1.
(a)This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of
2011
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Title I—Authorization
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and
training.
Title II—Coast Guard and Servicemember Parity
Sec. 201. Academy emoluments.
Sec. 202. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual
violence.
Sec. 203. Appointments of permanent commissioned
officers.
Sec. 204. Minor construction.
Sec. 205. Treatment of reports of aircraft accident
investigations.
Sec. 206. Acquisition workforce expedited hiring
authority.
Sec. 207. Coast Guard housing report.
Title III—Coast Guard Reform
Sec. 301. Repeals.
Sec. 302. Interference with Coast Guard
transmissions.
Sec. 303. National security cutters.
Sec. 304. Major acquisitions report.
Sec. 305. Environmental compliance and restoration
backlog.
Sec. 306. Coast Guard auxiliarist enrollment
eligibility.
Sec. 307. Decommissionings.
Sec. 308. Assessment of needs for additional coast guard
presence in high latitude regions.
Sec. 309. Limitation on expenditures.
Title IV—Shipping and Navigation
Sec. 401. Committee on the Marine Transportation
System.
Sec. 402. Report on determinations.
Sec. 403. Dockside examinations.
Sec. 404. Investigation of marine casualties.
Sec. 405. Recourse for noncitizens.
Sec. 406. Maritime liens on fishing permits.
Sec. 407. Short sea transportation.
Sec. 408. Mission of the Maritime Administration.
Title V—Federal Maritime Commission
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.
Title VI—Miscellaneous
Sec. 601. Technical corrections.
Sec. 602. Report on Coast Guard merchant mariner medical
evaluation program.
Sec. 603. Notice of arrival.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<section id="H699632D0A9194350A4CB2A377A3E5FE1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are
authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014
for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HAA9BE8154537436B990190DA626B6967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation
and maintenance of the Coast Guard—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BDB544E3E5842118E4D141F4D6CA950"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$6,819,505,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87908F3ABC024D939F7CDB1B56D71DEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$6,922,645,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1641A9827664AFE9B043E79EF89F17B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$7,018,499,000 for
fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">of which
$24,500,000 is authorized for each of the fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 to
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of
section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
2712(a)(5)).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ABEBFBF514040D7AC79EEADF158AF38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the
acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation,
shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including related
equipment thereto—</text>
<subparagraph id="H394706082B1243279282A3007FDB264E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,503,980,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1CC932044F344139F87A20CF4D994E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,505,312,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FBE1054EE2A459CA42DE25715D9F752"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,506,549,000 for
fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">to remain
available until expended, of which $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2012, 2013, and 2014 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.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB91B19281777407CB0A7150902B91E81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Coast
Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and
services—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B40296B420847E6B7A67A01EAD87517"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$136,778,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AEBE7B7F1A34DD794ABB25F9B9EF178"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$138,111,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35BB46CE17254EFABD41262938618617"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$139,311,000 for
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H744D4F8F798641F9BDC378A7F3294225"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For environmental
compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities
(other than parts and equipment associated with operation and
maintenance)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF2680EC56C74A47B201898D8E531127"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$16,699,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8511D5A70C6A444996A68482844E2369"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$16,699,000 for fiscal year 2013;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7249B32900D4A8E82B22EDFA0024B21"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$16,700,000 for
fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">to remain
available until expended.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H551FB36494574943A110572FBB95F811"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To the Commandant
of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of
technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the
performance of the Coast Guard’s mission in search and rescue, aids to
navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws
and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense
readiness—</text>
<subparagraph id="H597E6D45A3B444D4819C2B148D629C1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$19,779,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83B91DCB8ACA4596B3EBE20945ED8572"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$19,848,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABF6C4E2976B4B958466D1EE37A6AB14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$19,913,000 for
fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">of which
$650,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 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.</continuation-text></paragraph></section><section id="H4820C7D7CC524408984738440279C858"><enum>102.</enum><header>Authorized
levels of military strength and training</header>
<subsection id="H47877F6D91B740C5A44B41907A17B8C3"><enum>(a)</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 each of the fiscal years 2012 through
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85BE7BE360B04D93A11C378CF91AB0D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military
training student loads</header><text>The Coast Guard is authorized average
military training student loads for the each of the fiscal years 2012 through
fiscal year 2014 as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H4A0148ECF5CC4D23B86E4BDE03ABBA68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and
special training, 2,500 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA239F4D341864DF5894D57048A1537A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight
training, 165 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H045FF0EDB04B4095994AF49D47C158C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional
training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A810AFD282498B8A46C81889DE1A6C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer
acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Coast Guard and
Servicemember Parity</header>
<section id="HCF7C7C8E8840477F9EA3663F7CA5048B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Academy
emoluments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 195 of
title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H033B44A814D34E2582209783909F2B36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E2DAC4D4E3D44F8BB8FB06DAEC10CC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<clause id="H39DF4DBBE1C24B25B7FDADE127EFF5BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>person</quote> and inserting <quote>foreign national</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H40B20A5AF2C244ECAF19872B2288D038"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>pay and allowances,</quote> and inserting <quote>pay,
allowances, and emoluments,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18F85B3C784A40F79489F36102088BFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence—</text>
<clause id="H697983D9613D4C8188F9C6159E323325"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>A person</quote> and inserting <quote>A foreign
national</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA20841CB9BD1474B8F38CF694C94CCB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>pay and allowances,</quote> and inserting <quote>pay,
allowances, and emoluments,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DBE7127569D42DB92E8E42E27FDA590"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>A person</quote> and inserting <quote>A foreign
national</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7A81C831D06344BE847FA11FE7F09077"><enum>202.</enum><header>Policy on
sexual harassment and sexual violence</header>
<subsection id="H66E9431C528F450CA994711632F3F350"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy
requirement</header><text>Chapter 9 of title 14, United States Code, is amended
by inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBD7CD488C5B344059339990265EFE467" style="USC">
<section id="H03D7ED2F305345C698669422F69CBEF5"><enum>200.</enum><header>Policy on
sexual harassment and sexual violence</header>
<subsection id="HFFE8529A1AEC49C0BD653C1438E8500E"><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="H080EFE540227475AA429DB986E50D5F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be
specified in policy</header><text>The policy on sexual harassment and sexual
violence prescribed under this section shall include specification of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H121898590B4045AD8812204428B4C8F0"><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="H0C83F913199247F28EA2737C942A117B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Procedures that a
cadet should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual
violence, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A61A1AA10854C9D9800CFE9A2C5E114"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the cadet
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 the options for confidential reporting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E2781DAFF014C10AA838DCD361CFDF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a specification of
any other person whom the victim should contact; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17C20E9D350E45A9A613413E7ECD9154"><enum>(C)</enum><text>procedures on the
preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of criminal sexual
assault.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C07ED93EE974F2CB86B426DEDACDD49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Procedures for
disciplinary action in cases of alleged criminal sexual assault involving a
cadet or other Academy personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24D0A4145FD342FA9B0061F1B77DD038"><enum>(4)</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 any other criminal sexual offense, whether forcible or
nonforcible.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A440469AAAD47FEB0835E7E1A91D194"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Required training
on the policy for all cadets and other Academy personnel, including the
specific training required for personnel who process allegations of sexual
harassment or sexual violence involving Academy personnel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H45959279F1A14F759FCD164FE9954A8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
assessment</header>
<paragraph id="HEE1B7E8F1DAE45F58D1A9E4A509BCFFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commandant
shall direct the Superintendent of the Academy to conduct at the Academy during
each Academy program year an assessment to determine the effectiveness of the
policies, training, and procedures of the Academy with respect to sexual
harassment and sexual violence involving Academy personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9085C74C41514BA9BC3A63F57867E155"><enum>(2)</enum><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 Academy personnel—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FBBE4358C45490FAA3761F0E63BC46B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to measure—</text>
<clause id="HB72C37B54C4B497BA123FF2A1B50F59A"><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 officials of the
Academy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCE0C36E7121248D192174CF1A15B436A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the incidence,
during that program year, of sexual harassment and sexual violence events, on
or off the Academy reservation, that have not been reported to officials of the
Academy; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10E0DAC155454FAE868B7B64CABF0ACE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assess the
perceptions of Academy personnel of—</text>
<clause id="H47F3D2B44100461CB455EF0385D6F4C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the policies,
training, and procedures on sexual harassment and sexual violence involving
Academy personnel;</text>
</clause><clause id="H13B68FC43749490D8E80AEAA95AF13A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the enforcement
of such policies;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA7E8D38FE1C14DDCAF30CDE0DE17BD4E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the incidence of
sexual harassment and sexual violence involving Academy personnel; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDCFAAA9EE2FA4694855C4B008D365152"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other issues
relating to sexual harassment and sexual violence involving Academy
personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H097000E2E84E4D29A4C70FA8ED73E960"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<paragraph id="HB4AB664AA5EC413BA196DDB0C5B2D210"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commandant
shall direct the Superintendent of the Academy to submit to the Commandant a
report on sexual harassment and sexual violence involving cadets or other
personnel at the Academy for each Academy program year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF50072091B02477C998C5F4B12BE47B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report under
paragraph (1) shall include, for the Academy program year covered by the
report, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8526E575E8D04BEC81640E3889BCA24F"><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 Academy officials during the
program year and, of those reported cases, the number that have been
substantiated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD46A52EF14DC42B395E54FF82485ABEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The policies,
procedures, and processes implemented by the Commandant and the leadership of
the Academy in response to sexual harassment and sexual violence involving
cadets or other Academy personnel during the program year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4FD4BB7F73C41C9B681FBD1FA9BB879"><enum>(C)</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="H935ADBC53302426CBCFE597B3C56ECB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each report under
paragraph (1) for an Academy program year that begins in an odd-numbered
calendar year shall include the results of the survey conducted in that program
year under subsection (c)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC52F984D37C4ABAAD6D0FFDABAD7ED5"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC21CD824D0FD4CBC825231AC9669C341"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Commandant shall
transmit to the Board of Visitors of the Academy each report received by the
Commandant under this subsection, together with the Commandant’s comments on
the report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC1C666DD10949579FF4F2EEABFC272C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Commandant shall transmit each
such report, together with the Commandant’s comments on the report, to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9354F991930B41B89DAB528FA96FB972"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text>Section 217 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
(14 U.S.C. 93 note), and the item relating to such section in the table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act, are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6CF265941F7149C98FD1B436C6424C92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
clerical amendments</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7FDAB05A53AD4B5890E7B91104F55CCE" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">200. Policy on sexual harassment and
sexual
violence.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section id="H294D175D15A64CF2BD7638CA7B68D172"><enum>203.</enum><header>Appointments 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>
<quoted-block id="HF5EA2A216C8D4CD5ACCCB7A80350E932" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF3B75D8C8EE44429BE5ABC30F319AE86"><enum>(d)</enum><text>For the purposes
of this section, the term <quote>original</quote>, with respect to the
appointment of a member of the Coast Guard refers to that member’s most recent
appointment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a
demotion.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H08EA58159EB2423CA80064A04F8712AC"><enum>204.</enum><header>Minor
construction</header>
<subsection id="H99F69903B9214598884FD587FF110AA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 656 of title 14, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H62F1BB2975C04996897B4924A0051E2E" style="USC">
<subsection id="H0EB6B26A20054E00893C3E57C64672D6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minor
construction and improvement</header>
<paragraph id="HE5ECF35DFD1D44F5BE3D7BA23E014B1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to the
reporting requirements set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary may expend not
more than $1,500,000 from amounts available for the operating expenses of the
Coast Guard for minor construction and improvement projects at any one
location.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D60F6BF1B214AD8883F27C488D96FA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>No later than 90
days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit, to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives,
a report on each project undertaken during the course of the preceding fiscal
year, for which the amount expended under paragraph (1) exceeded
$500,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF7D31C1D58746E2B7C4CE707E24F789"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header>
<paragraph id="H4AC61AF4DFD1462F808EBC26A18BA318"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 656 of
title 14, United States Code, is further amended in the heading by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">; use of moneys appropriated for operating expenses
for minor construction and improvement</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCFEABAE4C4C4E528768391296498BC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The analysis at
the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended in the item relating to
section 656 by striking <quote>waters.</quote> and inserting <quote>waters; use
of moneys appropriated for operating expenses for minor construction and
improvement.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7D1235604DA545DAB2B9ACA22E76C7A3"><enum>205.</enum><header>Treatment of
reports of aircraft accident investigations</header>
<subsection id="H141917C6602948E492A67BEBB6A94915"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA51B3E27A59C4A59B5DD6802F3A1F3CC" style="USC">
<section id="H1A74B5AE1D4E4078835577379CA84D10"><enum>678.</enum><header>Treatment of
reports of aircraft accident investigations</header>
<subsection id="HE8C9E08C8CE74CEE92AC17459A1BF64C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Whenever the Commandant conducts an accident
investigation of an accident involving an aircraft under the jurisdiction of
the Commandant, the records and report of the investigation shall be treated in
accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2813B9853D034BBC9D982DA5D291CB1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
disclosure of certain accident investigation information</header>
<paragraph id="HCCAE728F18B147AB9EE04B4D83E55F92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to
paragraph (2), the Commandant, upon request, shall publicly disclose
unclassified tapes, scientific reports, and other factual information pertinent
to an aircraft accident investigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF10C9ABF5A234AE6A2E027809747F227"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commandant
shall not disclose the information requested in paragraph (1) unless the
Commandant determines—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE2E418DEDE246D38DA8EEC64A6A173E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that such tapes,
reports, or other information would be included within and releasable with the
final accident investigation report; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8800E2989D0471E812312F06BEBF90D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that release of
such tapes, reports, or other information—</text>
<clause id="HAB30A1DB7A8941B799CF16D5BC1FE478"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would not
undermine the ability of accident or safety investigators to continue to
conduct the investigation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H179E1B8E03FF41939A259F484894E9A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would not
compromise national security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB61DD4239AE491A881A69211A879FE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A disclosure under
paragraph (1) may not be made by or through officials with responsibility for,
or who are conducting, a safety investigation with respect to the
accident.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A6F393ECE444CB99477FF0B465B8616"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Opinions
regarding causation of accident</header><text>Following an aircraft accident
referred to in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H06AB097312E14257A31A68837A239934"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if the evidence
surrounding the accident is sufficient for the investigators who conduct the
accident investigation to come to an opinion as to the cause or causes of the
accident, the final report of the accident investigation shall set forth the
opinion of the investigators as to the cause or causes of the accident;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18043C536DC744F084C6C878654B0AD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the evidence
surrounding the accident is not sufficient for the investigators to come to an
opinion as to the cause or causes of the accident, the final report of the
accident investigation shall include a description of those factors, if any,
that, in the opinion of the investigators, substantially contributed to or
caused the accident.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB0B7FC851A41421ABADEE17BD6A879CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
information in civil proceedings</header><text>For purposes of any civil or
criminal proceeding arising from an aircraft accident referred to in subsection
(a), any opinion of the accident investigators as to the cause of, or the
factors contributing to, the accident set forth in the accident investigation
report may not be considered as evidence in such proceeding, nor may such
report be considered an admission of liability by the United States or by any
person referred to in such report.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E3441E474FE401A8C0D1D0F44E80103"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Commandant shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB737158CDB564ADD8231E8D82E8582EF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H322C57DF7A764223BC0BBCE3A9388895"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<quote>accident investigation</quote> means any form of investigation by Coast
Guard personnel of an aircraft accident referred to in subsection (a), other
than a safety investigation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA536A6F56D2144748FFE92D6F297C908"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<quote>safety investigation</quote> means an investigation by Coast Guard
personnel of an aircraft accident referred to in subsection (a), that is
conducted solely to determine the cause of the accident and to obtain
information that may prevent the occurrence of similar
accidents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9687D8668FA94F269E8D9841B83F7250"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBA4926D12A33444B881F08E65F67382D" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">678. Treatment of reports of aircraft
accident
investigations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H0A2C39AB8E804A2EBC8CB0C27F65BA01"><enum>206.</enum><header>Acquisition
workforce expedited hiring authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 124 Stat. 2950) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H84679E31C0DA4B36A4299B668C0B630D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>as shortage category positions;</quote> and
inserting <quote>as positions for which there exists a shortage of candidates
or there is a critical hiring need;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C56232A26EB4B4D95F7888D5D94520A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9BB66C378EE4BBEB89434A6F77574D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CD52D9B7D3E460CB45C2F392F8B769D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2012.</quote> and inserting <quote>2015.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H91F458DA60BD425FADE72DC903EF0254"><enum>207.</enum><header>Coast Guard
housing report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In conjunction
with the transmittal by the President of the budget of the United States for
fiscal year 2013, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a report on the status of Coast Guard servicemember housing, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H8DCA3C0119BE44F791F507D95332A0F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
statement of the Coast Guard’s housing needs requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C2E1ECFCCAA408299E254C610F21858"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of
the condition of the Coast Guard’s current housing inventory, including both
leased and owned property;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF1AB201C68E4D51A7D68147696C2CE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of
housing available for Coast Guard use from surrounding communities and other
government agencies for all duty stations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H555FD7D81FC44489B05C7462635CA9EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
list of housing capacity shortfalls and excess; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H941BD4DEDEE14BFD9A11FADFADB4F5BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a
revised prioritized list of housing maintenance and recapitalization
projects.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Coast Guard
Reform</header>
<section commented="no" id="H3249E092FA8D43BAAF9278173872088D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Repeals</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD4EEF8FC15574A698EB93E0870CD392B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>District
Ombudsman</header><text>Section 55 of title 14, United State Code, and the item
relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 3 of such title, are
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9851BA22F8BE4BFBACAC1C22C82C7610"><enum>(b)</enum><header>FAA Air Aids to
Navigation</header><text>Section 82 of title 14, United States Code, and the
item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 5 of such title, are
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDE7AD81A532D453691B897E1A933753B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ocean
Stations</header><text>Section 90 of title 14, United States Code, and the item
relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 5 of such title, are
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3DCFA125238E4F4A9EC23BBF4B8421C9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Detail of
members To assist foreign governments</header><text>Section 149(a) of title 14,
United States Code, is amended by striking the second and third
sentences.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0239D85EF3274BAF93BCEF2EAE88743E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Advisory
Committee</header><text>Section 193 of title 14, United States Code, and the
item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 9 of such title, are
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB577C39564924BD2993D77464B84B766"><enum>(f)</enum><header>History
Fellowships</header><text>Section 198 of title 14, United States Code, and the
item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 9 of such title, are
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB953EAA45C1B452B98C3CFE1D4C5EF4E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Acquisition
Awards</header><text>Section 563 of title 14, United States Code, and the item
relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 15 of such title, are
repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HD62F966ECB6F4928A1A65B92C4826E3C"><enum>302.</enum><header>Interference
with Coast Guard transmissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 88 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended by adding the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H496F6D1236324537BF1B0A864AD6F35E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H9AF4D09255284CDDBE8478AE9EE5246D"><enum>(e)</enum><text>An individual who
knowingly and willfully operates a device that interferes with the broadcast or
reception of a radio, microwave, or other signal (including a signal from a
global positioning system) transmitted, retransmitted, or augmented by the
Coast Guard for the purpose of maritime safety is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF9AF6D5D2E664EAC9A3F50A698A4C57B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>guilty of a class
E felony; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H635068C4A04A4E5B901AA7B925E564E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to civil
penalty of not more than $1,000 per day for each
violation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9D503C36A1A45DF94D7BA349CEAF4ED"><enum>303.</enum><header>National
security cutters</header>
<subsection id="H5A7C9F763EA0481393BF8E61C725F81F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 15 of title 14, United States
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD4A41C92E7734BF0BFE40BBD9FE469F9" style="USC">
<section id="H5DD9428BC19846DC9FB0C68BA87F726A"><enum>569a.</enum><header>National
security cutters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Commandant may not acquire a sixth national security cutter on any date before
which the Commandant—</text>
<paragraph id="H25D63BF4B6634BBD8879F1793A2C2840"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has selected an
offshore patrol cutter that meets at least the minimum operational requirements
set out in the Operational Requirements Document approved by the Department in
October 20, 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEA0DE01571D436ABB87FA3A1AAD7861"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has acquired a
sufficient number of Long Range Interceptor II and Cutter Boat Over the Horizon
IV small boats for each of the first five national security cutters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C05D80DD39145EE9E26A8BE2804D187"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has achieved the
goal of 225 days away from homeport for each of the first three national
security cutters; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAF0FF383A2C4A139FDF5844323ADC92"><enum>(4)</enum><text>has submitted to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a program execution plan detailing increased aerial coverage to support
national security cutter
operations.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H02E9C6F159374AA1AA2DEB8D647F202B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such subchapter the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E54955E95B24553B1B4910B4AFB8714" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">569a. National security
cutters.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA60028B6F9144C90908202B9A7CC7445"><enum>304.</enum><header>Major
acquisitions report</header>
<subsection id="H14A5BB97119346A9951605B76B50ADE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of
chapter 15 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H244134D9D2434BF681B95367572875F8" style="USC">
<section id="H32CF419BF56645D98BA8A813091A938E"><enum>569b.</enum><header>Major
acquisitions report</header>
<subsection id="HBF1023B0FBC0422284F5579A64C90C8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Major
acquisition programs implementation report</header><text>In conjunction with
the transmittal by the President of the budget of the United States for fiscal
year 2013 and every two fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
a report on the status of all major acquisition programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8FD994DC8794C8297365A64F1A4E160"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information To
be included</header><text>The report shall include for each major acquisition
program—</text>
<paragraph id="H70EE23D96B954F449DD2A6D2E8339CDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a statement of Coast Guard’s mission needs
and performance goals for such program, including a justification for any
change to those needs and goals from any report previously submitted under this
subsection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA4EB109D9354FCD810675F71838A8BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a justification
for how the projected number and capabilities of each planned acquisition
program asset meets those mission needs and performance goals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC9C375F025E4F23873EC52BA368CFA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an identification
of any and all mission hour gaps, accompanied by an explanation on how and when
the Coast Guard will close those gaps;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H475B8BA8CDCA4167B414D25ED6E5C3B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an identification
of any changes to such program, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H698489247CD5414AB35D04DB459A0CE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any changes to the
timeline for the acquisition of each new asset and the phase out of legacy
assets; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2077E8E6F9304D84B2786A514E939E5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any changes to the
costs of new assets and legacy assets for that fiscal year, future fiscal
years, or the total acquisition cost;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE5E7BAEBAEA4780A139CE85F0717667"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a justification
for how any change to such program fulfills the mission needs and performance
goals of the Coast Guard;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAFA33581E7642FB9B4C0442EFBDC6DC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of
how the Coast Guard is planning for the integration of each new asset acquired
under such program into the Coast Guard, including needs related to shore-based
infrastructure and human resources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18299E55B6CE4A4AA7B685493FFC35C3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an identification
of how funds in that fiscal year’s budget request will be allocated, including
information on the purchase of specific assets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40569107D01542DC93934B87B93B6544"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a projection of
the remaining operational lifespan and lifecycle cost of each legacy asset that
also identifies any anticipated resource gaps;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10AAC414AA7C49CD831D33AC988EC755"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a detailed
explanation of how the costs of the legacy assets are being accounted for
within such program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1842D5FA33D54ADA987764033A3FB349"><enum>(10)</enum><text>an annual
performance comparison of new assets to legacy assets; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C1E50AD8D6341B6996E53AA99890A9E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>an identification
of the scope of the anticipated acquisitions workload for the next fiscal year
and a determination on the adequacy of the current acquisition workforce to
meet that anticipated workload, including the specific positions that are or
will be understaffed, and actions that will be taken to correct such
understaffing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82DA6EE8512347BE9A2D7ACD7C722D3A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cutters not
maintained in class</header><text>Each report under subsection (a) shall
identify which, if any, Coast Guard cutters that have been issued a certificate
of classification by the American Bureau of Shipping have not been maintained
in class with an explanation detailing the reasons why they have not been
maintained in class.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFDE42E3CC987404388831739AA3DF183"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
the purposes of this section, the term <quote>major acquisition program</quote>
means an ongoing acquisition undertaken by the Coast Guard with a life-cycle
cost estimate greater than or equal to
$300,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEFABD3181C24480DB57382329392F393"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is
further amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such subchapter
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C8A3E6203AC40C8B4E4662861C4B036" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H244134D9D2434BF681B95367572875F8" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H32CF419BF56645D98BA8A813091A938E" level="section">569b. Major acquisitions
report.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H119064F8255149E49DEC7E8763298A0E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H4B9799E02411422E8292BC167F395837"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 408 of the
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (120 Stat. 537) is amended
by striking subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H681A5B9899FA49E6ACABF62A312F8E66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Title 14, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41EA4236F0D146D08A0E1C246C80A893"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 562, by
striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as (e) and
(f), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC84387756B247EFA15E6D88F48CA8F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section
573(c)(3), by striking subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF0CC684EA5845EBB22F0DB64AE168FA"><enum>305.</enum><header>Environmental
compliance and restoration backlog</header>
<subsection id="H0301BA74E05F425EA451D849152CA0FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 693 of title
14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CA80EDA00374397A665865D5CAE34A0" style="USC">
<section id="HF0D41F056ED04314B3DDD49BA588932C"><enum>693.</enum><header>Annual report
to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of
the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate the prioritized list of projects
eligible for environmental compliance and restoration funding for each fiscal
year concurrent with the President’s budget submission for that fiscal
year.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H729DF616CBF344C29BF9A998EE417E36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 19 of such title is amended by
striking the item for such section and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAB92858AA4D4CF5ABE8F813C242B7D7" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H6CA80EDA00374397A665865D5CAE34A0" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="HF0D41F056ED04314B3DDD49BA588932C" level="section">693. Annual report to
Congress.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H70583451FB0548B99E19C69E2EC27A16"><enum>306.</enum><header>Coast Guard
auxiliarist enrollment eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 823 of title 14, United States Code,
is amended by inserting <quote>and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent
residence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(20)),</quote> after <quote>possessions,</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12BC1C4511384A1BB89B2E851D7A4D77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Decommissionings</header>
<subsection id="HEB4EF58DC16D4B22B47D49B84E42129B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Polar
sea</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall decommission the USCGC POLAR SEA
(WAGB 11).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA6E25EF4B7874C7A9271C6C786CA10BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Polar
star</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall decommission the USCGC POLAR STAR
(WAGB 10).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFCE9EDE62FE942689FE67D7AA272AC89"><enum>308.</enum><header>Assessment of
needs for additional coast guard presence in high latitude
regions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, 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
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives assessing the
need for additional Coast Guard prevention and response capability in the high
latitude regions. The assessment shall address needs for all Coast Guard
mission areas, including search and rescue, marine pollution response and
prevention, fisheries enforcement, and maritime commerce. The Secretary shall
include in the report—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCC5B310ED3047ADAE99DFA05004F006"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the high latitude operating capabilities of all current Coast Guard assets
other than icebreakers, including assets acquired under the Deepwater
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H751F74DA88D24DE398453F07A960D887"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of
projected needs for Coast Guard forward operating bases in the high latitude
regions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC44A3659A33940138DF0AD90830BC08A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of
shore infrastructure, personnel, logistics, communications, and resources
requirements to support Coast Guard forward operating bases in the high
latitude regions.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29AB9E40B3F7489E90D2537D1F35F664" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header>Limitation on
expenditures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 149(d) of
title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD0DD97F4B7CA430CA5ECADE9460C2C9D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBA70EF1D6D374BFBB577559039D5C88D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The amount of
funds used under this subsection may not exceed $100,000 in any fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Shipping and
Navigation</header>
<section id="H77C82E70065848909923DEF67487B702"><enum>401.</enum><header>Committee on
the Marine Transportation System</header>
<subsection id="H7F12BE69A373440DB37860BDB802EA98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 555 of title 46, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3EE98B6E843D4E6EA2D81F3F46680B88" style="USC">
<section id="H76A4919648EB480EBD3EA8DECA2E1D5C"><enum>55502.</enum><header>Committee on
the Marine Transportation System</header>
<subsection id="H846F6C6060F64E25A02EED0DB6917E2A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a Committee on the Marine Transportation System (in this section
referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H34D5FC3BB8E44BBD892A50348D59BC9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1C26020907743049289D9E0CD3D6D43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the
adequacy of the marine transportation system (including ports, waterways,
channels, and their intermodal connections);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD2FCD1502AB48C7B06D631FA79BDFA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and
implement policies to promote an efficient marine transportation system;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H995D5A748CF842B7BE5FFC5E167F493B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate
policies among Federal agencies to promote an efficient marine transportation
system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H571F833D327B4B868184A09DDD30B142"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HCDFA4763F39947808608CDD86C12F783"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Committee shall consist of the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Energy, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Chairman of the
Federal Maritime Commission, and the head of any other Federal agency that the
Committee Chair, with the approval of a majority of the voting members of the
Committee, determines can further the purpose and activities of the
Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A76367454C04D27A998475ADFD4B569"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ex-officio
members</header><text>The Committee may also consist of so many nonvoting
members as the Committee Chair, with the approval of a majority of the voting
members of the Committee, determines is appropriate to further the purpose and
activities of the Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89EE05A3D951421FBA292698731E3B80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text>The
Chair of the Committee shall rotate each year among the Secretary of
Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
and the Secretary of Commerce. The order of rotation shall be determined with
the approval of a majority of the voting members of the Committee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B3AA5D7DDA243E5BAC84F25B2A73A10"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Support</header>
<paragraph id="H9106837BB34C4FD38CC1AA4732F05A83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordinating
board</header><text>Each member of the Committee may select a senior level
representative to serve on a coordinating board which shall assist the
Committee in carrying out its purpose and activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78512F5A45E148FE8C2A44116B4B0F9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Executive
director</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary
of Commerce, shall select an executive director to assist the Committee in
carrying out its purpose and activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE48271E81EF04B6FAE16E9FA203D4773"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Marine
transportation system assessment and strategy</header><text>Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, the
Committee shall provide a report to Congress which includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H779E263D47834C7BA5096E327B8ED833"><enum>(1)</enum><text>steps taken to
implement actions recommended in the July 2008 <quote>National Strategy for the
Marine Transportation System: A Framework for Action</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFED43B9CBC79479E87346C4601F987B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of
the condition of the marine transportation system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E019E9D3FEC448CADFF2D1CEA167B68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a discussion of
the challenges the system faces in meeting user demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D9616A8B0504D6DB0757EA7829554C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a plan with
recommended actions for improving the marine transportation system to meet
current and future challenges; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3C6C69AD3C1483DAC05D998CEE8CC7D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>steps taken to
implement actions recommended in previous reports required under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42BA9E501DC54F70BF772791298F1F9B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
carrying out its purpose and activities, the Committee may consult with the
Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council, interested parties, and
the
public.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H319332C77C9F413B9017314C37680192"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 31309 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D16FEF835F64F0F814AEFC6D46C3EC9" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">55502. Committee on the Marine
Transportation
System.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H7E93329AEC794C7E82265C35BA4AD9D5"><enum>402.</enum><header>Report on
determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report
on—</text>
<paragraph id="H304EE1D9F27442C0942C9A1E9E9BB244"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loss of United
States shipyard jobs and industrial base expertise as a result of rebuild,
conversion, and double-hull work on United States-flag vessels eligible to
engage in the coastwise trade being performed in foreign shipyards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73DD33C103194732B261BC6B4CAC6C3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enforcement of the
Coast Guard’s foreign rebuild determination regulations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA60348386FA546CD93CD4B16E8E71205"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations
for improving the transparency in the Coast Guard’s foreign rebuild
determination process.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7C8E85B0B2764C7698EC2F7F5F5D0918"><enum>403.</enum><header>Dockside
examinations</header>
<subsection id="H9D6CD5BA3A174C65A44BC6385A1127DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 4502(f) of title 46, United states Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFE076DF7AF149F3902C562E68BBEA22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>at least once every 2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>at
least once every 5 years</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8FCD0432AC34704972B4386F698B92B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D8CFEC961EE4226B213BAB73760DBB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA6D310FE5F8417A901A33E98A1E5FD8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8D74D1D658E9458EA2D17BE7EE3467B9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HECCFE4C620184E21AC63FCCA53E3C81E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall complete the
first examination of a dockside vessel under this section no later than October
15,
2015.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2079128721FB418A9079F2F9B9DF2019"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Database</header><text>Section
4502(g)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>a
publicly accessible</quote> and inserting <quote>an</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCA7F18DC2E87473C82AEEA9C83A7F2E7"><enum>404.</enum><header>Investigation
of marine casualties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
6301 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>The
Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the immediate investigation
of</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall investigate</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4DC64925F6FE4B9580F903D966DE1C3A"><enum>405.</enum><header>Recourse for
noncitizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30104 of
title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H94D54937A1D84032A909D61ACFE031E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general.—</header-in-text></quote> before the first sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A62682B3C354097B7EA4658E616D17B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBE43115889D94509925CB2244B4DC08F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7BA8FF5C4A494923BBC6ED48E37EA79D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recourse for
nonresident alien seamen employed on foreign passenger vessels</header><text>A
claim for damages or expenses relating to personal injury, illness, or death of
a seaman who is a citizen of a foreign nation, arising during or from the
engagement of the seaman by or for a passenger vessel duly registered under the
laws of a foreign nation, may not be brought under the laws of the United
States if—</text>
<paragraph id="H7650B466CAA949B08235DDC11DB6990D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such seaman was
not a permanent resident alien of the United States at the time the claim
arose;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F61A61A7E2B49109280B4FC9B5CC8D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the injury,
illness, or death occurred on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a
nation other than the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC293D0F90BCE4A1197CF8D1524472757"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the seaman or the
seaman’s personal representative has or had a right to seek compensation for
the injury, illness, or death in, or under the laws of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F45753103F04AB7AF1692510DEDE63B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the nation in
which the vessel was registered at the time the claim arose; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D1793E9D77F42249DA5ED1A14D29371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the nation in
which the seaman maintained citizenship or residency at the time the claim
arose.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4DD011843BE047158D361964099FFF4C"><enum>406.</enum><header>Maritime liens
on fishing permits</header>
<subsection id="HDAA6A69F4A4D4E15B25A3C35BC6DF4B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 313 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4A54ABA3941D45AA940E14010A1B1BBB" style="USC">
<section id="H7A23D7F92F4D4D02A64AAB2B7CA0D610"><enum>31310.</enum><header>Limitation on
maritime liens on fishing permit and permit description</header>
<subsection id="HF8F423B95C1747FF91B12C708BA48260"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>This chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="H2139141A001144D6881EE68F958B9178"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not establish
a maritime lien on a permit that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDEC5CFD50AA43CB98BCA0C1C0D847B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorizes a
person or use of a vessel to engage in fishing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D893B84688940DEA303E97AE703EFD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is issued under
State or Federal law; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FF6D95ACD0149DC8F582C16C62D588C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not authorize
any civil action to enforce a maritime lien on such a permit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EF79238405948A5868B727ABE6347E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fishing permit
described</header><text>A fishing permit—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E907BCEE8D04061BC80293F6D272CFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is governed solely
by the State or Federal law under which it was issued; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB704570FE01457EA25B4460DB419BCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is not included in
the whole of a vessel or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel for any
purpose.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H735F6BA90CCA494DBDB9A9FD085C9CDC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) shall
be construed as imposing any limitation upon the authority of the Secretary of
Commerce to modify, suspend, revoke, or sanction any Federal fishery permit
issued by the Secretary of Commerce or to bring a civil action to enforce such
modification, suspension, revocation, or
sanction.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA076C98AD57B4B4CAFAB637CAE0CEC3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 31309 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD84E0CF554BB485B9917E14485CD8CDF" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">31310. Limitation on maritime liens on
fishing permit and permit
description.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H482252C11C9C424299EC0A3550646BA8"><enum>407.</enum><header>Short sea
transportation</header>
<subsection id="H8D06D24DCE8349238ADB13C4EED5B603"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose of
program and projects; reauthorization; termination</header><text>Section 55601
of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEDA208405EDE4903A6276EF80F03926C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>landside congestion.</quote> and inserting <quote>landside
congestion and to promote increased use of the navigable waters of the United
States for transportation of passengers or freight (or both).</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A4F89BC47984CA8864BE4F9DFF6750F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by inserting <quote>and to promote waterborne transportation between ports
within the United States</quote> after <quote>coastal corridors</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F1FB6DB57C84832A7EA0809F805683D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>that the project may—</quote> and all that follows through
the end of the subsection and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H468DC20B36384FD0AE2C0815F3DC1F89" style="OLC">
<text>that
the project uses documented vessels and—</text><paragraph id="H36347BB2066F4857B563CF2698F307CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>mitigates landside
congestion; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEE1826C852F4C5A9E853493F5695EB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promotes
waterborne transportation between ports of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0ECC1DF4C624D529271C278109ABF8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA3648A673D3401E92BB723062E8E25B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f),
as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following—</text>
<quoted-block id="H77FA9C1EBC114CB6AC05BF43B45A656B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC488585C5F7D4B9CAF533A6DF22BB2A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated not more
than $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through fiscal year 2017 for
grants under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38F1734F42C84E61AEDF64A6B7852712"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E14CE322CEC4DE59ADCB1A02B90228D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H480E3227C46C4E74AC71FDBD14197C9C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text>Authority granted to the Secretary under this section
shall terminate September 30,
2017.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E1DA7451A914BF497E8AFDFCC26D7CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Short sea
transportation definition</header><text>Section 55605 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>means the carriage by vessel of
cargo—</quote> and inserting <quote>means the carriage of passengers or freight
(or both) by a vessel documented under the laws of the United
States—</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H65E30D504B964B248872112BB6F14578"><enum>408.</enum><header>Mission of the
Maritime Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 109(a) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBC22002EC8A84142B0370F36375DED16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Organization</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Organization and
mission</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB34458FDB65046B6B550F091D943F29D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following: <quote>The mission of the Maritime Administration is to
foster, promote, and develop the domestic merchant maritime industry of the
United States.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Federal Maritime
Commission</header>
<section id="H72BB37746E6D46D99A885AF766BC6C23"><enum>501.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501
of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–293;
118 Stat. 1049) is amended by striking <quote>Commission—</quote> and all that
follows through the period at the end of the section and inserting
<quote>Commission for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2015,
$22,100,000.</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="HF0F9C3245E6A45918B5F6D0AE40FE6A5"><enum>601.</enum><header>Technical
corrections</header>
<subsection id="H752BAB2BB03E4B4FBBAD34C5F65A3460"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title
14</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H125C258F7F364DD2A7036BB5B5D2EADF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 564, by
striking subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F6282F09C2C4CC69288A2A905C049EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 569(a),
by striking <quote>and annually thereafter,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D9F3F89DFA44050937A0C1F0AEB9EDB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study of
bridges</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 905 of the
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 124 Stat. 3012) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE13E4B3C45264323B124CF8361C345E3" style="OLC">
<section id="HDCAEF81D8B2C46C183610E1AD5B040E2"><enum>905.</enum><header>Study of
bridges over navigable waters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a comprehensive study on the construction or alteration of any
bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over the navigable waters of the United States
with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater that may impede or obstruct future
navigation to or from port facilities, for which a permit under the Act of
March 23, 1906 (chapter 1130; 33 U.S.C. 491 et seq.), popularly known as the
Bridge Act of 1906, was requested on or after January 1, 2006 and on or before
August 3,
2011.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H9DAAE64AF7BF41BEAE8C7E60812A5D44"><enum>602.</enum><header>Report on Coast
Guard merchant mariner medical evaluation program</header>
<subsection id="H38582D12FD204BC7B52EF6319209D569"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the Coast Guard National Maritime Center’s merchant mariner medical evaluation
program and alternatives to the program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16A9C69E4BDA49A999D52B4F3C3E3AA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF573E175234B467DB2514C4023632A19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An overview of the
adequacy of the program for making medical certification determinations for
issuance of merchant mariners’ documents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AE002DC8C1B411EAA88F134F3505ADC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An analysis of how
a system similar to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s National
Registry of Certified Medical Examiners program, and the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Designated Aviation Medical Examiners program, could be
applied by the Coast Guard to make medical fitness determinations for issuance
of merchant mariners’ documents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10467BB0653247849F523E69F6AEAD2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An explanation of
how the amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, that enter into force on
January 1, 2012, will require changes to the Coast Guard’s merchant mariner
medical evaluation program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38D76CC4FFD741EAB5BB723B7BF81E15" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Notice of
arrival</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The regulations
required under section 109(a) of Public Law 109–347 (33 U.S.C. 1223 note) on
notice of arrival 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 such vessel arrives from a foreign port or place.</text>
</section>