[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3595]
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  SA 4548. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
Portman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title XXXV, add the following:

     SEC. 3503. FIRE-RETARDANT MATERIALS EXEMPTION.

       Section 3503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2008, this section 
     does not'' and inserting ``2028, this subsection shall not''; 
     and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``of this section'' and inserting ``under subsection (a)'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and crew'' after 
     ``prospective passengers'';
       (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or crew member'' 
     after ``passenger'';
       (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
     and
       (E) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) the owner or managing operator of the vessel shall--
       ``(i) make annual structural alterations to at least 10 
     percent of the areas of the vessel that are not constructed 
     of fire-retardant materials;
       ``(ii) provide advance notice to the Coast Guard regarding 
     the alterations made pursuant to clause (i); and
       ``(iii) comply with any noncombustible material 
     requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard; and
       ``(E) the requirements referred to in subparagraph (D)(iii) 
     shall be consistent, to the extent practicable, with the 
     preservation of the historic integrity of the vessel in areas 
     carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to 
     the public.''.
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