FISH SAFE Act

To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards grants. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies Act FISH SAFE Act 2. Amendment of Federal share of the fishing safety standards grants (a) Amendment Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (i)(3), by striking 50 75 (2) in subsection (j)(3), by striking 50 75 (b) Retroactive effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect on the day after the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–282 3. Cost share The cap on the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a grant under subsections (i) and (j) of section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, as in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–282 Public Law 115–31 4. Authorization of appropriations amendments Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (i)(4), by striking 2019 2021 (2) in subsection (j)(4), by striking 2019 2021 5. Aids to navigation (a) Section 541 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking In (a) In (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) In the case of pierhead beacons, the Commandant may— (1) acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for pierhead beacons; and (2) properly mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever the Commandant is duly notified by the department charged with the construction or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of any such pierheads has been completed. . (b) Subchapter III of chapter 5 548. Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials, etc. No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of supply for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses. 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction (a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or landmark, shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a), a cession by a State of jurisdiction over a place selected as the site of a lighthouse, or other structure or work referred to in subsection (a), shall be deemed sufficient if the cession contains a reservation that process issued under authority of such State may continue to be served within such place. (c) If no reservation of service described in subsection (b) is contained in a cession, all process may be served and executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if no cession had been made. 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly notified by the department charged with the construction or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of any such pierhead has been completed. . (c) Conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 5 section 547 548. 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. . 6. Transfers related to employees of the lighthouse service (a) Section 6 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 20, 1918 ( 33 U.S.C. 763 (b) Subchapter II of chapter 25 2532. Retirement of employees (a) Optional retirement Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), a covered employee may retire from further performance of duty if such officer or employee— (1) has completed 30 years of active service in the Government and is at least 55 years of age; (2) has completed 25 years of active service in the Government and is at least 62 years of age; or (3) is involuntarily separated from further performance of duty, except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after completing 25 years of active service in the Government, or after completing 20 years of such service and if such employee is at least 50 years of age. (b) Compulsory retirement A covered employee who becomes 70 years of age shall be compulsorily retired from further performance of duty. (c) Retirement for disability (1) In general A covered employee who has completed 15 years of active service in the Government and is found, after examination by a medical officer of the United States, to be disabled for useful and efficient service by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct of such officer or employee, shall be retired. (2) Restoration to active duty Any individual retired under paragraph (1) may, upon recovery, be restored to active duty, and shall from time to time, before reaching the age at which such individual may retire under subsection (a), be reexamined by a medical officer of the United States upon the request of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. (d) Annual compensation (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), The annual compensation of a person retired under this section shall be a sum equal to one-fortieth of the average annual pay received for the last three years of service for each year of active service in the Lighthouse Service, or in a department or branch of the Government having a retirement system, not to exceed thirty-fortieths of such average annual pay received. (2) Retirement before 55 The retirement pay computed under paragraph (1) for any officer or employee retiring under this section shall be reduced by one-sixth of 1 percent for each full month the officer or employee is under 55 years of age at the date of retirement. (3) No allowance or subsistence Retirement pay under this section shall not include any amount on account of subsistence or other allowance. (e) Exception The retirement and pay provision in this section shall not apply to— (1) any person in the field service of the Lighthouse Service whose duties do not require substantially all their time; or (2) persons of the Coast Guard. (f) Waiver Any person entitled to retirement pay under this section may decline to accept all or any part of such retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with the Secretary of the Treasury. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the retirement pay waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect. (g) Definition For the purposes of this section, the term covered employee . (c) Conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 25 section 2531 2532. Retirement of employees. . 7. Transfers related to surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service employees (a) Benefit to surviving spouses Subchapter II of chapter 25 2533. Surviving spouses The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall pay $100 per month to the surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the Lighthouse Service in accordance with section 2532 if such employee dies— (1) at a time when such employee was receiving or was entitled to receive retirement pay under this subchapter; or (2) from non-service-connected causes after fifteen or more years of employment in such service. . (b) Transfers related to surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service employees (1) Subchapter II of chapter 25 2534. Application for benefits . (2) (A) Section 3 of chapter 761 of the Act of August 19, 1950 ( 33 U.S.C. 773 (B) Section 2534(a), as so redesignated, transferred, and amended is further amended by striking this Act section 2533 (3) (A) Section 4 of chapter 761 of the Act of August 19, 1950 ( 33 U.S.C. 774 (B) Section 2534(b), as so redesignated, transferred, and amended is further amended by striking the provisions of this Act section 2533 (4) (A) The proviso under the heading Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Public Law 112–74 33 U.S.C. 776 (B) Section 2534(c), as so redesignated, transferred, and amended is further amended by striking the Act of May 29, 1944, and the Act of August 19, 1950 ( 33 U.S.C. 771-775 section 2533 (c) Conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 25 2533. Surviving spouses. 2534. Application for benefits. . 8. Repeals (a) In general The following provisions are repealed: (1) Section 4680 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 33 U.S.C. 725 (2) Section 4661 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 33 U.S.C. 727 (3) Section 4662 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 33 U.S.C. 728 (4) The final paragraph in the account For Life-Saving and Life-Boat Stations 33 U.S.C. 730a (5) Section 11 of chapter 301 of the Act of June 17, 1910 ( 33 U.S.C. 743 (6) Section 3 of chapter 371 of the Act of May 22, 1926 ( 33 U.S.C. 747a (7) The first section of chapter 313 of the Act of February 25, 1929 ( 33 U.S.C. 747b (8) Section 2 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 20, 1918 ( 33 U.S.C. 748 (9) Section 4 of chapter 371 of the Act of May 22, 1926 ( 33 U.S.C. 754a (10) Chapter 642 of the Act of August 10, 1939 ( 33 U.S.C. 763a–1 (11) Chapter 788 of the Act of October 29, 1949 ( 33 U.S.C. 763–1 (12) Chapter 524 of the Act of July 9, 1956 ( 33 U.S.C. 763–2 (13) The last two provisos under the heading Lighthouse Service, under the heading Department of Commerce, in the first section of chapter 161 of the Act of March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1417, formerly 33 U.S.C. 764 (14) Section 3 of chapter 215 of the Act of May 13, 1938 ( 33 U.S.C. 770 (15) The first section and section 2 of chapter 761 of the Act of August 19, 1950 ( 33 U.S.C. 771 (b) Savings (1) Notwithstanding any repeals made by this section, any individual beneficiary currently receiving payments under the authority of any provisions repealed in this section shall continue to receive such benefits. (2) Notwithstanding the repeals made under paragraphs (10) and (11) of subsection (a), any pay increases made under chapter 788 of the Act of October 29, 1949, and chapter 524 of the Act of July 9, 1956, as in effect prior to their repeal shall remain in effect. 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

Summary: Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies Act or the FISH SAFE Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 and expands the Department of Health and Human Services fishing safety training and research grant programs. The bill increases the maximum federal share of the costs of any activity that may be carried out using grants under the programs to 75%. Currently, the federal share must not exceed 50%. This change is retroactive to December 5, 2018. The U.S. Coast Guard shall properly mark all pierheads belonging to the United States that are located in certain lakes. Additionally, the bill prohibits (1) the Coast Guard from being involved with the installation of lighthouses, and (2) construction of lighthouses, beacons, public piers, or landmarks on any site until a cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States. The bill eliminates outdated provisions related to the U.S. Lighthouse Service, which was merged into the Coast Guard.