112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H.R. 2838
In the Senate of the United
States,
September 22 (legislative
day, September 21), 2012.
Amendments:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 2838) entitled An Act to authorize appropriations for the Coast
Guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, and for other purposes.
, do
pass with the following
Strike all after
the enacting clause and insert the
following:
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Coast Guard Authorization Act
of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Authorization
Sec. 101. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of
military strength and training.
TITLE II—Organization
Sec. 201. Coast Guard authority
to operate and maintain Coast Guard assets.
Sec. 202. Clarification of
Coast Guard ice operations mission.
TITLE III—Personnel
Sec. 301. Acquisition workforce
expedited hiring authority.
Sec. 302. Officers recommended
for promotion.
Sec. 303. Original appointment
of permanent commissioned officers.
Sec. 304. Academy pay,
allowances, and emoluments.
Sec. 305. Academy policy on
sexual harassment and sexual violence.
Sec. 306. Coast Guard
auxiliarists enrollment eligibility.
TITLE
IV—Administration
Sec. 401. Advance procurement
funding.
Sec. 402. Multiyear procurement
authority for Coast Guard National Security Cutters.
Sec. 403. Requirement to
maintain United States polar icebreaking capability.
Sec. 404. National response
functions.
Sec. 405. National Response
Center notification requirements.
Sec. 406. Conforming
amendment.
TITLE V—Shipping and
navigation
Sec. 501. Central Bering Sea
potential place of refuge.
Sec. 502. Protection and fair
treatment of seafarers.
Sec. 503. Delegation of
authority.
Sec. 504. Report on
establishment of arctic deep water port.
Sec. 505. Risk analysis of
transporting Canadian oil sands.
Sec. 506. Eligibility to
receive surplus training equipment.
TITLE VI—Maritime Administration
Authorization
Sec. 601. Short title;
amendment of title 46, United States Code.
Sec. 602. Marine transportation
system.
Sec. 603. Short sea
transportation program amendments.
Sec. 604. Maritime
environmental and technical assistance program.
Sec. 605. Waiver of navigation
and vessel-inspection laws.
Sec. 606. Extension of maritime
security fleet program.
Sec. 607. Maritime workforce
study.
Sec. 608. Maritime
administration vessel recycling contract award practices.
Sec. 609. Requirement for barge
design.
TITLE
VII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 701. Limitation on
availability of funds for procurement of alternative fuel.
Sec. 702. Passenger vessel
security and safety requirements.
Sec. 703. Oil spill liability
trust fund investment amount.
Sec. 704. Vessel
determinations.
Sec. 705. Alteration of bridge
obstructing navigation.
Sec. 706. Notice of
arrival.
Sec. 707. Waivers.
Sec. 708. Budgetary
effects.
Sec. 709. Technical
amendments.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<section id="id5dbc43c9-ee0e-4a38-b1dd-e964b3c87303"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="id0a926f6a-fe2e-4d21-83e7-4c6f11bb40f8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2013</header><text>Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013
for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="id65917b62-ec3b-48a6-8d24-d3bf0b9cdc74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and
maintenance of the Coast Guard, $7,077,783,000 of which $24,500,000 is
authorized 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)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida562b0dd-febe-4bed-84de-9fa4d6962388"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the acquisition,
construction, rebuilding, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation,
shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto, $1,421,924,000 of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="id25f40a03-951b-4dc6-b478-6781a77c7233"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 shall 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)), to
remain available until expended;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idea9a2986-6964-41d3-b0cb-625e196ff25f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$642,000,000 is
authorized to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels,
small boats, and related equipment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd84c2672-e59a-4549-8239-32b3c9075d0d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$289,000,000 is
authorized to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft
or increase aviation capability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6bd81ccb-35fc-4c6e-9033-43c576126845"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$166,140,000 is
authorized for other equipment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5aacbcd8-1662-474c-bc8c-17cd2670b58b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$213,692,000 is
authorized for shore facilities, aids to navigation facilities, and military
housing, of which not more than $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Coast
Guard Housing Fund; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7ea50a0-ebfb-4009-8dd7-f71a57c1c111"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$110,192,000 is
authorized for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d0d3622-9777-4386-bd70-3f6aef36f7a6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For research,
development, testing, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human
factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's
mission in search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine
environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations,
oceanographic research, and defense readiness, $19,779,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3eb8f646-704c-4338-88ab-855c327dc78c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For retired pay
(including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed
appropriations for this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's
Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical and
dental care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title
10, United States Code, $1,440,157,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ideff6d09b-ddf8-41d0-b249-0df171b5b292"><enum>(5)</enum><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, $16,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7be925a7-0a3d-4f9e-9d03-1636d4ca3420"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For environmental
compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of title 14, United
States Code, $16,699,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9d9397b9-3393-49c5-b4ee-493c6bd0eb45"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For operation and
maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve program, $136,778,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id679dda31-807b-449c-b3a2-06c9d6bf71f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2014</header><text>Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014
for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="id2c3f22ed-76bc-4e9d-8d87-b85d1e5a51d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and
maintenance of the Coast Guard, $7,077,783,000 of which $24,500,000 is
authorized 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)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9f939446-5706-4abf-a347-7f9c9716071c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the acquisition,
construction, rebuilding, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation,
shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto, $1,421,924,000 of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide199d392-e1dc-490a-be6c-0ecdf839f2e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 shall 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)), to
remain available until expended;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf7dab10-bc1e-43a9-9716-6dbc8404324f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$642,000,000 is
authorized to acquire, effect major repairs, renovate, or improve vessels,
small boats, and related equipment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7567065a-aa2e-4f32-9181-0d07bf192928"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$289,000,000 is
authorized to acquire, effect major repairs, renovate, or improve aircraft or
increase aviation capability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4558fea6-0d6f-4f91-b048-72ca94421a60"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$166,140,000 is
authorized for other equipment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda1ed07b-96d7-4a7b-b616-c8913d6e5c4f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$213,692,000 is
authorized for shore facilities, aids to navigation facilities, and military
housing, of which not more than $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Coast
Guard Housing Fund; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53898359-7340-4e00-8e85-a9a76b61d975"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$110,192,000 is
authorized for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc25b97f1-fe48-43ac-97cf-5fbbadada67d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For research,
development, testing, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human
factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's
mission in search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine
environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations,
oceanographic research, and defense readiness, $19,779,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc079e5ad-f49b-4b7a-8ec9-ff4287ae40a3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For retired pay
(including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed
appropriations for this purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's
Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical and
dental care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title
10, United States Code, $1,440,157,000 to remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73c55b30-56b9-4703-bd2b-49051b29c3b7"><enum>(5)</enum><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, $16,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida6b4203a-722a-4328-a8fd-233197315ee0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For environmental
compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of title 14, United
States Code, $16,699,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1121ec30-ad7c-4198-8234-c73f594e67eb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For operation and
maintenance of the Coast Guard Reserve program, $136,778,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idab0a0f94-4284-40b9-84b0-5ef71d356406"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized levels of
military strength and training</header>
<subsection id="idc6058861-031d-49a2-a708-65a38bf86095"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2013</header>
<paragraph id="id78b051cb-4bba-4a39-81b1-d8c6addeffd7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Active duty
strength</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength
for active duty personnel of 47,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30,
2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd9fb7ed0-2ced-4e7c-9f3f-b1b8b934e507"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military training
student loads</header><text>For fiscal year 2013, the Coast Guard is authorized
average military training student loads as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="id633a1454-0db3-435e-809e-5dc49a05bb33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For recruit and special
training, 2,500 student years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a40d107-0c3a-4d36-a398-6f4adaf9e2cc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For flight training, 165
student years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id136572a9-e6e1-41af-83c9-76e0a85448f7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For professional training
in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id390f9674-c1ca-4cf4-8465-a8303cc80012"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For officer acquisition,
1,200 student years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id17615e6a-ce1f-466f-92ec-0babd03cace2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2014</header>
<paragraph id="id53156df6-f87c-4d5b-b720-a5cc656297f7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Active duty
strength</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength
for active duty personnel of 49,350 for the fiscal year ending on September 30,
2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6dd3dbf0-8b20-4bf7-9428-a42c4cbef296"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military training
student loads</header><text>For fiscal year 2014, the Coast Guard is authorized
average military training student loads as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="idbbeaf700-a520-41bb-a711-134c85d01f2a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For recruit and special
training, 2,625 student years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf719d969-eb03-4d44-b15c-62913c8a463d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For flight training, 173
student years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb391ea13-64a7-4dd6-8303-756d8dba6455"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For professional training
in military and civilian institutions, 368 student years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c8cb6fa-2c5d-4ab3-8de1-0c9db08c3f0d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For officer acquisition,
1,260 student years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Organization</header>
<section id="id7e02a904-3934-4382-96f8-baea3acb5443"><enum>201.</enum><header>Coast Guard authority
to operate and maintain Coast Guard assets</header>
<subsection id="id7e9b6abb-d074-416e-bb5b-05a27eecb9b8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 93 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id4a1c3ca7-9b55-4c23-8106-cf34cb07c32b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Operation and
maintenance of Coast Guard assets and facilities</header><text>All authority,
including programmatic budget authority, for the operation and maintenance of
Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, systems, aids to navigation, infrastructure, and
any other Coast Guard assets or facilities, shall be allocated to and vested in
the Coast Guard and the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idd3019c21-264e-4067-97b2-06f6ab0284f9"><enum>202.</enum><header>Clarification of Coast
Guard ice operations mission</header>
<subsection id="id135d9185-db23-482f-b68e-b20175f01886"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coast guard provision
of Federal icebreaking services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 86 the following:</text>
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<section id="idd475e743-9a25-4c5d-9f5a-d9a5146fb4ef"><enum>87.</enum><header>Provision of
icebreaking services</header>
<subsection id="ide9a45ebc-013c-46be-8a31-3f2accf320dc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as
provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard shall be the sole supplier of
icebreaking services, on an advancement or reimbursable basis, to each Federal
agency that requires icebreaking services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id70c5c908-ada6-4ee4-bcab-27d453aa32f5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In
the event that a Federal agency requires icebreaking services and the Coast
Guard is unable to provide the services, the Federal agency may acquire
icebreaking services from another
entity.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id890ec8ad-abff-4d35-bb67-ee58af55e863"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority of Coast Guard
missions in polar regions</header>
<paragraph id="id597ba43f-64a1-45cc-b241-74f55b9d9589"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
110</header><text>Section 110(b)(2) of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of
1984 (15 U.S.C. 4109(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id84f7d177-d244-4bc5-9f4e-b5521aa0df12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to
execute the statutory missions of the Coast Guard and</quote> after
<quote>needed</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb622ab0-805e-412f-b37a-ba716f74ebd0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and
all budget authority related to such operations</quote> after
<quote>projects,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5dbe7129-3200-4d53-8a12-85d3240ae397"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
312</header><text>Section 312(c) of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2441(c)) is amended by inserting <quote>to
execute the statutory missions of the Coast Guard and</quote> after
<quote>needed</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id58171fcc-60a6-4645-a4e3-3576bf34c4d1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for chapter 5 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 86 the
following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">87. Provision of icebreaking
services.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Personnel</header>
<section id="idc49706b1-a8f0-47c4-a9a6-33bbeb7de17f"><enum>301.</enum><header>Acquisition workforce
expedited hiring authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 2010 (124 Stat. 2950) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8b2272a4-4780-4097-bb84-09a219a7519d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by
striking <quote>as shortage category positions</quote> and inserting <quote>as
positions for which there is a shortage of candidates or a critical hiring
need</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id75fe7e69-08b6-47ab-9259-760aa42d5cc7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9d41deea-7a24-448a-aa19-4efb4f365fc1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc51ec77c-a7a0-4752-b87a-fbd9a607bdf7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2015</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id928034fc-0631-4bd9-812e-07026d3fbb94"><enum>302.</enum><header>Officers recommended
for promotion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
259(c)(1) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>After
selecting</quote> and inserting <quote>In selecting</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id397ba67b-c235-49e9-b1c1-421c778f11f0"><enum>303.</enum><header>Original appointment
of permanent commissioned officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id1ddf4188-466c-4dd1-8020-dd244eb4962a"><enum>(d)</enum><text>For purposes of this
section, the term <quote>original</quote> with respect to the appointment of a
member of the Coast Guard refers to the member's most recent appointment in the
Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a
demotion.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id444d37ab-ead2-415a-bd44-d0a24c074526"><enum>304.</enum><header>Academy pay,
allowances, and emoluments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 195 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0ab6a262-5a43-4fba-8e60-aa7c91fedd7c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>person</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>foreign
national</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbb8f20eb-a323-48ac-934e-0d8dd8290dcd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>pay
and allowances</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>pay,
allowances, and emoluments</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1e137b97-217d-4a74-ac7d-0ac668b09f0d"><enum>305.</enum><header>Academy policy on
sexual harassment and sexual violence</header>
<subsection id="idae26f822-1057-4487-932c-f0427f37ba45"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 9 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="id6e317d27-be41-4789-8066-ea258957473b"><enum>200.</enum><header>Policy on sexual
harassment and sexual violence</header>
<subsection id="ida33c237c-f6f0-4e13-a2c1-342d6bbb7670"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required
policy</header><text>The Commandant 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 Coast Guard
Academy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id148d6144-4cef-4a48-a600-ca8a0a54e708"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters to be specified
in policy</header><text>The policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence
under this section shall include specification of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idb5c867d0-67d4-4ccc-ab85-cbe9146390b3"><enum>(1)</enum><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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id99B67D98805D4E47994D4DBC80EF05E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Information about how the
Coast Guard and the Academy will protect the confidentiality of victims,
including how any records, statistics, or reports intended for public release
will be formatted such that the confidentiality of victims is not
jeopardized.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id672b02d1-5a8e-42ce-82c7-ed6b11b29b00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Procedures that a cadet
or other Academy personnel should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual
harassment or sexual violence, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1c998a29-57cb-4eb0-baf5-d6d51787c018"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the cadet or other
Academy personnel 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 which explains how the Coast Guard
and the Academy will protect the confidentiality of victims;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB5B145C403B840F3ADE71F768FCD3731"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a specification of any
other person whom the victim should contact; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B0190C3649748018511D1817EC69CEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>procedures on the
preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of criminal sexual
assault.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idccad53ba-dc34-49bd-a291-574c742fd8c0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Procedures for
disciplinary action in cases of criminal sexual assault involving a cadet or
other Academy personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id764529a0-cba0-4b2f-ab03-3fd567c8643a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any other sanction
authorized to be imposed in a substantiated case of sexual harassment or sexual
violence involving a cadet or other Academy personnel in rape, acquaintance
rape, or other criminal sexual offence, whether forcible or nonforcable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0559ceba-d4b7-40ab-a2e1-82485ae88334"><enum>(6)</enum><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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9af67cf4-67c3-4a21-b10c-4fb896610adc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assessment</header>
<paragraph id="idc59d5d70-4a16-43d4-9b6f-84992bbd9e53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><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 and other Academy personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide8e019d6-f1ea-4ca8-81da-2f820472b443"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biennial
survey</header><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—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0a79c0c9-17c7-41b2-86b0-84dda564badf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to measure—</text>
<clause id="ide4ea64c4-49a8-43da-981a-456ebb32811f"><enum>(i)</enum><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</text>
</clause><clause id="id225b19f5-f513-4a56-a959-923dc4d2a997"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the incidence, during
that program year, of sexual harassment and sexual violence, on or off the
Academy reservation, that have not been reported to an official of the Academy;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87f7a017-1def-4496-bf44-97c26363eb27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assess the perceptions
of the cadets and other Academy personnel of—</text>
<clause id="idc4ad2d97-6e5c-4b41-a789-3b4d318c50f4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the policies, training,
and procedures on sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets and
other Academy personnel;</text>
</clause><clause id="id16803210-fab1-4a81-9008-cb3df7f74367"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the enforcement of such
policies;</text>
</clause><clause id="id0fea5538-0bc1-436a-b9ca-62d1c1db9c00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the incidence of sexual
harassment and sexual violence involving cadets and other Academy personnel;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idf8c1f892-4246-4dd0-8b1d-d698b02cd235"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other issues
relating to sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets and other
Academy personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61051e0a-5b81-4eef-91cd-0d1c3ab6d66a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="iddfe6be08-0ed3-4cf2-9c65-84739f2f1221"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commandant shall direct the Superintendent of the
Coast Guard Academy to submit to the Commandant a report on sexual harassment
and sexual violence involving cadets or other Academy personnel for each
Academy program year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida570eb3e-fe62-4877-96ce-a829249dfc37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report
specifications</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for
the Academy program year covered by the report, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ida2bb2d98-9988-4211-a5bf-851127e0f218"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of sexual
assaults, rapes, and other sexual offenses involving cadets or other Academy
personnel that have been reported to Coast Guard Academy officials during the
Academy program year and, of those reported cases, the number that have been
substantiated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c5d891b-1144-4b95-8ff0-588d6a2cec98"><enum>(B)</enum><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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d68b0e5-70d0-47ab-9508-4e8dbed98691"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Biennial
survey</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) for an Academy 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).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb907739b-63ab-4843-8dd7-346ab3304045"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transmission of
report</header><text>The Commandant shall transmit each report received by the
Commandant under this subsection, together with the Commandant's comments on
the report to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF66EF54F18264183956B080B0C9CBCBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70381F9FAAF3416F8866902E2EA841CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9312191C41804B29BC826451186A643C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Focus groups</header>
<subparagraph id="id82C967EA6E92411E8823ABA331388296"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In each even-numbered calendar year that 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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A54EFAAA3A144F0927685AF343B99F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion in
reports</header><text>Information derived from a focus group under subparagraph
(A) shall be included in the Commandant's report under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id542E47CE07284F248BF14B0456AD2A2C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Victim
Confidentiality</header><text>To the extent that information collected under
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.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id86072FFB6CE94CFA9E82FAA4A6431982"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents for chapter 9 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 199 the
following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">200. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual
violence.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ide36dad33-441b-49bf-9945-21378cfc5daf"><enum>306.</enum><header>Coast Guard
auxiliarists enrollment eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 823 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c4fd4e2-ac8e-4b89-b605-23831518cbfb" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id3e66df83-c823-4633-91fc-eb08e8d6fa97"><enum>823.</enum><header>Eligibility,
enrollments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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
of 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))—</text>
<paragraph id="idfb9010c1-7e3e-4758-9148-bbfa5b0b630f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are owners, sole or part, of
motorboats, yachts, aircraft, or radio stations; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfb6965a8-b227-4b14-bb3a-84d3effe87fb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who by reason of their special training or
experience are deemed by the Commandant to be qualified for duty in the
Auxiliary, and who may be enrolled therein pursuant to applicable
regulations.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Administration</header>
<section id="ide8057303-a879-439f-9bad-fd72f42e49f0"><enum>401.</enum><header>Advance procurement
funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">With respect to any
Coast Guard vessel for which amounts are appropriated or otherwise made
available for vessels for the Coast Guard in any fiscal year, the Secretary may
enter into a contract or place an order, in advance of a contract or order for
construction of a vessel, for—</text>
<paragraph id="idad695001-e302-49c1-8c45-49aeaa4bd6ef"><enum>(1)</enum><text>materials, parts,
components, and effort for the vessel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1f7065a2-2959-4f9d-99d2-69f734a08838"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advance construction of
parts or components for the vessel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id761df87e-c607-4c8d-b5ad-326e14dd8fad"><enum>(3)</enum><text>protection and storage of
materials, parts, or components for the vessel; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f7d0167-0e4b-4db2-8075-9a3a6960388d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>production planning,
design, and other related support services that reduce the overall procurement
lead time of the vessel.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idB12B3EDE81FA4609934AA825F2BCA0C2"><enum>402.</enum><header>Multiyear procurement
authority for Coast Guard National Security Cutters</header>
<subsection id="id7EFA493019674036A3EE2905FB4DD2A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the
fiscal year 2013 program year, the Secretary of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating may enter, under section 2306b of title 10, United
States Code, into a multiyear contract for the procurement of Coast Guard
National Security Cutters and government-furnished equipment associated with
the National Security Cutter program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id69A5D130162B402A8622E291849F8AC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not enter into a contract
under subsection (a) until—</text>
<paragraph id="idBB93D83242AB4286BCC3C1AAE1DC7847"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary submits to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a
certification that the Secretary has made, with respect to the contract, each
of the findings under section 2306b(a) of title 10, United States Code, such as
the analysis referred to under subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id588FABCEB50149A0B2C37966FF62EB4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a period of 30 days has elapsed after the
date that the Secretary submits the certification under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6804C63A7CE74E96A4DA5B7C57D909E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination of
Substantial Savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
conducting an analysis of substantial savings under section 2306b(a)(1) of
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="idD85DD1A87C1640C5B1F6590C25E0FAA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not limit the analysis to a simple
percentage-based metric; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id53D783159AED49109782980B4F999626"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall employ a full-scale analysis of cost
avoidance—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCD48C92FA2AE4551B2EF19A61C64120D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on a multiyear procurement;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA58121E8EDE24937AFD7314BB11BB423"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">taking into account the potential benefit
any accrued savings might have for future shipbuilding programs if the cost
avoidance savings were subsequently utilized for further ship
construction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id091d07e0-c3cc-4b47-b7df-185dba483f83"><enum>403.</enum><header>Requirement to
maintain United States polar icebreaking capability</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idE74DD8185A674B90AB84DAACAE6133F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Current icebreaker
maintenance</header><text>Until new heavy icebreakers are acquired for
operation by the Coast Guard, in order to meet Coast Guard mission
requirements, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may not—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id7C1DD4C656F1416CB0FF46CC8D6B2AEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transfer, relinquish
ownership of, dismantle, or recycle the POLAR SEA or POLAR STAR;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id919A3C3BD3554E7599B905AE716FF23A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>remove any part of the
POLAR SEA unless it will be installed on the POLAR STAR before it is put in
‘‘active’’ status and the Commandant certifies to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that it is not possible for
the POLAR STAR to function properly without doing so;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB1BD103CA80B4229AA98E15CB407C8D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>change the existing
homeport of any Coast Guard icebreaker; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC99E69A071224A9C99F73D8C09190150"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expend any funds—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id155003CB926C42F59D433AECF646C3D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any expenses directly
or indirectly associated with the decommissioning of either of the vessels,
including expenses for dock use or other goods and services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6C79DD94A03944C38122F3E9855866B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for any personnel
expenses directly or indirectly associated with the decommissioning of either
of the vessels, including expenses for a decommissioning officer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3D8A984B82734C67BAE2E6DA0CC1087E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for any expenses
associated with a decommissioning ceremony for either of the vessels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA14110219E784794AAFEB94D68953F14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to appoint a
decommissioning officer to be affiliated with either of the vessels; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBCAA4A5F93BD4F4B881F30126CAB446E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to place either of the
vessels in inactive status.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id929F5E7695A848DCAA00240B279A8F99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall preclude the Secretary from seeking reimbursement for
operation and maintenance costs of the polar icebreakers from other Federal
agencies and entities, including foreign governments, that benefit from the use
of the polar icebreakers.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0adb04d6-92c1-495e-9965-080d1184b471"><enum>404.</enum><header>National response
functions</header>
<subsection id="id3094e538-29e9-4c14-9076-f83f12753e0f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1321) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7ee55c70-db36-442b-8a6f-8384517e39cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida786440d-1235-48a3-a966-cd6ac4dd97f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(23); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60e88b5e-53ee-471e-a123-b19b3d3ebf78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>redesignating paragraphs
(24) through (26) as paragraphs (23) through (25), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1598a4d-d93e-492b-9e26-1e2611312add"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(2), by
striking <quote>National Response Unit.</quote> through <quote>acting through
the National Response Unit</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6758af5f-14d8-48c6-8e99-105c3d8f045e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idcf5c47a8-2f29-44c8-9073-2435eb49fa1a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National response
functions</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast
Guard is operating—</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id08b5c9fa-63f4-4934-92f9-d8907b18300a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(4)(C)(vi), by striking <quote>, and into operating procedures of the
National Response Unit</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idffad4384-4f30-46e3-a254-4b8e41e3c794"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Section 4202(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 1321 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idf8794bdb-2dd1-4478-9342-5a7e5f7f9fc6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idafb67cc8-d391-4b9a-bb0f-2d7e81cb73e3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id99C7225F0A904C6F81DC60FA92ACFD20"><enum>405.</enum><header>National Response
Center notification requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
Commission, established pursuant to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
Compact authorized by House Joint Resolution 377, 74th Congress, agreed to June
8, 1936 (49 Stat. 1490), and 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
un-redacted 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.</text>
</section><section id="idff887ea5-363d-460b-a843-96822c2feb73"><enum>406.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210 of the
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (14 U.S.C. 93 note) is
repealed.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Shipping and
navigation</header>
<section id="idab943e38-2a39-4d57-b56d-3a27411d67d6"><enum>501.</enum><header>Central Bering Sea
potential place of refuge</header>
<subsection id="ida98b3324-5c00-493c-a245-db49acf250b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consultation</header><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 for
vessels with drafts up to 25 feet and lengths overall of up to 450 feet.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id41815dbc-2b0a-4257-9246-c5952024a5ae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb170f920-e012-4d4c-bc9c-022f074a7ec0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><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).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idf493471e-d58b-476c-a56c-50d787a1fd3d"><enum>502.</enum><header>Protection and fair
treatment of seafarers</header>
<subsection id="id91cfb424-c657-4d11-a660-7a5180c264ac"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 111 of title 46, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02b756a5-429e-4ec8-bb21-82384383cd6c" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id80dacdd6-3fd4-462d-9b9c-8f07e0f46f16"><enum>11113.</enum><header>Protection and fair
treatment of seafarers</header>
<subsection id="id257275d0-da2e-4b8e-a578-e9b2678b031a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section shall be to ensure the protection and fair treatment of
seafarers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id96f1bdbf-4af9-425a-95e2-e2274706edf5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special fund</header>
<paragraph id="id70114b32-7af8-4451-a6c8-fa7626a916a6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury a special fund known as the Support of Seafarers
Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6a995ae5-90b9-496c-b429-e4a00e7d751e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of amounts in
Fund</header><text>The amounts deposited into the Fund shall be available to
the Secretary, without fiscal year limitation, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4337bfb3-56e5-4023-b0d7-1a5b2af5f413"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pay necessary support
under subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0e67ae9c-557d-4316-8300-b5e6010b2b8c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reimburse a shipowner for
necessary support under subsection (c)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb86e634c-062b-4183-b1fc-3128a465ba82"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amounts credited to
Fund</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fund may
receive—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1720231e-81c8-4206-a5c5-2db6247156ba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any moneys ordered to be
paid to the Fund in the form of community service under section 8B1.3 of the
United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual or to the extent permitted under
paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9aa999f5-075a-4ff3-8e0c-80f8498bda33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts reimbursed or
recovered under subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idda03ae06-6410-4bfe-aebc-20e57c69ad58"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prerequisite for
community service credits</header><text>The Fund may receive credits under
paragraph (3)(A) if the unobligated balance of the Fund is less than
$5,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0D18082E66C24E5DBF0BEACE580EF8F4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriation</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, from the
Fund, for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the purposes set
forth in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5a0f3fb4-6093-4804-87da-4339dd70775f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report
required</header>
<subparagraph id="id21693507-7340-40ec-b8f8-ff6f35c70ff1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress, concurrent with
the President’s budget submission for a given fiscal year, a report that
describes—</text>
<clause id="id0c3e2da7-1521-4464-802f-93773c8dd63c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amounts credited to
the Fund under paragraph (3) for the preceding fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="id64252d98-9a38-44dc-af91-eb75387f7aba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in detail, the
activities for which amounts were charged; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7f951988-05bc-4926-a807-02b2ea187f67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the projected level of
expenditures from the Fund for the upcoming fiscal year, based on—</text>
<subclause id="idb1352530-269f-4e80-8115-3b7bc2f10fe2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on-going activities;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ideca5fcdb-cf89-4212-b6f5-244066c34dbd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>new cases, derived from
historic data.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf9381d2-0f1b-450c-86cd-c668930332d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply to obligations during the first fiscal year during which
amounts are credited to the Fund.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b0b051c-62ac-4b7c-8bf7-269e58476ccc"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fund
manager</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a Fund manager. The Fund
manager shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf8a77fc0-2654-4fa6-8079-4fe6de0cbbae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure the visibility and
accountability of transactions utilizing the Fund;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde0fb915-f1b1-4ecb-8b0e-94f7224cc4e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepare the report under
paragraph (6);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd679e194-c102-4240-9ec0-6035472d21da"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitor the unobligated
balance of the Fund; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id037ceb93-d661-475f-966b-d4c3d021785a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide notice to the
Secretary and the Attorney General whenever the unobligated balance of the Fund
is less than $5,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3907e4c2-7df0-46cc-b264-8362b181af5a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="idc884a604-9a7e-49df-bbdc-386bb406826a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pay, from amounts
appropriated from the Fund, necessary support of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide9f89b0f-09f1-4818-a628-27f7e5b51995"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a seafarer that—</text>
<clause id="id231bcd8f-2980-46f5-857e-a3a679b721b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enters, remains, or is
paroled into the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb02ec03e-e4cf-43e4-a978-1ccbb764c31b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is involved in an
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is
related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation
by the Coast Guard; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0bf64050-be26-4b92-a1e5-36ec894cb00b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a seafarer that the
Secretary determines was abandoned in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3404774-00d9-4642-9ced-4887a39d1a22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reimburse, from amounts
appropriated from the Fund, a shipowner that has provided necessary support of
a seafarer who has been paroled into the United States to facilitate an
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is
related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation
by the Coast Guard, for the costs of necessary support if the Secretary
determines that reimbursement is necessary to avoid serious injustice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide37fc673-142b-45be-8f26-0e4f55065c95"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed—</text>
<paragraph id="idc2521b5a-119f-4e27-a753-45d7d2308505"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to create a right,
benefit, or entitlement to necessary support; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb77c5610-09eb-4d50-bb9f-e043a3a7e186"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to compel the Secretary
to pay or reimburse the cost of necessary support.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8204ff69-2046-408c-80d5-811ddfa9e4b3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement;
recovery</header>
<paragraph id="id9d89b820-34ad-494f-ab50-75cb90f43457"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A shipowner shall reimburse the Fund an amount equal to
the total amount paid from the Fund for necessary support of a seafarer plus a
surcharge of 25 percent of the total amount if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0fda554f-ee5b-4ced-9250-87036e9df719"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the shipowner—</text>
<clause id="idd6299f68-a579-4972-923c-42cb73f77cbc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during the course of an
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that the
Coast Guard referred to a United States Attorney or the Attorney General, fails
to provide necessary support of a seafarer who was paroled into the United
States to facilitate the investigation, reporting, documentation, or
adjudication; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id71530e6f-1c53-4a1e-ba76-5c0be24679aa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsequently receives a
criminal penalty; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08fb2147-1049-47b5-b2af-44f5973fd1f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the shipowner, under any
circumstance, abandons a seafarer in the United States, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id16d39e3c-0eb6-4c37-87ac-146f90878f1f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If
a shipowner fails to reimburse the Fund under paragraph (1), the Secretary
may—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc7ff5d05-2f97-48e7-8449-7d2fd38951f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>proceed in rem against
any vessel of the shipowner in the Federal district court for the district in
which the vessel is found; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a959030-b9c5-4fbe-bdac-3390c3906aa6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>withhold or revoke the
clearance required under section 60105 of any vessel of the shipowner wherever
the vessel is found.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id102ea52d-033a-4aa2-9bc1-c7547d249963"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remedy</header><text>A
vessel may obtain clearance from the Secretary after it is withheld or revoked
under paragraph (2)(B) if the shipowner reimburses the Fund the amount required
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc19e8670-296b-4815-8593-0dd2f1314591"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Bond and
surety</header>
<paragraph id="id3960733b-532f-451c-bbcc-7673612040ee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Secretary may require a bond or a surety satisfactory as an alternative to
withholding or revoking clearance under subsection (e) if, in the opinion of
the Secretary, the bond or surety satisfactory is necessary to facilitate an
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is
related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation
by the Coast Guard.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA032F6977DE94B4EACFD33B4D0A9A72E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Surety
corporations</header><text>A surety corporation may provide a bond or surety
satisfactory under paragraph (1) if the surety corporation is authorized by the
Secretary of the Treasury under section 9305 of title 31 to provide surety
bonds under section 9304 of title 31.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id47caa452-1136-417b-8101-081e24ada43f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The
authority to require a bond or surety satisfactory or to request the
withholding or revocation of the clearance under subsection (e) applies to any
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is
related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation
by the Coast Guard.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id108b5087-6d0a-4275-939d-b331d7e1e178"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id8235cef9-8eb0-4146-90ce-c2e9641948df"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Abandons;
abandoned</header><text>The term <term>abandons</term> or
<term>abandoned</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc143d824-f5c3-4c3b-8529-d9f3c0a0d890"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a shipowner's unilateral
severance of ties with a seafarer; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6906df4a-cbfb-4c3d-9925-bb1893c9a44e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a shipowner's failure to
provide necessary support of a seafarer.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68c7c9ac-99ff-41e4-bfb0-b3a8a083a430"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bond or surety
satisfactory</header><text>The term <term>bond or surety satisfactory</term>
means a negotiated instrument, the terms of which may, at the discretion of the
Secretary, include provisions that require a shipowner—</text>
<subparagraph id="idebc42d5f-17a8-42d2-94c7-5f1e83f3f73d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide necessary
support of a seafarer who has or may have information pertinent to an
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is
related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation
by the Coast Guard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a88773e-ef1b-4d11-94ae-871c386f8a60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to facilitate an
investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any matter that is
related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law, or regulation
by the Coast Guard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1be013b7-76da-49a6-993b-50faf387fae5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to stipulate to certain
incontrovertible facts, including the ownership or operation of the vessel, or
the authenticity of documents and things from the vessel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id769c818d-7520-444a-becc-6d8abf1a7494"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to facilitate service of
correspondence and legal papers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d0d52a2-1535-46f5-883f-e5abe3d54af0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to enter an appearance in
United States district court;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5488a224-fb06-4a40-80ed-1ffc4497792e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to comply with directions
regarding payment of funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf0e9dcb2-0389-476e-9ad4-d4001e5ca547"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to name an agent in the
United States for service of process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3a430b7-a7bb-4cc2-b1e1-fa5add0cc1a0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>to stipulate in United
States district court as to the authenticity of certain documents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4dffd323-e070-43e3-86b6-5ad078e0495d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to provide assurances
that no discriminatory or retaliatory measures will be taken against a seafarer
involved in an investigation, reporting, documentation, or adjudication of any
matter that is related to the administration or enforcement of any treaty, law,
or regulation by the Coast Guard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id677f1385-aa32-41a2-af64-9fdab01da73b"><enum>(J)</enum><text>to provide financial
security in the form of cash, bond, or other means acceptable to the Secretary;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd2b219a5-d997-46b0-99af-59632fda0d7b"><enum>(K)</enum><text>to provide for any other
appropriate measures as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure the
Government is not prejudiced by granting the clearance required under section
60105 of title 46.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1086a46-ed9b-48bc-ba85-31efab5fb8d0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The
term <term>Fund</term> means the Support of Seafarers Fund established under
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0a861243-9ec4-41cc-8791-34444b898159"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Necessary
support</header><text>The term <term>necessary support</term> means normal
wages, lodging, subsistence, clothing, medical care (including
hospitalization), repatriation, and any other expense the Secretary considers
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id59f82dab-9b64-44ec-b2c2-bd5422eaf2f2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Seafarer</header><text>The
term <term>seafarer</term> means an alien crewman who is employed or engaged in
any capacity on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States. A seafarer is a claimant for the purposes of section 30509.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id257d62fd-181a-4631-b81b-3d225cbd9545"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Shipowner</header><text>The
term <term>shipowner</term> means an individual or entity that owns, has an
ownership interest in, or operates a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idebafef10-3c56-43c1-88f8-a719333bdf40"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Vessel subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States</header><text>The term <term>vessel subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States</term> has the meaning given the term
in section 70502(c), except that it excludes—</text>
<subparagraph id="idce72e96b-89e6-4cd4-8f0b-868d5a7ba224"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a vessel—</text>
<clause id="ida29335b2-84ea-4f06-a8aa-308806c001d5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is owned by the
United States, a State or political subdivision thereof, or a foreign nation;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7d5b8320-cb5d-4603-92ff-1ae8847b1a4f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is not engaged in
commerce; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6296f0c-f927-4818-8af1-f284ebafe811"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a bareboat—</text>
<clause id="ida854f0aa-fa9a-4363-826b-35ab36ae0abe"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is chartered and
operated by the United States, a State or political subdivision thereof, or a
foreign nation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id19cc1372-3c41-4e3a-8b4c-fa23f6d3b26e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is not engaged in
commerce.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idabc9acdd-a463-4097-976b-e79675eba405"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary may prescribe regulations to implement this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idcadedaef-869f-44e9-a1de-4920b1fc4230"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for chapter 111 of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
11112 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98f789bf-72b5-4e28-adc5-bd9c9d4a28ba" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">11113. Protection and fair treatment of
seafarers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id35fefe70-a33a-4741-8943-e3454771c39d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Support of Seafarers Fund $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 and
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2a913e4d-3dee-48e3-a346-05d1a87cba08"><enum>503.</enum><header>Delegation of
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3316 of
title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3a388cab-877a-405b-97ea-3369b2612872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5b636cc8-ac50-45f9-a33c-f44c2da5d51c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idabccc8c5-69ef-4fbe-8498-fe8cd73ed49d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2fe713fb-3ab7-484c-b6b1-6a98a82740d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb34e1a45-3263-4135-a219-13f10fdc76a7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id4b4235f3-1d65-4524-bede-190b76d3c9d7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the Secretary of State
determines that the foreign classification society does not provide comparable
services in or for the government of a country designated by the Secretary of
State as a State Sponsor of
Terrorism.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb46aea23-c9aa-4464-a226-928c3709e84c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id97e6dae9-e302-497e-a3e0-5ba80b940f57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9a667d3-f95e-4e08-8aa3-7315f738fb07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c275aac-7d9e-4163-bd4d-a2fa15b5b0ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64271b29-d522-4502-a99c-8281e06f5fbe" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idd5dca2b9-8fee-4693-8efc-e9a8acf4f4ff"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the Secretary of State
determines that the foreign classification society does not provide comparable
services in or for the government of a country designated by the Secretary of
State as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idae2746ba-d597-4cee-a263-20b93878a35a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c07dc20-a912-4cd1-af59-5838d92a7304" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id5e7cfe6b-b1aa-4fea-a05b-c0dbab167c6b"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
revoke an existing 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 the government of a country designated
by the Secretary of State as a State Sponsor of
Terrorism.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id78c9a0c3-10db-4f29-8c96-f140e959e0bd"><enum>504.</enum><header>Report on
establishment of arctic deep water port</header>
<subsection id="ide0ac9065-2a9e-4fe9-816a-6bce1b9d2b82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct a study on the feasibility and
potential of establishing a deep water sea port in the Arctic to protect and
advance strategic United States interests within the Arctic region.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4de938fb-2a2a-4224-a0ec-c839ecfd521e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The
study under subsection (a) shall include an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="id3ba6a5de-ceed-4538-88c4-dcae9c170043"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the capability that a
deep water sea port would provide;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id27c971db-02bb-47f0-a139-68fd24e01fbc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the potential and optimum
locations for the port;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id89b48f97-31da-462f-ab1a-8518ef92885e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the resources needed to
establish the port;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd42792f3-cc70-4eb0-ac2d-307d1e21942a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the time frame needed to
establish the port;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9ec09842-02c7-4f4d-9a40-f0760b354da9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the infrastructure
required to support the port; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0f9abe75-d023-40c3-9a43-554dedb3b1f5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other issues the
Secretary considers necessary to complete the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6564a2b4-af25-4d3e-99a7-88d77007d5c4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall
submit a report on 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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idAAF77FF68B474FBBBF2914FBDB135A72"><enum>505.</enum><header>Risk analysis of
transporting Canadian oil sands</header>
<subsection id="idAC2D0B9C6D994027AC331FC9B8EF9993"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall assess the
increased vessel traffic in the Salish Sea (including the 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4AE1E94EC198402DA3F55B9D093C973D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The
analysis required under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, consider—</text>
<paragraph id="idE0D0B3EB70A74A599668D6B31BD555DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to which
vessel (barge, tanker, and supertanker) traffic may increase due to Canadian
oil sands development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC4C8BC6AA52E461788823974E9880FE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether transport of
Canadian oil sands within the Salish Sea is likely to require navigation
through United States territorial waters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8FF77B46670E436A8AFDA26C0F4D2C6A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the rules and regulations
that restrict supertanker traffic in United States waters, including an
assessment of whether there are methods to bypass those rules in such waterways
and adjacent Canadian waters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9E09D742B35F4FAB841450EA045EBAC7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the rules and 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 in such waterways and adjacent Canadian waters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAD11EAFFB990449DB0920BD185DFF846"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the spill response
capability throughout the shared water 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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id52D134A141854D2EBB47B3C4603C9F42"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the vessel emergency
response towing capability at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de
Fuca;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0246A1C49EBB4AAAA093144E7E629FA1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the agreement between the
United States and Canada that outlines requirements for laden tank vessels to
be escorted by tug boats;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id35EEBDD2997E42C9B66FAE03F80D50FD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>whether oil extracted
from oil sands has different properties from other types of oil, including
toxicity and other properties, which may require different maritime clean up
technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id37A26404FCC14F77BD37CBD3048013D4"><enum>(9)</enum><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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC20B3A897D0746EBB15E932006DC4747"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the potential costs and
benefits to the U.S. public and the private sector of maritime transportation
of oil sands products.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6A559798F4E74730A938A63046FD5DBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation
requirement</header><text>In conducting the analysis required under this
section, the Commandant shall consult with the State of Washington and affected
tribal governments. The Commandant is also strongly encouraged to consult with
the Secretary of State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1E7058A5C6AC4C94A51C8C0E5AF10BFF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant
shall submit a report based on the analysis 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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE59594EDB0D34CBE9861069FD81E8F75"><enum>506.</enum><header>Eligibility to receive
surplus training equipment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 51103(b)(2)(C) of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by inserting “or a training institution that is an
instrumentality of a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or
District of Columbia or a unit of local government thereof” after “a non-profit
training institution”.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Maritime Administration
Authorization</header>
<section id="IDEF29F7DEF297482A8F85DAAB32CDDFC1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title;
amendment of title 46, United States Code</header>
<subsection id="ID26050C9DBD0444D0ABB80E37D1B7EB2A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text>This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFFE6D8CB7C9E420A9E6056D96A5159C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment of title 46,
United States Code</header><text>Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 46, United
States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID696BDF92217744AE824308AE2166E230"><enum>602.</enum><header>Marine transportation
system</header>
<subsection id="ID0689FBCB791B4353A3ABFA0F60E29E09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on status of
system</header><text>Section 50109(d) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="IDFF3EED6BC5A04D7B92AFAC290F293D6A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Marine transportation
system</header>
<paragraph id="IDEFAD235E530945DB996709E2597F89C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report on
waterways</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2013, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the commanding officer of the
Army Corps of Engineers, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall submit a report to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the status of the Nation's
coastal and inland waterways that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID775AC5E5DB634A75AF5E9173C629CB2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the state of
the United States' marine transportation infrastructure, including intercoastal
infrastructure, intracoastal infrastructure, inland waterway infrastructure,
ports, and marine facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF3C6BA6BA9F0469AB62751902C6FAB7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides estimates of the
investment levels required—</text>
<clause id="ID065012865B7D425594FAFC80BBAEC46C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maintain the
infrastructure; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE330CA1B6F7E47488D5679B73DA1D65D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to improve the
infrastructure; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0CA550E4ACBB4B48A3C48F8B68D8DD3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes the overall
environmental management of the maritime transportation system and the
integration of environmental stewardship into the overall system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE526AE0618104DFD940070F8857835C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Marine
transportation</header><text>The Secretary may investigate, make determinations
concerning, and develop a repository of statistical information relating to
marine transportation, including its relationship to transportation by land and
air, to facilitate research, assessment, and maintenance of the maritime
transportation system. As used in this paragraph, the term <term>marine
transportation</term> includes intercoastal transportation, intracoastal
transportation, inland waterway transportation, ports, and marine
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDDE4CD4995B545A08CC587A0FD8127BB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8CC654E055EA4B69BA392BB7749A08F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Container-on-barge
transportation</header>
<paragraph id="ID128F14F17E6B4FBA96A4166A6A624CC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment and
report</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Maritime Administration shall assess the potential for using
container-on-barge transportation on the inland waterways system and submit a
report, together with the Administration's findings, conclusions, and
recommendations, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. If the
Administration determines that it would be in the public interest, the report
may include recommendations for a plan to increase awareness of the potential
for use of such container-on-barge transportation and recommendations for the
development and implementation of such a plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD7738D25B2A24640ADCAA95645D7FCD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In
conducting the assessment, the Administration shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD1F67302E9D1474FAABD2987BFE3E4C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the environmental
benefits of increasing container-on-barge movements on our inland and
intracoastal waterways system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC7BB467237004366B0AEB4483DE00E3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the regional differences
in the inland waterways system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB0DC2DA3EDBB428E88EB8B1EE9EFD966"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the existing programs
established at coastal and Great Lakes ports for establishing awareness of deep
sea shipping operations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID88DBDC31216C42CD9511BF0B8EFA84A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the mechanisms to ensure
that implementation of the plan will not be inconsistent with antitrust laws;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70E5ECF4D2F649EDB658F66BC951FC97"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the potential frequency
of service at inland river ports.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDFA6A50A338A24382A480D59150573125"><enum>603.</enum><header>Short sea
transportation program amendments</header>
<subsection id="ID94B0EA0C02724E9E8B853BBD0B2E8B61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
purpose</header><text>Section 55601(a) is amended by inserting <quote>and to
promote more efficient use of the navigable waters of the United States</quote>
after <quote>congestion</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA1D14553DE2D45AC965B182E97DF2384"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
routes</header><text>Section 55601(c) is amended by inserting <quote>and to
promote more efficient use of the navigable waters of the United States</quote>
after <quote>coastal corridors</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF16CA9E039BC424194A027AE99CD4F2B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Project
designation</header><text>Section 55601(d) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
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<subsection id="IDDE7B584D20F945BDAFB72011ABC9F9E1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project
designation</header><text>The Secretary may designate a project as a short sea
transportation project if the Secretary determines that the project—</text>
<paragraph id="ID85F46AF566BF42729D25DFA2993992A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>mitigates landside
congestion; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2E8FDF19207D4F2B90CD2D10947D3579"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promotes more efficient
use of the navigable waters of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8CA7EF7D0FFE480E9D1342E98A87F1A9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Documentation</header><text>Section
55605 is amended by striking <quote>by vessel</quote> and inserting <quote>by a
documented vessel</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID4856821CF01948EB80583855A196B28E"><enum>604.</enum><header>Maritime environmental
and technical assistance program</header>
<subsection id="ID47BCC82605604A45924FA30D5E4B49C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 503 is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="idAFCDD15254464730B0F11B0823DCB606"><enum>50307.</enum><header>Maritime
environmental and technical assistance program</header>
<subsection id="id284DB0CF676D4D589FBEA82448661287"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may establish a maritime
environmental and technical assistance program to 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 Untied States registry, and through partnerships and
cooperative efforts with academic, public, private, and non-governmental
entities and facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id393545867C3349788E1EF2B6C16421ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header><text>The program shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idE833709505C94B89B0CD73884F46416E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify, study,
evaluate, test, demonstrate, or improve emerging marine technologies and
practices that are likely to achieve environmental improvements by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id983F273B79AB403187C2DFBDF17146F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reducing air emissions,
water emissions, or other ship discharges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF1D54EFAD6D941C1A15EA2CC53BF3F4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increasing fuel economy
or the use of alternative fuels and alternative energy (including the use of
shore power); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3AF8650779294D249C62EA9F508B9C26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>controlling aquatic
invasive species; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0261CBA376E94751B77E23AAA4327A15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be coordinated with the
Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Coast Guard, and other
Federal, State, local, or tribal agencies, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id573D243431BA4FCDBF53E2E4039EBBE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
coordination</header><text>Program coordination under subsection (b)(2) may
include—</text>
<paragraph id="id7D8FDC24202D40BDB9CD60030283503F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>activities that are
associated with the development or approval of validation and testing regimes;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id085FC7C1DF214B12884883C67DAD008A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certification or
validation of emerging technologies or practices that demonstrate significant
environmental benefits.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID27E38A319C374CDC8E7AE47BDDD3F0D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding and
fees</header>
<paragraph id="ID8A4D7258617B4B8D9E6E8245B78D1ED5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out the maritime environmental and technical
assistance program, the Secretary of Transportation may apply such funds as may
be appropriated and such funds or resources as may become available by gift,
cooperative agreement, or otherwise, including the collection of fees, for the
purposes of the program and its administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4F88933E7E1B4D35B171547832A887BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment of
fees</header><text>Pursuant to section 9701 of title 31, the Secretary of
Transportation may promulgate regulations establishing fees to recover
reasonable costs to the Secretary and to academic, public, and non-governmental
entities associated with the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD1D3745FF7CE4511A0C8C19906EA2FEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fee
deposit</header><text>Any fees collected under this section shall be deposited
in a special fund of the United States Treasury for services rendered under the
program, which thereafter shall remain available until expended to carry out
the Secretary of Transportation's activities for which the fees were
collected.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID555FB38F9E2C477A9DE92C18929994E3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Secretary of Transportation shall report on the activities, expenditures, and
results of the maritime environmental and technical assistance program during
the preceding fiscal year in the annual budget submission to
Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID938D96B7CAAA4CB8A321A2141D8410F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for chapter 503 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 50306 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">50307. Maritime environmental and technical
assistance
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section id="ID89B7AE50A4DF4C649E9F1BCB4E5CD3BB"><enum>605.</enum><header>Waiver of navigation
and vessel-inspection laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501(b) is amended by adding <quote>A
waiver shall be accompanied by a certification by the individual and the
Administrator 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 that it is not possible to use a United States flag vessel or
United States flag vessels collectively to meet the national defense
requirements.</quote> after <quote>prescribes.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDCFD7F05DCB0341C9B1FA9B2A5FA7BDD1"><enum>606.</enum><header>Extension of maritime
security fleet program</header>
<subsection id="ID64613D096D634D179C80EA4AC9FA67A2"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 53101 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6EB08F356E7C464782810AF7260BC129"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (4)
to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID3E67807A4DA9482CAD20F4CB376B2218"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Foreign
commerce</header><text>The term <term>foreign commerce</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF3D58F0F2E5B43FD88AC15A2CACC2366"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commerce or trade between
the United States, its territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia,
and a foreign country; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3CF8054A9EAB49E9A76469B4F247C2A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>commerce or trade between
foreign
countries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01FB30FC6E934AE38753D6DBD638FAA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(5);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA297F1FBE46E4967ACE90781ABE3C3DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6) through (13) as paragraphs (5) through (12), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID28F125C803B74894987EB8A01AF87E1C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending paragraph
(5), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID345E96CFFACB4DFDA431BFB6C964B95C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Participating fleet
vessel</header><text>The term <term>participating fleet vessel</term> means any
vessel that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF03D62210D6646F49B978BC13E79B4B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on October 1,
2015—</text>
<clause id="ID947356EC77A34AFA960211D774A46E8D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the requirements of
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 53102(c); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID824CAD2B2F5548C49726954E4B20083A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is less than 20 years of
age if the vessel is a tank vessel, or is less than 25 years of age for all
other vessel types; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID107CAFFE6DF242A1BB36056B3C9CAD63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on December 31, 2014, is
covered by an operating agreement under this
chapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA7AB3F9EB4C84446AA677F19D6B8F36A"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 53102(b) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID0235C3CD92FC454A8E5F8E7353ED231C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vessel
eligibility</header><text>A vessel is eligible to be included in the Fleet
if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9EE85D2081264771A9F245EB2B87BFE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the vessel meets the
requirements of paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA83AF4904BA14B9EB5C39BDBD1239D10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the vessel is operated
(or in the case of a vessel to be constructed, will be operated) in providing
transportation in foreign commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC29000082AF4415881C4292EFF1305B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the vessel is
self-propelled and—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5E3183F6D4134FACA6D114FDE8B78DEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a tank vessel that is
10 years of age or less on the date the vessel is included in the Fleet;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7B6108737198444B91D0C7960116EECA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is any other type of
vessel that is 15 years of age or less on the date the vessel is included in
the Fleet;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD17D35C0CED9423D9FA5504527F99920"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the vessel—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4BBCC8E4144E4137A3B415348267F2FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is suitable for use by
the United States for national defense or military purposes in time of war or
national emergency, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID33058F84ED7C4DF3A71DFA4443D663A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is commercially viable,
as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID775AE5BCC0044FC3A86F81DE155D12F2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the vessel—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDBDE8E34DC3B6449C8FEBC614D04EE2A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a United
States-documented vessel; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE1DC4B4D71264F278B04BD5FD04D2833"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not a United
States-documented vessel, but—</text>
<clause id="ID96EA498B2D02472894A7056F218E9665"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the owner of the vessel
has demonstrated an intent to have the vessel documented under chapter 121 of
this title if it is included in the Fleet; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID58D62319844D45459C9EDBF10B0ADBE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the time an operating
agreement for the vessel is entered into under this chapter, the vessel is
eligible for documentation under chapter 121 of this
title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID144230F240844DABA61C9061A66DCCCE"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Section 53103 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCA60B3480473415C9C2BAD10CC688ECE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(b) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="IDA2102BCFF09E466CA3A355C4C7A2FE29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of existing
operating agreements</header>
<paragraph id="ID9929D45CCBA643D1B8B91B762D576548"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Offer to
extend</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Maritime Administration Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2013</short-title>, the Secretary shall offer, to an existing
contractor, to extend, through September 30, 2025, an operating agreement that
is in existence on the date of enactment of that Act. The terms and conditions
of the extended operating agreement shall include terms and conditions
authorized under this chapter, as amended from time to time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE1FE4772779E4B0992670B05E73F4A7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time
limit</header><text>An existing contractor shall have not later than 120 days
after the date the Secretary offers to extend an operating agreement to agree
to the extended operating agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3BB9FC8D02E24CB1AF0D4233BF99188F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent
award</header><text>The Secretary may award an operating agreement to an
applicant that is eligible to enter into an operating agreement for fiscal
years 2016 through 2025 if the existing contractor does not agree to the
extended operating agreement under paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9C6C51628F884A9EA0609DBF0CB9F50C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(c) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID12B14B2E1D5D4E4796CFD3947BE36FF4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedure for awarding
new operating agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into a new
operating agreement with an applicant that meets the requirements of section
53102(c) (for vessels that meet the qualifications of section 53102(b)) on the
basis of priority for vessel type established by military requirements of the
Secretary of Defense. The Secretary shall allow an applicant at least 30 days
to submit an application for a new operating agreement. After consideration of
military requirements, priority shall be given to an applicant that is a U.S.
citizen under section 50501 of this title. The Secretary may not approve an
application without the consent of the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary
shall enter into an operating agreement with the applicant or provide a written
reason for denying the
application.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5D73F24A121841169819A306A39500FB"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Section 53104 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID460AFD26FEDD4964999CEF36C34C1269"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by
striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6272F66C1A4C4659957C8374B7082217"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by
striking <quote>an operating agreement under this chapter is terminated under
subsection (c)(3), or if</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBE597EF5BBA94A08A659DF641F8982EE"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 53105 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8CD1D33191A54815B5E19E572E3BE575"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(e) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="ID5A129F8C31944F668D0B725066BAFE6D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfer of operating
agreements</header><text>A contractor under an operating agreement may transfer
the agreement (including all rights and obligations under the operating
agreement) to any person that is eligible to enter into the operating agreement
under this chapter if the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense determine that
the transfer is in the best interests of the United States. A transaction shall
not be considered a transfer of an operating agreement if the same legal entity
with the same vessels remains the contracting party under the operating
agreement.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID51542690826844B586BC365ACFAAF3E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection
(f) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="IDEDB02BC931154F3B9B5FA7C2F7FE15F5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Replacement
vessels</header><text>A contractor may replace a vessel under an operating
agreement with another vessel that is eligible to be included in the Fleet
under section 53102(b), if the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of
Defense, approves the replacement of the
vessel.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0187C9C15C3D47CD842895BEE948E498"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Section 53106 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID05B64AD364294842B9A4E9B2D2672BBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by
striking <quote>and (C) $3,100,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through
2025.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9CD2258A543747E7BD5E47EC6A4EAF47" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDB4663C887DED47A4B6F65985EEFBFFDC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$3,100,000 for each of
fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF94BA60065604B31992DD780C4185FBD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$3,500,000 for each of
fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4532ED47BC6443EDBA4F6A19DB80ACF1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$3,700,000 for each of
fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and
2025.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID456E5D2C419841E4898EDEDDE159E856"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)(C),
by striking <quote>a LASH vessel.</quote> and inserting <quote>a lighter aboard
ship vessel.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF3567E9970AF4C6C805F56A12CD675DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection
(f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC3962525A9674395A762676B9239A9A3"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Section 53107(b)(1) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7560AD7947B84801AE6D19D5BBF64B12" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDA65F032509234967A4B7C8B8617A3BAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Emergency Preparedness Agreement under this section
shall require that a contractor for a vessel covered by an operating agreement
under this chapter shall make commercial transportation resources (including
services) available, upon request by the Secretary of Defense during a time of
war or national emergency, or whenever the Secretary of Defense determines that
it is necessary for national security or contingency operation (as that term is
defined in section 101 of title 10, United States
Code).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6F5C2F6B54DA4F4B89AD80ECBD31B394"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Section 53109 is
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID125D7FE82215424390B7120DD79EBEDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 53111 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1B69979B63DC4551A6A406DC23847D23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE66352E0247740568AC8304D96381AF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC3397DC56B9E47B491BF76AACC98F71A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID072F6048C05449EC9891EC8DBEBE7268"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$186,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDAA0C6ADC15F40639CE66DB26F614E96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$210,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA037DCE069D14A6A9193214A2DE06AC4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$222,000,000 for each
fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
2025.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE8C7330A762A400B8B185C9459C6FED0"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations; maintenance and repair reimbursement pilot
program</header><text>Section 3517(i) of the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (46
U.S.C. 53101 note) is amended by striking <quote>2011</quote> and inserting
<quote>2025</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDEAE578092F9A46F097D3A6431FA01386"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Effective date of
amendments</header><text>The amendments made by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID405CABAA0062448FBDD7D7994C55369F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4) of section 606(a) of this Act take effect on December 31, 2014; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID608BE3645B454BDA8FC898B69102BF37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 606(f)(2) of this
Act take effect on December 31, 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID14EF93DD259F464C8A6130F0FE1AC89F"><enum>607.</enum><header>Maritime workforce
study</header>
<subsection id="ID98C63DD5D4F34D2EA79A5D10E798271E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training
study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct
a study on the training needs of the maritime workforce.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDDE12DFD562954864A824D51DFC2B10C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study
components</header><text>The study shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID47E5EAA4F70C47E0B488B2363475310A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyze the impact of
training requirements imposed by domestic and international regulations and
conventions, companies, and government agencies that charter or operate
vessels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID17750945F6D742F989DC18E067BBDCA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the ability of
the Nation's maritime training infrastructure to meet the current needs of the
maritime industry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE0EC718A463C4A379B09A37CA5A84CA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluate the ability of
the Nation's maritime training infrastructure to effectively meet the needs of
the maritime industry in the future;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD1414714CD754B4687803F458B044998"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify trends in
maritime training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59543A02A13548EB9B55771176D9864C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>compare the training
needs of U.S. 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 U.S. mariners;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ED0BFB7EC2A43E5B08AEB949FD713B9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>include recommendations
for future programs to enhance the capabilities of the Nation's maritime
training infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDD48024819654D4D9AD5189C49401A98"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include recommendations
for future programs to assist U.S. mariners and those entering the maritime
profession achieve the required training.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID58A25F6DB19A4BB09C31AC7E712B4751"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
report</header><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 of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8D64D7C1597B4F2E9DD783099A7918AC"><enum>608.</enum><header>Maritime
administration vessel recycling contract award practices</header>
<subsection id="IDD859AD23FBB74B088ABD7C751C630F9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 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. The Inspector General shall assess the process,
procedures, and practices used for the Maritime Administration's qualification
of vessel recycling facilities. The Inspector General shall report the findings
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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDECB0DF0D453E4E609A7EC0DE2CB66F4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The
assessment under subsection (a) shall include a review of whether the Maritime
Administration's contract source selection procedures and practices are
consistent with law, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and Federal
best practices associated with making source selection decisions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC19E189440F241CCBDF01F86BAD72C36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
making the assessment under subsection (a), the Inspector General may consider
any other aspect of the Maritime Administration's vessel recycling process that
the Inspector General deems appropriate to review.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7B52827DEC2C4CCC8EEE1DD929D70E2E"><enum>609.</enum><header>Requirement for barge
design</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 9 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime
Administration shall complete the design for a containerized articulated barge
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 for use in marine highway maritime commerce.</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="id3b2147c6-4460-4247-9f9b-e51b51bea26a"><enum>701.</enum><header>Limitation on
availability of funds for procurement of alternative fuel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available during fiscal year 2013 or
2014 for the Coast Guard may be obligated or expended for the production or
purchase of any alternative fuel if the cost of producing or purchasing the
alternative fuel exceeds the cost of producing or purchasing a traditional
fossil fuel that would be used for the same purpose as the alternative
fuel.</text>
</section><section id="id830F3CA9FE3F4259B67598698E397EFE"><enum>702.</enum><header>Passenger vessel
security and safety requirements</header>
<subsection id="id06762772C5194ADBA2FF7928E49BB29B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vessel design,
equipment, construction, and retrofitting requirements</header><text>Section
3507(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC2793762A040437288A9328B28581A73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id1F6B59E247FF4A2DA8ACB7936A84577A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>to which this subsection applies</quote>
and inserting <quote>to which this section applies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA8D544D9D472463997219037000CFE00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id22C1E3BAE2184D0384ACE8EB01E4F0DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
vessel </quote> and inserting <quote>Each exterior deck of a vessel</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id97688BA4E8F246DB8F3FA6C357163265"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>unless the height requirement would interfere
with the deployment of a lifesaving device or other emergency equipment as
identified by the Commandant.</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF99E6A4C02C41C9965F463142796C5E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>entry doors that include peep holes or other means of visual
identification.</quote> and inserting <quote>an entry door that includes a peep
hole or other means of visual identification that provides an unobstructed view
of the area outside the stateroom or crew cabin. For purposes of this
subparagraph, the addition of an optional privacy cover on the interior side of
the entry shall not in and of itself constitute an obstruction.</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB0DFFBEAEC0F4FCCA17E472C3AC43273"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id507B18D4B23940E78B225E51E632F14B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subparagraph (B)</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting
<quote>subparagraphs (B) and (C)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA2D32F30DF0B490F9745ECF986E6CCE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id6EC7E586E87D4238BA6A729280384F7F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ship rail, entry door,
and technology requirements</header><text>The requirements of subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (1) take effect on the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2012</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAE27B9DD87AE4FCAACB062588B75F4F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Video
recording</header><text>Section 3507(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="id93192588BBEF4BF78719DA95FBD91212"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to maintain
surveillance</header>
<subparagraph id="idD218E1A670034C2F96AED1A932D319A6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall
maintain a video surveillance system to assist in documenting crimes on the
vessel and in providing evidence for the prosecution of such crimes, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2AE0E4DF6C2046629AA8B3A9F3D89A78"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>Not
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2012</short-title>, the owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall
perform and submit to the Commandant a criminal and passenger safety risk
assessment to determine the appropriate placement of video surveillance
equipment on the vessel. The assessment shall require consideration of camera
placement in areas where video surveillance may assist in documenting crimes on
the vessel and in providing evidence of such crimes. The assessment shall make
recommendations as to the appropriate placement of video surveillance equipment
throughout the vessel, including passenger and crew common areas where there is
no expectation of privacy, as to the frequency or infrequency of crimes in
areas of the vessel, and as to the use of cameras in areas of perceived higher
risk. The Commandant shall have authority to review, modify, and require
modifications to the assessment to provide for additional video coverage of a
vessel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD4906C8C452449F5BC54E69E5A46F4C5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interim retention
requirements</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies
shall retain all video images for a voyage for not less than 10 days after the
date that the images are recorded. If an incident described in subsection
(g)(3)(A)(i) is alleged and reported to law enforcement, all video images for a
voyage that the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines relevant
shall—</text>
<clause id="id427444EA8BFB427D829D62F57B0D0D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be provided to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5FC907A3A95945BE91A9714F5EE5998E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be preserved by the
vessel owner for not less than 3 years from the date of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's determination.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id281337BF9F8944DB8D2D27AE3A7F682A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Retention
requirements</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment
of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2012</short-title>, the Commandant, in consultation with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, shall promulgate standards for the retention of video
surveillance records. The Commandant shall consider factors that would aid in
the investigation of serious crimes, including crimes that go unreported until
after the completion of a voyage. The Commandant shall consider the different
types of video surveillance systems and storage requirements in creating
standards both for vessels currently in operation and for vessels newly
built.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id2F74A6350EA447DDB160E59D5147E741"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sexual
assault</header><text>Section 3507(d)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by inserting <quote>(taking into consideration the length of the voyage
and the number of passengers and crewmembers that the vessel can
accommodate)</quote> after <quote>a sexual assault</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCC11D121227249C39EFE1AB34C2650FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Crew access to
passenger staterooms</header><text>Section 3507(f)(2) of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>are fully and properly implemented
and periodically reviewed.</quote> and inserting <quote>are fully and properly
implemented, reviewed annually, and updated as necessary.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id40578B4917E44F0D9A8472317BF7C955"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Log book and reporting
requirements</header><text>Section 3507(g) of title 46, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id331C9581E8AD451885E2DA1928D68323"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1)
to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="id55ECB6CC88674E378ED5B635882CF2E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The owner of a vessel to which this section applies
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8AB63C37D4934C69A1884D2B3A519103"><enum>(A)</enum><text>record in a log book,
either electronically or otherwise, a report on—</text>
<clause id="id6E85B4D123E241319573C70ED3E16317"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all complaints of crimes
described in paragraph (3)(A)(i);</text>
</clause><clause id="idD25155432E5545EB9CF1970A2E7E06E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all complaints of theft
of property valued in excess of $1,000; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5836A3DEF22344E7919838B1BFD352A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all complaints of other
crimes committed on any voyage that embarks or disembarks passengers in the
United States; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D5FE5DDAE6B40BFBF232B89043A7564"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the log book and all
entries therein available, whether the log book and entries are maintained
onboard the vessel or at a centralized location off the vessel, upon request
to—</text>
<clause id="id6A3B27A3D8EE4AA2A516C1095E69088A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any agent of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation performing official duties in the course and scope of
an investigation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id308C9FCD4CD240A9836A93C2EB596B2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any member of the United
States Coast Guard performing official duties in the course and scope of an
investigation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idAE811ABC711B43758055919D16B1CC14"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any law enforcement
officer performing official duties in the course and scope of an
investigation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEA1E808AD2794BADA95E371BF2F93829"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id082266E663BF4C37BFC5AE92952DEE47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>as soon as possible after the occurrence on board the vessel of
an incident</quote> and inserting <quote>not later than 24 hours after the
vessel is notified of an incident on board the vessel</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id769937D2DCEA49ED9E55EBCF39D7EA9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>the incident</quote> and inserting <quote>each incident under
clause (i), including the details under paragraph (2),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id49F3DD99DB0149358689E47F722BA17F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id756D310AB565452686D1EBD87FFCEACC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph
(A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id121944BB4F4F4D95B2820372DEA6AEF6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3B084D5B34814D488C7E07036228E5C7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Website</header>
<clause id="id8449A5EC2C794F6E945F7DCFD9DF6C27"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall maintain a statistical compilation of
all incidents described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) on an Internet site that
provides a numerical accounting of the missing persons and alleged crimes
recorded in each report filed under paragraph (3)(A)(i). Each such incident
shall be included in the statistical compilation regardless of whether the
incident is under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or not,
unless the Bureau determines through the investigative process the report to be
unfounded. If determined to be unfounded, the incident shall not be included in
the statistical compilation or shall be removed when the determination is made.
The data shall be updated no less frequently than quarterly, aggregated by
cruise line, each cruise line shall be identified by name and each crime and
alleged crime shall be identified as to whether it was committed or allegedly
committed by a passenger or crew member and against a passenger or crew member.
The Secretary shall also include on the Internet site a rate of crime,
comparable to that provided under the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, as
determined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The rate shall take into
account the total number of passengers and crew members carried by each
reporting cruise line on voyages that embark or disembark in the United States
during the reporting period, and shall be adjusted by the Bureau to reflect the
average length of time such persons were on board, as documented to the
Secretary by each reporting cruise line.</text>
</clause><clause id="id8F1E7C54A6AA4D9D89EAAE3E558A153B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definition of
unfounded</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
<term>unfounded</term> means an allegation that is determined through the
course of an investigation to be false or
baseless.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0CC23184771F4101B911CF01A808CE23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC832EF2F2E7242C88C2D4D0113E25EC4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id558967F333CF4D11B25873BB43AF6A9D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idC3D78160E0B040F7913D27F9F88D3358"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports of
incidents</header><text>The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish
quarterly to the Secretary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the Committee on Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Judiciary of the
House of Representatives a numerical accounting of each incident reported to a
Federal Bureau of Investigation Field Office under paragraph (3)(A)(i) that
quarter.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8206904AE492479BA170ACD1C470C934"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), as
redesignated—</text>
<clause id="id48675019178245F48C37A439568925C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>taking
on or discharging</quote> and inserting <quote>that takes on or
discharges</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD6852E7695F04A5CA7E0E4814BC488C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a
link</quote> and inserting <quote>, on any Internet site that the cruise line
maintains to purchase or book cruises on any vessel that the cruise line owns
or operates, and to which this section applies, a prominently accessible
link</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA7565879FCDC4F119AB79D64BDBBFABB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Section
3507(i) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Within 6
months after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act
of 2010, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2124CD1DAD104223863F875081E62263"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Section
3507(j) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>shall
each</quote> and inserting <quote>are authorized each to</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idFA34D0A7D9AF4D1093359AE272E6801B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
3507(l) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9B896C477D3D427C9A965CC6196162AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id961745A7DCA64F40832FE180E5597E14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before
paragraph (3), as redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id72739D6137C24CE08197BDF0EB02F7CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exterior
deck</header><text>The term <term>exterior deck</term> means any exterior
weather deck on which a passenger may be present, including passenger stateroom
balconies, exterior promenades on passenger decks, muster stations, and similar
exterior weather deck areas.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id15C98E95F9AD40C3B40A1B5E5C6F7ABE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id17E800BBEB34486E8583ED55570C8F62"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Time-sensitive key
technology</header><text>The term <term>time-sensitive key technology</term>
means an electronic lock or key, or both that may be programmed to prohibit a
person that lacks permission to enter a guest stateroom or crew
cabin.</text>
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</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1148da5f-4049-4a54-9e98-bf0b186473f6"><enum>703.</enum><header>Oil spill liability
trust fund investment amount</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall increase the amount
invested in income producing securities under section 5006(b) of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2736(b)) by $12,851,340.</text>
</section><section id="idB410F103792843E6BFA5A7F537F9C84F"><enum>704.</enum><header>Vessel
determinations</header>
<subsection id="idC2A8106720514881AE2C2693DE7EE926"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vessels Deemed New
Vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 United States Coast Guard at the time
of the issuance of the new vessel certificate of documentation for each
vessel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9EFA3B9F4085464F921B7339E5CF0526"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safety
Inspection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each vessel under
subsection (a) shall be subject to the vessel safety and inspection
requirements of title 46, United States Code (as in effect on the day before
the date of enactment of this Act), applicable to any such vessel.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idAF046BF79AAD42F2851CBA116CE0DBA5"><enum>705.</enum><header>Alteration of bridge
obstructing navigation</header>
<subsection id="idE4E9BDBC68F047A4AE44663C2EF12152"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement to commence
administrative review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall certify to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
that the Coast Guard has commenced the required interagency administrative
review of the pending proposal to alter the bridge that is unreasonably
obstructing navigation and that spans the Kill Van Kull, connecting Bayonne,
New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8BAE88FF441E4004AEE4F1165D3E71ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expedited
Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Commandant—</text>
<paragraph id="id620EACBA8E814B799A0D31D2E1668480"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall expedite the interagency
administrative review under subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0CEEF08C53574734991853A2F862F310"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use any resources offered to the Coast
Guard by the bridge owner for the purpose of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id20B18E20AB704719BB77D6CE470A824B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for
Completion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
November 30, 2012, the Coast Guard shall complete the interagency
administrative review under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2A06818A00F74DB0A680312E4B40224A"><enum>706.</enum><header>Notice of
arrival</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The regulations
required under section 109(a) of the Security and Accountability For Every Port
Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 1223 note) dealing with notice of arrival requirements
for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf shall not apply to a vessel
documented under section 12105 of title 46, United States Code, unless the
vessel arrives from a foreign port or place.</text>
</section><section id="id9D39D2F1118044C8AFA498F51B81E2DE"><enum>707.</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<subsection id="id1FBE3D990E80489CA0BB9515CB084FC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>F/V TEXAS STAR
CASINO</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
subchapter II of chapter 121 and chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code,
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue
a fishery endorsement and a license under chapter 121 for the fishing vessel
TEXAS STAR CASINO (IMO number 7722047).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id71488FA0E6074BED926C4B65F03D6796"><enum>(b)</enum><header>RANGER
III</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3703a of title
46, United States Code, does not apply to the passenger vessel RANGER III
(United States official number 277361), so long as it is owned and operated by
the National Park Service.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id9E02569DF3D1469A9372737231FAB211"><enum>708.</enum><header>Budgetary
effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects
of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 931 et seq.), shall be determined by reference to the latest
statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act,
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the
Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior
to the vote on passage.</text>
</section><section id="ideb0a8fdf-5434-4600-a78e-717519a37a5d"><enum>709.</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<subsection id="id4a99bb2e-16fe-4612-a88a-bf7363ad24ba"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Continuation on active
duty</header><text>Section 290(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended
in the second sentence by striking <quote>in the grade of vice admiral</quote>
and inserting <quote>in or above the grade of vice admiral</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idadd919b9-b967-4631-9af4-9544d5215344"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Failure of selection
and removal from active status</header><text>Section 740(d) of title 14, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>that appointment</quote> and
inserting <quote>that Reserve appointment</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4995c9fa-9946-4390-a48e-fc139aaff521"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents for chapter 17 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idb30be5e4-9d95-4baa-a616-8f3d52ec4e96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the item
relating to section 669 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">669. Telephone installation and
charges.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id184018d9-1de3-4219-8afa-edde85bcd9ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the item
relating to section 674 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">674. Small boat station rescue
capability.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7EB1CAC98FDE49FCBCA27AD81A659BD0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Section
7(c) of the America's Cup Act of 2011 (125 Stat. 755) is amended by inserting
<quote>located in Ketchikan, Alaska</quote> after
<quote>moorage</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section>
Amend the title so as to read: An Act to
authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2013 through
2014, and for other
purposes.
.
Secretary