[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5531 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5531
To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime
transportation, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2016
Mr. Hunter (for himself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime
transportation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Miscellaneous
Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--POSITION, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Backup global positioning system.
TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 201. Deadline for compliance with alternate safety compliance
program.
Sec. 202. Oil spill disbursements auditing and report.
Sec. 203. Vessel ``Apollonia''.
Sec. 204. Reimbursement for non-Federal construction costs of certain
aids to navigation.
TITLE I--POSITION, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``National Positioning, Navigation,
and Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2016''.
SEC. 102. BACKUP GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Subtitle VIII of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 807--POSITION, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING
``Sec.
``80701. Land-based complementary and backup system.
``Sec. 80701. Land-based complementary and backup system
``(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations,
the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Secretary
of Transportation, shall provide for the establishment, sustainment,
and operation of a reliable land-based positioning, navigation, and
timing system to provide a complement to and backup for the Global
Positioning System (in this section referred to as `GPS') to ensure the
availability of uncorrupted and nondegraded positioning, navigation,
and timing signals for military and civilian users in the event that
GPS signals are corrupted, degraded, unreliable, or otherwise
unavailable.
``(b) Requirements.--The system established under subsection (a)
shall--
``(1) be wireless;
``(2) be terrestrial;
``(3) provide wide-area coverage;
``(4) deliver a precise, high-power 100 kilohertz signal;
``(5) be synchronized with coordinated universal time;
``(6) be resilient and extremely difficult to disrupt or
degrade;
``(7) be able to penetrate underground and inside
buildings;
``(8) be capable of ready deployment to remote locations;
``(9) take full advantage of the infrastructure of the
existing, unused Government long-range navigation system
(commonly known as `LORAN');
``(10) incorporate the expertise of the private sector with
respect to development, building, and operation;
``(11) work in concert with and complement any other
similar positioning, navigation, and timing systems, including
enhanced long-range navigation systems;
``(12) be available for use by Federal and non-Federal
government agencies for public purposes at no cost; and
``(13) incorporate such other requirements determined
necessary by the Commandant.
``(c) Implementation Date.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall provide to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a plan to ensure that the system required
under this section is fully operational not later than 3 years after
such date of enactment.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for subtitle VIII of title
46, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to
chapter 805 the following:
``807. Position, Navigation, and Timing..................... 80701''.
TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 201. DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALTERNATE SAFETY COMPLIANCE
PROGRAM.
Section 4503(d)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``After January 1, 2020,'' and all that follows through ``the
Secretary,'' and inserting ``For each of fishing vessels, fish
processing vessels, and fish tender vessels, after the later of January
1, 2020, or the end of the 3-year period beginning on the date on which
the Secretary prescribes an alternate safety compliance program
developed in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry for such
a vessel, such a vessel shall comply with the applicable alternate
safety compliance program''.
SEC. 202. OIL SPILL DISBURSEMENTS AUDITING AND REPORT.
Section 1012 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712) is
amended--
(1) by repealing subsection (g);
(2) in subsection (l)(1), by striking ``Within one year
after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 2010, and annually thereafter,'' and inserting ``Each
year, on the date on which the President submits to Congress a
budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,'';
and
(3) by amending subsection (l)(2) to read as follows:
``(2) Contents.--The report shall include--
``(A) a list of each disbursement of $500,000 or
more from the Fund in the preceding fiscal year,
including disbursements to Federal agencies;
``(B) a list of each disbursement of $500,000 or
more from the Fund in the fiscal year preceding the
preceding fiscal year that has not been reimbursed by a
responsible party; and
``(C) a description of how each use of the Fund
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) meets the
requirements of subsection (a).''.
SEC. 203. VESSEL ``APOLLONIA''.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue a
certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the
vessel Apollonia (United States official number 1266527).
SEC. 204. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF CERTAIN
AIDS TO NAVIGATION.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations and
in accordance with this section, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may
reimburse a non-Federal entity for costs incurred by the entity for a
covered project.
(b) Conditions.--The Commandant may not provide reimbursement under
subsection (a) with respect to a covered project unless--
(1) the need for the project is a result of the completion
of construction with respect to a federally authorized
navigation channel;
(2) the Commandant determines, through an appropriate
navigation safety analysis, that the project is necessary to
ensure safe marine transportation;
(3) the Commandant approves the design of the project to
ensure that it meets all applicable Coast Guard aid to
navigation standards and requirements;
(4) the non-Federal entity agrees to transfer the project
upon completion to the Coast Guard to be operated and
maintained by the Coast Guard as a Federal aid to navigation;
(5) all permits required for the project under Federal and
State law have been issued; and
(6) the Commandant determines that the project satisfies
such additional requirements as may be established by the
Commandant.
(c) Limitations.--Reimbursements under subsection (a) may not
exceed the following:
(1) For a single covered project, $5,000,000.
(2) For all covered projects in a single fiscal year,
$5,000,000.
(d) Expiration.--The authority granted under this section shall
expire on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this
section.
(e) Covered Project Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered
project'' means a project carried out by a non-Federal entity to
construct and establish an aid to navigation that facilitates safe and
efficient marine transportation on a federally authorized navigation
channel.
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