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IIB 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1987 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2015Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationAN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015.
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Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Authorizations Sec. 101. Authorizations. Sec. 102. Conforming amendments. Title II—Coast Guard Sec. 201. Vice Commandant. Sec. 202. Vice admirals. Sec. 203. Coast Guard remission of indebtedness. Sec. 204. Acquisition reform. Sec. 205. Auxiliary jurisdiction. Sec. 206. Long-term major acquisitions plan. Sec. 207. Coast Guard communities. Sec. 208. Polar Sea materiel condition assessment and service life extension decision. Sec. 209. Repeal. Sec. 210. Technical corrections to title 14. Sec. 211. Digital boat profile pilot program. Sec. 212. Discontinuance of an aid to navigation. Sec. 213. Mission performance measures. Sec. 214. Communications. Sec. 215. Coast Guard graduate maritime operations education. Title III—Shipping and Navigation Sec. 301. Treatment of fishing permits. Sec. 302. Survival craft. Sec. 303. Enforcement. Sec. 304. Model years for recreational vessels. Sec. 305. Merchant mariner credential expiration harmonization. Sec. 306. Marine event safety zones. Sec. 307. Technical corrections. Sec. 308. Recommendations for improvements of marine casualty reporting. Sec. 309. Recreational vessel engine weights. Sec. 310. Merchant mariner medical certification reform. Sec. 311. Atlantic Coast port access route study. Sec. 312. Certificates of documentation for recreational vessels. Sec. 313. Program guidelines. Sec. 314. Repeals. Title IV—Federal Maritime Commission Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 402. Duties of the Chairman. Sec. 403. Prohibition on awards. Title V—Miscellaneous Sec. 501. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Marin County, California. Sec. 502. Elimination of reports. Sec. 503. Vessel documentation. Sec. 504. Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Tok, Alaska. Sec. 505. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes. Sec. 506. Use of vessel sale proceeds. Sec. 507. Fishing vessel and fish tender vessel certification. Sec. 508. National Academy of Sciences cost comparison. Sec. 509. Penalty wages. Sec. 510. Recourse for noncitizens.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorizations</header> <section id="HF505F5A1546647BF8F85914C0D268787"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorizations</header> <subsection id="H0BFE4C7AAAB24A9788403698E5E6BBF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A0D3E59275A44E980B74EFE5BFDD7F6" style="USC"> <part id="H242DB3579E0C4349B0B6894165D65A45"><enum>III</enum><header>Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress</header> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter"><toc-enum>Chap.</toc-enum><level-header level="chapter"></level-header><target>Sec.</target></multi-column-toc-entry> <multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="part"><toc-enum>27.</toc-enum><level-header level="part">Authorizations</level-header><target>2701 </target></multi-column-toc-entry> <multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>29.</toc-enum><level-header level="chapter">Reports</level-header><target>2901.</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc> <chapter id="HF8711A59CE1C4DA5B374300F220D6B5B"><enum>27</enum><header>Authorizations</header> <toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="HF8711A59CE1C4DA5B374300F220D6B5B" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="H92BD8789C0C64CA08069FC022B6F216A" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">2702. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H988DD4B4AC24409D91B9F5C45B40DC5F" level="section">2704. Authorized levels of military strength and training.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="H92BD8789C0C64CA08069FC022B6F216A"><enum>2702.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H2A9C4DD413694BDEABF25C93A226CD33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for—</text> <subparagraph id="H01B4E446DAA9406C96F073C99EFBFB41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2016; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7B79131A4B4402A9E0D1B57D460B465"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2017.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H64767051373C43E98DBBD3F366091BC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the acquisition, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment—</text> <subparagraph id="H581FCCA5875C4CE48255C91E969DCD77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2016; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H982E0EEAC2734F79B678BE6195326E42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,546,448,000 for fiscal year 2017.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB49F3E7A9FCF41EAB84DD8096BEBEFA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including operations and maintenance of the program, personnel and training costs, equipment, and services—</text> <subparagraph id="HF0905CA9DCCF42C18055AF2E97893CED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$140,016,000 for fiscal year 2016; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DB55062FD43462C910FA32E955BE1D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$140,016,000 for fiscal year 2017.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB0F5174DE9F44A9BC4635520CD52276"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the environmental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of this title—</text> <subparagraph id="H3D3B0ED6CEDE4BFC81888A03620ADB63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$16,701,000 for fiscal year 2016; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H973B7473E6D246B2891163CB78485784"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$16,701,000 for fiscal year 2017.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC04F3D86678A41BF98EAD04270A957F0"><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 with respect to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment—</text> <subparagraph id="HE98D936C5560449AAEA2EB021063948C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$19,890,000 for fiscal year 2016; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDF0B99F814545E78ABB4480217A4692"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$19,890,000 for fiscal year 2017.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H988DD4B4AC24409D91B9F5C45B40DC5F"><enum>2704.</enum><header>Authorized levels of military strength and training</header> <subsection id="H0E6D06A9DB1B41F39D00ECF872227878"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty strength</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 43,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5CB31DDC9CAC40B2B3A354C089DA3748"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Military training student loads</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HF44F431B39F74497AEA6A61D3C99717D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2830BEFA5ECC41CC84B6DB549A3DEBE2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For flight training, 165 student years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4AF2EBB405C0495ABC55AE57D291668D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H294C206E05C54303A9984DA4CB9831D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></chapter><chapter id="H6EE4A45504CF4B71AC15960F8564D0F0"><enum>29</enum><header>Reports</header> <toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H6EE4A45504CF4B71AC15960F8564D0F0" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H92A1745529D04DEA9DCE5EC698CE68C0" level="section">2904. Manpower requirements plan.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="H92A1745529D04DEA9DCE5EC698CE68C0"><enum>2904.</enum><header>Manpower requirements plan</header> <subsection id="HD9ACF6A531C547DE9EF77D3212D65610"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for fiscal year 2017 under section 1105 of title 31, on the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for fiscal year 2019 under such section, and every 4 years thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a manpower requirements plan.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H99953E6E89A24BFCBEA5694514CFF0C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>A manpower requirements plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include for each mission of the Coast Guard—</text> <paragraph id="H604F097DB73B497EB6B5B1340C321E5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of all projected mission requirements for the upcoming fiscal year and for each of the 3 fiscal years thereafter;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6D59251AD4C94E73A3F8BE2D3E69C7CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel assigned or available to fulfill such mission requirements—</text> <subparagraph id="H2592340424134432B6C38F4AC46D2F99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>currently; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA879630B1D148A98E10E2F0B96C53B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as projected for the upcoming fiscal year and each of the 3 fiscal years thereafter;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H261339F7FDF447D397AB28DF190AD8EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel required to fulfill such mission requirements—</text> <subparagraph id="H79DF8C44EA9545EABAAD25E7A65A85A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>currently; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90D5FE16308E4773B659E87CAB159AFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as projected for the upcoming fiscal year and each of the 3 fiscal years thereafter;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F6345700A8F498FAA19F3AED83E46EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an identification of any capability gaps between mission requirements and mission performance caused by deficiencies in the numbers of personnel available—</text> <subparagraph id="HD480A48613E14248A11B45CB967BB68E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>currently; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD21E454D01614C5EBD25C02A28D22275"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as projected for the upcoming fiscal year and each of the 3 fiscal years thereafter; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C12F8F7FA9F420C9936409C29291C6D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an identification of the actions the Commandant will take to address capability gaps identified under paragraph (4).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8300516D695346738194ABF2E0C0E396"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>In composing a manpower requirements plan for submission under subsection (a), the Commandant shall consider—</text> <paragraph id="H9B5475DFD90945129F6F8C6B9A46DADC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the marine safety strategy required under section 2116 of title 46;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC7EE45BC54EC4C01A2EEDBD190C6101D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information on the adequacy of the acquisition workforce included in the most recent report under section 2903 of this title; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7A4031E0BBD34296A67CE4FDADDCF59D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other Federal strategic planning effort the Commandant considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></chapter></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HEB890F996E3A42A990321546B93D86C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 662 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H21C422760E6844678374A62D4C644EAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 2701;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H959D2046DD634D6EBD9182339CA3757B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by transferring such section to appear before section 2702 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this section); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A92CDC38D6241DAB9A25E3CC34AE654"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H071E9757C88642E28E8CC0AF661C870B" style="USC"> <paragraph id="HB76FC35D3F4E440EB794C34B4DE5A4FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF09D3C71FB9247D48AE0663AC8075A2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the acquisition, construction, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEC695B6AC0AE4F6D8DF7CCC4C2DFD73F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including operations and maintenance of the program, personnel and training costs, equipment, and services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95274C4C8BD44D20B1CFFAD8A0A1B9D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the environmental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 19 of this title.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD429F711AF25495DB39C8A3F45173486"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E781A83655A47DDBA21394C421D8DC1"><enum>(6)</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.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB4E7987025F64842B1433BCF8990E8C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of personnel end strengths</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 661 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H86A7376A561A4AFF88DA9B4D188EF3A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 2703; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFF14BBA4EE204482946C2991D0C49BE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by transferring such section to appear before section 2704 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this section).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAE7F8FB2B4CF428FA8DD95D8B68B1562"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="HD6996CA24AED46118DFA110A10B962FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 662a of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C119D933A314B02AF9C787E63B56A0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 2901;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6C5050CC8344D689DB1507B37047B60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by transferring such section to appear before section 2904 of such title (as added by subsection (a) of this section); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33E2C165848C407788EC50CC749A5702"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="H77B39065CD674FABB80C3B1098BFAD88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>described in section 661</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 2703</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H5127835C44A7484F8E966B908BCF3920"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>described in section 662</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 2701</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H155E9AB5C1504F6BB20D26FCA5410031"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capital investment plan</header><text>Section 663 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HAFDEFA19AAD3436492346CE3B55C4E60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 2902; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB363EA02CE1D42C2A4131DF688708920"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by transferring such section to appear after section 2901 of such title (as so redesignated and transferred by paragraph (1) of this subsection).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H83BACC0EE8024804BE0C03E114599242"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Major acquisitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 569a of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H80C573CFFCFE4B3AACDD83F5BAA1F3FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating such section as section 2903;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H559EE385A7C840D1B184D349C953F987"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by transferring such section to appear after section 2902 of such title (as so redesignated and transferred by paragraph (2) of this subsection); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE34C6E356BF044A9AAE3E0EDE1220FEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2) by striking <quote>of this subchapter</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H207DAE51666D4FA382BDD88FA6DBAF4F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Icebreaking on the Great Lakes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may use funds made available pursuant to section 2702(2) of title 14, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section) for the selection of a design for and the construction of an icebreaker that is capable of buoy tending to enhance icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8DD870BFD4854B258F10ADEA3BA24917"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional submissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives—</text> <paragraph id="H6C528B587DB84600B3EA3E22E85A397E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each plan required under section 2904 of title 14, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H35DF2B32BA524978B29875941CB68F8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each plan required under section 2903(e) of title 14, United States Code, as added by section 206 of this Act;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE1BC55CAFD7549B4AC6B2D4982F413E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each plan required under section 2902 of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8E14B70E1B8747C5BDBD65337F0E4F3A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>each mission need statement required under section 569 of title 14, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H19F559689BE2485DA49D905941C28D54"><enum>102.</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <subsection id="H9B581B39BA994AEEA7D8B9D89C459741"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Analysis for title 14</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to part II the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1BF680CCEE044EA88242DEBC59C44EF" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>III.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress</level-header><target>2701</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HAF16D1314F484D3098D74BDA6103091C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis for chapter 15</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/15">chapter 15</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 569a.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H33F77877E1B444B99D6675473889B206"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Analysis for chapter 17</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/17">chapter 17</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections 661, 662, 662a, and 663.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5991B6CD7DDB4FDFBC37F9DC25353CA5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Analysis for chapter 27</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/27">chapter 27</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as added by section 101(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting—</text> <paragraph id="HFBBE17A666C64304A5F419DD6EF7870B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>before the item relating to section 2702 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9623BD73F5894FE596BF7F39F2975CBC" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2701. Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> <continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B680CBE81614C1396A78FD016013258"><enum>(2)</enum><text>before the item relating to section 2704 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H470F44EF201E4A049A38F50545187CD5" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2703. Authorization of personnel end strengths.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E0F40CBCF074D2DB4244375B877A612"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Analysis for chapter 29</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/29">chapter 29</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, as added by section 101(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 2904 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C142EACEBF940BC94598F127B489372" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">2901. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">2902. Capital investment plan.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">2903. Major acquisitions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H9879A046165F43AFA9E9829914B66012"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Mission need statement</header><text>Section 569(b) of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H133487AB2F8741B28F4A482D3DBC77BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>in section 569a(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>in section 2903</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD3DF83DF01994F1EADD8BEE32212CF74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>under section 663(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>under section 2902(a)(1)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Coast Guard</header> <section id="H9A6EE4718E604A35B43513F87EC3FB15" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Vice Commandant</header> <subsection id="HB68A12E526D1487D991089204DC8B9D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grades and ratings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>an admiral,</quote> and inserting <quote>admirals (two);</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H27E82D1D3BE24215B86CAF51B6DA9A2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vice commandant; appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>vice admiral</quote> and inserting <quote>admiral</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE02A0B87E7ED4156AE7813C092F92B5B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 51 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5200E97C5D684002A11BE31A12495385"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by inserting <quote>admiral or</quote> before <quote>vice admiral,</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H253133054F9D42A0BE2564C240CF22CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by inserting <quote>admiral or</quote> before <quote>vice admiral,</quote> each place it appears; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBCF1AEFA590240D1B7A33B18193A69C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c) by inserting <quote>admiral or</quote> before <quote>vice admiral,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6501A9A92868423A9CDE1937776BB69D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the officer who, on the date of the enactment of this Act, is serving as Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard—</text> <paragraph id="H22CC05CA6110442685BE24BF6FC9A06B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall have the grade of admiral, with the pay and allowances of that grade; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5D50B819100949D3B71F521C10FB10E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this Act, including the amendments made by this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H06992171E6E54C82BD2804B3BA76ECCE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Vice admirals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 50 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7DE328FA05504549806966B0EC8EA0A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF6A36CD2FC3435B8BAB5FC64FD8A229"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50F54E12E8DC4604B741A625113FF0B3" style="USC"> <paragraph id="HD53177EB2191461CA8C158FF2B8FA98C" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may—</text> <subparagraph id="HC3840170D6C14E5AA0DBBCDAA0F73369"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate, within the Coast Guard, no more than five positions of importance and responsibility that shall be held by officers who, while so serving, shall have the grade of vice admiral, with the pay and allowances of that grade, and shall perform such duties as the Commandant may prescribe (if the President designates five such positions, one position shall be a Chief of Staff); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52C9D5A5829348419CE9992F1C6FE545"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designate, within the executive branch, other than within the Coast Guard or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, positions of importance and responsibility that shall be held by officers who, while so serving, shall have the grade of vice admiral, with the pay and allowances of that grade.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD25DDA1830554136871B19E8BFFEEE2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>under paragraph (1)(A)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8790CAEA6B4C40C19270667A41009A01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2685AE560AA4A558887BEB1BB8CFB55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AD63926B184B40BADBCF0EEE245E94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD028A694B9524BDAB19F7D47C38D1EA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H440F3321D90A4B16B6DFCB5B1431474A" style="USC"> <subparagraph id="H32E691FFD6714B16A9F0D7B5E97ADE63" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the discretion of the Secretary, while awaiting orders after being relieved from the position, beginning on the day the officer is relieved from the position, but not for more than 60 days; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HB11A43D3790940369C0217B4832FA52F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Coast Guard remission of indebtedness</header> <subsection id="HEE2E99EE5115448CB1ECB53BFE734BC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 461 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EB1797B00A34C29B0E1383DAEC91E47" style="USC"> <section id="HF7A330A005E94206AFCE23F57D0C4FC9"><enum>461.</enum><header>Remission of indebtedness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may have remitted or cancelled any part of a person’s indebtedness to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States if—</text> <paragraph id="HD4FE75AF32C846F4BDC402606AD48B61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the indebtedness was incurred while the person served on active duty as a member of the Coast Guard; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7514D820EDAF41149EF9332A2902F29E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that remitting or cancelling the indebtedness is in the best interest of the United States.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H41D089C36083400F9FAA7BB736886E7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/14/13">chapter 13</external-xref> of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 461 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45C6DC89A054405680CA5007F6220A19" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">461. Remission of indebtedness.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H7624AB1BBA6F49D8B6D340BD8DCB4113"><enum>204.</enum><header>Acquisition reform</header> <subsection id="H09BCED4344424232AC0690F318B46031"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum performance standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 572(d)(3) of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0272E0CBF103428F85A6039ECB010140"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (H) as subparagraphs (E) through (J), respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5FADB815933348A29D4B1C96B5983B58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF198C2250E41433A9D8A67B8C2CF7B20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD73B7C2A183843639FF29E555C9396E0" style="USC"> <subparagraph id="H25827DB3DA8E43539F8E0193DE9B9815"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the performance data to be used to determine whether the key performance parameters have been resolved;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4FBAA7A61E694AC1A00BFBAF697C3DA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28384E1332BD4CE68A61FB0A7372580C" style="USC"> <subparagraph id="HA689FC8F74824E1CA635BE642949AD7E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results during test and evaluation that will be required to demonstrate that a capability, asset, or subsystem meets performance requirements;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H34098390679E479887E1222FF73F7FF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Capital investment plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2902(a)(1) of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated and otherwise amended by this Act, is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H516C4CBAF6CA493FB88240094AE76037"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>completion;</quote> and inserting <quote>completion based on the proposed appropriations included in the budget;</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A390054FCAE453292087DED6FB4E643"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) by striking <quote>at the projected funding levels;</quote> and inserting <quote>based on the proposed appropriations included in the budget;</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H671155D440AE473181A47CE608DF771C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Days away from homeport</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text> <paragraph id="HBDECA6947380462A9A7B4F84C31BD166"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implement a standard for tracking operational days at sea for Coast Guard cutters that does not include days during which such cutters are undergoing maintenance or repair; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC27D4A938EFB4282A7ABECC38343E5B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the standard implemented under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61C7DB45D8C94B7AB1FB3394DFD57C60"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fixed wing aircraft fleet mix analysis</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2015, 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 revised fleet mix analysis of Coast Guard fixed wing aircraft.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HB7B250BBA35F420F9CD449BA7DE4F6B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Auxiliary jurisdiction</header> <subsection id="H310F7E67A5FE43669A07D27C0C7F0BE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 822 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7FCC8F64078140A0B3A7CB374661447A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The purpose</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2C4A8F98B0F4FD4A82ED883A09E6746" style="USC"> <subsection id="HDD458A88F00B42BBA5809A3B4EF8EE63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6CF5B32D104E23AC40412A718CD024"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76983F290BED4D928BC76CBD1A347CAD" style="USC"> <subsection id="HB2F11E2CB7894821A51027BD2E15E87E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Auxiliary may conduct a patrol of a waterway, or a portion thereof, only if—</text> <paragraph id="H1CA35B8EE1CB4F5A8D8187BF41A76378"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commandant has determined such waterway, or portion thereof, is navigable for purposes of the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE9F89AB0A8DD4A4B892D9F08CED21A48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State or other proper authority has requested such patrol pursuant to section 141 of this title or section 13109 of title 46.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8467CAE793C040DE8B06FA700723903F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF03552ECADBA49BB8D1CCECB93E6F02B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the waterways patrolled by the Coast Guard Auxiliary in the most recently completed fiscal year to determine whether such waterways are eligible or ineligible for patrol under section 822(b) of title 14, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD0FFE3294A424FB8A8D7EA8414AEF311"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 written notification of—</text> <subparagraph id="HA7CCCA34E12144ADBA044E9249FACEAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any waterways determined ineligible for patrol under paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1B4F8E81DC94D7F8D31603F605A064F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the actions taken by the Commandant to ensure Auxiliary patrols do not occur on such waterways.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3B2C308BC93E4AC9A84D64887AEB77D6"><enum>206.</enum><header>Long-term major acquisitions plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2903 of title 14, United States Code, as redesignated and otherwise amended by this Act, is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H364C3B63AF4841C09B85E53A5883A2C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0EEDB5004C1B4969AA31AEEA79B62F64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1544CF42BD184B4E804E65333E7CCE12" style="USC"> <subsection id="HA3514388B0AE484884C7C85198E81CFD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Long-Term major acquisitions plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under subsection (a) shall include a plan that describes for the upcoming fiscal year, and for each of the 20 fiscal years thereafter—</text> <paragraph id="H248BADAEBDC04B99B814B1AB2797D161"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the numbers and types of cutters and aircraft to be decommissioned;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H464DE654647048BEB828EC873C7B3A38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the numbers and types of cutters and aircraft to be acquired to—</text> <subparagraph id="H73116A7EF9DB45479FFCA95DCE29F788"><enum>(A)</enum><text>replace the cutters and aircraft identified under paragraph (1); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7C88104B2404BE19914D9E212D68AB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>address an identified capability gap; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3CA96705A4794B51800F152012D69FEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the estimated level of funding in each fiscal year required to—</text> <subparagraph id="H88B9503223AD47EEAB6954C520B621E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>acquire the cutters and aircraft identified under paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1056C71AA83E4DC19881D2FC7BA9EF93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acquire related command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7794E6A931984F19A345B6D1E6E81082"><enum>(C)</enum><text>acquire, construct, or renovate shoreside infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HFA73114B6BDE46788B7F9ADF4EC14955"><enum>207.</enum><header>Coast Guard communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 409 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/14/639">14 U.S.C. 639</external-xref> note) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: <quote>The Commandant may recognize any other community in a similar manner if the Commandant determines that such community has demonstrated enduring support of the Coast Guard, Coast Guard personnel, and the dependents of Coast Guard personnel.</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H0BB636DF4A6E4AE3BC88E3B738F4B814"><enum>208.</enum><header><quote>Polar Sea</quote> materiel condition assessment and service life extension decision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/213">Public Law 112–213</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1560) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA4C2BB9E5182451FADCDD76582978924"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45A478CF2ADF4245A45E5C8200D082BA" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H95DA03EC5A674BEC8960F4729776F3B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF3AFA54324D74E5892E43022CF3D42C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete a materiel condition assessment with respect to the Polar Sea;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H559034CAD937435C9200AF264DE1818D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make a determination of whether it is cost effective to reactivate the Polar Sea compared with other options to provide icebreaking services as part of a strategy to maintain polar icebreaking services; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD624CE84040245A89B0B7AB2E39C1DC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C356D1E804E4865AA8D88D5972B4F65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the assessment required under paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E2C92D9098F4B17B6BCCB715DC6CDF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>written notification of the determination required under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H04D60B6161124A8B801F7DEAA99CC4B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b) by striking <quote>analysis</quote> and inserting <quote>written notification</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFC23C59B3AB34C9588AF06B68653F6A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72F35F0C08924854AB133AA8B61CA8A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (c) through (g), respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9E1927E723D946D3B536888013C9FA06"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (4) of this section)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF231F814941F444C9EADC6756CD6E095"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H1B4F8DE6D3C7470E9F888608FD6C3DDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>based on the analysis required</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H47C4097A1AC447378D877D9FA286BFBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>analysis</quote> and inserting <quote>written notification</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97611A901A98467298E22868C92FFD99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H437AEC1759B14C41BC3A157934E4C827" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBAB844E728AE44CB99088596330CF938"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Decommissioning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (a) that it is not cost effective to reactivate the Polar Sea, then, not later than 180 days after written notification of that determination is submitted under that subsection, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may decommission the Polar Sea.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B292AEB30F64CE585BB2B4739C2D970"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8904AE49019F4EDA982C0948A4D7E774" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HCC64E1A10EB54A77A47FCA7011D6C3CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Result of no determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary does not make a determination under subsection (a) regarding whether it is cost effective to reactivate the Polar Sea, then the Commandant of the Coast Guard may decommission the Polar Sea.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H17DE16FE32A9436CA34B42A6B9BFAA36"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph (4) of this section) by striking <quote>analysis</quote> and inserting <quote>written notification</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB53F7EA1951541F4B2A506AE364700B6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (4) of this section) by striking <quote>in subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>in subsection (c)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HEB238325A0AA440B97DAEE03ADDFCA90"><enum>209.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 225(b)(2) of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/281">Public Law 113–281</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 3039) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="HC8750CD7805E4F30ACF5EDC334E22B00"><enum>210.</enum><header>Technical corrections to title 14</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAFE8551339B24530BCD49E4DBFC0C4AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the analysis for part I by striking the item relating to chapter 19 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA5FCC3C12C84EB8B3C81DB1420C9E3A" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="part"><toc-enum>19.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="part">Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program</level-header><target>690</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H779D65BA1C35474F92739BF48E8725C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 46(a) by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H978139704CFA41228C25379782485B57"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 47 in the section heading by striking “<header-in-text level="section" style="USC">commandant</header-in-text>” and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Commandant</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H197E525DCC1C4E1280068AD629F3684E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 93(f) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA52516541BCB4D668E64DDC65EF051C5" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H5C72C3A1968D46D9A83326399BAB1998"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may lease submerged lands and tidelands under paragraph (1) only if—</text> <subparagraph id="HECC5BB82651147429151D473466EAFEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the lease is for cash exclusively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDA2513436E54147BCB40FDD632B369C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lease amount is equal to the fair market value of the use of the leased submerged lands or tidelands for the period during which such lands are leased, as determined by the Commandant;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E98F5A8887640B3B852BE71169CC50F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the lease does not provide authority to or commit the Coast Guard to use or support any improvements to such submerged lands and tidelands, or obtain goods and services from the lessee; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01A47CA97454432FB591938893529C4D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>proceeds from the lease are deposited in the Coast Guard Housing Fund established under section 687.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H134CF2700DFC4CBD80F4AC46B7D6AAF1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the analysis for chapter 9 by striking the item relating to section 199 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA46C2A9A52FF4EDAA09734E78855216D" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">199. Marine safety curriculum.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1342B74E63D4497AB004BCAB1D37362B"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 427(b)(2) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 61 of title 10</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2BA288B7BB9C486E80D316827D6F7888"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the analysis for chapter 15 before the item relating to section 571 by striking the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H177EEF8B3149448E961406BD06DB08FA" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC1316EC551224DF9929EFB211D029C55"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 573(c)(3)(A) by inserting <quote>and shall maintain such cutter in class</quote> before the period at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE81F052D5ED24070A2FC6344A45C0A11"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 581(5)(B) by striking <quote>$300,000,0000,</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000,</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8F0314EDDA8E43E6B390BC80444661FC"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 637(c)(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>it is</quote> before <quote>any</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H40EEF7ECE419497F9524001D4B317FDA"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 641(d)(3) by striking <quote>Guard, installation</quote> and inserting <quote>Guard installation</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE309F8F770244BD081D4A693D07E17EA"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 691(c)(3) by striking <quote>state</quote> and inserting <quote>State</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H71B3F4EF3C404333AF86DE2580BBA40D"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the analysis for chapter 21—</text> <subparagraph id="H0D80CF474DF3448AAF5B542D9BE51ABC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 709 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DAD362F828B488294EF28B25938CCC3" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">709. Reserve student aviation pilots; Reserve aviation pilots; appointments in commissioned grade.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> <continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">and</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD079AF7EE3564E46A80E7ADC17D5C4AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 740 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CDF4019D7554EC6815B503B6FDC2BE8" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">740. Failure of selection and removal from an active status.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DE4A770F4214F12859FEDAA303B8749"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 742(c) by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1BC6A9E1906648B89CFEE7690B1F5D3A"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 821(b)(1) by striking <quote>Chapter 26</quote> and inserting <quote>Chapter 171</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8CCBC541FCFF44CDB300D482281FA46A"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 823a(b)(1), by striking <quote>Chapter 26</quote> and inserting <quote>Chapter 171</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H42DBC3D4C2844A4298214238494AACBC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Digital boat profile pilot program</header> <subsection id="H04BF71EF87CC4EE68BEE4BD310768E08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines that there are at least two digital boat profile technologies that are commercially available, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program, in accordance with this section, under which digital boat profiles are utilized for—</text> <paragraph id="H327CBF38CE1746DEA75EF6F985C5A50A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than two National Security Cutters;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3DAB4EBDC7BB4145975E8F912F39072D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than four Fast Response Cutters; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H36022F8D85D74AD19DA6EEE3C8B8069B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not less than four Medium Endurance Cutters (270 foot).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3D7423D373A8468C92A1F400A9A38DE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the National Security Cutters and Fast Response Cutters participating in the pilot program, a digital boat profile shall be established prior to the commissioning of the cutters.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1F0BD01245664CA3B7F9DCA4A92D9BDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the establishment of the pilot program, and annually thereafter for the succeeding 4 years, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing—</text> <paragraph id="HCB279084E1854EC8B08345D5D134A01C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the implementation of the pilot program; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC3240F3A312D49E39675FDD849CA0328"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the results of the use of digital boat profiles under the pilot program with respect to—</text> <subparagraph id="H8ACB9807E5264B919D2AAA39D8C9FECB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efficient maintenance of the cutters involved; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C69328133184C6C92110179DBE8FA0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the post-delivery warranty management of equipment items, the repair and replacement of which are contractually obligated.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9070B70441724D2BB2A045919037C908"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Digital boat profile defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>digital boat profile</quote> means a commercially available off-the-shelf technology that creates an electronic data source with respect to a vessel that—</text> <paragraph id="H4C51E8D92A6743D196AD461A320D45BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides lifecycle management support, including through the incorporation of systems manuals, schematics, and vessel documentation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24EBA53965DA4E73B7DFF18D5D65C3B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incorporates all manufacturer recommendations and operator best practices;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE2EC1E6E6E334F649C59D32951FA4B68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>incorporates the use of real-time analytics of deferred tasks, future tasks, readiness assessments, and budgetary planners;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3435CD51351C4FF9BB175099489B203E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides advance electronic notification of upcoming maintenance and inspections to multi-level permission-based recipients on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC21725DFB52D4891BC9EF0D0495B83AD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>facilitates oversight for pre-delivery discrepancy reporting and post-delivery warranty management of equipment items, the repair and replacement of which are contractually obligated; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HED68365E48C44959933276C878C641E8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>is accessible by computing devices.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF8D82A6B99D84C0C9003AA31A3B01A18"><enum>212.</enum><header>Discontinuance of an aid to navigation</header> <subsection id="HD99F5AC9E17644AA8FB19DBDE687DF3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish a process for the discontinuance of an aid to navigation established, maintained, or operated by the Coast Guard.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEB1403FADA834ABE9C4737AFA7665986"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The process established under subsection (a) shall include procedures to notify the public of any discontinuance of an aid to navigation described in that subsection.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2F6965BDA2EA43E69CE20881CF35DF4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In establishing a process under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with and consider any recommendations of the Navigation Safety Advisory Council.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H07C598C04D1B4D6D95712DA0242DCE43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days after establishing a process under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the process established.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H5E77452022C14853B89AAD9D6589242C"><enum>213.</enum><header>Mission performance measures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of the efficacy of the Coast Guard’s Standard Operational Planning Process with respect to annual mission performance measures.</text> </section><section id="H96AC72EA63F0449AA5BACBC237DD7DAC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Communications</header> <subsection id="HC7C459DAEF684B3EAC531180C9EF858C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish and carry out a response capabilities pilot program to assess, at not fewer than two Coast Guard command centers, the effectiveness of a radio gateway that—</text> <paragraph id="H8631ECB0E7534967ADFC3E2D1F138A71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides for—</text> <subparagraph id="H62EE9B7CD9D040EA821207AEB59F8E14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>multiagency collaboration and interoperability; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AE0E68FE29D4C4AA0715D4BA3F04C94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>wide-area, secure, and peer-invitation-and-acceptance-based multimedia communications;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3F8E518F7E44B5E8B6D93E0003DBED9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is certified by the Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Center; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H82600B8D414C4B9EB43816EC73BEF1CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is composed of commercially available, off-the-shelf technology.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA388A0D07724FBD97A81B019623BFB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the succeeding 4 years, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of the pilot program, including the impacts of the program with respect to interagency and Coast Guard response capabilities.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HAF05D5D70DA042EEB8B508B031C1575A"><enum>215.</enum><header>Coast Guard graduate maritime operations education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish an education program, for members and employees of the Coast Guard, that—</text> <paragraph id="HDF6DEFBE69034CA5913779AA1DCAE6E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>offers a master’s degree in maritime operations;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H14767B1EFF1C4E3C87C1672653AB36F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is relevant to the professional development of such members and employees;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC500AB02B9034A3087AFEE0F424F7BE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides resident and distant education options, including the ability to utilize both options; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD15F47695F52460B86C533487F8FEE32"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to the greatest extent practicable, is conducted using existing academic programs at an accredited public academic institution that—</text> <subparagraph id="H5AEB74114EC64370AC8559E1A3381A36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is located near a significant number of Coast Guard, maritime, and other Department of Homeland Security law enforcement personnel; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5686F5D16B3346AEB42A125E37D71BF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has an ability to simulate operations normally conducted at a command center.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Shipping and Navigation</header> <section id="HCC36B22E39E44FD8AD9FF06F652D0130"><enum>301.</enum><header>Treatment of fishing permits</header> <subsection id="H149D381680B8417EB4DE5122DB6FBC28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/313">chapter 313</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB5097220C4240AD90DE76AB09226160" style="USC"> <section id="H6BA1FD4186854E4C97729ABFD9021221"><enum>31310.</enum><header>Treatment of fishing permits</header> <subsection id="H328CB1C775BA46F3AD2112581A0E8E15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on maritime liens</header><text>This chapter—</text> <paragraph id="H5D51EC33CEE4462F9FFB90D4EDABEEBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not establish a maritime lien on a fishing permit; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1827F3E6A57C484D9325BC3155E48476"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not authorize any civil action to enforce a maritime lien on a fishing permit.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6F695F122604B59B24E7577412BDC64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of fishing permits under State and Federal law</header><text>A fishing permit—</text> <paragraph id="H1DB8F094F85A453EBD73667F3006B594"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is governed solely by the State or Federal law under which it is issued; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3940AA0A6B89438AB6A12CE15F6E7A23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be treated as part of a vessel, or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel, for any purpose under Federal law.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1063DBC7068248DABFA6B0F7359BD50C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority of Secretary of Commerce not affected</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing any limitation upon the authority of the Secretary of Commerce—</text> <paragraph id="H0C889F2F2DBC4B108F1CB1817AF64235"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to modify, suspend, revoke, or impose a sanction on any fishing permit issued by the Secretary of Commerce; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H19C17D21572A4517AE186824B4A062F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to bring a civil action to enforce such a modification, suspension, revocation, or sanction.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF2926127404A4ACCBE2D9428ED2A8A0E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fishing permit defined</header><text>In this section the term <term>fishing permit</term> means any authorization of a person or vessel to engage in fishing that is issued under State or Federal law.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H4EA24439EFCF49BD8DC2780D0EE5DBF4"><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="H742D61672C1C4F2E8461FCD6591E734F" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">31310. Treatment of fishing permits.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H6144B3AF7D364508A9863ABB79FDCF74"><enum>302.</enum><header>Survival craft</header> <subsection id="H342827809B3940099D459A55959E1139"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HF104AD74AACF424EBB20F4DE1B0F5D6A" style="USC"> <section id="H7DAF10B1E0314721904CEA5901BF50D5"><enum>3104.</enum><header>Survival craft</header> <subsection id="H64166D2392F94F88806438E10FB20AEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To Equip</header><text>The Secretary shall require that a passenger vessel be equipped with survival craft that ensures that no part of an individual is immersed in water, if—</text> <paragraph id="H64D5D13EBD3742F0AC0F3075A462D72B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such vessel is built or undergoes a major conversion after January 1, 2016; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB79B813705994E8BB8CF7E5DB8BA166E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>operates in cold waters as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A53C917706B43E5A0D5D5D343C1401C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Higher standard of safety</header><text>The Secretary may revise part 117 or part 180 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect before January 1, 2016, if such revision provides a higher standard of safety than is provided by the regulations in effect on or before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015</short-title>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC4CD3ECBF0E9424FB81A837131AD84CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Innovative and novel designs</header><text>The Secretary may, in lieu of the requirements set out in part 117 or part 180 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015</short-title>, allow a passenger vessel to be equipped with a life saving appliance or arrangement of an innovative or novel design that—</text> <paragraph id="HCC684B944CA640F9BF545C33D399E344"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensures no part of an individual is immersed in water; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6A4F440DE9345C68508274B3A5E9C18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides an equal or higher standard of safety than is provided by such requirements as in effect before such date of the enactment.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB524E51DB8C544479E5410089B246033"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Built Defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>built</term> has the meaning that term has under section 4503(e).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H2EBD16EE446A452BB313BA6468D43352"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review; revision of regulations</header> <paragraph id="H343CF62F5A8D45139AE2A690F4FE9B1A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2015, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 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 review of—</text> <subparagraph id="H56B389FA0F6B40BCA94EBB35B77EF7FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of casualties for individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly as a result of immersion in water, reported to the Coast Guard over the preceding 30-year period, by vessel type and area of operation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FE89A9559EC4CACAB9C2E5700F3F092"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the risks to individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly as a result of immersion in water, by passenger vessel type and area of operation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1094D36189B467793E6F39BA6B678A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the effect that carriage of survival craft that ensure that no part of an individual is immersed in water has on—</text> <clause id="H0FF5C868259E432889BD5D16034EDF86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>passenger vessel safety, including stability and safe navigation;</text> </clause><clause id="H63AF653767CA40339C000A99B8176AC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improving the survivability of individuals, including individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly; and</text> </clause><clause id="HEFB40F4DD8824C7A95E873AA740E71F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs, the incremental cost difference to vessel operators, and the cost effectiveness of requiring the carriage of such survival craft to address the risks to individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C266012B96A479499714129B60DAC15"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efficacy of alternative safety systems, devices, or measures in improving survivability of individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51BD6373A7E04D1F957079150EAEEF5F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of small businesses and nonprofit vessel operators that would be affected by requiring the carriage of such survival craft on passenger vessels to address the risks to individuals with disabilities, children, and the elderly.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H886242132D47440EA68FB59A15A9DB3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>Based on the review conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary may revise regulations concerning the carriage of survival craft pursuant to section 3104(c) of title 46, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HFE11B0180B3046E1B3BC45DA79C102A5"><enum>303.</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H5D457BC1E30B470F94BBB00CB25F1FB9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 55305(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2381E4E143FE48DD9E5FAD283D22860B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6380742830D84791A95ECB5EA9D12A3E" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3738679F7DD6425D821B8E0651CB940A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each department or agency that has responsibility for a program under this section shall administer that program consistent with this section and any regulations promulgated pursuant to subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5, issued by the Secretary of Transportation, and developed in consultation with each department and agency subject to this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6FD035AF02A2413E939F4954D376AEA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD3C2BEA14B8642FDB3AFAA99464FB895" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0CAA0721562440E2A1B1C9FCDB562DDA"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9D6B9F5214CB41D2A4FE84572B8BC762"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, after consulting with the department, agency, organization, or person involved, shall have sole responsibility for determining the applicability of this section to a program of a Federal department or agency, after consulting with the department, agency, organization, or person involved.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B67EAC750434B158E8A769156DFAE9C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The head of a Federal department or agency shall request the Secretary to determine the applicability of this section to a program of such department or agency if the department or agency is uncertain of such applicability. Not later than 30 days after receiving such a request, the Secretary shall make such determination.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H41F134463A4944FA8076609808526B72" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Subparagraph (B) shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to make a determination regarding the applicability of this section to a program administered by a Federal department or agency.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H70F5C79FD1AC47899ED30BBC78AAFB3B" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A determination made by the Secretary under this paragraph regarding a program shall remain in effect until the Secretary determines that this section no longer applies to such program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7D77A6F7C056430794DE2B269204DB75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H5FF97AB7F8E645468996BC2F37BC6E1E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8598F1E9F13F4780BBDD635883CD1FDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall conduct an annual review of the administration of programs subject to the requirements of this section to determine compliance with the requirements of this section;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB022644564A4D6897EB4E1F7CDC5CA3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H421DE1696C0F45F9AA8EFD48C143DA5A" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H864928D342A64B2B9992F745873B4B41"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary shall make available on the Internet website of the Department of Transportation a report that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H59A7830C54C94B8FAC6BA8C0F47D90F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>lists the programs that were subject to determinations made by the Secretary under paragraph (2) in the preceding year; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF149939EFA845B4B234A78A1EEAB2E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the results of the most recent annual review required by paragraph (3)(A), including identification of the departments and agencies that transported cargo in violation of this section and any action the Secretary took under paragraph (3) with respect to each violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB095C1714527473B970512D722D248B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for first review</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall complete the first review required under the amendment made by subsection (a)(1)(C) by not later than December 31, 2015.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5F91B546633D4C4E8070DABC7B4F015D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3511(c) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/55305">46 U.S.C. 55305</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H6308439EB4504243AACD3A916BACA39A"><enum>304.</enum><header>Model years for recreational vessels</header> <subsection id="HBAD2C47B264F45FBB207C4CF4E8B7BEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4302 of title 46, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H4AE20C5A291D494D921353BCC35E90E1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1A487FB4BE87448BA14D424F7C1E37C4"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6AEE87363D6549ECBDAD1ED39C0470AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If in prescribing regulations under this section the Secretary establishes a model year for recreational vessels and associated equipment, such model year shall, except as provided in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6AABCF83312D45C1B191063446DFB28E" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>begin on June 1 of a year and end on July 31 of the following year; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10D97855C9144D5280B01075C53CD81D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be designated by the year in which it ends.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8CD6FD6E2D4647C0904989C70C26BF5F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upon the request of a recreational vessel manufacturer to which this chapter applies, the Secretary may alter a model year for a model of recreational vessel of the manufacturer and associated equipment, by no more than 6 months from the model year described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H8C8BBE609216441CA5CEF19B51E6173B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This section shall only apply with respect to recreational vessels and associated equipment constructed or manufactured, respectively, on or after June 1, 2015.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3749FADF07784172A6C769A684DB9E6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall publish guidance to implement section 4302(d)(2) of title 46, United States Code.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HF8467DD4629B4C4EB6EF92B4F8D96C1A"><enum>305.</enum><header>Merchant mariner credential expiration harmonization</header> <subsection id="H76E4FBF1CDC24CF0B84BF57B7142BEE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c) and not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish a process to harmonize the expiration dates of merchant mariner credentials, mariner medical certificates, and radar observer endorsements for individuals applying to the Secretary for a new merchant mariner credential or for renewal of an existing merchant mariner credential.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA4238A702E294EF6A2671533676D42D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the process established under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H52D5B6CB14484595A3028E87CC1E2444"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not require an individual to renew a merchant mariner credential earlier than the date on which the individual’s current credential expires; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFF797D2B6DB44D49A07464A213299C43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>results in harmonization of expiration dates for merchant mariner credentials, mariner medical certificates, and radar observer endorsements for all individuals by not later than 6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H629783D14CF24E669B5C3FAC23C5661B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The process established under subsection (a) does not apply to individuals—</text> <paragraph id="H0B0D671FFF274693B91E8FFBA72D6B3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>holding a merchant mariner credential with—</text> <subparagraph id="H6864B6BD1B4448279F5BFF7B24095B4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an active Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping endorsement; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECCEBFFF075643199A4290ED7D17DDD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal first-class pilot endorsement; or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF9D7E39D5E44246A54DD20A432F83D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who have been issued a time-restricted medical certificate.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H54E8671A27E3473FA4563358768AF735"><enum>306.</enum><header>Marine event safety zones</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1225">33 U.S.C. 1225</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H968740C2DAF9463C927237F13599360C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H333A4396D099433CBAE6621173BEDD11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Marine event safety zones</header> <paragraph id="HBCBCACF765BF4E539F73A6DAAE7A8948"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall recover all costs the Coast Guard incurs to enforce a safety zone under this section if such safety zone is established for a marine event conducted under a permit or other authorization by the Coast Guard.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB2D3993107BC4D358542D192BF6B0F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Secretary may not recover costs under paragraph (1) from a State or local government.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H35D1772FB38F47A88797CBC757901AB4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of recovered costs</header><text>Costs recovered by the Secretary under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Coast Guard.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFC53B54AA1D64FB49FE8A25978A5A2F1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Marine event defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>marine event</quote> means a planned activity of limited duration that by its nature, circumstances, or location, will introduce extra or unusual hazards to the safety of life on the navigable waters of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H0D972F65D51041819D6EB4C03E792382"><enum>307.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header> <subsection id="H24C362114F6541C18E58E2586F75CA13"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title 46</header><text>Title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB9ED89B9D60A469CAC3451ACEB4D959A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 103, by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/151">33 U.S.C. 151</external-xref>).</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/151">33 U.S.C. 151(b)</external-xref>).</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF581A91C26C24D65B7A577147372F516"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 2118—</text> <subparagraph id="HCEF3D92194284FF1BCBCFEEFAFAE0052"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>title,</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H047860BE1F6E481D9418B15D0F0E3BCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>title</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H509E88D1695F45D68C670D98DEB05116"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the analysis for chapter 35—</text> <subparagraph id="H151AB762F89245A6912EAE175D56412C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by adding a period at the end of the item relating to section 3507; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4068488DFE234F8DB32A5DB8CB6A50B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding a period at the end of the item relating to section 3508;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE539749B2B048D8A9437483F4805A1C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 3715(a)(2), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9B25BE7F32304F219A8A1C72D3AD5546"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 8103(b)(1)(A)(iii), by striking <quote>Academy.</quote> and inserting <quote>Academy; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HECAC8EA43109464D9CDBF92D22A5785E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 11113(c)(1)(A)(i), by striking <quote>under this Act</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H202DF0A2EE6D474386182AF27F4DA83C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General Bridge Statutes</header> <paragraph id="HA0C27336C54A4A6F915200CC76078A0C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Act of March 3, 1899</header><text>The Act of March 3, 1899, popularly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H78FBB6AA0887474EA8AE3139F56F7B03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 9 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/401">33 U.S.C. 401</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53B0A0E2970F4C008A361A34B26CADDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 18 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/502">33 U.S.C. 502</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA3F9CAD69774BB2BF2D9E1CC67969F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Act of March 23, 1906</header><text>The Act of March 23, 1906, popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H84658D6E3DFC4FA7B813B0C39DBC8AA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first section (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/491">33 U.S.C. 491</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H356275BCE67A4058AE7691D483CF6B60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 4 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/494">33 U.S.C. 494</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57C3D4FB29AD43AA8913257126AD4A03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 5 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/495">33 U.S.C. 495</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D6517BE2AC54F3B9A96EDF4C1F6763F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Act of August 18, 1894</header><text>Section 5 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes</quote>, approved August 18, 1894 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/499">33 U.S.C. 499</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E195CD723E84E11B0A359CF7A00FDAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Act of June 21, 1940</header><text>The Act of June 21, 1940, popularly known as the Truman-Hobbs Act, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HB569B361B6D54045BB02FE17D4AF4E31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first section (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/511">33 U.S.C. 511</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E64E1CAB83D44EAAC0B85D3CE5E08E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 4 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/514">33 U.S.C. 514</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA42015B32F349818CC56B8CC24ADCA1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 7 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/517">33 U.S.C. 517</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF8BC81D972E482F90FF6E2F7567D875"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in section 13 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/523">33 U.S.C. 523</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFE2D4B7686946F7BCBD6AB7BE2018FC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>General Bridge Act of 1946</header><text>The General Bridge Act of 1946 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H43075DEC5A054BBB88BD07C4383C5996"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 502(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/525">33 U.S.C. 525(b)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5849B83E7FB049F18C4A8349DB718A00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 510 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/533">33 U.S.C. 533</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H663FD800996A432D90245DF403214CF9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>International Bridge Act of 1972</header><text>The International Bridge Act of 1972 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H37C8E2594A274CB1AD8D8654C73D78B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 5 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/535c">33 U.S.C. 535c</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C06BBBAEACD40CF876015934F25FE28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 8 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/535e">33 U.S.C. 535e</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3210C3AEF06548398708B0AA829FCB97"><enum>308.</enum><header>Recommendations for improvements of marine casualty reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the actions the Commandant will take to implement recommendations on improvements to the Coast Guard’s marine casualty reporting requirements and procedures included in—</text> <paragraph id="H795126A9F20C4E5FAA1134CF370C288F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report entitled <quote>Marine Accident Reporting, Investigations, and Enforcement in the United States Coast Guard</quote>, released on May 23, 2013; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H39B0038C2A3A409399BE593C04F75BB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Towing Safety Advisory Committee report entitled <quote>Recommendations for Improvement of Marine Casualty Reporting</quote>, released on March 26, 2015.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HAEDB1331D56C43A7BC9861CF69C86B7F"><enum>309.</enum><header>Recreational vessel engine weights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue regulations amending Table 4 to Subpart H of Part 183–Weights (Pounds) of Outboard Motor and Related Equipment for Various Boat Horsepower Ratings (33 CFR 183) as appropriate to reflect <quote>Standard 30–Outboard Engine and Related Equipment Weights</quote> published by the American Boat and Yacht Council, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </section><section id="HBE0048FADFEC4C4293757D4597554E4B"><enum>310.</enum><header>Merchant mariner medical certification reform</header> <subsection id="H662080FAB84448F8AE9CD7729B4B113C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/75">Chapter 75</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HA207B2EF69C246B1B29AAAAEF30DB9FC" style="USC"> <section id="H9573890B83CE43E2A243C6B7E72E5452"><enum>7509.</enum><header>Medical certification by trusted agents</header> <subsection id="H033C34CE53F74A99BD180059B192BB15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a trusted agent may issue a medical certificate to an individual who—</text> <paragraph id="H7023AD3A60FB41FE86EB4FA6BD5946D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>must hold such certificate to qualify for a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document, or endorsement thereto under this part; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3743976208B84CA690A04878AF9C5DC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is qualified as to sight, hearing, and physical condition to perform the duties of such license, certificate, document, or endorsement, as determined by the trusted agent.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69B4A71D0954462DB49298BB128C2D0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Trusted agent defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>trusted agent</quote> means a medical practitioner certified by the Secretary to perform physical examinations of an individual for purposes of a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document under this part.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HC6457070300147A5A8DA93535782A986"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue a final rule implementing section 7509 of title 46, United States Code, as added by this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9BC70EDCF8744B3CA1E1063B4945EBED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE35020C00DF44243B98B8FC2ABAF50AB" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">7509. Medical certification by trusted agents.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H56CF74E825E74656A7A3A8DB3DCE49D0"><enum>311.</enum><header>Atlantic Coast port access route study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than April 1, 2016, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conclude the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study and submit the results of such study to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text> </section><section id="H536D80ED0ADE4360BDB3D8DA72BEBE5D"><enum>312.</enum><header>Certificates of documentation for recreational vessels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue regulations that—</text> <paragraph id="H353A3488E72D48849073FF30E04C6034"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make certificates of documentation for recreational vessels effective for 5 years; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2F784824E92545AAA3A6FEA274AD7385"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require the owner of such a vessel—</text> <subparagraph id="HB18750AAA6E244DAADCA34354FAD3CF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to notify the Coast Guard of each change in the information on which the issuance of the certificate of documentation is based, that occurs before the expiration of the certificate; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE76BC2D2B4164021A0958048C88E7874"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for a new certificates of documentation for such a vessel if there is any such change.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H5F20F1525CF24F7C8DEF1093CD74A68A"><enum>313.</enum><header>Program guidelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall—</text> <paragraph id="HD88CB5B499FB41BBA385D5372B9AF0CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop guidelines to implement the program authorized under section 304(a) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/241">Public Law 109–241</external-xref>), including specific actions to ensure the future availability of able and credentialed United States licensed and unlicensed seafarers including—</text> <subparagraph id="HA00E73587961455D84323E2F357E0037"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incentives to encourage partnership agreements with operators of foreign-flag vessels that carry liquified natural gas, that provide no less than one training billet per vessel for United States merchant mariners in order to meet minimum mandatory sea service requirements;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F1EDB29BC974520A4BEA77826A8E4BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development of appropriate training curricula for use by public and private maritime training institutions to meet all United States merchant mariner license, certification, and document laws and requirements under the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8278A772BF344B4927771F4A0769DF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>steps to promote greater outreach and awareness of additional job opportunities for sea service veterans of the United States Armed Forces; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F13937B019844319E9881F5E8142123"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit such guidelines to the Committee Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H87FA08DA04B44DDB930FBC89D578108F"><enum>314.</enum><header>Repeals</header> <subsection id="H0C90D3A6B9D64CCA9A2AD039663538D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals, Merchant Marine Act, 1936</header><text>Sections 601 through 606, 608 through 611, 613 through 616, 802, and 809 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/53101">46 U.S.C. 53101</external-xref> note) are repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA5A4DEE81A574A4C82A82700B1DB9130"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/575">Chapter 575</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC6647742D38F40C5B0B4D3C4AA3AD103"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 57501, by striking <quote>titles V and VI</quote> and inserting <quote>title V</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H548232970B53454995A3C72B35C9AC2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 57531(a), by striking <quote>titles V and VI</quote> and inserting <quote>title V</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB365468E30F84528B80EEFA81318CD9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfer from Merchant Marine Act, 1936</header> <paragraph id="H8D5144A84A6E461BA2A1CD540159BF26"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 801 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/53101">46 U.S.C. 53101</external-xref> note) is—</text> <subparagraph id="H0FA9C7F17D4246718A518E08B7F0E028"><enum>(A)</enum><text>redesignated as section 57522 of title 46, United States Code, and transferred to appear after section 57521 of such title; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6655612522324B37B2D695A78C7E9CE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as so redesignated and transferred, is amended—</text> <clause id="H44C5DCA7AAD4404F9483C6FD2C210C40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking so much as precedes the first sentence and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6B6926C55E7B47BD80B8E22528CB46F1" style="USC"> <section id="H8D47309E0E4D4C788AB570CB9AD4A49A"><enum>57522.</enum><header>Books and records, balance sheets, and inspection and auditing</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H2FC64D0612CA42DF82CD8CC12B20F77A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the provision of title VI or VII of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>this chapter</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H03E1A64F1F8B4DA28345F31679FDB680"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>That the provisions</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Commission; (2)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H12F40411CFB24643ADD3651245F38500"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H531AF8C9F9A345D9A465374C8EA01403"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for chapter 575, of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 57521 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H011D5163B3234567B6C7679E57B1EC0E" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">57522. Books and records, balance sheets, and inspection and auditing.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H081FA27BDF134E6F9CBE7B5F044FFDE4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeals, title 46, U.S.C</header><text>Section 8103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in subsections (c) and (d) by striking <quote>or operating</quote> each place it appears.</text> </subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Federal Maritime Commission</header> <section id="H80BA729194F54546977713548A9651E8"><enum>401.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="H05525ADABA294633BD2DFEAD7AA8749D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB5E0EFD10654CCCB79509C3A9B622F9" style="USC"> <section id="HBD2086707699472AB07B1637AF0A83E1"><enum>308.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Maritime Commission $24,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for the activities of the Commission authorized under this chapter and subtitle IV.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H29BE5276E33A4090A51802807B2972B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DAB38FDA6814A27B5273FEE26EF0089" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">308. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H8982BAE4FB614DFE977FDFD8D76FE9CA"><enum>402.</enum><header>Duties of the Chairman</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(c)(3)(A) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5B824DC10E2647B9B1C6A22DF0972C33"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii) by striking <quote>units, but only after consultation with the other Commissioners;</quote> and inserting <quote>units (with such appointments subject to the approval of the Commission);</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCCDE5E34D7DD4EC7BADD071FAAD5D169"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H052A4626F6B3455BB713BC3CB9DA787D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB488174895C54C878C926140F75E1521"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF3EBF5859AA4CCDBA4EF8BDF71136CD" style="USC"> <clause id="HA3BAEB0233D54D239F027E86DDCD68A5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare and submit to the President and Congress requests for appropriations for the Commission (with such requests subject to the approval of the Commission).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HA80902843E534F99B1160F9F462BA6A2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Prohibition on awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE1423EB565FA43C3B8784E2A3FEA8811"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Federal Maritime Commission</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46E60B8246104BE28441CF9FDE2A0612" style="USC"> <subsection id="H8DEFAB9EC62641CC8804FAB95E36E7D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Maritime Commission</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9DA36CCAF8E944CBAB718D524D24610C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30FD41A9D6A44E69B7D34E18E09A0A3D" style="USC"> <subsection id="H4149FAAEB51946AEBB0A65AEB98A4F83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Federal Maritime Commission may not expend any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it to issue an award, prize, commendation, or other honor to a non-Federal entity.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="H4AA75418991845248A512601FC84D77C"><enum>501.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Marin County, California</header> <subsection id="HA3BB038D59E4419FB461B82E52401B92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text>The Commandant of the Coast Guard may convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the covered property, upon payment to the United States of the fair market value of the covered property.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0123C246609A441D86F1F415B1DABBA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Right of first refusal</header><text>The County of Marin, California shall have the right of first refusal with respect to purchase of the covered property under this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB3AD629FC0D643928A19DDD6CE0B8967"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survey</header><text>The exact acreage and legal description of the covered property shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Commandant.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD6F5BB17380C44F8A56098499DE6C6D6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fair market value</header><text>The fair market value of the covered property shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA223356DBB8C4D89BCE2F0DED64300A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be determined by appraisal; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H63980AFD47A34BC2A1E11DB9A7ED3664"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be subject to the approval of the Commandant.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73A2D08EE8FF4109852282C9F99AAACC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>The responsibility for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with a conveyance under this section shall be determined by the Commandant and the purchaser.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1B78034C68C8429F9A31F922978EA94C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Commandant may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance under this section as the Commandant considers appropriate and reasonable to protect the interests of the United States.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDB808EBF2EF8488F9A17AB922DC8CCD6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Deposit of proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any proceeds received by the United States in a conveyance under this section shall be deposited in the Coast Guard Housing Fund established by section 687 of title 14, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H76CE48C902464F3B8FE6A11032D83EDE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Covered property defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>covered property</quote> means the approximately 32 acres of real property (including all improvements located on the property) that are—</text> <paragraph id="H8ED3F7831BA7466487AD2320EF822159"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located at Station Point Reyes in Marin County, California;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5ED78F1FC2514CBC8BBF4783C5D8EB96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under the administrative control of the Coast Guard; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2DC0930FF5224FE18193AB49A7D87DD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>described as <quote>Parcel A, Tract 1</quote>, <quote>Parcel B, Tract 2</quote>, <quote>Parcel C</quote>, and <quote>Parcel D</quote> in the Declaration of Taking (Civil No. C–71–1245 SC) filed June 28, 1971, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H334E23618E30431E84D45E64231ACA77"><enum>502.</enum><header>Elimination of reports</header> <subsection id="H1451F2F126A845BD944DCDBB5AA64063"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distant Water Tuna Fleet</header><text>Section 421 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/8103">46 U.S.C. 8103</external-xref> note) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2611974C21ED4F4092DEB8F745985AD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual Updates on Limits to Liability</header><text>Section 603(c)(3) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2704">33 U.S.C. 2704</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>on an annual basis.</quote> and inserting <quote>not later than January 30 of the year following each year in which occurs an oil discharge from a vessel or nonvessel source that results or is likely to result in removal costs and damages (as those terms are defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2701">33 U.S.C. 2701</external-xref>)) that exceed liability limits established under section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2704">33 U.S.C. 2704</external-xref>).</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H71A8FD72FBF342B3AFE123689BB51AE0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>International Bridge Act of 1972</header><text>The International Bridge Act of 1972 is amended by striking section 11 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/535h">33 U.S.C. 535h</external-xref>).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H62778FE3492E4344A099E9D16438D404"><enum>503.</enum><header>Vessel documentation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and infrastructure of the House and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a description of actions that could be taken to—</text> <paragraph id="H4FC1D331D7DA433DAEF78318C2389B19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve the efficiency of performance of the functions currently carried out by the National Vessel Documentation Center, including by—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E8754C928E74AB69E60925DB6B68AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transferring such functions to Coast Guard headquarters; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3B9B23E8144418F82C5265046C143ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reassigning Coast Guard personnel to better meet the Coast Guard’s vessel documentation mission; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5132A6AA699C4DA3A312C41BEAAACED1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen the review of compliance with United States ownership requirements for vessels documented under the laws of the United States.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H4FE672D6380E444C94A9D64B537986A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header>Conveyance of Coast Guard property in Tok, Alaska</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H23DC8929CC2448C9ADA691549D3E50E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant of the Coast Guard may convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the covered property, upon payment to the United States of the fair market value of the covered property.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H74DC0A2B98414597A76A982897B70069"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Right of first refusal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tanana Chiefs’ Conference shall have the right of first refusal with respect to purchase of the covered property under this section.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H016908FC21AB4A4E9D7BFC99548D98B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exact acreage and legal description of the covered property shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Commandant.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF97B304C0DDF48C28D8E6FB87E5B724A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fair market value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The fair market value of the covered property shall be—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAA96BC05D99A4F3287AE4272064CFF6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determined by appraisal; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8043D962ACE2413ABB2F1C7D8802CB06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to the approval of the Commandant.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB887DB70CD314A2B96674AD305BDA388"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The responsibility for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with a conveyance under this section shall be determined by the Commandant and the purchaser.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD55DBCDDEB6F47C7BDF8C936DC515B13"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commandant may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance under this section as the Commandant considers appropriate and reasonable to protect the interests of the United States.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1303C44CCF29471A92812A7A43A2615C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Deposit of proceeds</header><text>Any proceeds received by the United States from a conveyance under this section shall be deposited in the Coast Guard Housing Fund established under section 687 of title 14, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE467F06E002548D8AF80DB59EB71BE9E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Covered property defined</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF4F4DDFD14D5427FBADE1A9BBFE7719A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered property</term> means the approximately 3.25 acres of real property (including all improvements located on the property) that are—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H06BFA6BB8055485399ED5833B74987FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>located in Tok, Alaska;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2D6CB48A416847C4B83FE5F9A0C5B8DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under the administrative control of the Coast Guard; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H78F256E29DE4420D823BABFC030ECC9C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>described in paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H883CC57D98124E3A8FE64C466B94B237"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description</header><text>The property described in this paragraph is the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H698128BA605C44649EF2526702F1EA9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lots 11, 12 and 13, block <quote>G</quote>, Second Addition to Hartsell Subdivision, Section 20, Township 18 North, Range 13 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska as appears by Plat No. 72-39 filed in the Office of the Recorder for the Fairbanks Recording District of Alaska, bearing seal dated 25 September 1972, all containing approximately 1.25 acres and commonly known as 2-PLEX – Jackie Circle, Units A and B.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H957713580B26485298B4FE1733FDEF64"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning at a point being the SE corner of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ Section 24, Township 18 North, Range 12 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska; thence running westerly along the south line of said SE ¼ of the NE ¼ 260 feet; thence northerly parallel to the east line of said SE ¼ of the NE ¼ 335 feet; thence easterly parallel to the south line 260 feet; then south 335 feet along the east boundary of Section 24 to the point of beginning; all containing approximately 2.0 acres and commonly known as 4-PLEX – West <quote>C</quote> and Willow, Units A, B, C and D.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6FB953E2F4964E2C9BDDBCB17B9C1725"><enum>505.</enum><header>Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/281">Public Law 113–281</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD906D577183B4C288D96DD914FA3DC4A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 610, by—</text> <subparagraph id="H4BE54F8583EB47E1A9C84A1AC8AB8873"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking the section enumerator and heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HAF70131004B6412DADE4D6E215CAB1C2" style="OLC"> <section id="H0CCD3D74372348379B9973712B4DD608"><enum>610.</enum><header>Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6D5E17462154F29AB5D625966BCB689"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>existing boundaries and any future expanded boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve</quote> and inserting <quote>boundaries of any national marine sanctuary that preserves shipwrecks or maritime heritage in the Great Lakes</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1D6110A248144C18E318075128966A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, unless the designation documents for such sanctuary do not allow taking up or discharging ballast water in such sanctuary</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB5C771B59CE4ADEB92B1BAD500A08B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the table of contents in section 2, by striking the item relating to such section and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H990D58A3A2B6485F9B08F9E487553900" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 610. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H867E4C35C27E4633B568602F7E18ED97"><enum>506.</enum><header>Use of vessel sale proceeds</header> <subsection id="HB557854A29744FC8AFDA50FD8D784E06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of funds credited in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2004 to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund that are attributable to the sale of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that were scrapped or sold under sections 57102, 57103, and 57104 of title 46, United States Code, including—</text> <paragraph id="H1F8AC452276E40DBBCCDFDCF9A25D645"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a complete accounting of all vessel sale proceeds attributable to the sale of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that were scrapped or sold under sections 57102, 57103, and 57104 of title 46, United States Code, in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2004;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8D588AE02B9B475EB8686A501DD7C549"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the annual apportionment of proceeds accounted for under paragraph (1) among the uses authorized under section 308704 of title 54, United States Code, in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2004, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H85B2802C91C74FF29CD4CC928EADA253"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for National Maritime Heritage Grants, including a list of all annual National Maritime Heritage Grant grant and subgrant awards that identifies the respective grant and subgrant recipients and grant and subgrant amounts;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D11CF556CD7431FB1B15084B32D5C72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the preservation and presentation to the public of maritime heritage property of the Maritime Administration;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA16425F54A2040CC81DD38802A8F19DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the United States Merchant Marine Academy and State maritime academies, including a list of annual awards; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8542EE4E7DFA46029BBE39CFF66F7DEF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for the acquisition, repair, reconditioning, or improvement of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E10A943450E4ED2BACBCD7CD2D8BAD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an accounting of proceeds, if any, attributable to the sale of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that were scrapped or sold under sections 57102, 57103, and 57104 of title 46, United States Code, in each fiscal year after fiscal year 2004, that were expended for uses not authorized under section 308704 of title 54, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6E8742DBE604051A3CC5D9F18749224"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission to congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit the audit conducted in subsection (a) to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H296F7C1A2E434BD79EF4D6DEEF344DFF"><enum>507.</enum><header>Fishing vessel and fish tender vessel certification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H70A66059A4E3452CB6D4C1D436FCE919"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Subsection (a) does not apply to a fishing vessel or fish tender vessel described in subsection (d)(6), if the vessel complies with an alternative safety compliance program established under that subsection for such a vessel.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE9E6BFEC04984604AF743FA3CFF9068A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H88407D9A5BBB447482A3C11B3498185D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H140151E36914436BBFAABBB1632349FB" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an alternative safety compliance program for fishing vessels or fish tender vessels (or both) that are at least 50 feet overall in length, and not more than 79 feet overall in length, and built after July 1, 2013.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HBD01F74927204866B3897FAC652B14DA"><enum>508.</enum><header>National Academy of Sciences cost comparison</header> <subsection id="HCC1973BAD52B46D4BB7E692333351929"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost comparison</header><text>The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy, by no later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 comparison of the costs incurred by the Federal Government for each of the following alternatives:</text> <paragraph id="H6FF95AE7E7D64F4BB0217A72A653B796"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Transferring the Polar Sea to a non-governmental entity at no cost, and leasing back the vessel beginning on the date on which the Coast Guard certifies that the vessel is capable of the breaking out and missions described in subsection (c)(1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H018D0772FDF34E478FD2965A05B9054D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The reactivation and operation by the Coast Guard of the Polar Sea to an operational level at which the vessel is capable of such breaking out and missions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAE682E87F722423BB2A95CACB21ABD4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Acquiring and operating a new icebreaker through the Coast Guard’s acquisition process that is capable of such breaking out and missions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFDFE7C726CC04C0C8B76479FF7BA38C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Construction by a non-Federal entity of an icebreaker capable of such breaking out and missions, that will be leased by the Federal Government and operated using a Coast Guard crew.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H40E20D8753C6410B82D986D321E5FBEB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Construction by a non-Federal entity of an icebreaker capable of such breaking out and missions, that will be leased by the Federal Government and operated by a crew of non-Federal employees.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H64C9DB6E0AC04A148C971E5B044DC8C7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The acquisition of services from a non-Federal entity to perform such breaking out and missions.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C5C6ABB3ACF41409DF2049C6F314928"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Included costs</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), the cost of each alternative includes costs incurred by the Federal Government for—</text> <paragraph id="H8E15C520FCE2480BBA2BDB75C494758A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the lease or operation and maintenance of the vessel concerned;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFE4913A053BB4D86BE234903439B3550"><enum>(2)</enum><text>disposal of such vessel at the end of the useful life of the vessel;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF684ABE83E884B69A409455F5D95C635"><enum>(3)</enum><text>retirement and other benefits for Federal employees who operate such vessel; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2ABE4CF33375444F983DB37E0E699855"><enum>(4)</enum><text>interest payments assumed to be incurred for Federal capital expenditures.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H664F16CB2A244452A7D3A68CBDF694E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assumptions</header><text>For purposes of comparing the costs of such alternatives, the Academy shall assume that—</text> <paragraph id="HA1301371108E41A0B22F506E97DDC667"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each vessel under consideration is—</text> <subparagraph id="H1CF2F6A356584EE885EE79961229FA77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>capable of breaking out of McMurdo Station, and conducting Coast Guard missions in the United States territory in the Arctic (as that term is defined in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4111">15 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>)); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22E090F1215742338D6706692E968A99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>operated for a period of 20 years;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BF75A7DA9264AFF967299CF82A5D4DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the acquisition of services and the operation of each vessel begin on the same date; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBE0CCCF1A0F4435BA8DA5E7D6A02337B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the periods for conducting Coast Guard missions in the Arctic are of equal lengths.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H0C2BED7E0A8C49A788F9001E9A474FA0"><enum>509.</enum><header>Penalty wages</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HAA4FE976E81540C5A772B255E36F694C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign and intercoastal voyages</header><text>Section 10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7313EB66FB57425D83155E5FF56AEDEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3CF962156344C9EA5F38FA48808D60D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>all claims in a class action suit by seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>each claim by a seaman</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF51C6664D0640D3AC738BB3B6A1CA71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>the seaman</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H97D086800294410B9AC2151AF606FF4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H149AA8E060AC4BFABFD760360166E19F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>class action</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA88D95519C584784907D6F75E22B8E8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>, by a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,</quote> and inserting <quote>by the seaman</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD30F0E6D50D44B6CB3538A535AEDC699"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coastwise voyages</header><text>Section 10504(c) of such title is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H53E6FB032C2447E684C9152096720982"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF305D23F18424EE49C7CE89DB256AEDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>all claims in a class action suit by seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>each claim by a seaman</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26854FDFA2F747FA95C5B5FF6A9549C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the seamen</quote> and inserting <quote>the seaman</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDC03293F9EF34ACA917CA7DC10323EB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCEC09D9C863F4D10AF9FB190527A6387"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>class action</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H638B57C0429A4A71BF695DCB785F13F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>, by a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,</quote> and inserting <quote>by the seaman</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HF04BAAA0C9ED454E95FBEC7197643AAA"><enum>510.</enum><header>Recourse for noncitizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF40AB2890DC144958A1B2078D4E08977"><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 commented="no" id="H3BBB2DCF8DAA48A7A412BCC85A89BD36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H50DAD66D5DD54E489449D01D265CD49A" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HB4C536021D6C413D8618B23DE04A8F1F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction on recovery for nonresident aliens 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 commented="no" id="HE9668A1E53904FA38C98EA7FDDFE0563"><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 commented="no" id="H112991DFE2A04948A1102288615E5DB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the injury, illness, or death arose outside the territorial waters of the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0567D1DD831F48028E5E2ED531E73107"><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 commented="no" id="HFE43A9CE0AC84C1B828E5BDE3BF7A3D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the nation in which the vessel was registered at the time the claim arose; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H177C114F36F84F6DA8E8B1939A0A3BC4"><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> Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2015.Karen L. Haas,ClerkRobert F. Reeves,Deputy Clerk