expenses to maintain and preserve a United States-flag merchant marine to serve the national security needs of the United States under chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, $186,000,000.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s402/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of loan guarantees under the program authorized by chapter 537 of title 46, United States Code, $3,750,000, all of which shall remain available until expended for administrative expenses of the program.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s403" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="403">SEC. 403. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s403/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="50307">“SEC. 50307. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Maritime environmental and technical assistance program </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">“(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Transportation may engage in the environmental study, research, development, assessment, and deployment of emerging marine technologies and practices related to the marine transportation system through the use of public vessels under the control of the Maritime Administration or private vessels under United States registry, and through partnerships and cooperative efforts with academic, public, private, and nongovernmental entities and facilities.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Components. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Under this section, the Secretary of Transportation may—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify, study, evaluate, test, demonstrate, or improve emerging marine technologies and practices that are likely to achieve environmental improvements by—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">reducing air emissions, water emissions, or other ship discharges;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">increasing fuel economy or the use of alternative fuels and alternative energy (including the use of shore power); or</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">controlling aquatic invasive species; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Coast Guard, and other Federal, State, local, or tribal agencies, as appropriate.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Coordination. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Coordination under subsection (b)(2) may include—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">activities that are associated with the development or approval of validation and testing regimes; 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The consent of the Secretary of the Navy shall be obtained with respect to any property from National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels, if such vessels are either Ready Reserve Force vessels or other National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels determined to be of sufficient value to the Navy to warrant their further preservation and retention.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s404/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">or a training institution that is an instrumentality of a State, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a unit of local government thereof</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">a nonprofit training institution</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="405">SEC. 405. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT SEA TRANSPORTATION. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Purpose.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 55601 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">landside congestion.</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">landside congestion or to promote short sea transportation.</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">coastal corridors</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">coastal corridors or to promote short sea transportation</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (d), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">that the project may</quotedText>” and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting<quotedContent class="inline" style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">“that the project uses documented vessels and—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">mitigates landside congestion; or</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">promotes short sea transportation.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405/a/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (f), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">shall</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">may</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s405/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Documentation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 55605 is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">by vessel</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">by a documented vessel</quotedText>”.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s406" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="406">SEC. 406. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">LIMITATION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET VESSELS TO THOSE OVER 1,500 GROSS TONS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 57101(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of 1,500 gross tons or more or such other vessels as the Secretary of Transportation determines are appropriate</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Administration</quotedText>”.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s407" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="407">SEC. 407. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TRANSFER OF VESSELS TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 57101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">“(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authority of Federal Entities To Transfer Vessels. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">All Federal entities are authorized to transfer vessels to the National Defense Reserve Fleet without reimbursement subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Navy with respect to Ready Reserve Force vessels and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all other vessels.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s408" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="408">SEC. 408. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CLARIFICATION OF HEADING. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s408/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The section designation and heading for section 57103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="57103">“SEC. 57103. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Donation of nonretention vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet”</heading> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s408/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 571 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 57103 and inserting the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e3043" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“57103. Donation of nonretention vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.”.</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s409" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="409">SEC. 409. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MISSION OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 109(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s409/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the subsection heading by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Organization</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Organization and Mission</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s409/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following: “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">The mission of the Maritime Administration is to foster, promote, and develop the merchant maritime industry of the United States.</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s410" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="410">SEC. 410. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 11(c)(1) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744(c)(1)) are amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">activate and conduct sea trials on each vessel at a frequency that is considered by the Secretary to be necessary;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">maintain and adequately crew, as necessary, in an enhanced readiness status those vessels that are scheduled to be activated in 5 or less days;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">“(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">locate those vessels that are scheduled to be activated near embarkation ports specified for those vessels; and”</content> </subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s411" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="411">SEC. 411. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REQUIREMENT FOR BARGE DESIGN. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall complete the design for a containerized, articulated barge, as identified in the dual-use vessel study carried out by the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense, that is able to utilize roll-on/roll-off or load-on/load-off technology in marine highway maritime commerce.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="412">SEC. 412. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CONTAINER-ON-BARGE TRANSPORTATION. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Assessment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall assess the potential for using container-on-barge transportation in short sea transportation (as such term is defined in section 55605 of title 46, United States Code).</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Factors.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In conducting the assessment under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the environmental benefits of increasing container-on-barge movements in short sea transportation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the regional differences in the use of short sea transportation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the existing programs established at coastal and Great Lakes ports for establishing awareness of deep sea shipping operations;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the mechanisms necessary to ensure that implementation of a plan under subsection (c) will not be inconsistent with antitrust laws; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the potential frequency of container-on-barge service at short sea transportation ports.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Recommendations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessment under subsection (a) may include recommendations for a plan to increase awareness of the potential for use of container-on-barge transportation.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s412/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit the assessment required under this section to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="413">SEC. 413. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PORTS STUDY AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDIES AND REPORTS ON STRATEGIC PORTS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Sense of Congress on Completion of DOD Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should expedite completion of the study of strategic ports in the United States called for in the conference report to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Conference Report 112-329) so that it can be submitted to Congress before July 1, 2013.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Submission of Report to Comptroller General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In addition to submitting the report referred to in subsection (a) to Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall submit the report to the Comptroller General of the United States for consideration under subsection (c).</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Comptroller General Studies and Reports on Strategic Ports.—</heading> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Comptroller general review.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 90 days after receipt of the report referred to in subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall conduct an assessment of the report and submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report of such assessment.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Comptroller general study and report.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the Department of Defense’s programs and efforts related to the state of strategic ports with respect to the Department’s operational and readiness requirements, and report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate on the findings of such study. The report may include an assessment of—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the extent to which the facilities at strategic ports meet the Department of Defense’s requirements;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the extent to which the Department has identified gaps in the ability of existing strategic ports to meet its needs and identified and undertaken efforts to address any gaps; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/c/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Department’s ability to oversee, coordinate, and provide security for military deployments through strategic ports.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s413/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Strategic Port Defined.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">strategic port</quotedText>” means a United States port designated by the Secretary of Defense as a significant transportation hub important to the readiness and cargo throughput capacity of the Department of Defense.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="414">SEC. 414. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MARITIME WORKFORCE STUDY. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Training Study.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the training needs of the maritime workforce.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study Components.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The study shall—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">analyze the impact of maritime training requirements imposed by domestic and international regulations and conventions, companies, and government agencies that charter or operate vessels;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evaluate the ability of the United States maritime training infrastructure to meet the needs of the maritime industry;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify trends in maritime training;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">compare the training needs of United States mariners with the vocational training and educational assistance programs available from Federal agencies to evaluate the ability of Federal programs to meet the training needs of United States mariners;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">include recommendations to enhance the capabilities of the United States maritime training infrastructure; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">include recommendations to assist United States mariners and those entering the maritime profession to achieve the required training.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s414/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Final Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report on the results of the study to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="415">SEC. 415. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MARITIME ADMINISTRATION VESSEL RECYCLING CONTRACT AWARD PRACTICES. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Assessment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the source selection procedures and practices used to award the Maritime Administration’s National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel recycling contracts.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Contents.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessment under subsection (a) shall include a review of—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether the Maritime Administration’s contract source selection procedures and practices are consistent with law, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Federal best practices associated with making source selection decisions;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the process, procedures, and practices used for the Maritime Administration’s qualification of vessel recycling facilities; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any other aspect of the Maritime Administration’s vessel recycling process that the Comptroller General deems appropriate to review.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tIV/s415/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Findings.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall report the findings of the assessment under subsection (a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.</content> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PIRACY </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s501" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="501">SEC. 501. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s101">46 U.S.C. 101 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Piracy Suppression Act of 2012</inline></shortTitle>”.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s502" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="502">SEC. 502. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TRAINING FOR USE OF FORCE AGAINST PIRACY. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s502/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Chapter 517 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="51705">“SEC. 51705. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Training for use of force against piracy </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall certify a training curriculum for United States mariners on the use of force against pirates. The curriculum shall include—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">information on waters designated as high-risk waters by the Commandant of the Coast Guard;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">information on current threats and patterns of attack by pirates;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">tactics for defense of a vessel, including instruction on the types, use, and limitations of security equipment;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">standard rules for the use of force for self-defense as developed by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating under section 912(c) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-281; 46 U.S.C. 8107 note), including instruction on firearm safety for crewmembers of vessels carrying cargo under section 55305 of this title; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">procedures to follow to improve crewmember survivability if captured and taken hostage by pirates.”</content> </paragraph> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s502/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s51705">46 U.S.C. 51705 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Transportation shall certify the curriculum required under the amendment made by subsection (a) not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s502/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The analysis for chapter 517 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<foreign id="warning-d73453e3341" note="processing mode: unknown" role="passthroughContent"><compsdtd:table xmlns:compsdtd="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/comps-dtd" blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" line-rules="no-gen" table-type="subformat"><compsdtd:tgroup cols="1"><compsdtd:tbody><compsdtd:row><compsdtd:entry colname="I42">“51705. Training program for use of force against piracy.”.</compsdtd:entry></compsdtd:row></compsdtd:tbody></compsdtd:tgroup></compsdtd:table></foreign></content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s503" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="503">SEC. 503. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SECURITY OF GOVERNMENT-IMPELLED CARGO. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Security of Government-Impelled Cargo. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In order to ensure the safety of vessels and crewmembers transporting equipment, materials, or commodities under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall direct each department or agency (except the Department of Defense), when responsible for the carriage of such equipment, materials, or commodities, to provide armed personnel aboard vessels of the United States carrying such equipment, materials, or commodities if the vessels are transiting high-risk waters.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Transportation shall direct each department or agency responsible to provide armed personnel under paragraph (1) to reimburse, subject to the availability of appropriations, the owners or operators of applicable vessels for the cost of providing armed personnel.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this subsection, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">high-risk waters</quotedText>’ means waters so designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard in the Port Security Advisory in effect on the date on which an applicable voyage begins.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s504" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="504">SEC. 504. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ACTIONS TAKEN TO PROTECT FOREIGN-FLAGGED VESSELS FROM PIRACY. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Secretary of Defense to protect foreign-flagged vessels from acts of piracy on the high seas. The report shall include—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s504/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the total number of incidents for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012 in which a member of the armed services or an asset under the control of the Secretary of Defense was used to interdict or defend against an act of piracy directed against any vessel not documented under the laws of the United States; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tV/s504/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the estimated cost for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012 for such incidents.</content> </paragraph> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MARINE DEBRIS </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s601" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="601">SEC. 601. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2012</inline></shortTitle>”.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s602" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="602">SEC. 602. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE AMENDMENT; REFERENCES. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s602/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Short Title Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 1 of the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act (33 U.S.C. 1951 note) is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Research, Prevention, and Reduction</quotedText>”.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s602/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">References.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment is expressed as an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.), as so retitled by subsection (a) of this section.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s603" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="603">SEC. 603. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PURPOSE. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 1951) is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“SEC. 2. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PURPOSE </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“The purpose of this Act is to address the adverse impacts of marine debris on the United States economy, the marine environment, and navigation safety through the identification, determination of sources, assessment, prevention, reduction, and removal of marine debris.”</content> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="604">SEC. 604. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NOAA MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Name of Program.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3 (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the section heading by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><headingText style="-uslm-dtd:header-in-text">prevention and removal</headingText></quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (a)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Prevention and Removal Program to reduce and prevent the occurrence and</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Program to identify, determine sources of, assess, prevent, reduce, and remove marine debris and address the</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the economy of the United States,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">marine debris on</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/a/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting a comma after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">environment</quotedText>”.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Program Components.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3(b) (33 U.S.C. 1952(b)) is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Program Components. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator, acting through the Program and subject to the availability of appropriations, shall—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify, determine sources of, assess, prevent, reduce, and remove marine debris, with a focus on marine debris posing a threat to living marine resources and navigation safety;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide national and regional coordination to assist States, Indian tribes, and regional organizations in the identification, determination of sources, assessment, prevention, reduction, and removal of marine debris;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">undertake efforts to reduce the adverse impacts of lost and discarded fishing gear on living marine resources and navigation safety, including—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">research and development of alternatives to gear posing threats to the marine environment and methods for marking gear used in certain fisheries to enhance the tracking, recovery, and identification of lost and discarded gear; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the development of effective nonregulatory measures and incentives to cooperatively reduce the volume of lost and discarded fishing gear and to aid in gear recovery;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">undertake outreach and education activities for the public and other stakeholders on sources of marine debris, threats associated with marine debris, and approaches to identifying, determining sources of, assessing, preventing, reducing, and removing marine debris and its adverse impacts on the United States economy, the marine environment, and navigation safety, including outreach and education activities through public-private initiatives; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop, in consultation with the Interagency Committee, interagency plans for the timely response to events determined by the Administrator to be severe marine debris events, including plans to—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coordinate across agencies and with relevant State, tribal, and local governments to ensure adequate, timely, and efficient response;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">assess the composition, volume, and trajectory of marine debris associated with a severe marine debris event; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">estimate the potential impacts of a severe marine debris event, including economic impacts on human health, navigation safety, natural resources, tourism, and livestock, including aquaculture.”</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Grant Criteria and Guidelines.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3(c) (33 U.S.C. 1952(c)) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 2(1)</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 2</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking paragraph (5); and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/c/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s604/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Repeal.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2204 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1915), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 2 of the United States-Japan Fishery Agreement Approval Act of 1987, are repealed.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s605" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="605">SEC. 605. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 4 (33 U.S.C. 1953) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s605/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">(a) Strategy.—</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s605/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking subsections (b) and (c).</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="606">SEC. 606. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COORDINATION. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee.—</heading> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2203 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1914) is redesignated and moved to replace and appear as section 5 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1954), as so retitled by section 602(a) of this title.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Conforming amendment.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 5 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1954), as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is further amended in subsection (d)(2)—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">this Act</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">section 2201</quotedText>”.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Clerical amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The item relating to section 2203 in the table of contents contained in section 2 of the United States-Japan Fishery Agreement Approval Act of 1987 is repealed.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Biennial Progress Reports.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 5(c)(2) of the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act (33 U.S.C. 1954(c)(2)), as in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is redesignated and moved to appear as subsection (e) at the end of section 5 of the Marine Debris Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">is amended—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Annual progress reports.—</quotedText>” and all that follows through “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">thereafter</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Biennial Progress Reports.—Biennially</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Interagency</quotedText>” each place it appears;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">chairperson</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Chairperson</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Natural</quotedText>” before “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Resources</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2/E" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s606/b/2/F" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by moving all text 2 ems to the left.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s607" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="607">SEC. 607. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBMITTED INFORMATION. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 6(2) (33 U.S.C. 1955(2)) is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">by the fishing industry</quotedText>”.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608" role="definitions" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="608">SEC. 608. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 7 (33 U.S.C. 1956) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (2), by striking “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2203 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1914)</term>” and inserting “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">5 of this Act</term>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Marine debris. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term ‘<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">marine debris</term>’ means any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking paragraph (5);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (5);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (4) of this section, by striking “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Prevention and Removal</term>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Severe marine debris event. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term ‘<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">severe marine debris event</term>’ means atypically large amounts of marine debris caused by a natural disaster, including a tsunami, flood, landslide, or hurricane, or other source.”</content> </paragraph></quotedContent>; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s608/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s609" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="609">SEC. 609. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SEVERE MARINE DEBRIS EVENT DETERMINATION. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s609/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall determine whether the March 2011, Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami and the October 2012, hurricane Sandy each caused a severe marine debris event (as that term is defined in section 7(6) of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1956(6)), as amended by this Act).</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVI/s609/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide the determination required under subsection (a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.</content> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MISCELLANEOUS </heading> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s701" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="701">SEC. 701. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s8103">46 U.S.C. 8103 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DISTANT WATER TUNA FLEET. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 421 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-241; 120 Stat. 547) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s701/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">“(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Licensing Restrictions. </heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subsection (a) only applies to a foreign citizen who holds a credential that is equivalent to the credential issued by the Coast Guard to a United States citizen for the position, with respect to requirements for experience, training, and other qualifications.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Treatment of credential. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An equivalent credential under paragraph (1) shall be considered as meeting the requirements of section 8304 of title 46, United States Code, but only while a person holding the credential is in the service of the vessel to which this section applies.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s701/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c) by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">or Guam</quotedText>” before the period at the end; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s701/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (d) by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">on December 31, 2012</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">on the date the Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America ceases to have effect for any party under Article 12.6 or 12.7 of such treaty, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s702" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="702">SEC. 702. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s702/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study of Bridges.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 905 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-281; 33 U.S.C. 494a) is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="905">“SEC. 905. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">STUDY OF BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">“The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a comprehensive study on the construction or alteration of any bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over the navigable waters of the United States with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater that may impede or obstruct future navigation to or from port facilities and for which a permit under the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491 et seq.), popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906, was requested during the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on August 3, 2011.”</content> </section></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s702/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Waiver.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 7(c) of the America’s Cup Act of 2011 (125 Stat. 755) is amended by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">located in Ketchikan, Alaska</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">moorage</quotedText>”.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s703" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="703">SEC. 703. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2(a) of Public Law 110-299 (33 U.S.C. 1342 note) is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2013</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2014</quotedText>”.</content> </section><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 704 of this Act was transferred to section 70001 of title 46, U.S.C. and redesignated as subsection (l) by section 7701(e)(2) of division G of P.L. 119-60. The amendment should have included in the reference the word “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of</quotedText>” before “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2012</quotedText>” but was executed to reflect the probable intent of Congress.<b>]</b> </editorialNote> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s705" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="705">SEC. 705. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">WAIVERS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s705/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Texas Star Casino.—</heading> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s705/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding section 12113(a)(4) of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certificate of documentation with a fishery endorsement for the Texas Star Casino (IMO number 7722047).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s705/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Restriction.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding section 12113(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, a fishery endorsement issued under paragraph (1) is not valid for any fishery for which a fishery management plan has been approved by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 304 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1854) before the date of enactment of this Act.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s705/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Ranger III.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3703a of title 46, United States Code, does not apply to the passenger vessel Ranger III (United States official number 277361), during any period that the vessel is owned and operated by the National Park Service.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s706" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="706">SEC. 706. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, established pursuant to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact consented to and approved by Congress in the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 752), is deemed a Government agency for purposes of the notification requirements of section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9603). The National Response Center shall convey notification, including complete and unredacted incident reports, expeditiously to the Commission regarding each release in or affecting the Ohio River Basin for which notification to all appropriate Government agencies is required.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s707" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="707">SEC. 707. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">VESSEL DETERMINATIONS. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The vessel with United States official number 981472 and the vessel with United States official number 988333 shall each be deemed to be a new vessel effective on the date of delivery after January 1, 2008, from a privately owned United States shipyard if no encumbrances are on record with the Coast Guard at the time of the issuance of the new vessel certificate of documentation for each vessel.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s708" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="708">SEC. 708. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MILLE LACS LAKE, MINNESOTA. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The waters of Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, are not waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for the purposes of section 2 of title 14, United States Code.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s709" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="709">SEC. 709. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s70105">46 U.S.C. 70105 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL PROCESS REFORM. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall reform the process for Transportation Worker Identification Credential enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal to require, in total, not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center except in cases in which there are extenuating circumstances, as determined by the Secretary, requiring more than one such in-person visit.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s710" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="710">SEC. 710. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INVESTMENT AMOUNT. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall increase the $22,500,000 invested in income-producing securities for purposes of section 5006(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2736(b)) by $12,851,340.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="711">SEC. 711. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t46/s70101">46 U.S.C. 70101 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTEGRATED CROSS-BORDER MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authorization.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, may establish an Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations Program to coordinate the maritime security operations of the United States and Canada (in this section referred to as the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Program</quotedText>”).</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Purpose.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall administer the Program in a manner that results in a cooperative approach between the United States and Canada to strengthen border security and detect, prevent, suppress, investigate, and respond to terrorism and violations of law related to border security.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Training.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, acting through the Commandant and in consultation with the Secretary of State, may—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish, as an element of the Program, a training program for individuals who will serve as maritime law enforcement officers; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">conduct training jointly with Canada to enhance border security, including training—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">on the detection and apprehension of suspected terrorists and individuals attempting to unlawfully cross or unlawfully use the international maritime border between the United States and Canada;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">on the integration, analysis, and dissemination of port security information by and between the United States and Canada;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">on policy, regulatory, and legal considerations related to the Program;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">on the use of force in maritime security;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2/E" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">on operational procedures and protection of sensitive information; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/c/2/F" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">on preparedness and response to maritime terrorist incidents.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Coordination.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall coordinate the Program with other similar border security and antiterrorism programs within the Department of Homeland Security.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s711/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Memoranda of Agreement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may enter into any memorandum of agreement necessary to carry out the Program.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s712" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="712">SEC. 712. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">BRIDGE PERMITS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s712/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s491">33 U.S.C. 491 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of reviewing a permit application pursuant to section 9 of the Act of March 3, 1899, popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401), the Act of March 23, 1906, popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491 et seq.), the Act of June 21, 1940, popularly known as the Truman-Hobbs Act (33 U.S.C. 511 et seq.), or the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525 et seq.), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s712/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">accept voluntary services from one or more owners of a bridge; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s712/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">accept and credit to Coast Guard operating expenses any amounts received from one or more owners of a bridge.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s712/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Expedited Process.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall complete, on an expeditious basis and using the shortest existing applicable process, determinations on any required approval for issuance of any permits under the jurisdiction of such department related to the construction or alteration of a bridge over the Kill Van Kull consistent with Executive Order No. 13604 (March 22, 2012) and the Administration’s objectives for the project.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s713" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="713">SEC. 713. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TONNAGE OF AQUEOS ACADIAN. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may consider the tonnage measurements for the vessel Aqueos Acadian (United States official number 553645) recorded on the certificate of inspection for the vessel issued on September 8, 2011, to be valid until May 2, 2014, if the vessel and the use of its space is not changed after November 16, 2012, in a way that substantially affects the tonnage of the vessel.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s714" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="714">SEC. 714. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NAVIGABILITY DETERMINATION. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s714/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of the impact of additional regulatory requirements imposed on passenger vessels operating on the Ringo Cocke Canal in Louisiana as a result of the covered navigability determination.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s714/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Restriction.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Before the date that is 180 days after the date on which the assessment required under subsection (a) is submitted, the Commandant may not enforce any regulatory requirements imposed on passenger vessels operating on the Ringo Cocke Canal in Louisiana that are a result of the covered navigability determination.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s714/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Covered Navigability Determination Defined.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">covered navigability determination</quotedText>” means the Coast Guard’s Navigability Determination for Ringo Cocke Canal, Louisiana, dated March 25, 2010.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s715" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="715">SEC. 715. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COAST GUARD HOUSING. </heading> <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives the Coast Guard’s National Housing Assessment and any analysis conducted by the Coast Guard of such assessment.</content> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s716" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="716">SEC. 716. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL COAST GUARD PRESENCE IN HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives an assessment of the need for additional Coast Guard prevention and response capability in the high-latitude regions. The assessment shall address needs for all Coast Guard mission areas, including search and rescue, marine pollution response and prevention, fisheries enforcement, and maritime commerce. The Secretary shall include in the assessment—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s716/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an analysis of the high-latitude operating capabilities of all current Coast Guard assets other than icebreakers, including assets acquired under the Deepwater program;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s716/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an analysis of projected needs for Coast Guard operations in the high-latitude regions; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s716/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an analysis of shore infrastructure, personnel, logistics, communications, and resources requirements to support Coast Guard operations in the high-latitude regions, including forward operating bases and existing infrastructure in the furthest north locations that are ice free, or nearly ice free, year round.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s717" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="717">SEC. 717. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">POTENTIAL PLACE OF REFUGE. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s717/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall consult with appropriate Federal agencies and with State and local interests to determine what improvements, if any, are necessary to designate existing ice-free facilities or infrastructure in the Central Bering Sea as a fully functional, year-round Potential Place of Refuge.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s717/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Purposes.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The purposes of the consultation under subsection (a) shall be to enhance safety of human life at sea and protect the marine environment in the Central Bering Sea.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s717/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline for Submission.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 90 days after making the determination under subsection (a), the Commandant shall inform the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives in writing of the findings under subsection (a).</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s718" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="718">SEC. 718. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MERCHANT MARINER MEDICAL EVALUATION PROGRAM. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s718/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of the Coast Guard National Maritime Center’s merchant mariner medical evaluation program and alternatives to the program.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s718/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Contents.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessment required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s718/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An overview of the adequacy of the program for making medical certification determinations for issuance of merchant mariners’ documents.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s718/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An analysis of how a system similar to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners program, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Designated Aviation Medical Examiners program, could be applied by the Coast Guard in making medical fitness determinations for issuance of merchant mariners’ documents.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s718/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An explanation of how the amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, that entered into force on January 1, 2012, required changes to the Coast Guard’s merchant mariner medical evaluation program.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s719" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="719">SEC. 719. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DETERMINATIONS. </heading> <chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s719/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the loss of United States shipyard jobs and industrial base expertise as a result of rebuild, conversion, and double-hull work on United States-flag vessels eligible to engage in the coastwise trade being performed in foreign shipyards;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s719/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">enforcement of the Coast Guard’s foreign rebuild determination regulations; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s719/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">recommendations for improving transparency in the Coast Guard’s foreign rebuild determination process.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="720">SEC. 720. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">IMPEDIMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES-FLAG REGISTRY. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Assessment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of factors under the authority of the Coast Guard that impact the ability of vessels documented in the United States to effectively compete in international transportation markets.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Content.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessment under subsection (a) shall include—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a review of differences between Coast Guard policies and regulations governing the inspection of vessels documented in the United States and International Maritime Organization policies and regulations governing the inspection of vessels not documented in the United States;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a statement on the impact such differences have on operating costs for vessels documented in the United States; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">recommendations on whether to harmonize any such differences.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s720/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In preparing the assessment under subsection (a), the Commandant may consider the views of representatives of the owners or operators of vessels documented in the United States and the organizations representing the employees employed on such vessels.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="721">SEC. 721. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ARCTIC DEEPWATER SEAPORT. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Commanding General of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Maritime Administrator, and the Chief of Naval Operations, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a deepwater seaport in the Arctic to protect and advance strategic United States interests within the Arctic region.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Scope.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The study under subsection (a) shall include an analysis of—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">the capability provided by a deepwater seaport that—</chapeau> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is in the Arctic (as that term is defined in the section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111)); and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">has a depth of not less than 34 feet;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the potential and optimum locations for such deepwater seaport;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the resources needed to establish such deepwater seaport;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the timeframe needed to establish such deepwater seaport;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the infrastructure required to support such deepwater seaport; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any other issues the Secretary considers necessary to complete the study.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s721/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline for Submission of Findings.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit the findings of the study under subsection (a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</content> </subsection> </section> <section identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="appropriation"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="722">SEC. 722. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RISK ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPORTING CANADIAN OIL SANDS. </heading> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall assess the increased vessel traffic in the Salish Sea (including Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, Haro Strait, Rosario Strait, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca), that may occur from the transport of Canadian oil sands oil.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Scope.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessment required under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, consider—</chapeau> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the extent to which vessel (including barge, tanker, and supertanker) traffic may increase due to Canadian oil sands development;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether the transport of oil from Canadian oil sands within the Salish Sea is likely to require navigation through United States territorial waters;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the rules or regulations that restrict supertanker traffic in United States waters, including an assessment of whether there are methods to bypass those rules or regulations in such waters and adjacent Canadian waters;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the rules or regulations that restrict the amount of oil transported in tankers or barges in United States waters, including an assessment of whether there are methods to bypass those rules or regulations in such waters and adjacent Canadian waters;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the spill response capability throughout the shared waters of the United States and Canada, including oil spill response planning requirements for vessels bound for one nation transiting through the waters of the other nation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the vessel emergency response towing capability at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the agreement between the United States and Canada that outlines requirements for laden tank vessels to be escorted by tug boats;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether oil extracted from oil sands has different properties from other types of oil, including toxicity and other properties, that may require different maritime clean up technologies;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a risk assessment of the increasing supertanker, tanker, and barge traffic associated with Canadian oil sands development or expected to be associated with Canadian oil sands development; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/b/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the potential costs and benefits to the United States public and the private sector of maritime transportation of oil sands products.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation Requirement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In conducting the assessment required under this section, the Commandant shall consult with the State of Washington, affected tribal governments, and industry, including vessel operators, oil sands producers, and spill response experts. The Commandant may consult with the Secretary of State.</content> </subsection> <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/213/tVII/s722/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline for Submission.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit the assessment required under this section to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</content> </subsection> </section>