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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2717 

To reauthorize provisions relating to the Maritime Administration. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 19, 2018 

Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To reauthorize provisions relating to the Maritime 

Administration. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Maritime Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal 

6 Year 2019’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Authorization of the Maritime Administration. 

Sec. 3. Concurrent jurisdiction. 

Sec. 4. United States Merchant Marine Academy policy on sexual harassment, 

dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 


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Sec. 5. Report on implementation of recommendations for the United States 

Merchant Marine Academy Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program. 

Sec. 6. Electronic records on mariner availability to meet national security 

needs. 

Sec. 7. Small shipyard grants. 

Sec. 8. Domestic ship recycling facilities. 

Sec. 9. Sea year on contracted vessels. 

Sec. 10. GAO report on national maritime strategy. 

Sec. 11. Department of Transportation Inspector General report on title XI 

program. 

Sec. 12. Multi-year contracts. 

Sec. 13. Use of State academy training vessels. 

Sec. 14. Permanent authority of Secretary of Transportation to issue vessel war 

risk insurance. 

Sec. 15. Navigation system study and report. 

Sec. 16. Miscellaneous. 

1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRA2 TION. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

5 Transportation for fiscal year 2019, to be available with6 out fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations 

7 Acts, the following amounts for programs associated with 

8 maintaining the United States merchant marine: 

9 (1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 

10 United States Merchant Marine Academy, 

11 $69,000,000 for Academy operations. 

12 (2) For expenses necessary to support the State 

13 maritime academies, $32,200,000, of which— 

14 (A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 

15 September 30, 2019, for the Student Incentive 

16 Program; 


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1 (B) $6,000,000 shall remain available until 

2 expended for direct payments to such acad3 emies; 

4 (C) $22,000,000 shall remain available 

5 until expended for maintenance and repair of 

6 State maritime academy training vessels; and 

7 (D) $1,800,000 shall remain available until 

8 expended for training ship fuel assistance. 

9 (3) For expenses necessary to support the Na10 tional Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, 

11 $300,000,000, which shall remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 (4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 

14 Administration operations and programs, 

15 $60,442,000. 

16 (5) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels 

17 in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $6,000,000, 

18 which shall remain available until expended. 

19 (6) For expenses necessary to maintain and 

20 preserve a United States flag merchant marine to 

21 serve the national security needs of the United 

22 States under chapter 531 of title 46, United States 

23 Code, $300,000,000. 


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1 (7) For expenses necessary for the loan guar2 antee program authorized under chapter 537 of title 

3 46, United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 

4 (A) $30,000,000 may be used for the cost 

5 (as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal 

6 Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) 

7 of loan guarantees under the program; and 

8 (B) $3,000,000 may be used for adminis9 trative expenses relating to loan guarantee com10 mitments under the program. 

11 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator 

13 shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com15 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

16 of Representatives on the status of unexpended appropria17 tions for capital asset management at the United States 

18 Merchant Marine Academy, and the plan for expending 

19 such appropriations. 

20 SEC. 3. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. 

21 Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of 

22 Transportation may relinquish, at the Secretary’s discre23 tion, to the State of New York, such measure of legislative 

24 jurisdiction over the lands constituting the United States 

25 Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, New York, as 


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1 is necessary to establish concurrent jurisdiction between 

2 the Federal Government and the State of New York. Such 

3 partial relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction shall be 

4 accomplished— 

5 (1) by filing with the Governor of New York a 

6 notice of relinquishment to take effect upon accept7 ance thereof; or 

8 (2) as the laws of that State may provide. 

9 SEC. 4. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY 

10 POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DATING 

11 VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS12 SAULT, AND STALKING. 

13 (a) POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DATING VIO14 LENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND

15 STALKING.—Section 51318 of title 46, United States 

16 Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

19 ‘‘and prevention’’ after ‘‘awareness’’; 

20 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

21 subparagraph (C), and subparagraphs (C) 

22 through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), 

23 respectively; 

24 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(B) procedures for documenting, track2 ing, and maintaining the data required to con3 duct the annual assessments to determine the 

4 effectiveness of the policies, procedures, and 

5 training program of the Academy with respect 

6 to sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic 

7 violence, sexual assault, and stalking involving 

8 cadets or other Academy personnel, as required 

9 by subsection (c);’’; and 

10 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C), 

11 as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(D) procedures for investigating sexual 

14 harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, 

15 sexual assault, or stalking involving a cadet or 

16 other Academy personnel to determine whether 

17 disciplinary action is necessary;’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 

19 other Academy personnel’’ after ‘‘cadets at the 

20 Academy’’; and 

21 (3) in subsection (d)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting ‘‘, in23 cluding sexual harassment,’’ after ‘‘sexual as24 saults, rapes, and other sexual offenses’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘The 

2 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than Janu3 ary 15 of each year, the Secretary’’. 

4 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Superintendent of the 

5 United States Merchant Marine Academy may implement 

6 the amendment to subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 51318 

7 of title 46, United States Code, made by subsection (a)(2), 

8 by updating an existing plan issued pursuant to the Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

10 (Public Law 115–91). 

11 SEC. 5. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDA12 TIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT 

13 MARINE ACADEMY SEXUAL ASSAULT PRE14 VENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM. 

15 Not later than December 31, 2018, the Maritime Ad16 ministrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

17 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com18 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

19 of Representatives a report describing the progress of the 

20 Maritime Administration in implementing and closing 

21 each of the recommendations made in the Office of Inspec22 tor General’s Report issued March 28, 2018 (ST–2018– 

23 039) identifying gaps in the United States Merchant Ma24 rine Academy’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response 

25 Program. 


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1 SEC. 6. ELECTRONIC RECORDS ON MARINER AVAILABILITY 

2 TO MEET NATIONAL SECURITY NEEDS. 

3 Section 7502 of title 46, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(c) The Secretary shall coordinate with the Sec10 retary of Transportation to ensure that, to the extent fea11 sible, electronic records provide information on mariner 

12 availability to meet national security needs for mariner 

13 credentialing and strategic sealift.’’. 

14 SEC. 7. SMALL SHIPYARD GRANTS. 

15 Section 54101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

18 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

19 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF GRANT NOTICE.—The Adminis22 trator shall post a Notice of Funding Opportunity 

23 regarding grants awarded under this section not 

24 more than 15 days after the date of enactment of 

25 the appropriations Act for the fiscal year con26 cerned.’’; and 


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1 (3) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para2 graph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 

4 SEC. 8. DOMESTIC SHIP RECYCLING FACILITIES. 

5 Section 3502 of the Floyd D. Spence National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 

7 106–398; 54 U.S.C. 308704 note) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 

9 as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(c) SCRAPPING OF IMPORTED VESSELS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, domestic ship scrapping facilities 

15 selected by the Secretary of Transportation in ac16 cordance with subsection (b) may import into the 

17 United States, for the purpose of dismantling, ma18 rine vessels that contain regulated levels of poly19 chlorinated biphenyls that are integral to a vessel’s 

20 structure, equipment, or systems necessary for its 

21 operation. 

22 ‘‘(2) NO TSCA PRIOR AUTHORIZATION RE23 QUIRED.—In lieu of the rulemaking by the Adminis24 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

25 under section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control 


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1 Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(e)), imports of vessels con2 taining regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls 

3 shall be subject to prior notification and consent in 

4 accordance with this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) CONTENTS.—An importer of 1 or 

7 more vessels containing regulated levels of poly8 chlorinated biphenyls shall submit a notification 

9 to the Environmental Protection Agency not 

10 less than 75 days before a vessel is imported 

11 into the United States under this subsection. 

12 The import notification may cover up to one 

13 year of shipments of vessels containing regu14 lated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls being 

15 sent to the same ship scrapping facility, and 

16 shall contain, at a minimum, the following 

17 items: 

18 ‘‘(i) The name, contact name, address, 

19 telephone number, email address, and EPA 

20 Identification Number (if applicable) of the 

21 ship scrapping facility and the recognized 

22 trader, if the ship scrapping facility is not 

23 the importer. 

24 ‘‘(ii) The name, contact name, ad25 dress, telephone number, email address, 


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1 and EPA Identification Number (if appli2 cable) of each facility where poly3 chlorinated biphenyls or hazardous mate4 rials contained on a vessel will be stored 

5 and disposed of, including any poly6 chlorinated biphenyls storage or disposal 

7 facility approved under the Toxic Sub8 stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et 

9 seq.). 

10 ‘‘(iii) The types of polychlorinated 

11 biphenyls or polychlorinated biphenyls 

12 items expected to be removed from the ves13 sels. 

14 ‘‘(iv) The number of vessels proposed 

15 for import and maximum tonnage. 

16 ‘‘(v) The period of time covered by the 

17 import notice (not to exceed one year) and 

18 the start and end dates of shipment. 

19 ‘‘(B) FORM.—Each notice under this para20 graph shall be clearly marked ‘PCB Waste Im21 port Notice’ and shall be submitted to the Envi22 ronmental Protection Agency in such form and 

23 manner as the Environmental Protection Agen24 cy may require. 


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1 ‘‘(C) REVISED NOTIFICATION.—If an im2 porter wishes to change any of the information 

3 specified on the original notification, the im4 porter must submit a revised notification, con5 taining notification of the changes, to the Envi6 ronmental Protection Agency. 

7 ‘‘(4) CONSENT.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An importer shall not 

9 import vessels containing regulated levels of 

10 polychlorinated biphenyls until the importer has 

11 received consent from the Administrator of the 

12 Environmental Protection Agency. 

13 ‘‘(B) TERMS.—Importers shall only import 

14 vessels under the terms of the consent issued by 

15 the Administrator of the Environmental Protec16 tion Agency under this paragraph and subject 

17 to the condition that the facility shall establish 

18 a valid written contract, chain of contracts, or 

19 equivalent arrangements with other United 

20 States facilities, where applicable, to manage 

21 the polychlorinated biphenyls and hazardous 

22 waste expected to be removed from the vessel or 

23 vessels. 

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1 thorized by this subsection to import vessels con2 taining regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls 

3 shall file with the Administrator of the Environ4 mental Protection Agency, not later than April 1 of 

5 each year, a report providing, for each vessel im6 ported in accordance with this subsection, the fol7 lowing information: 

8 ‘‘(A) The vessel name and approximated 

9 tonnage. 

10 ‘‘(B) Registration number and flag of the 

11 vessel. 

12 ‘‘(C) The date of import. 

13 ‘‘(D) The types, quantities, and final des14 tination of all polychlorinated biphenyls and 

15 hazardous waste removed. 

16 ‘‘(E) The EPA-issued consent number 

17 under which the vessel was imported. 

18 ‘‘(6) APPLICABLE LAWS.—Once a vessel has 

19 been imported pursuant to this subsection, the man20 ufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, 

21 use, and disposal of any polychlorinated biphenyls 

22 and hazardous waste contained on the vessel shall be 

23 carried out in accordance with applicable Federal, 

24 State, and local laws and regulations.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. SEA YEAR ON CONTRACTED VESSELS. 

2 Section 51307 of title 46, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

5 striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

9 (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(2) on vessels contracted by the United States 

13 Government, subject to subsection (b);’’; and 

14 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) Subsection (a)(2) shall only apply to vessels that 

16 are contracted by the United States Government and that 

17 carry more than 75,000 Metric tons of food aid per year 

18 in accordance with section 55305 of title 46, United States 

19 Code.’’. 

20 SEC. 10. GAO REPORT ON NATIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY. 

21 The Comptroller General of the United States shall 

22 complete a study and submit to the Committee on Com23 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 

24 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent25 atives, and the Committee on Transportation and Infra26 structure of the House of Representatives, a report on— 


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1 (1) the key challenges, if any, to ensuring that 

2 the United States marine transportation system and 

3 merchant marine are sufficient to support United 

4 States economic and defense needs, as articulated by 

5 the Maritime Administration, the Committee on the 

6 Marine Transportation System, and other stake7 holders; 

8 (2) the extent to which a national maritime 

9 strategy incorporates desirable characteristics of suc10 cessful national strategies as identified by the Comp11 troller General, and any key obstacles (as identified 

12 by stakeholders) to successfully implementing such 

13 strategies; and 

14 (3) the extent to which Federal efforts to estab15 lish national maritime strategy are duplicative or 

16 fragmented, and if so, the impact on United States 

17 maritime policy for the future. 

18 SEC. 11. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INSPECTOR 

19 GENERAL REPORT ON TITLE XI PROGRAM. 

20 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, the Department of Transportation Office of 

22 Inspector General shall— 

23 (1) initiate an audit of the financial controls 

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1 proving loan applications for the loan guarantee pro2 gram authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 

3 United States Code; and 

4 (2) submit to the Committee on Transportation 

5 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

6 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

7 Transportation of the Senate a report containing the 

8 results of that audit once the audit is completed. 

9 SEC. 12. MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS. 

10 Nothing in section 3505 of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 

12 328) may be construed to prohibit the Maritime Adminis13 tration from entering into a multi-year contract for the 

14 procurement of up to 5 new vessels within the National 

15 Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program and associated 

16 government–furnished equipment, subject to the avail17 ability of appropriations. 

18 SEC. 13. USE OF STATE ACADEMY TRAINING VESSELS. 

19 Section 51504(g) of title 46, United States Code, is 

20 amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(g) VESSEL SHARING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 trator, shall upon consultation with the maritime 

2 academies, and to the extent feasible with the con3 sent of the maritime academies, implement a pro4 gram of vessel sharing, requiring maritime acad5 emies to share training vessels provided by the Sec6 retary among maritime academies, as necessary to 

7 ensure that training needs of each academy are met. 

8 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM OF VESSEL SHARING.—For pur9 poses of this subsection, a program of vessel sharing 

10 shall include— 

11 ‘‘(A) ways to maximize the available under12 way training capacity available in the fleet of 

13 training vessels; 

14 ‘‘(B) coordinating the dates and duration 

15 of training cruises with the academic calendars 

16 of maritime academies; 

17 ‘‘(C) coordinating academic programs de18 signed to be implemented aboard training ves19 sels among maritime academies; and 

20 ‘‘(D) identifying ways to minimize costs. 

21 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 30 days 

22 after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Sec23 retary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, 

24 shall evaluate the vessel sharing program under this 

25 subsection to determine the optimal utilization of 


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1 State maritime training vessels, and modify the pro2 gram as necessary to improve utilization.’’. 

3 SEC. 14. PERMANENT AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 

4 TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE VESSEL WAR 

5 RISK INSURANCE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 53912 of title 46, United 

7 States Code, is repealed. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 at the beginning of chapter 539 of title 46, United States 

10 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 

11 53912. 

12 SEC. 15. NAVIGATION SYSTEM STUDY AND REPORT. 

13 (a) STUDY OF THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Maritime Administrator 

15 shall conduct a comprehensive study of the Great 

16 Lakes—Saint Lawrence Seaway navigation system 

17 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Great Lakes Sys18 tem’’) that examines the current state of the system 

19 and makes recommendations for improvements. 

20 (2) CONTENTS.—The study— 

21 (A) shall examine, with respect to the 

22 Great Lakes System— 

23 (i) typical cargo routing options; 

24 (ii) the cost profile of each route and 

25 alternative routes; 


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1 (iii) port infrastructure quality; 

2 (iv) intermodal connections; 

3 (v) competing transportation options, 

4 including air, rail, and ground transpor5 tation and their relative market position; 

6 (vi) taxes and fees imposed on vessels; 

7 (vii) marketing efforts to increase 

8 shipments; 

9 (viii) subsidies provided to the Great 

10 Lakes System and to competing cargo 

11 transportation systems; 

12 (ix) the condition of the docks at each 

13 port; 

14 (x) United States and Canadian Gov15 ernment icebreaking capabilities to facili16 tate commercial shipping; and 

17 (xi) the condition of vessel navigation 

18 infrastructure (such as channels, locks, 

19 letties, and breakwaters) and efforts to 

20 maintain, upgrade, or replace that infra21 structure; and 

22 (B) shall make recommendations on— 

23 (i) the level of additional investment 

24 needed to improve the Great Lakes Sys25 tem; 


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1 (ii) any benefits of increased Federal 

2 or State investment in the Great Lakes 

3 System; and 

4 (iii) any regulatory or competitive 

5 burdens impeding growth of the Great 

6 Lakes System. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator 

9 shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, 

10 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee 

11 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

12 Representatives, and the Co-Chairs of the Great Lakes 

13 Task Force of the Senate and of the House of Representa14 tives containing the results of the study conducted under 

15 this section. 

16 (c) CONTRACT.—The Maritime Administrator may 

17 enter into a contract with another entity to carry out the 

18 study. 

19 SEC. 16. MISCELLANEOUS. 

20 (a) NONCOMMERCIAL VESSELS.—Section 3514(a) of 

21 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 46 U.S.C. 51318 note) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Not later than’’; and 

2 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

3 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjust4 ing the margins accordingly; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) For the purposes of this section, vessels 

7 operated by any of the following entities shall not be 

8 considered commercial vessels: 

9 ‘‘(A) Any entity or agency of the United 

10 States. 

11 ‘‘(B) The government of a State or terri12 tory. 

13 ‘‘(C) Any political subdivision of a State or 

14 territory. 

15 ‘‘(D) Any other municipal organization.’’. 

16 (b) PASSENGER RECORDS.—Section 51322(c) of title 

17 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING

19 RECORDS.—The Maritime Administrator shall require the 

20 owner or operator of a commercial vessel, or the seafarer 

21 union for a commercial vessel, to maintain records of sex22 ual assault training for any person required to have such 

23 training.’’. 


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1 (c) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN2 ISTRATION.—Section 3134 of title 40, United States Code, 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN5 ISTRATION.—The Secretary of Commerce may waive this 

6 subchapter with respect to contracts for the construction, 

7 alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms of 

8 the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract 

9 is made under the Act entitled ‘An Act to define the func10 tions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and 

11 for other purposes’, approved August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 

12 883a et seq.).’’. 

13 (d) ANNUAL PAYMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE AND

14 SUPPORT.—Section 51505(b) of title 46 is amended to 

15 read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM.—The amount under paragraph 

17 (1) may not be more than $25,000, unless the acad18 emy satisfies section 51506(b) of this title.’’. 

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