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Union Calendar No. 271 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4719 

[Report No. 116–340] 

To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards grants. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 17, 2019 

Mr. GOLDEN (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 12, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PAPPAS and Ms. PINGREE

DECEMBER 12, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 17, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards 

grants. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Funding Instruction for 

5 Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘FISH SAFE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL SHARE OF THE FISHING 

8 SAFETY STANDARDS GRANTS. 

9 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 4502 of title 46, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (i)(3), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in12 serting ‘‘75’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (j)(3), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in14 serting ‘‘75’’. 

15 (b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 

16 made by subsection (a) takes effect on the day after the date 

17 of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Author18 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282). 

19 SEC. 3. COST SHARE. 

20 The cap on the Federal share of the cost of any activity 

21 carried out with a grant under subsections (i) and (j) of 

22 section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, as in effect 

23 prior to the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 

24 Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282), 

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1 dated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) for 

2 the purpose of making such grants. 

3 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AMEND4 MENTS. 

5 Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (i)(4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (j)(4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

11 SEC. 5. AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 

12 (a) Section 541 of title 14, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) In’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(b) In the case of pierhead beacons, the Commandant 

17 may— 

18 ‘‘(1) acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf 

19 of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites 

20 for pierhead beacons; and 

21 ‘‘(2) properly mark all pierheads belonging to 

22 the United States situated on the northern and north23 western lakes, whenever the Commandant is duly no24 tified by the department charged with the construcVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Dec 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H4719.RH H4719

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1 tion or repair of pierheads that the construction or re2 pair of any such pierheads has been completed.’’. 

3 (b) Subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 14, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘§ 548. Prohibition against officers and employees 

6 being interested in contracts for mate7 rials, etc. 

8 ‘‘No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the 

9 Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construc10 tion, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall be in11 terested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for 

12 labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, operation, 

13 or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or 

14 mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of 

15 supply for the construction, operation, or maintenance of 

16 lighthouses. 

17 ‘‘§ 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and suffi18 ciency of cession by State of jurisdiction 

19 ‘‘(a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or landmark, 

20 shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdic21 tion over the same has been made to the United States. 

22 ‘‘(b) For the purposes of subsection (a), a cession by 

23 a State of jurisdiction over a place selected as the site of 

24 a lighthouse, or other structure or work referred to in sub25 section (a), shall be deemed sufficient if the cession contains 


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1 a reservation that process issued under authority of such 

2 State may continue to be served within such place. 

3 ‘‘(c) If no reservation of service described in subsection 

4 (b) is contained in a cession, all process may be served and 

5 executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if 

6 no cession had been made. 

7 ‘‘§ 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes 

8 ‘‘The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly 

9 mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated 

10 on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly 

11 notified by the department charged with the construction 

12 or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of 

13 any such pierhead has been completed.’’. 

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

15 for chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 

16 by inserting after the item relating to section 547 the fol17 lowing: 

‘‘548. Prohibition against officers and employees being interest in contracts for 

materials, etc. 

‘‘549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of 

jurisdiction. 

‘‘550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes.’’. 

18 SEC. 6. TRANSFERS RELATED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE 

19 LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. 

20 (a) Section 6 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 20, 

21 1918 (33 U.S.C. 763) is repealed. 

22 (b) Subchapter II of chapter 25 of title 14, United 

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2532. Retirement of employees 

2 ‘‘(a) OPTIONAL RETIREMENT.—Except as provided in 

3 subsections (d) and (e), a covered employee may retire from 

4 further performance of duty if such officer or employee— 

5 ‘‘(1) has completed 30 years of active service in 

6 the Government and is at least 55 years of age; 

7 ‘‘(2) has completed 25 years of active service in 

8 the Government and is at least 62 years of age; or 

9 ‘‘(3) is involuntarily separated from further per10 formance of duty, except by removal for cause on 

11 charges of misconduct or delinquency, after com12 pleting 25 years of active service in the Government, 

13 or after completing 20 years of such service and if 

14 such employee is at least 50 years of age. 

15 ‘‘(b) COMPULSORY RETIREMENT.—A covered employee 

16 who becomes 70 years of age shall be compulsorily retired 

17 from further performance of duty. 

18 ‘‘(c) RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered employee who has 

20 completed 15 years of active service in the Govern21 ment and is found, after examination by a medical 

22 officer of the United States, to be disabled for useful 

23 and efficient service by reason of disease or injury not 

24 due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful mis25 conduct of such officer or employee, shall be retired. 


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1 ‘‘(2) RESTORATION TO ACTIVE DUTY.—Any indi2 vidual retired under paragraph (1) may, upon recov3 ery, be restored to active duty, and shall from time 

4 to time, before reaching the age at which such indi5 vidual may retire under subsection (a), be reexamined 

6 by a medical officer of the United States upon the re7 quest of the Secretary of the department in which the 

8 Coast Guard is operating. 

9 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL COMPENSATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), The annual compensation of a person re12 tired under this section shall be a sum equal to one13 fortieth of the average annual pay received for the last 

14 three years of service for each year of active service 

15 in the Lighthouse Service, or in a department or 

16 branch of the Government having a retirement sys17 tem, not to exceed thirty-fortieths of such average an18 nual pay received. 

19 ‘‘(2) RETIREMENT BEFORE 55.—The retirement 

20 pay computed under paragraph (1) for any officer or 

21 employee retiring under this section shall be reduced 

22 by one-sixth of 1 percent for each full month the offi23 cer or employee is under 55 years of age at the date 

24 of retirement. 


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1 ‘‘(3) NO ALLOWANCE OR SUBSISTENCE.—Retire2 ment pay under this section shall not include any 

3 amount on account of subsistence or other allowance. 

4 ‘‘(e) EXCEPTION.—The retirement and pay provision 

5 in this section shall not apply to— 

6 ‘‘(1) any person in the field service of the Light7 house Service whose duties do not require substan8 tially all their time; or 

9 ‘‘(2) persons of the Coast Guard. 

10 ‘‘(f) WAIVER.—Any person entitled to retirement pay 

11 under this section may decline to accept all or any part 

12 of such retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with 

13 the Secretary of the Treasury. Such waiver may be revoked 

14 in writing at any time, but no payment of the retirement 

15 pay waived shall be made covering the period during which 

16 such waiver was in effect. 

17 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the 

18 term ‘covered employee’ means an officer or employee en19 gaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse 

20 Service, except a person continuously employed in district 

21 offices or shop.’’. 

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

23 for chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 

24 by inserting after the item relating to section 2531 the fol25 lowing: 

‘‘2532. Retirement of employees.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. TRANSFERS RELATED TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF 

2 LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 

3 (a) BENEFIT TO SURVIVING SPOUSES.—Subchapter II 

4 of chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 

5 by adding after section 2532 the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 2533. Surviving spouses 

7 ‘‘The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 

8 Guard is operating shall pay $100 per month to the sur9 viving spouse of a current or former employee of the Light10 house Service in accordance with section 2532 if such em11 ployee dies— 

12 ‘‘(1) at a time when such employee was receiving 

13 or was entitled to receive retirement pay under this 

14 subchapter; or 

15 ‘‘(2) from non-service-connected causes after fif16 teen or more years of employment in such service.’’. 

17 (b) TRANSFERS RELATED TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF

18 LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.— 

19 (1) Subchapter II of chapter 25 of title 14, 

20 United States Code, is amended by adding after sec21 tion 2533 the following: 

22 ‘‘§ 2534. Application for benefits’’. 

23 (2)(A) Section 3 of chapter 761 of the Act of Au24 gust 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 773), is redesignated as sec25 tion 2534(a) of title 14, United States Code, trans26 ferred to appear after the heading of section 2534 of 


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1 that title, and amended so that the enumerator, sec2 tion heading, typeface, and typestyle conform to those 

3 appearing in other sections in title 14, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (B) Section 2534(a), as so redesignated, trans6 ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 

7 ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2533’’. 

8 (3)(A) Section 4 of chapter 761 of the Act of Au9 gust 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 774), is redesignated as sec10 tion 2534(b) of title 14, United States Code, trans11 ferred to appear after section 2534(a) of that title, 

12 and amended so that the enumerator, section heading, 

13 typeface, and typestyle conform to those appearing in 

14 other sections in title 14, United States Code. 

15 (B) Section 2534(b), as so redesignated, trans16 ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 

17 ‘‘the provisions of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

18 2533’’. 

19 (4)(A) The proviso under the heading ‘‘Payment 

20 to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund’’ of 

21 title V of division C of Public Law 112–74 (33 U.S.C. 

22 776) is redesignated as section 2534(c) of title 14, 

23 United States Code, transferred to appear after sec24 tion 2534(b) of that title, and amended so that the 

25 enumerator, section heading, typeface, and typestyle 


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1 conform to those appearing in other sections in title 

2 14, United States Code. 

3 (B) Section 2534(c), as so redesignated, trans4 ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 

5 ‘‘the Act of May 29, 1944, and the Act of August 19, 

6 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771-775),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

7 2533’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 for chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is further 

10 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2532 

11 the following: 

‘‘2533. Surviving spouses. 

‘‘2534. Application for benefits.’’. 

12 SEC. 8. REPEALS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions are re14 pealed: 

15 (1) Section 4680 of the Revised Statutes of the 

16 United States (33 U.S.C. 725). 

17 (2) Section 4661 of the Revised Statutes of the 

18 United States (33 U.S.C. 727). 

19 (3) Section 4662 of the Revised Statutes of the 

20 United States (33 U.S.C. 728). 

21 (4) The final paragraph in the account ‘‘For 

22 Life-Saving and Life-Boat Stations’’ under the head23 ing Treasury Department in the first section of chap24 ter 130 of the Act of May 3, 1875 (33 U.S.C. 730a). 


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1 (5) Section 11 of chapter 301 of the Act of June 

2 17, 1910 (33 U.S.C. 743). 

3 (6) Section 3 of chapter 371 of the Act of May 

4 22, 1926 (33 U.S.C. 747a). 

5 (7) The first section of chapter 313 of the Act of 

6 February 25, 1929 (33 U.S.C. 747b). 

7 (8) Section 2 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 

8 20, 1918 (33 U.S.C. 748). 

9 (9) Section 4 of chapter 371 of the Act of May 

10 22, 1926 (33 U.S.C. 754a). 

11 (10) Chapter 642 of the Act of August 10, 1939 

12 (33 U.S.C. 763a–1). 

13 (11) Chapter 788 of the Act of October 29, 1949 

14 (33 U.S.C. 763–1). 

15 (12) Chapter 524 of the Act of July 9, 1956 (33 

16 U.S.C. 763–2). 

17 (13) The last two provisos under the heading 

18 Lighthouse Service, under the heading Department of 

19 Commerce, in the first section of chapter 161 of the 

20 Act of March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1417, formerly 33 

21 U.S.C. 764). 

22 (14) Section 3 of chapter 215 of the Act of May 

23 13, 1938 (33 U.S.C. 770). 


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1 (15) The first section and section 2 of chapter 

2 761 of the Act of August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771 and 

3 772). 

4 (b) SAVINGS.— 

5 (1) Notwithstanding any repeals made by this 

6 section, any individual beneficiary currently receiv7 ing payments under the authority of any provisions 

8 repealed in this section shall continue to receive such 

9 benefits. 

10 (2) Notwithstanding the repeals made under 

11 paragraphs (10) and (11) of subsection (a), any pay 

12 increases made under chapter 788 of the Act of Octo13 ber 29, 1949, and chapter 524 of the Act of July 9, 

14 1956, as in effect prior to their repeal shall remain 

15 in effect. 


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Union Calendar No. 271 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4719 

[Report No. 116–340] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety 

D

standards grants. 

ECEMBER 12, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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